FAN’S VIEW 21/22 – NO.7 “New Ground” used to be two words that were excitedly put together back in the day by a certain type of football fan. That type being the train spotter, anorak wearing, ground hopping record keeping kind of guy. Okay, hands up, that’s unfairly going down the let’s stereo type people  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 21/22 – NO.7 Away days, other than a crappy destination or two, are much preferred by most regulars who travel the length and breadth of the country for the crack, the company, the banter, the beer and different scenery. Playing at the Kassam does bring some positives though that shouldn’t be overlooked. We  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 21/22 – NO.6 Our opponents The most predictable starting reference point there could possibly be when it comes OUFC v QPR is obviously Wembley ’86. The biggest day in our history? There are arguments for and against. Securing promotion to the top flight. Beating Shrewsbury 1-0 at the Manor though won’t stick in  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 21/22 – NO.5 Our opponents Bolton are another league one club – and there are quite a few of them – who are considerably larger than we are. For their only home fixture in the 21/22 league to date they drew a crowd of just over 16,000. That was a 3-3 draw with  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 21/22 – NO.4 There’s a big difference to our previous opponents in that Crewe are a smaller club than we are plus in their two opening league games they’ve picked up just one point: a 1-1 home draw with newly promoted Cheltenham a loss of 2-0 at Portsmouth. So could there be the  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 21/22 – NO.3 Just two games in doesn’t give much to go on when trying to judge where a team will end up when the final curtain falls on the season. Try ten in for a better idea. But I can’t help it anyway. After two matches I have us on a 7  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 21/22 – NO.2 There’s always an element of disappointment when we’re drawn against a side we’ve met regularly in recent years. Burton very much fall into that category with a trip in the league scheduled there later in the year. It could have been a team from the Championship that we rarely cross  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 21/22 – NO.1 The Abbey Stadium. Photo, Simon Jaggs We’ve been fairly cooped up for the last 17 months and as far as away football following has been concerned it’s been a 100% shackling. So without doubt there’s plenty of pent up emotion waiting to be released throughout the land but hopefully common  [ more ]

SEASON 2020/21 No.53: PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL SECOND LEG The build up Given what happened in part one there appeared little point investing any emotions in preparing oneself for part two at Bloomfield Road. See that mountain over there? Bloody high isn’t it? And get to the top of it only for the mist to clear and  [ more ]

SEASON 2020/21 No.52: PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEG Stress Along with untold joy, supporting a football team to ones very core often brings huge stress levels. Will your team hold on to a point or all three in a crucial game particularly those where it comes down to deciding relegation or promotion? And here we are  [ more ]