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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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Match wrap | Oxford United 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Will Lankshear played without a 6ā 7ā 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.
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Match wrap | Oxford United 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1
There were some complex mental gymnastics on show this week as we prepared for the climax of the season. Needing to win our games and hope that Charlton or West Brom lose theirs, we were assured seā¦
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Wrexham 1 It wasnāt just the lack of chances, we lacked any real structure or plan, like weād been placed in a hermetically sealed ante-room where nothing we did meant anything.
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Wrexham 1
When Manchester City beat Arsenal on Sunday, the commentators were hyperbolic about Cityās pursuit of the Premier League title and their relentless success machine. It left me cold; with the exceptā¦
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/04/22/match-wrap-oxford-united-0-wrexham-1/
4 days ago
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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.
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E26 - The Milk Cup Final -
Podcast Episode Ā· The Oxblogger Podcast Ā· 20 April Ā· 53min
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Match wrap | Derby County 1 Oxford United 0 Iāve had sleepless midwinter nights staring at the ceiling and contemplating the futility of my pointless existence, and it still didnāt feel as sparse and lonely as the space Burnel is allowed to run into.
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Match wrap | Derby County 1 Oxford United 0
āAre you OK?ā says the muffled voice from under the duvet.Ā Iām holding a slice of toast between my teeth while looking for my socks. Half the house is following a morning routine indistinguisā¦
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7 days ago
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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.
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Match wrap | Oxford United 2 Watford 0
When I commuted into London for work; I convinced myself of three things ā that the commute was an hour each way when it was nearly two, that there were no jobs outside London when there were plentā¦
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14 days ago
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Match wrap | Portsmouth 2 Oxford United 2 At the moment he strikes the ball, we have every player behind the ball. Itās a terrible goal to concede, but you canāt deny the game is bordering on a classic and it's a privilege to see it evolve into one.
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Match wrap | Portsmouth 2 Oxford United 2
I have seven old school friends, who Iām still in touch with. With partners and children, we number nearly 30 people. Nowadays, itās almost impossible to get us all in the same room at ā¦
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19 days ago
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Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Hull City 1 We're constantly assured that Pompey is āvitalā, 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.
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Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Hull City 1
After the suffocating claustrophobia of a relegation ravaged winter, the international break felt like weād been given shore leave. The clocks changed and the evenings became lighter. The cluā¦
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22 days ago
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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?
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E25 - Modern football -
Podcast Episode Ā· The Oxblogger Podcast Ā· 2 April Ā· 57min
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-oxblogger-podcast/id1583751368?i=1000758764477
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Match wrap | Southampton 2 Oxford United 0 After the second goal, the Oxford players gathered in a huddle; the objective had shifted. It wasnāt just the possession stats we wanted to keep down to single figures, it was the score too.
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Match wrap | Southampton 2 Oxford United 0
On Saturday morning, before the Southampton game, I saw a tweet from someone addressing any Oxford fans who were going to their first away game about āsit where we wantā lore. They said you needed ā¦
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about 1 month ago
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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.
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Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Charlton Athletic 1
Iām sure that most people retain more from their university education than I did, but these are the top three things I remember. First, dominant cultures are a class in themselves while minorities ā¦
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Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Blackburn Rovers 0 Thereās 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.
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Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Blackburn Rovers 0
When something tragic happens, like the death of Amelia Aplin at the weekend, weāre reminded that these are the things that put football into perspective. This is meant to mean that it becomes trivā¦
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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.
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Match wrap | Preston North End 1 Oxford United 3
Last Sunday I watched Arsenalās win over Chelsea. Sky had Patrick Vieira, Kolo Toure and Emanuel Petit as guests. Thierry Henry was pictured high in the stands presumably on some kind of contractuaā¦
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about 2 months ago
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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:
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The Glory Years: Oxford United in the 1980s
Buy The Glory Years: Oxford United in the 1980s by Walkinshaw, Scott (ISBN: 9781836805106) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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about 2 months 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 wasnāt 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 hiā¦
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about 2 months 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 donāt know which is the better prospect.
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Match wrap | Stoke City 2 Oxford United 1
Iāve 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 siā¦
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/26/match-wrap-stoke-city-2-oxford-united-1/
about 2 months 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 thereās 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 āquite a high levelā.Ā These are the fine-margin exā¦
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2 months 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 youāre having the season weāre having, itās easy to get paranoid. For example, itās been months since weāve had a 12.30 kick-off on a Saturday. For many, thatās a good thing, personally I likeā¦
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2 months 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. Itās time foā¦
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2 months ago
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Match wrap | Coventry City 0 Oxford United 0 As pressure builds, a bloke next to me says āYou know what, Iāll take a point right nowā. I admire his optimism; I want to tell him that Iād 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 doesnāt, which it doesnāt, to soak up the atmosphere. Yesterday we soaked it up by finding a bin for our car rubbish,ā¦
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3 months ago
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Birmingham City 2 There's silence at the whistle. Weāll 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. Thereās always been a reluctance, particularly amongst Oxford fans, tā¦
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3 months 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 hā¦
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/30/unwrapped-oxford-united-v-birmingham-city/
3 months 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 Harrisā 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 Johnās farewell tour. Iāve always assumed itāll come to an end at some point so need to take the opportunities when I can. Last seaā¦
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3 months ago
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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 viewā¦
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/21/match-wrap-oxford-united-0-queens-park-rangers-0/
3 months ago
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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. Saturdayās 0-0 draw with Bristol City had glimmers of hope laced through it, but the positivā¦
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/20/unwrapped-oxford-united-v-queens-park-rangers/
3 months ago
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Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Bristol City 0 'The Championship isnāt normal, weāre told weāre 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 moā¦
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/18/match-wrap-oxford-united-0-bristol-city-0/
3 months 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 Itās been a billion years since our last league game so obviously itās all kicked off.Ā After anĀ expected, but fairly flaccid, 2-1 defeat to Ipswich on New Yearās DayĀ ā¦
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3 months ago
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From the newsletter - The Oxford United Report Card - Johnny Biscuits āIn the end, Rowett couldnāt 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.ā
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The Oxford United Report Card | Johnny Biscuits
One manās largely pointless and reductive assessment of how weāre doing this calendar year.Ā On the pitch | B Realistically, the team has two objectives at the moment ā stay in the divisā¦
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3 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 ā Up the Football League we goā | 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 ātacit and explicit knowledgeā. If you faā¦
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3 months ago
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From the Newsletter | Town and Gown - Will Fenton We were standing on the left side of something called āThe London Roadā. 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.Ā Ā Nowhere is quite the same and I donāt think we can count Cambridge, given its lack of serious industry and any footballing folklore.Ā Ā Magdalen Bridgā¦
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3 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 wasnā¦
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4 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 Yearās Day weāve slipped to second bottom. Does the fightbackā¦
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/04/unwrapped-sheffield-united-v-oxford-united/
4 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 didnāt 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
Weāre often told that teams in a difficult situation need to treat every game like itās a cup final. The thing is, teams who need to treat games like theyāre cup finals, are not usually the kind ofā¦
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4 months ago
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Unwrapped | Ipswich Town v Oxford United Things happen when thereās a six in the year ā in 2016: promoted, 2006: relegated, 1996: promoted, 1986: Milk Cup, 1976: relegated. Weāre 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 Thereās an unfamiliar feeling about the place right now, and Iām not talking about cheese induced gout. No, thereās a palpable sense of sinking around Oxford United right now. Afā¦
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4 months ago
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Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Swansea City 0 'Weāre a team of moments, but itās what ends up on the cutting room floor, that defines a success. We canāt 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 6ās (Upper Juniors). I was new to the school so there was a ā¦
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4 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. Weāre now at the point where the mince pies no longer taste right and nobody knows when to put the bins out. Amazinglyā¦
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4 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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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 Rowettās final weeks.'
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Match wrap | Oxford United 2 Southampton 1
Oxfordās 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 podcastās host, fooā¦
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4 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 oā¦
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4 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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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 heās currently viewed. The decision to sack him comes just over a year after the decision to hire him ā 368 days to be prā¦
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4 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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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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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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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 Centrā¦
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/21/match-wrap-charlton-athletic-1-oxford-united-0/
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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. Weāve slipped into the relegation zone, routinely missed opportunities to take thrā¦
https://oxblogger.co.uk/2025/12/19/unwrapped-charlton-athletic-v-oxford-united/
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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:
www.amazon.co.uk/Glory-Years-...
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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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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-...
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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:
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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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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