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...

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 coles-books.co.uk/the-glory-ye...

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

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 didn’t think that was the right decision, how do we justify changing now?' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/14/m... #oufc

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

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

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

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: www.oufcshop.co.uk/souvenirs/so...

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

Match wrap | Blackburn Rovers 1 Oxford United 1 'In August, we talked about establishing ourselves as a Championship club. There’s been a gradual recalibration of the season ever since. We're less than what we want to be and more than what we were.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/10/m... #oufc

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

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: oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/09/u...

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

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 won’t reveal itself until May.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/07/m... #oufc

Glory Years Advent | Day 6 Littlewoods Cup quarter-final in 1988 and Oxford United are up to their hijinks again. Already a goal up to Manchester United, Gray Briggs launches himself at John Dreyer's cross for 2-0. The Glory Years, available now: amazon.co.uk/Glory-Years-... #oufc

Glory Years Advent | Day 5 In 1986, the League title and relegation is on a knife edge. With two games left, Les Phillips' last-minute winner keeps Oxford's survival hopes alive and destroys Everton's title ambitions. The Glory Years - available now: www.oufcshop.co.uk/souvenirs/so...

Glory Years Advent | Day 4 After back-to-back promotions and the Milk Cup, Oxford top it all by reaching National Six-a-Side Championship Final. Teenager, Paul Swannock scores a last second winner to win the cup. The Glory Years is available from here - amazon.co.uk/Glory-Years-... #oufc

Oxblogger Newsletter - call for copy - December issue It's time to share your hot Oxford United opinion or story. More details are here: open.substack.com/pub/oxblogge... #oufc

Glory Years Advent | Day 3 Third Division Oxford are nine minutes from beating Everton to secure a Milk Cup semi-final place. Kevin Brock passes back to Steve Hardwick and Adrian Heath nips in to change history. The Glory Years is available from here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #oufc

Glory Years Advent | Day 2 John Trewick takes the ball cleanly against Liverpool's Ronnie Whelan. Sportingly, Steve McMahon runs over to congratulate him. Perfect for Xmas, The Glory Years signed copies by me, Alan Judge and Peter Foley here: coles-books.co.uk/the-glory-ye... #oufc

Glory Years Advent | Day 1 Another giant killed, Dave Langan lets fly to score from 35 yards and make it 3-2 to Oxford, knocking Division One leaders Arsenal out of the Milk Cup. Buy The Glory Years - The Rise of Oxford United in the 1980s: shorturl.at/H0myu

Match wrap | Oxford United 2 Ipswich Town 1 'The swiftness and fluidity channels through Placheta. Everything is incidental, he instructing the ball, as if he's telepathically connected, it’s all instinct, it's in the net before he knows it.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/11/29/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Oxford United v Ipswich Town Us | Highway to the relegation zone. Them | Cash rich, points poor Football Friend | The decisions of Jim Magilton From the Archive | Aldridge's great comeback It's the preview... oxblogger.co.uk/2025/11/28/u...

Match wrap | Norwich City 1 Oxford United 1 ‘What a game!’ claimed the commentators at the whistle as they tried to find a narrative like they were scraping the last peanut butter from the jar. It was one the least ‘what a game’ games you’ll ever see' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/11/26/m... #oufc

Unwrapped | Norwich City v Oxford United Us | Starboy's back Them | Messy Football friends | Loyalty Liam Manning From the archive | Five goals, two red cards and a whole lot of fun from 1996 oxblogger.co.uk/2025/11/25/u... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Middlesbrough 1 'It would be wrong to change or to panic. There were times when Boro whispered around us like a mysterious dark spirit from a horror film, their threat on goal was limited by our discipline and commitment.' oxblogger.co.uk/2025/11/23/m...

Unwrapped | Oxford United v Middlesbrough Us | International breaking Them | Surging Football friend | Dean Windass From the archive | The kiss that never was It's the preview: oxblogger.co.uk/2025/11/21/u... #oufc

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...