Will Green explains why Newcastle v Oxford United was anything but a big day out…

F.A. CUP ROUND 4 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0 OXFORD UNITED 0 On 4 Jan 2003 we lost 2-0 to Arsenal at Highbury in the third round of the F.A. Cup and with each passing year since then I’ve more and more thought we really could do with another away FA Cup tie against a big Premier  [ more ]

GILLINGHAM 1 OXFORD UNITED 1  Regular football fans know the received wisdom is that in most circumstances an away point is a decent return. Therefore given that the Gills are on a run of fine home form we should be quite happy to have come away with a draw. For a number of reasons though  [ more ]

IPSWICH AT HOME The opposition Ipswich are a team we have not played this century. Our last encounter was on the 20 Feb 1999 in a league game at Portman Road when we lost 2-1. Our goal scorer was Christophe Remy and manager Malcolm Shotton, two very different characters. Football has changed a lot since  [ more ]

ROTHERHAM AT HOME Fortunes since we met in October When we visited the New York Stadium on 19 Oct we were 8th on 19 points having played 13 games. The Millers were 2 places lower but with only one point less and had played 2 games fewer. Our win put us up to 5th and  [ more ]

F.A. CUP ROUND 3 – HARTLEPOOL AT HOME Our Opponents and a bit of a meaningless preview It’s hard to believe now but Hartlepool spent eight of nine seasons from 2004/05 onwards in tier three of the Football League. More recently though they’ve had a miserable time of it which means, without wishing to sound  [ more ]

DONCASTER ROVERS 1 OXFORD UNITED 0 This result came as no surprise to me. We’re currently not scoring many goals nor letting many in. The mostly likely outcome of any match we’re involved in is a goal-less draw or 1-0 either way. We’ve failed to hit the back of the net in three of our  [ more ]

AFC WIMBLEDON AWAY Kingsmeadow / Plough Lane Same as ever I know Oxford supporters who go to almost every game but opt out of a trip to Kingston such is the awfulness of Wimbledon’s current home ground. Those who have come along for the first time are oft heard to say, “I’m not bloody coming  [ more ]

OXFORD UNITED 1 LINCOLN CITY 0 When we destroyed Lincoln at Sincil Bank in September Michael Appleton was looking on from the stands ready to start work as their new manager the following Monday. He brought a record of three wins, one draw and six defeats in the league with him to this Boxing Day  [ more ]

WYCOMBE AT HOME Our Opponents If there was an award for over achieving in L1 going into Christmas, Wycombe would have won it by a country mile. Even their most optimistic of supporters could not in their wildest dreams have placed them top of the table seven points ahead of their closest chaser. They brought  [ more ]