One reason for writing The Glory Years, was to put the #oufc story of the 1980s back in its rightful place. Nobody chronicles it with as much precision as @nessundormapodcast.bsky.social , so it was great to tell the story here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/15Xy...

Oxblogger Newsletter - Issue 7 - out now The hunt for Dean Saunders' autograph An essential guide to clapping The ultimate Oxford United team of the 1990s And, from the Premier League to the Baller League, what every ex-Oxford United is doing now. substack.com/home/post/p-... #oufc

Match wrap | West Bromwich Albion 2 Oxford United 1 'Football is one of the great releases from the working week and away days maybe its greatest articulation. You can worry about relegation and tactical decisions, but that misses the point.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/11/09/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | West Bromwich Albion v Oxford United Us | Unpredictable Them | Grumpy Football Friend | John Trewick From the archive | A six goal Hawthorns classic from the 90s It's the preview: oxblogger.co.uk/2025/11/07/u... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Stoke City 3 'We trudged home, in silence, not out of frustration, but acceptance, there was little to say. Stoke were the best team we’ve played this season, even at our best we wouldn’t have beaten them.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/11/05/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Oxford United v Stoke City But can we do it on a wet Tuesday against Stoke? Us | Perky Them | Streaky Football Friend | Dean Whitehead From the archive | Gray's anatomy It's only another flippin' preview: oxblogger.co.uk/2025/11/03/u... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 2 Millwall 2 'There are many ways to beat a goalkeeper; with accuracy, pace, over the top, bending away, Brannagan somehow combined each one to beat Max Crocombe in every conceivable way.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/11/02/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Oxford United v Millwall Nobody like them, they don't care. Right up to the point when you tell them you don't like them, then they really care. Cockney contrarians Millwall are the visitors tomorrow. Here's the preview. oxblogger.co.uk/2025/10/31/u... #oufc

Unwrapped | Oxford United v Millwall Us | Winning wrongly Them | Surging, but vulnerable? Football Friend | James Henry From the archive | A six goal epic at The New Den It's the preview: oxblogger.co.uk/2025/10/31/u... #oufc

Match wrap | Sheffield Wednesday 1 Oxford United 2 'Many Oxford fans were negative; despite equalling our away win tally, despite doing the only thing we could do, the performance was pulled apart; it wasn’t a win, it was a bad win.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/10/26/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Sheffield Wednesday v Oxford United It's the preview: Us | Schizophrenic Them | Catastrophic Football Friend | Ain't nobody... From the archive | A last minute flick from the gods by James Henry oxblogger.co.uk/2025/10/24/u... #oufc

Match wrap | Wrexham 1 Oxford United 0 'Unfortunately Cameron Brannagan set the tone by drilling a stinging back pass to Jamie Cumming who was wide-eyed with shock. Billy Turley would have chased Brannagan out of the ground with a shotgun.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/10/23/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Wrexham v Oxford United 'Wrexham-off-the-Telly, a club whose fans spend half their time shouting ‘COME ON’ into GoPros and the other half running start-up avocado farms just outside Coedpoeth.' It's the preview: oxblogger.co.uk/2025/10/21/u... #oufc

The lovely people at Coles bookshop in Bicester have a limited stock of signed copies of The Glory Years currently in stock. A perfect present for the Boomers and Gen Xers in your life. Available online and in store: coles-books.co.uk/the-glory-ye... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Derby County 0 'Negotiating Second Season Syndrome seems to be a case of accepting where you are and improving where you can. It might sound unambitious, but the result against Derby showed the advantages that offers.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/10/19/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Oxford United v Derby County It's time for today's preview. Two sides in parallel, Paul Simpson, Paul Reece and the latest from the Cam N Easty show. oxblogger.co.uk/2025/10/17/u...

Unwrapped | Oxford United v Derby County It's been a bumper international break: Us | Doing a Derby Them | Doing an Oxford Football friend | Paul Simpson From the archive | The greatest Oxford United goalkeeping display in history. It's the preview: oxblogger.co.uk/2025/10/17/u... #oufc

E23 | Oxford United Team of the 1990s Like Oasis, The Oxblogger Podcast is back and we're stuck in the 1990s too. It's the ultimate Oxford United team of the 90s; sorting your Bow Champs from the Magultons. www.podbean.com/ep/pb-quzbg-...

Oxblogger Newsletter - call for copy The international break is a chance to take stock and write for the Oxblogger newsletter. We want to hear your hot takes and stories whether on-field, off-field or Oxford adjcent. Details here: substack.com/home/post/p-... #oufc

Match wrap | Watford 2 Oxford United 1 'For the Watford game, I was in row DD, which was so close to the pitch, row CC was where the wheelchair users sit, BB were the stewards, and AA was Greg Leigh.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/10/05/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Watford v Oxford United 'Watford’s managers are like hosts on Have I Got News For You, there's someone different in charge every week. Saturday’s is Paulo Pezzolano, the kind of name that sent Nick Harris into semi-retirement.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/10/03/u... #oufc

Unwrapped | Queen's Park Rangers v Oxford United It's nearly midweek football time, so here's the preview: Us | Born to be Wildered Them | Overrated or understated? Football Friend | Kevin Brock From the Archive | Toppling the league leaders in 1987 oxblogger.co.uk/2025/09/30/u... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Sheffield United 1 'Chris Wilder is a counter-puncher; he famously rallied against an official for eating a sandwich. But, equally, we're a counter-punching team. How do you counter-punch a counter puncher?' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/09/28/m... #oufc

Fancy writing some Oxford-ish or the Oxblogger Newsletter? The October issue is out soon, so if you've got a story to tell, an opinion to share, or a hot take that nobody else is talking about, why not get writing? Details: oxblogger.substack.com/p/oxblogger-... #oufc

Unwrapped | Oxford United v Sheffield United It's the preview: Us | Brannababy, baby. Them | The return of Chuckles Wilder. Football friend | George Baldock From the archive | Era shifts in 1999 oxblogger.co.uk/2025/09/26/u... #oufc

Match wrap | Bristol City 1 Oxford United 3 'The ball fell to Placheta outside the box, his boot detonated the ball, projecting it at a savage pace that defied physics. The net convulsed as it entered the top right hand corner.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/09/22/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Bristol City v Oxford United 'Having Liam Manning as your manager is like having your mate, who’s a qualified plasterer, sleeping on your sofa. He won’t stay long but he’ll leave you in a better state than he found you.' It's the preview: oxblogger.co.uk/2025/09/19/u... #oufc

Unwrapped | Bristol City v Oxford United It's preview time: Us: Capt Cam Bran Them: The Obscure Bundesliga Phase Football Friend: Matt Taylor From the Archive: A run rescued in 1996 oxblogger.co.uk/2025/09/19/u... #oufc

From the newsletter - Defending the non-scoring defender | Graham Dunn Attack is the best form of defence? At Oxford United, defence is often the best form of attack. Whatever happened to the good old fashioned non-scoring defender? oxblogger.co.uk/defending-th... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 2 Leicester City 2 'A Bulgarian, Belgian and two Poles fist-bumped. Even Sam Long and Cameron Brannagan looked different. They hadn't changed, everything around them has. Stand back and absorb how bewildering it is.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/09/14/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 2 Leicester City 2 'There was a lightness in our play which made them look ordinary. It was a marked difference to the fawning defensive struggles of earlier in the season. It felt like we belonged.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/09/14/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Oxford United v Leicester City 'Are Leicester's perception and reality misaligning? Like that time we perceived ourselves to be a club big enough to sign a Tottenham striker and the reality was Jamie Slabber.' It's the preview: oxblogger.co.uk/2025/09/12/u... #oufc

Unwrapped | Oxford United v Leicester City It's preview time with: Us: Rested and ready to go Them: Teetering over the abyss? Football friend: Matt Elliott From the Archive: The beatification of Alex Dyer in 1993 oxblogger.co.uk/2025/09/12/u... #oufc

From the Oxblogger newsletter | Say hello, wave goodbye - Ian Davies After working for #oufc, Ian Davies walked out of The Manor in 1999, bruised by his experience. No one could have predicted it would be 20 years before he'd see us play again. oxblogger.co.uk/say-hello-wa...

From the Newsletter | Get Your Kits Out For The Lads - Jonny Biscuits Bereft at the blank weekend? Get your eyeballs on Jonny Biscuits' analysis of the modern phenomenon of Oxford United kit launches. oxblogger.co.uk/get-your-kit... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 2 Coventry City 2 'Brannagan's micro-adjustment reclaimed our destiny, striking the ball beyond the keeper. His venomous drive wrapped in a pure truth.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/31/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Brighton and Hove Albion 6 'Alarmingly our most reliable performers are floundering, are they injured? Demotivated? Tired? Is a celebrated generation beginning to pass?' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/28/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Brighton and Hove Albion (A) Us: Pointless but not hopeless Them: Football's centrist dads Football Friend: John Byrne From the Archive: FA Cup giant killing in 1982 It's the Brighton preview thingy: oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/26/u...

Match wrap | Birmingham City 1 Oxford United 0 'It was like being attacked by a swarm of wasps, they can hurt you, but with the right equipment, you can tame them. Tactically we made sense, but if we're to gain points we have to find something else.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/24/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Birmingham City (A) It's preview time; a news round up, look at our opponents, a mutual football friend and a game from the archive. oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/22/u... #oufc

Unwrapped | Birmingham City (A) Your weekend preview featuring... The week unwrapped The Opponents: The Brady Bunch Football Friend: Dave Langan From the archive: A mid-90s title decider oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/22/u... #oufc

From the Newsletter | Oxblogger Survey Results 2025 - the ratings The Oxblogger Survey 2025 came at a time of relief and positivity. So, how did fans rate the mood, squad, manager, owners and the fans' relationship with the club? oxblogger.co.uk/oxblogger-su... #oufc

Match wrap | Hull City 3 Oxford United 2 "The shirt was revealed as the players walked onto the pitch. After much rumour, it turned out to be the colour of what would happen to a Labubu doll if you put it through a bacon slicer." oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/18/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Hull City 3 Oxford United 2 'Kit launches are easy in the summer when everything is about potential. Releasing it 5 minutes before all the ethereal conceptual stuff collides with the heavy reality of an away game in Hull was always a risk.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/18/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Hull City (A) Here's my Hull preview: The week unwrapped: Stadium decisions and the Des-urrection The opponents: The Turkish Ant or Dec Football friend: Sam Ricketts From the archive: The beginning of the end of Ian Atkins oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/16/u... #oufc

Unwrapped - Hull City (A) After all the excitement of Thursday it's time to return to boring old football. My Hull City preview includes the Turkish Ant and Dec, a trillion dollar bid for Owen Dale and the moment Ian Atkins' dreams collapsed. oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/16/u... #oufc

Comment | The new stadium - a landmark moment in time 'I don’t know why we choose football as a vehicle for social cohesion and inclusion, but as Roland Clements' testimony showed, it just is. For all the negativity, this truth was undeniable.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/15/c... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Colchester United 0 'The win was perhaps more important than we give it credit. No one will remember it, but after the loss to Portsmouth, and with two away games to come, getting a foothold in the season can only help.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/13/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Portsmouth 1 "Following a game from afar is like talking to a toddler on the phone. The silence that greets each question could either mean they're nodding to each question or burning down the house." oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/10/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Portsmouth 1 "The season opener is the most inconsequential consequential fixture of the season. It means both everything and nothing. It signals something and indicates nothing. It's both memorable and pointless." oxblogger.co.uk/2025/08/10/m... #oufc