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The Glory Years is out now, thanks to everyone who has bought it, read the blog and generally encouraged me to keep going. You can buy it from all the usual places, but this is a good one:
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I made a little video to celebrate:
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Glory Years - Oxford United's rise through the 1980s - Out now
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about 1 year ago
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Match wrap | Oxford United 2 West Bromwich Albion 1 The game descended into two private hells: us, daring to dream and hating ourselves for it. Them, lost and trying to find a signal. Chances were scant, this wasnât about football as we know it.
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Match wrap | Oxford United 2 West Bromwich Albion 1
I was reading recently about the influence of American owners on football in England. Americans see sports clubs differently to us; while we see clubs inextricably linked with their location and hiâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/01/match-wrap-oxford-united-2-west-bromwich-albion-1/
3 days ago
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Match wrap | Stoke City 2 Oxford United 1 Inevitability unlocked? Or just another opportunity missed? By 5pm on Saturday we might be three points adrift and back in it. Or we might not be. I donât know which is the better prospect.
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Match wrap | Stoke City 2 Oxford United 1
Iâve been having some anxiety dreams that are absurd in their construct, yet feel very real. The other night I dreamt I was driving along a motorway which took a sharp turn, my car turned on its siâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/26/match-wrap-stoke-city-2-oxford-united-1/
5 days ago
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Match wrap | Middlesbrough 0 Oxford United 0 Are we just kidding ourselves that we might get out of our predicament? Why do we believe when thereâs no evidence that we can do it? Taking a step back to see the mountain we have to climb is quite calming.
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Match wrap | Middlesbrough 0 Oxford United 0
There are few things better than a phone-in caller who tries to add credibility to their opinion by claiming to have played or officiated at âquite a high levelâ. These are the fine-margin exâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/22/match-wrap-middlesbrough-0-oxford-united-0/
10 days ago
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Sunderland 1 This wasn't about triggering a big turnaround or writing a giant killing into the history books, it was about cleansing the palate and preparing for the rest of the season.
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Sunderland 1
When youâre having the season weâre having, itâs easy to get paranoid. For example, itâs been months since weâve had a 12.30 kick-off on a Saturday. For many, thatâs a good thing, personally I likeâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/16/match-wrap-oxford-united-0-sunderland-1-2/
15 days ago
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Norwich City 1 It took 53 seconds for fans to confront their own reality. A brutal truth that we're fighting history. The choices are clear, what do you choose?
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Norwich City 3
The ball arcs into the illuminated skies. Its launch is long, unfettered and direct. This is the established science now; Cruyff is dead, tika-taka is too woke for our combative times. Itâs time foâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/11/match-wrap-oxford-united-0-norwich-city-3/
20 days ago
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Match wrap | Coventry City 0 Oxford United 0 As pressure builds, a bloke next to me says âYou know what, Iâll take a point right nowâ. I admire his optimism; I want to tell him that Iâd take a gritty 2-0 defeat and not too much traffic on the way home.
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Match wrap | Coventry City 0 Oxford United 0
For away games I always give myself an hour for something to go wrong, or if it doesnât, which it doesnât, to soak up the atmosphere. Yesterday we soaked it up by finding a bin for our car rubbish,âŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/08/match-wrap-coventry-city-0-oxford-united-0/
24 days ago
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Birmingham City 2 There's silence at the whistle. Weâll go again on Tuesday and Saturday and every game after that. But in these moments of contemplation, the realities are becoming more vivid with each disappointment.
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Birmingham City 2
I maintain, had it been forged in the 1960s, a rivalry between Oxford and Wycombe would have taken a very different complexion. Thereâs always been a reluctance, particularly amongst Oxford fans, tâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/01/match-wrap-oxford-united-0-birmingham-city-2/
about 1 month ago
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Unwrapped | Oxford United v Birmingham City Birmingham come to Oxford for the first time since they beat us 7-1 at The Manor in 1998, a game which ended Mike Salmon's career and included two goals from, em, Gary Rowett. It's the preview.
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Unwrapped | Oxford United v Birmingham City
The week unwrapped Have we turned the corner or is it another false dawn? The 2-1 win over Leicester City last week put us within striking distance of safety, but more importantly Matt Bloomfield hâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/30/unwrapped-oxford-united-v-birmingham-city/
about 1 month ago
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Match wrap | Leicester City 1 Oxford United 2 The world inverted, the stadium evaporated and silence descended. In the cavernous chambers of Mark Harrisâ soul, we wanted him to succeed not for the goal but for him and how we want to feel about him.
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Match wrap | Leicester City 1 Oxford United 2
Ever since promotion, away games have felt like Elton Johnâs farewell tour. Iâve always assumed itâll come to an end at some point so need to take the opportunities when I can. Last seaâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/25/match-wrap-leicester-city-1-oxford-united-2/
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Queens Park Rangers 0 'The gods took hold, tactics and technique were squeezed out. If the ball was on the ground, it stuck in the turf. Launched into the air, it caught in the wind and dropped where the beasts chose.'
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Queens Park Rangers 0
For a club so ingrained in the folklore of Oxford United, QPR represent something of the Grim Reaper of our modern Championship experience. Our first trip to Loftus Road last season was widely viewâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/21/match-wrap-oxford-united-0-queens-park-rangers-0/
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Unwrapped | Oxford United v Queens Park Rangers 'We're not far off. You're closer to not being far off down the bottom if you're five points adrift than being not far off if you're five points adrift of the playoffs.' Ben Purkiss. Here's the preview.
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Unwrapped | Oxford United v Queens Park Rangers
The week unwrapped It seems like the most fun you can have in football nowadays is not playing football. Saturdayâs 0-0 draw with Bristol City had glimmers of hope laced through it, but the positivâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/20/unwrapped-oxford-united-v-queens-park-rangers/
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Bristol City 0 'The Championship isnât normal, weâre told weâre punching above our weight and marvel at our opponents resources. A goal may have obscured the real improvement, a sense of parity with the Championship.'
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Bristol City 0
This week I had the distraction of having two wisdom teeth removed. Generally speaking, I was very brave boy but I still have the occasional flashback to the surgeon saying in his calm, soothing moâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/18/match-wrap-oxford-united-0-bristol-city-0/
about 1 month ago
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Unwrapped | Oxford United v Bristol City We've mobilised with the precision and discipline of the Ant Hill Mob. Tiger's wife posted a video of her husband showing his grandson our January transfer targets. The Championship quaked. It's the preview...
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Unwrapped | Oxford United v Bristol City
The week unwrapped Itâs been a billion years since our last league game so obviously itâs all kicked off. After an expected, but fairly flaccid, 2-1 defeat to Ipswich on New Yearâs Day âŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/16/unwrapped-oxford-united-v-bristol-city/
about 2 months ago
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From the newsletter - The Oxford United Report Card - Johnny Biscuits âIn the end, Rowett couldnât figure out what his best options were for personnel or approach⊠whether that tells you more about our recruitment or Rowett remains to be seen.â
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The Oxford United Report Card | Johnny Biscuits
One manâs largely pointless and reductive assessment of how weâre doing this calendar year. On the pitch | B Realistically, the team has two objectives at the moment â stay in the divisâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/the-oxford-united-report-card-johnny-biscuits/
about 2 months ago
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From the newsletter - Up the Football League we go - Ian Davies Did Juventus really want to use Oxford United to get thrown out of Italian football and set up a European Super League? Some wild
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AI AI AI Oh â Up the Football League we goâ | Ian Davies
Four Oxford United mysteries almost explained using the help of AI. In my current job, I spend quite a bit of time banging on about the differences between âtacit and explicit knowledgeâ. If you faâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/ai-ai-ai-oh-up-the-football-league-we-go-ian-davies/
about 2 months ago
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From the Newsletter | Town and Gown - Will Fenton We were standing on the left side of something called âThe London Roadâ. The atmosphere was very tasty. After a 5-3 win over Swindon, I was hooked. Will Fenton on his conversion from Gown to Town.
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Town and Gown | Will Fenton
Oxford is a funny city when you think about it.  Nowhere is quite the same and I donât think we can count Cambridge, given its lack of serious industry and any footballing folklore.  Magdalen BridgâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/town-and-gown-will-fenton/
about 2 months ago
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Match wrap | MK Dons 1 Oxford United 1 (3-4 on penalties) 'It might have felt like we were playing in a haunted cathedral with a side cobbled together like a toddler playing with your Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon, but class told in the end.'
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Match wrap | MK Dons 1 Oxford United 1 (3-4 on pens)
Oxford United are masters of inconsequential firsts. In 1950, Headington United were the first professional team to install floodlights, using them for a friendly against Banbury Spencer. This wasnâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/10/match-wrap-mk-dons-1-oxford-united-1-3-4-on-pens/
about 2 months ago
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Unwrapped | Sheffield United v Oxford United 'Chris Wilder is not the kind of person who gets complacent about anything, particularly against us, so we'll need a dose of optimism if we're to believe we'll get anything from this.'
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Unwrapped | Sheffield United v Oxford United
The week unwrapped Should this be the week unwrapped or unravelled? After an expected, but fairly flaccid, 2-1 defeat to Ipswich on New Yearâs Day weâve slipped to second bottom. Does the fightbackâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/04/unwrapped-sheffield-united-v-oxford-united/
about 2 months ago
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Match wrap | Ipswich Town 2 Oxford United 1 'Nobody really expected anything from our trip to Ipswich. In the end, it was a result which progressed their ambitions and didnât humiliate us. The problem is that this alone won't be enough to save us.'
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Match wrap | Ipswich Town 2 Oxford United 1
Weâre often told that teams in a difficult situation need to treat every game like itâs a cup final. The thing is, teams who need to treat games like theyâre cup finals, are not usually the kind ofâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/02/match-wrap-ipswich-town-2-oxford-united-1/
2 months ago
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Unwrapped | Ipswich Town v Oxford United Things happen when thereâs a six in the year â in 2016: promoted, 2006: relegated, 1996: promoted, 1986: Milk Cup, 1976: relegated. Weâre either getting relegated or winning the FA Cup. It's the preview:
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Unwrapped | Ipswich Town v Oxford United
The week unwrapped Thereâs an unfamiliar feeling about the place right now, and Iâm not talking about cheese induced gout. No, thereâs a palpable sense of sinking around Oxford United right now. AfâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/01/unwrapped-ipswich-town-v-oxford-united/
2 months ago
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Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Swansea City 0 'Weâre a team of moments, but itâs what ends up on the cutting room floor, that defines a success. We canât keep appointing a short-term manager just to save us from relegation⊠we need to build and evolve.'
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Swansea City 1
I vividly remember my primary school football debut. I was in Year 5, or Lower Juniors as it was known, playing in a team of mostly Year 6âs (Upper Juniors). I was new to the school so there was a âŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/30/match-wrap-oxford-united-0-swansea-city-1/
2 months ago
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Unwrapped | Oxford United v Swansea City Us | Transcending Them | Cosplaying Football Friend | Jeremy Charles From the archive | Success in a blizzard of failure from 2000. It's the preview:
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Unwrapped | Oxford United v Swansea City
The week unwrapped Games come at Christmas like Lewis Haldane, thick and fast. Weâre now at the point where the mince pies no longer taste right and nobody knows when to put the bins out. AmazinglyâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/29/unwrapped-oxford-united-v-swansea-city/
2 months ago
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Oxblogger Mid-Season Survey 2025/26 We're at the half-way point of the season and things are going... well? Badly? Somewhere in the middle? It's the Oxblogger mid-season survey - rate the players, manager and owners and predict how the season ends.
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2 months ago
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Match wrap | Oxford United 2 Southampton 1 'The team felt like the decisions of someone not contracted to deliver a tightly defined output. Craig Short's selection was for the people, free of the over-thinking that wracked Gary Rowettâs final weeks.'
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Match wrap | Oxford United 2 Southampton 1
Oxfordâs CEO Tim Williams was on the Price of Football podcast this week, for someone often criticised for his communication skills, he always comes over well when he talks. The podcastâs host, fooâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/27/match-wrap-oxford-united-2-southampton-1/
2 months ago
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Unwrapped | Oxford United v Southampton Us | Transitioning Them | Enigmatic Football friend | Trevor Hebberd From the archives | Ding dong at The Dell from 1996 It's the preview:
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`Unwrapped | Oxford United v Southampton
The week unwrapped Gary Rowett issued a fairly stark ultimatum on Saturday after the dispiriting 1-0 defeat to Charlton: back me or sack me. Given that Rowett has, in recent weeks, criticised his oâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/26/unwrapped-oxford-united-v-southampton/
2 months ago
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Glory Years Advent | Day 24 And finally, the greatest day. 20th April 1986, Oxford United, four years after nearly going bankrupt lift the Milk Cup at Wembley after beating Queens Park Rangers 3-0.
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The Glory Years, available now:
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Merry Christmas!
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2 months ago
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Comment | Gary Rowett Sacked How will he be remembered? I suspect, he'll be the man who came to do a job, did it, and left. It would have been madness for him to leave in the summer, but this season felt like a contract extension he wasn't committed to.
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Comment | Gary Rowett sacked
How will Gary Rowett be remembered? Probably differently to how heâs currently viewed. The decision to sack him comes just over a year after the decision to hire him â 368 days to be prâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/23/comment-gary-rowett-sacked/
2 months ago
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Glory Years Advent | Day 23 A final piece of Manor mayhem. In 1988 Chelsea go 3-0 up at half-time, Oxford fight back to 3-3 only to concede again. After a disallowed last minute goal, Saunders makes it 4-4 in the last second. The Glory Years - out now:
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2 months ago
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Glory Years Advent | Day 22 Littlewoods Cup Semi-Final first leg against Luton in 1988. Dean Saunders puts on a masterclass of throwing himself on the floor. He wins two penalties, scores one and should have had another. The Glory Years, available now:
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2 months ago
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Glory Years Advent | Day 21 English football pivots towards the Premier League era, Manchester United appoint Aberdeen manager Alex Ferguson as their new manager. Oxford are his first test, we give him the perfect welcome. The Glory Years out now:
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2 months ago
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Match wrap | Charlton Athletic 1 Oxford United 0 'Rowett's become the story, a lightning rod of conjecture. He may not be the sole reason for our struggles, but if we are to survive, we need to settle this distraction one way or another.'
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Match wrap | Charlton Athletic 1 Oxford United 0
I was in Oxford on Saturday away from the trials of what was happening at The Valley. There was a large, noisy and joyous anti-fascist demonstration-cum-carnival going on outside the Westgate CentrâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/21/match-wrap-charlton-athletic-1-oxford-united-0/
2 months ago
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Unwrapped | Charlton Athletic v Oxford United The Busy Christmas Period opens at Charlton. We find ourselves in a festive fug; into the relegation zone, missing opportunities to win against failing teams and with just one win in nine. Merry Christmas!
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Unwrapped | Charlton Athletic v Oxford United
The week unwrapped The Busy Christmas Period opens with a trip to Charlton and we find ourselves in a festive fug. Weâve slipped into the relegation zone, routinely missed opportunities to take thrâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/19/unwrapped-charlton-athletic-v-oxford-united/
2 months ago
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Glory Years Advent | Day 20 November 1985: Oxford go 3-0 down to Ipswich at half-time. Using the power of the slope, John Aldridge smashes a 10 minute hat-trick and Neil Slatter grabs the winner for an epic comeback. The Glory Years - available now:
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2 months ago
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Glory Years Advent | Day 19 It's not just the big nights at The Manor. Against Walsall in 1984, Peter Rhoades-Brown inspires decades of half-time competitions with this thundering volley, winning two tickets to our next home game. Glory Years out now:
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2 months ago
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The Glory Years Advent | Day 18 An epic trilogy with Manchester United in the 1983 Milk Cup reaches a climax. After draws at The Manor and Old Trafford, Steve Biggins' extra-time header knocks the Division One giants out. The Glory Years - available now:
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3 months ago
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Glory Years Advent | Day 17 Milk Cup Semi-Final, first leg, 1986, within a minute of going 2-1 down to Aston Villa, John Aldridge attacks, wins a penalty and converts the spot kick. Look at the limbs in the Oxford end. The Glory Years available now:
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3 months ago
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New pod | Oxblogger Podcast - Merchandise - "What does myrrh and tonka actually smell like?" It's Christmas time, so we've been down the club shop to fill our boots with Oxford United tat. Let us sort the dog bandanas from the branded doormats.
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E24 - Oxford United Merchandise - 'What does Myrrh and Tonka smell like?'
Christmas is coming, so it's time to get down the club shop and load up on some club merchandise for all the family. The Oxblogger podcast has sorted through the dog bandanas and the branded doormats ...
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3 months ago
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Glory Years Advent | Day 16 It wasn't all about the goals, against Manchester United in 1988, Alan Judge defies gravity, twisting like a salmon in midair to deny England captain Bryan Robson a certain goal. Signed copies of The Glory Years available now
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3 months ago
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Glory Days Advent | Day 15 1987 - Jim Smith's unbeaten QPR top the league having conceded 2 goals. New signing Richard Hill gets the first, then a Ray Houghton masterclass and goal secures a 2-0 win against the leaders. The Glory Years, available here:
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3 months ago
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Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Preston North End 2 'What went wrong? No one knows. Our form is bottom six not bottom three. Contrast that to last year when Des Buckingham left. We didnât think that was the right decision, how do we justify changing now?'
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Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Preston North End 2
As we trudged towards the exit in near silence after yesterdayâs 2-1 defeat to Preston, I looked to the back of the South Stand, a man of late middle age bellowed a single word: âCheatâ, his face wâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/14/match-wrap-oxford-united-1-preston-north-end-2/
3 months ago
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Glory Years Advent | Day 14 It's 1987, Oxford United need a win to stay up. In their penultimate game at Luton they go 2-0 up before conceding two late goals. In injury time Dean Saunders pops up to snatch the winner. Signed copies of the Glory Years:
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3 months ago
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Glory Years Advent | Day 13 Oxford play 19 cup games in 1983/4. In the FA Cup, Burnley keeper Roger Hansbury is hit by a coin from the London Road before conceding. Burnley want a replay, saying Hansbury was concussed. The Glory Years available now:
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3 months ago
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Unwrapped | Oxford United v Preston North End Us | Fractured? Them | Flying high, but vulnerable? Football friend | Ryan Lego Ledson From the archive | Another 1964 classic It's the preview...
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Unwrapped | Oxford United v Preston North End
The week unwrapped Where are we? Does anyone really know? A fractured club? Or just one battling through the fog of war against the odds? Maybe itâs just what the Championship does to a team like OâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/12/unwrapped-oxford-united-v-preston-north-end/
3 months ago
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Glory Days Advent | Day 12 At the start of the glorious Milk Cup run in 1983, Oxford face star-studded Newcastle featuring former England captain Kevin Keegan. Andy Thomas' wonder strike sets up a dazzling 2-1 win. The Glory Years available here:
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Glory Years Advent | Day 11 A year after winning the Division 3 Championship in 1984, Dave Langan's first half goal secures back-to-back titles and promotion to Division 1 with a winner against Shrewsbury. Signed copies of the Glory Years available here:
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Match wrap | Blackburn Rovers 1 Oxford United 1 'In August, we talked about establishing ourselves as a Championship club. Thereâs been a gradual recalibration of the season ever since. We're less than what we want to be and more than what we were.'
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Match wrap | Blackburn Rovers 1 Oxford United 1
Weâre constantly looking for signs that our club is going to be OK. Traditionally we look at goals, results and league tables, in the data obsessed modern age weâve gone more meta looking at âŠ
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3 months ago
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Glory Years Advent | Day 10 After holding Manchester United 1-1 in their first Milk Cup game at The Manor, most assumed the First Division side would ease through in the replay at Old Trafford. Then Kevin Brock did this. The Glory Years, available from:
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3 months ago
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Unwrapped | Blackburn Rovers v Oxford United Us | Topsy turvy Them | Sopping wet and wobbly Football Friend | The Faz From the archive | The Blackburn Game It's the preview:
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Unwrapped | Blackburn Rovers v Oxford United
The week unwrapped Sees and saws, ups and downs, swings and roundabouts. Oxfordâs up and down season continued on Saturday with a resounding 2-0 defeat at Swansea City. The result, which endeâŠ
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/09/unwrapped-blackburn-rovers-v-oxford-united/
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Glory Years Advent | Day 8 The last game of 1985/86, Oxford need to win against Arsenal to stay up. The magic of the Manor strikes with a sweeping 3-0 victory. Billy Hamilton's final Oxford goal tops it off with the third. The Glory Years available now:
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Match wrap | Swansea City 2 Oxford United 0 'A win or loss contributes little to the overall picture. Defeats to poor sides aren't catastrophic, wins against good teams aren't signs of potential. The truth wonât reveal itself until May.'
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Match wrap | Swansea City 2 Oxford United 0
When I was young, I watched and played so much football, I couldnât really countenance other sports. Sport, in my formative mind, was fast, athletic and explosive, the idea of tactics and strategy âŠ
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