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Shafted

07 Wednesday Dec 2016

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Saturday 3rd December 2016 ko 14.00

Hellenic League Division One East

HEADINGTON AMATEURS 1 (L Cuff 65)

SANDHURST TOWN 2 (Bryce 24 41)

Att 16

Entry & Programme £2

This season there’s been a steady stream of clubs finding a way to return home. The likes of Hadley and Slough have got new grounds, but one return has rather sailed under the radar. Headington Amateurs have returned home, but unlike the other clubs this has been far from a happy ending.

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Life on Coventry Street

12 Sunday Jan 2014

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Saturday 11th January 2014 ko 15.00

League 2

OXFORD UNITED 0

PORTSMOUTH 0

Att 8,443 (2,365 away)

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Programme £3 (incl Oxford Mail)

If you look at a standard London Monopoly board and find the Water Works, you’ll find that one of the adjoining properties is Coventry Street. Given that Oxford United’s ground is close to Thames Water’s treatment works, that fact seems apposite for United, especially as the property is coloured yellow…. Continue reading →

The O.C.

25 Thursday Jul 2013

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Tuesday 23rd July 2013 ko0 19.45 (delayed to 20.00 due to crowd congestion)

Pre-Season Friendly

OXFORD CITY 5 (Skendi 26 34 Benjamin 33 Winters 39 Green 76)

OXFORD UNITED 1 (Hall 3p)

Att 1,005

Entry £5

Programme £1.50

Often in the City of Dreaming Spires its United that get all the press coverage. It wasn’t always the case, in the 1930’s and 40’s Isthmian League City were top dogs, with Headington United, the Boys From Up The Hill playing in the inferior Oxon Senior, and then the Spartan Leagues. The balance of power shifted in 1949, when United turned semi-professional and entered the Southern League, eventually being Continue reading →