FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.34 – BARNSLEY AT HOME Our Opponents Other than Barnsley, we’d played every other L1 club at least once this season but a postponement earlier in the season meant this was our first meeting. The Tykes spend most of the time in the Championship, every now and again slipping into L1  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.33 – BURTON AWAY I recall standing on this terracing watching OUFC when it was packed. Not so here. BURTON ALBION 2 OXFORD UNITED 0 In the car returning from Staffordshire I was of a mind to make this FV just two words long and publish it immediately I walked through  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.32 – WYCOMBE AWAY WYCOMBE WANDERERS 2 OXFORD UNITED 0 This is one of the worst fixtures on the calendar for us. Some things about it cannot be changed but we are largely to blame for the awfulness of it all seemingly season after season. It takes some doing but the  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.31 – IPSWICH AT HOME More than once I’ve commented that the 22/23 version of L1 isn’t as strong as it has been in previous seasons whilst a couple of times noting a very impressive standout side. The first that caught my eye was Plymouth, based on their win over us  [ more ]

FAN’s VIEW 22/23 – No.30 SUPPORT OUR STADIUM / SECURE OUR FUTURE I would be surprised if any Oxford United fan over the age of about ten is not now aware that the club will become homeless in 2026 unless a site is found for a new stadium, planning permission has been granted, all the  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.29 – (MOSTLY) FLEETWOOD TOWN AWAY STRATFIELD BRAKE After our FA Cup 3rd round defeat there was a big article in the Daily Telegraph sports section two days later headed “How Oxford plotted for Arsenal”. It contains the following: “We want to be a top-30 club in five years”. It is  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.28 – FA CUP ROUND THREE  OXFORD UNITED 0 ARSENAL 3 Must be a big game, the street sellers have turned up Given our mediocre league form I’d found it hard to get too excited about the visit of the Gunners to our three sided rented home but with a couple  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.27 – EXETER AT HOME Form We’d already proven twice this season that we can beat the Grecians, putting four goals past them on both occasions. The most recent meeting being at the Kassam five weeks ago in the FA Cup which set us up for Arsenal. The win at their  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.26 – CHARLTON AT HOME Form After we’d drawn at the Valley on 1 October the Addicks got another draw at Lincoln then went on a three game winning streak. That put them up to seventh in the table on 22 points. At the time we were 19th with just 14  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 2022/23 – No.25 IPSWICH TOWN 3 OXFORD UNITED 0 This being the busy festive season I’ve little time for digging around in accounts and researching the recent history of our opponents so guess work based on possibly faulty memory and cursory glances at information it is then. Ipswich are yet another “big” club  [ more ]