Oxford United 1 Luton Town 2 Photo, Simon Jaggs Walking around the Kassam stadium about half an hour before kick off the place felt dead. No vibe, no atmosphere, nothing to entice one inside. At the present time away supporters must be loving coming here more than they have ever done. If you went to  [ more ]

AFC Wimbledon 2 Oxford United 1 I have never been a fan who rants and raves early doors when the club is under the tenure of a new manager even when things are not going well at all. Whatever one may think it is only fair to give them time to prove themselves. Even if  [ more ]

CARABAO CUP ROUND THREE: OXFORD UNITED 0 MANCHESTER CITY 3 Whilst being quite happy with the draw, the visit of such illustrious opponents hadn’t got me quite as excited as some. I (usually) look forward to every competitive Oxford game be it against the Premier League Champions or a team from tier seven such as  [ more ]

WALSALL Pre-match thoughts The Saddlers come to the Kassam in the last play-off slot on the same points as Barnsley and Sunderland. We all know where we are languishing. Yet in the previous four league games we’ve picked up the same number of points as our opponents, five. I’d also argue that we played reasonably  [ more ]

WYCOMBE The build up The importance of this game could not be over-emphasised given our precarious standing in the table.  But it’s just seven games in and as with the Coventry fixture, a win would take us above our opponents. In that game against the Sky Blues we got what we deserved and rightly remained  [ more ]

COVENTRY AT THE KASSAM Sunday lunch put back for a couple of hours I can’t remember the last time we had a kick-off put back from Saturday at 3 o’clock to midday on Sunday for the TV cameras but compared to fans of Premier League sides we’ve got it easy when it comes to the  [ more ]

SUNDERLAND 1 OXFORD UNITED 1 When the fixtures came out this was the game more Oxford fans had an eye out for than any other. For tier 3 the Blacks Cats are an absolutely massive club. This is only the second season in their history that they’ve had to play at this level, the other  [ more ]

CARABAO CUP SECOND ROUND The forgotten game and the game that never existed With so much focus on the long trek to the North East this coming weekend, this trip to Wales had been rather overlooked. For me it had a great deal of importance. It’s not good for morale to lose to an outfit  [ more ]

BURTON AT THE KASSAM Late Friday night thoughts Following a football club is about so much more than watching the eleven men that on the day are representing you and your fellow supporters taking on another eleven men once or twice a week during the months of August through to May. There’s the culture, the  [ more ]

ACCRINGTON AT THE KASSAM Monday Blues It’s Monday and the cloud of gloom, caused by OUFC’s terrible start to the season, that has descended upon me has not dissipated one bit. In previous FVs I’ve already covered massive problems that it does not take a genius to identify: defence like a sieve; Curtis Nelson half  [ more ]