FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.7: PRESTON AT HOME Leigh the scorer and Dembele after we’ve got our third. Photo, Steve Daniels OXFORD UNITED 3 PRESTON NORTH END 1 I don’t think I’ve ever left the Kassam feeling more satisfied than I did after this one. Happier yes, but that was after a promotion had been  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.6: CARABAO CUP ROUND TWO Ticket talk The draw for this round was made on Wednesday 14 August. Six days later and a week before the match, ticket details were announced, arrangements and prices no doubt having to be agreed between the two clubs. “This match is ALL TICKET with no  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.5: BLACKBURN AWAY Our opponents Blackburn got promoted from Division 2 (yes that’s what the Championship was called back then) in 1991/92 so were members of the Premier League in its inaugural season. They finished 4th, then runners up and the season after, 1994/95, won it. Their seven year run in  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.4: COVENTRY AWAY Our opponents The nightmare Sisu years are now behind the Sky Blues. Doug King, a local businessman, took full control of the club in 2022 and is now Chairman. He is the CEO of Yelo Enterprises, a Stratford-upon-Avon based company which specialises in UK food and the agricultural  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.3: CARABAO CUP ROUND ONE How important is this cup to us as a Championship club? It is difficult to gauge how much prestige this competition carries in 2024. More or less than when we had that scarcely believable day at Wembley 38 years ago? Without giving it much thought I  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.2: NORWICH AT HOME & MORE OUR OPPONENTS Norwich were in the top division of English football for six years before the Premier League was created in 1992/93. They finished third in that inaugural season. In the 32 years since it began the Canaries have spent ten in the top league,  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.1: TWENTY FIVE YEARS AND COUNTING A quarter of a century is a significant chunk of anyone’s life. It is twenty five years and counting since our football club kicked a ball in the second tier of English football. That day was Sunday 9 May 1999 when we hammered Stockport at  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.53: LEAGUE ONE PLAY-OFF FINAL FAVOURITES In the week leading up to Wembley a glance at bookmakers’ odds showed Bolton as strong favourites. Five times more likely to be playing in the Championship than us (4/9 them, 15/8 us). Favourites yes I get that given they finished third with 10 more  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.52: PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL PART 2 SEMI-FINAL SECOND LEG: PETERBOROUGH UNITED 1 OXFORD UNITED 1 Photo, Steve Daniels Days like this do not come around very often. A day of shredded nerves. A day of emotion that is hard to put into words. And at the end of the day it’s us,  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.51: PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL PART 1 (Photo, Steve Daniels) PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEG OXFORD UNITED 1 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 0 For this I got the bus into the city centre at about 15:30 with a mate, Ian, from Warrington who was stopping with us. I was after a couple of beers to steady  [ more ]