PORTSMOUTH Previous We’ve played Portsmouth many times over the years and the visits to Fratton Park may have got a bit jumbled and confused as they’ve rested in the old memory bank for so long. My first recollection is of Chris Bloody Kamara getting Mick Tait sent off. Can’t remember the year or the score.  [ more ]

CARABAO CUP In recent times I’ve really looked forward to the League Cup but for this one it was hard to conjure up much enthusiasm. That’s probably to do with our atrocious start to the season and the fact that, as a L1 outfit, we’re now much less likely to draw a side where we’re  [ more ]

FLEETWOOD AT THE KASSAM Building a squad I don’t know exactly what caused it, but as the deadline for permanent transfers approached and we’d not done any further business, I have to confess I felt something was amiss and could only see a season of struggle ahead. It was probably a combination of a number  [ more ]

BARNSLEY Lots of people who went home very disappointed Slowly building a squad My first FV of the season posted on 23 July covered Ireland and gave a vague opinion of how we’d do this coming season. Since then we’ve signed Marcus Browne and Sam Smith on loan. They can only strengthen the squad but  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW – SUMMER OF 2018 Summer, yes. We can truly say we’ve had and are having an absolute scorcher. I like a break from football, it helps with the old relaxation and battery recharging but there’s never really a break as such because no sooner is one season over than we’re wondering and worrying  [ more ]

Paul Beasley provides his final thoughts of the season

Paul Beasley reflects on the win over Rochdale

A massive win over Doncaster Rovers. Paul Beasley talks you through it…

WIGAN ATHLETIC 1 OXFORD UNITED 0 On the fairly silent homeward journey one comment rang very true with me. “If we weren’t where we are that would have been a really boring game of football”. It would have been ridiculous if any side residing in mid-table safety had taken the approach we did. Any team  [ more ]

OXFORD UNITED 2 SOUTHEND UNITED 0 Given our remaining fixtures, if we’d not won this one I think there would have been a significant increase in the numbers within our fan base fearing league trips to Newport and Forest Green Rovers next season. The job is still not quite done because whilst 50 points usually  [ more ]