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Unease

20 Thursday Apr 2017

Posted by laurencereade in C, O

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Checkatrade Trophy, Coventry City, EFL Trophy, Football, Football League Trophy, oxford united., Shaun Harvey, Wembley

Sunday 2nd April 2017 ko 14.30

Football League Trophy Final

COVENTRY CITY 2 (Bigirimana 11 Thomas 55)

OXFORD UNITED 1 (Sercombe 75)

Att 74,434

Entry £60

Programme £5

A trip to Wembley is an experience to be savoured isn’t it? It ought to be the pinnacle of your club’s ambition, and an experience where you take in every moment as if it were your last. So why did I come very close to not going, or even watching it on television? Continue reading →

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My Wembley

10 Sunday Apr 2016

Posted by laurencereade in O

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Barnsley, Football League, Football League Trophy, JPT, JPT Trophy, League 1, League 2, oxford united., Wembley, Wembley Stadium

Sunday 3rd April 2016 ko 14.30

Football League Trophy Final

BARNSLEY 3 (Dunkley 50og Fletcher 68 Hammill 74)

OXFORD UNITED 2 (O’Dowda 29 Hylton 76)

Att 59,230 @ Wembley Stadium

Entry £60

Programme £5

Tea £2

I’m fortunate in that I get to visit Wembley reasonably frequently. It fulfills both sides of my divergent footballing personality. On one hand I’m a traditionalist, for me Wembley is English football’s spiritual home, so when the stadium was rebuilt in situ it was the correct decision. I admit it may well have been entirely logical to build the national stadium in Birmingham, but….. Wembley, is… home isn’t it? Continue reading →

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Making Bets On Local Derby Day

08 Thursday Oct 2015

Posted by laurencereade in O

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Football League Trophy, JPT, Kassam Stadium, League 1, League 2, oxford united., swindon town

Tuesday 6th October 2015 ko 19.45

Football League Trophy Southern Section, 2nd Round

OXFORD UNITED 2 (Roofe 41 54)

swindon town 0 Turnbull sent off (violent conduct) 31

Att 9,013 (1,179 away)

Entry £15

Programme £3

It was 6.30 and there I was stood sheltering under the canopy over turnstile 1 waiting for Alan to open up. I watched the other Oxford fans waiting alongside me, and we all had the same expression on our faces. We were nervous, and despite there being 50 or so stood there it was quiet, I could even hear Joey Beauchamp’s footsteps as he walked over to the Quad Bar hospitality entrance. Being an Oxford United legend affords you that luxury. Continue reading →

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Rope-a-Dope

10 Thursday Oct 2013

Posted by laurencereade in O

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Football League, Football League Trophy, James Constable, John Marquis, Johnstones Paints Trophy, JPT, OUFC, oxford united., Patrick Agyemang, Portsmouth

Tuesday 8th October 2013 ko 19.45

Football League Trophy Southern Section 2nd Round

OXFORD UNITED 1 (Constable 89)

PORTSMOUTH 2 (Agyemang 66 Marquis 82)

Att 3,697 (1,132 away)

Entry £10

Programme £2 (reduced size, fold out) inc’ Oxford Mail

It has to be said that the Portsmouth support for this fixture was astounding, I did start to worry that the away fans would outnumber the home support! I remember Oxford United doing that to St Albans City during OUFC’s first season in the Conference.

The Football League’s competition for the bottom two divisions does at times Continue reading →

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The Specialist

09 Wednesday Jan 2013

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Barry Corr, central midfielder, Daniel Bentley, Football League Trophy, JPT, Luke O'Brien, michael duberry, oxford mail, oxford united., Paul Smith, ryan clarke, Sean Clohessy, sean rigg, Southend United, Tom Craddock, Tony Capaldi, tyrone marsh

Tuesday 8th January 2013 ko 19.45

Football League Trophy Southern Area Semi-Final

OXFORD UNITED 3 (Marsh 15 Craddock 31 Rigg 89)

SOUTHEND UNITED 3 (Corr 6 59 Clohessy 55)

No Extra Time Southend won 5-3 on penalties

Att 2,882 (356 away)

Entry £10

Programme £2 (reduced size) including Oxford Mail

I wonder where in this competition the Wembley Care Point exists. Many clubs enter this competition saying “There’s a Wembley Final at the end of this,” but don’t really mean it, and a near-reserve team plays in front of a couple of thousand spectators paying reduced price tickets. Yesterday’s game proves the point, about half the normal attendance, even when offered cheap tickets. So Southend find themselves just a double-legged semi-final away from Wembley, but despite Oxford playing Continue reading →

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