WIMBLEDON AT HOME Pre-match thinking In the last ten years the team going down from League One occupying 21st place in the table, the last of the relegation slots, has never got more than 50 points. In 2011/12 just 44 points were required to survive. Only rock bottom Bradford cannot now overtake us but as  [ more ]

WALSALL 1 OXFORD UNITED 3 Walsall away is a fixture that is so very easy to attend by train. Bicester North to Moor Street only takes about an hour then New Street to just outside the ground a further 20-30 mins. The short walk between the two Birmingham stations obviously takes a very long time  [ more ]

WYCOMBE AT HOME The build up This season our home form has been way better than that on our travels with, prior to our visit to the Ricoh last Saturday, just over two thirds of our total points being gained at the Kassam. Coventry were an in form team one place below a play-off slot.  [ more ]

COVENTRY AWAY Bradford aftermath / Sky Blue anticipation I knew there were reality checks to be had after the euphoria and subsequent scarcely believable drama that followed the Mackie moment. I however chose to ride the warm glow well into the week before giving this serious contemplation. A few others took a different stance. So  [ more ]

ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF OUR FOOTBALL CLUB AND YOU COULDN’T MAKE THIS ONE UP OXFORD UNITED 1 BRADFORD CITY 0 I’ve been watching OUFC for many many decades now and thought it very unlikely to witness anything really new. That proved to be very wrong. In all that time a game comes along  [ more ]

ROCHDALE 0 OXFORD UNITED 0 Would we have scored if we were shooting at two goals? Looking out of my window at mid-day it was pouring down and the wind had knocked over all four of our dustbins. There were yellow weather warnings for the Greater Manchester area and it really was one of those  [ more ]

GILLINGHAM AWAY Pre-match thinking Although we gained maximum points from the two games prior, in no way had that alleviated the pressure. Depending on the way the results were to go on Saturday come five o’clock we could be anywhere in the table from 21st (boo) to 13th (hurrah!). All games are tough games. That’s  [ more ]

SCUNTHORPE AT HOME Pre-match thinking Stuart McCall was appointed manager of the Iron in August 2018. On Boxing Day they lost 2-0 at home to Luton. That in itself was no disgrace given the season the Hatters are having but it was their sixth straight defeat in the League and left them second bottom, having  [ more ]

THAT FIRST AWAY LEAGUE WIN OF THE SEASON This win doesn’t alter the fact that the off the field situation at OUFC has not changed one bit but boy does it divert our minds from that depressing situation at least in the very short term. Tiger is still our owner; I’m still worried that bills  [ more ]

ACCRINGTON STANLEY AWAY OUFC – The future looks bleaker by the day I wouldn’t have thought it possible but the outlook appears worse and worse by the day. We’re supposed to swallow the hollow words of the whole sustainability four pillars thing whilst the evidence mounts that off the field we’re a football club in  [ more ]