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.
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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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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.
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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 | 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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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 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.
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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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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.
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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 wasn’t about football as we know it.
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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 don’t know which is the better prospect.
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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 there’s 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 | 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 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 | 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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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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.'
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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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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.”
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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 #oufc stories from someone who was there.
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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.
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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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