Match wrap | Oxford United 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Will Lankshear played without a 6’ 7” centre-back super-glued to his back. It was a joy watching him, he's lived every second of this season, his reward was a few minutes of absolute freedom. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/04/26/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Wrexham 1 It wasn’t just the lack of chances, we lacked any real structure or plan, like we’d been placed in a hermetically sealed ante-room where nothing we did meant anything. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/04/22/m... #oufc

E26 - Milk Cup Final - "It was mullets v moustaches" We take you back to the vastness of Wembley, the plight of Andy Thomas, the return of Mogadon the Monkey and Bannister burns. Plus, the conveyor belt of Milk Cup memories quiz. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... #oufc

Match wrap | Derby County 1 Oxford United 0 I’ve had sleepless midwinter nights staring at the ceiling and contemplating the futility of my pointless existence, and it still didn’t feel as sparse and lonely as the space Burnel is allowed to run into. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/04/19/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 2 Watford 0 It's Mark Harris, Sparky, or even Sparks; the personification of our promotion celebrations whose tortured role is punctuated by crucial moments of success. He's symbolic our Championship experience. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/04/12/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Portsmouth 2 Oxford United 2 At the moment he strikes the ball, we have every player behind the ball. It’s a terrible goal to concede, but you can’t deny the game is bordering on a classic and it's a privilege to see it evolve into one. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/04/07/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Hull City 1 We're constantly assured that Pompey is ‘vital’, but did anyone give any thought about what we might need from Hull? If we won, could we afford to lose on Monday? Or did we need to win both? Nobody knew. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/04/04/m... #oufc

Oxblogger Podcast E25 - Modern Football - "Everyone is so polite about Korean footballers" We're back to talk modern football. Why is there too little football in football? Why is there too much football in football? And, what's an expected dribble? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... #oufc

Match wrap | Southampton 2 Oxford United 0 After the second goal, the Oxford players gathered in a huddle; the objective had shifted. It wasn’t just the possession stats we wanted to keep down to single figures, it was the score too. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/22/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Charlton Athletic 1 Like Stockholm Syndrome, we've gone from frustration to falling in love with our misfortune. Our penalty record was an indictment of our lack of attacking threat; but at least it was our indictment. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/15/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Blackburn Rovers 0 There’s no right response to this, but we can be sure of on thing; by virtue of the fact she was an Oxford United player, Amelia Aplin lived 100% of her life. And that is something worth celebrating. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/12/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Preston North End 1 Oxford United 3 Lankshear theatrically claimed the goal, but there was debate about whether he got a touch. First it was a foot, then a toe, then his studs, we concluded it deflected off the concept of Will Lankshear. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/07/m... #oufc

As kids up and down the country dress as Gary Briggs for World Book Day, it seems a good time to say that The Glory Years paperback edition will be available in time for the 40th anniversary of the Milk Cup Final at the end of April. Pre-order here: www.amazon.co.uk/Glory-Years-... #oufc

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 wasn’t about football as we know it. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/01/m... #oufc

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 don’t know which is the better prospect. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/26/m... #oufc

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 there’s no evidence that we can do it? Taking a step back to see the mountain we have to climb is quite calming. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/22/m... #oufc

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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/16/m... #oufc

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? oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/11/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Coventry City 0 Oxford United 0 As pressure builds, a bloke next to me says ‘You know what, I’ll take a point right now’. I admire his optimism; I want to tell him that I’d take a gritty 2-0 defeat and not too much traffic on the way home. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/08/m...

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Birmingham City 2 There's silence at the whistle. We’ll 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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/01/m... #oufc

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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/30/u... #oufc

Match wrap | Leicester City 1 Oxford United 2 The world inverted, the stadium evaporated and silence descended. In the cavernous chambers of Mark Harris’ soul, we wanted him to succeed not for the goal but for him and how we want to feel about him. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/25/m... #oufc

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.' oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/21/m... #oufc

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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/20/u... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Bristol City 0 'The Championship isn’t normal, we’re told we’re 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.' oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/18/m... #oufc

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... oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/16/u... #oufc

From the newsletter - The Oxford United Report Card - Johnny Biscuits “In the end, Rowett couldn’t 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.” oxblogger.co.uk/the-oxford-u... #oufc

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 #oufc stories from someone who was there. oxblogger.co.uk/ai-ai-ai-oh-...

From the Newsletter | Town and Gown - Will Fenton We were standing on the left side of something called ‘The London Road’. The atmosphere was very tasty. After a 5-3 win over Swindon, I was hooked. Will Fenton on his conversion from Gown to Town. oxblogger.co.uk/town-and-gow... #oufc

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.' oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/10/m... #oufc

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.' oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/04/u...

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 didn’t humiliate us. The problem is that this alone won't be enough to save us.' oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/02/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Ipswich Town v Oxford United Things happen when there’s a six in the year – in 2016: promoted, 2006: relegated, 1996: promoted, 1986: Milk Cup, 1976: relegated. We’re either getting relegated or winning the FA Cup. It's the preview: oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/01/u... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Swansea City 0 'We’re a team of moments, but it’s what ends up on the cutting room floor, that defines a success. We can’t keep appointing a short-term manager just to save us from relegation… we need to build and evolve.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/30/m... #oufc

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: oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/29/u... #oufc

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. forms.gle/85Amdj8e6kZz... #oufc

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 Rowett’s final weeks.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/27/m... #oufc

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: oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/26/u... #oufc

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. #oufc The Glory Years, available now: www.amazon.co.uk/Glory-Years-... Merry Christmas!

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. oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/23/c... #oufc

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: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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: coles-books.co.uk/the-glory-ye... #oufc

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: www.amazon.co.uk/Glory-Years-...

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.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/21/m... #oufc

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! oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/19/u...

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: www.amazon.co.uk/Glory-Years-... #oufc

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: coles-books.co.uk/the-glory-ye... #oufc

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: www.amazon.co.uk/Glory-Years-... #oufc

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: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #oufc

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. www.podbean.com/eas/pb-xu9tu...