FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.40: NORWICH AWAY NORWICH CITY 1 OXFORD UNITED 1 Football is THE sport as far as I’m concerned. Always has been ever since I first discovered it and always will be. Played some local football at a very low level and now play a lot of walking football. But where most  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.39: COVENTRY AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 2 COVENTRY CITY 3 The talk as we left the ground after the game was that this was better. Radio Oxford summaries and callers said this was better. I thought this was better. How could it not be better? Not only did we have four  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.38: WEST BROM AWAY WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2 OXFORD UNITED 0 We knew this season was likely to be a long hard slog. That’s how it’s turning out and we’re currently going through a very painful period. Three points from the last six games. Four games without a goal scored and  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.37: PORTSMOUTH AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 0 PORTSMOUTH 2 From an Oxford United fan’s perspective this game, as far as the football was concerned, is largely one to forget although again we vastly improved as an attacking force when substitutions were made. This time it was in the 66th minute, a  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.36: DERBY AWAY DERBY COUNTY 0 OXFORD UNITED 0 I’d formed a view of where we’re at a couple of weeks before the Burnley game and after our visit to Turf Moor that didn’t change nor has it done after this stalemate. Obviously we’re in a much better place than when  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.35: BURNLEY AWAY BURNLEY 1 OXFORD UNITED 0 So that’s the end of us remaining unbeaten under Gary Rowett. Nine games before it happened is some achievement and I don’t think even the most optimistic of fans amongst us saw that coming. Obviously our league position is so much healthier than  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.34: BRISTOL CITY AT HOME OUR FUTURE It’s so easy to become complacent. Thinking we’ve done it all before. Thinking that someone else will do it so it won’t matter if I don’t do it. Friends of Stratfield Brake will be doing their utmost to impose the will of the minority  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.33: STOKE AWAY STOKE CITY 0 OXFORD UNITED 0 I knew I’d been to the Bet 365 (“Britannia” as it was then) Stadium before but had no recollection of the place or when. My record keeping of games attended is nowhere near as comprehensive as Womble’s used to be. He took  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.32: LUTON AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 3 LUTON TOWN 2 Every lengthy unbeaten run a football club has comes to an end sometime. The same goes for winless streaks. I’ve prepared myself for a defeat under Gary Rowett. I’ll be annoyed but know I’ll have to accept it because at some  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.31: BLACKBURN AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 I keep saying it. We are a Championship team. Promotion last season ensured that. But when certain things happen there’s talk of properly belonging. Not just there to make the numbers up and see how it goes. Particularly given that by  [ more ]