FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.37: PORTSMOUTH AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 0 PORTSMOUTH 2 From an Oxford United fan’s perspective this game, as far as the football was concerned, is largely one to forget although again we vastly improved as an attacking force when substitutions were made. This time it was in the 66th minute, a  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.36: DERBY AWAY DERBY COUNTY 0 OXFORD UNITED 0 I’d formed a view of where we’re at a couple of weeks before the Burnley game and after our visit to Turf Moor that didn’t change nor has it done after this stalemate. Obviously we’re in a much better place than when  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.35: BURNLEY AWAY BURNLEY 1 OXFORD UNITED 0 So that’s the end of us remaining unbeaten under Gary Rowett. Nine games before it happened is some achievement and I don’t think even the most optimistic of fans amongst us saw that coming. Obviously our league position is so much healthier than  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.34: BRISTOL CITY AT HOME OUR FUTURE It’s so easy to become complacent. Thinking we’ve done it all before. Thinking that someone else will do it so it won’t matter if I don’t do it. Friends of Stratfield Brake will be doing their utmost to impose the will of the minority  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.33: STOKE AWAY STOKE CITY 0 OXFORD UNITED 0 I knew I’d been to the Bet 365 (“Britannia” as it was then) Stadium before but had no recollection of the place or when. My record keeping of games attended is nowhere near as comprehensive as Womble’s used to be. He took  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.32: LUTON AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 3 LUTON TOWN 2 Every lengthy unbeaten run a football club has comes to an end sometime. The same goes for winless streaks. I’ve prepared myself for a defeat under Gary Rowett. I’ll be annoyed but know I’ll have to accept it because at some  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.31: BLACKBURN AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 I keep saying it. We are a Championship team. Promotion last season ensured that. But when certain things happen there’s talk of properly belonging. Not just there to make the numbers up and see how it goes. Particularly given that by  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.30: PLYMOUTH AWAY PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 1 OXFORD UNITED 1 This second trip to Devon in such a short space of time was so much more enjoyable than the first. What a difference three days and putting out a much stronger team makes. When you draw 1-1 it is usually a case  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.29: FA CUP ROUND 3 EXETER AWAY EXETER CITY 3 OXFORD UNITED 1 I don’t think there’s any question that overall the FA Cup is not what it was. It may be the second most prestigious competition we play in but its status has declined massively with the ever growing financial  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.28: PRESTON AWAY If it wasn’t for football I would not have been sat in a house in Grimsargh from about quarter past 10 to quarter to 12 drinking beer and eating bacon sandwiches to die for. In fact I’d never heard of Grimsargh before. A mate’s daughter lives there. No  [ more ]