FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.21: MILLWALL AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 1 MILLWALL 1 The “commentator’s curse” has been around for years. No one seems to know who first coined this phrase. (Ironically it is also unknown who coined the phrase “to coin the phrase”).This curse kind of applies to anyone regularly giving a view on  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.20: SHEFFIELD UNITED AWAY SHEFFIELD UNITED 3 OXFORD UNITED 0 There’s always that tiniest bit of hope. If there wasn’t what would be the point? But it was so slender that it was almost non-existent so something like this was totally what I expected to happen and to be honest beforehand  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.19 MIDDLESBROUGH AT HOME OUR OPPONENTS Middlesbrough used to be one of those clubs that were very much a Premier League team. If they got relegated they soon went back up. Well that’s the impression I’ve got. Their last season in the top flight was 2016/17 when they finished second bottom.  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.18: WATFORD AWAY WATFORD 1 OXFORD UNITED 0 The result was so very familiar. Lost again on our travels. Oxford and Plymouth have the worst away record in the Championship having each picked up just 2 points. We’ve played 7, they’ve played 8. The only draws we’ve managed were at Pompey  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.17: HULL AT HOME The harsh reality of the Championship has been waiting for us ever since that final whistle at Wembley. We knew it was there but it was natural the euphoria of that day in May would make us think we’ll be okay. And why not? Football is about  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.16: SWANSEA AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 1 SWANSEA CITY 2 This was an absolute shocker. The worst performance since we got annihilated at Bolton last season. It’s hard to believe that we had a flurry at the very end of the game where we came so very close to getting a  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.15: SUNDERLAND AWAY SUNDERLAND 2 OXFORD UNITED 0 I can only tell it how it is. Or more to the point how I saw it. That though no way means I have suddenly become one of those total doom and gloom merchants – who think our stay in the Championship is  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.14: DERBY AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 1 DERBY COUNTY 1 I went into the Catherine Wheel before the game for the first time this season to see what it is all about now. Disappointingly no real ale. Ran out just before I arrived apparently. Didn’t they know there was a game  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.13: WEST BROM AT HOME It has been a very sad and sobering fortnight since we last played. Plenty of time for much needed reflection, not for the first time this season and very unlikely to be the last, to realise where football fits into our lives and how it pales  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.12: PORTSMOUTH AWAY PORTSMOUTH 1 OXFORD UNITED 1 I thought this was our least good (describing it as worst would make it sound bad, which it wasn’t) performance of the season yet we got our second away point and for the first time on our travels didn’t concede two or more  [ more ]