FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.11: LUTON AWAY LUTON TOWN 2 OXFORD UNITED 2 Aside from 5 May 1987 trips to Kenilworth Road have been extremely joyless affairs for us. With the rain being quite relentless during the day and the journey of under 40 miles taking two hours because of the bloody traffic, it seemed  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.10: BURNLEY AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 0 BURNLEY 0 The Clarets in my opinion are the best team that have ever visited the Kassam Stadium for a league game. Granted this was only our fourth game in tier two at our current home but I thought Burnley were a class above  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.9: BRISTOL CITY AWAY OUR OPPONENTS The way many football clubs are structured within other over-arching business models is incredibly complex and difficult to follow. Who owns what, who is ultimately in control, how important is the football club in the overall scheme of things (usually very very important of course),  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.8: STOKE AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 1 STOKE CITY 0 In the pull out sport section of the Sunday Times in bold print next to a big number 3: “Oxford United have started a season with three straight home wins in the top two tiers of English football for the first  [ more ]

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 ]