FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.31: BARNSLEY AT HOME With the ice putting paid to Northampton’s visit last Saturday our five games in 15 days has become four in 12. Testing times indeed. Make or break? Could end up with 12 points or none. If it was the latter there would be a strong argument that  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.30: CARLISLE AWAY The week gone by Monday James Beadle: When he wasn’t in goal for us at Coventry we’d worked this one out. Recalled by Brighton. Immediately off to Sheffield Wednesday was also what was expected. I wouldn’t have thought he would have gone to Hillsborough without the guarantee of  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.29: COVENTRY AWAY F.A. CUP ROUND THREE: COVENTRY CITY 6 OXFORD UNITED 2 We were always the underdogs coming into this cup tie. Their form in the Championship is better than ours is in L1. Unlike us they don’t have a horrendous injury list. My main hope was that the Sky  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.28: CHARLTON AWAY CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1 OXFORD UNITED 2 Unlike last season there was no strike preventing travel by rail so it was a meet up in the George in Southwark. It might be Greene King but it’s a fine old building, the last galleried coaching inn remaining in London even  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.27: DERBY AT HOME There’s a strong argument that Derby are the biggest club in League One this season. Their average home gate of 26,356 is by far the best in the division. They were in the Premier League in 2007/08. A 21 point deduction for breaching the EFL’s Profitability and  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.26: CAMBRIDGE AT HOME Before the Burton game I thought we’d win easily. I even had 3-0 in my mind. That eventually came about. Last Saturday – Northampton – I wasn’t particularly confident we’d win but thought we wouldn’t lose. That so nearly happened. For this match though, not a feeling,  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.25: NORTHAMPTON AWAY This fixture has never had the greatest of appeal to me even though Sixfields is really easy to get to from Bicester. Who am I to complain though about the location of another club’s ground when the Kassam is where it is? Bring on the Triangle. In the  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.24: BURTON AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 3 BURTON ALBION 0 Before the game I said we’d win easily. The final score line said we did and anyone who witnessed the full 90 minutes will know we were vastly superior to a woeful Albion side, the worst opponents we’ve played in L1  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.23: READING AWAY It’s been many years since we’ve played the Royals / the Biscuitmen / the Tennis Ball Throwers, call them what you will. 23 years to be precise. They went one way and ended up in the Premier League. We went the other and ended up in the Conference.  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.22: PETERBOROUGH AWAY PETERBOROUGH UNITED 3 OXFORD UNITED 0 The football part of the day was all gloom  After some games I’m so miffed that I think why bother to write a Fan’s View? Or if I do, just whack it out quickly with little thought. This was such an occasion.  [ more ]