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Two massive games today, not the FA Cup and Celtic v Hearts, it's Oxblogger's 20th anniversary and we need to find: Greatest games of the last 20 years: docs.google.com/forms/d/1012... Greatest players of the last 20 years: docs.google.com/forms/d/1ufh... Vote now, voting closes on Sunday.

After twenty years of Oxblogger, it's time to choose your favourite games from the last two decades. The giant killings, the derby wins, the Wembley visits, we've got it all. Vote now! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Another poll to celebrate twenty years of Oxblogger. From Wembley to giant killings and from derby days to away days, it's been a rollercoaster couple of decades. But which were the best? I've picked over 100 games, you choose the greatest: #oufc docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Oxblogger is 20 years old this year. Who are your favourite players of the last twenty years. From Rob Duffy to James Constable and from Kemar Roofe to Cameron Brannagan. Or maybe Ivo Pekalski to Agon Mehmeti, weirdos. Choose your favourites: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #oufc

Oxblogger at 20: Your favourite players As insane as it sounds, Oxblogger is celebrating its twentieth anniversary - two relegations, three promotions, five Wembley appearances, countless derby wins and 365 players. Vote now to choose your favourites: forms.gle/LhmuFz827dGe... #oufc

Favourite player of the Oxblogger Years

This year Oxblogger celebrates its 20th year. To celebrate, let's find out who your favourite players are from the last two decades.

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Match wrap | Millwall 2 Oxford United 0 On TV, we were barely mentioned in the build up. It was like going to see Hulk Hogan wrestle and supporting the nameless chubby trucker from Arkansas he was throwing around the ring for half-an-hour. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/05/03/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Millwall 2 Oxford United 0

Even before last week, I couldn’t see a good outcome from our visit to Millwall. Going there to confirm relegation would have been bad enough, but surviving would mean celebrating in the jaws of th…

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Match wrap | Oxford United 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Will Lankshear played without a 6’ 7” 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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/04/26/m... #oufc

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 se…

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/04/22/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Wrexham 1

When Manchester City beat Arsenal on Sunday, the commentators were hyperbolic about City’s pursuit of the Premier League title and their relentless success machine. It left me cold; with the except…

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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. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... #oufc

E26 - The Milk Cup Final -

Podcast Episode · The Oxblogger Podcast · 20 April · 53min

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/04/19/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Derby County 1 Oxford United 0

“Are you OK?” says the muffled voice from under the duvet. I’m holding a slice of toast between my teeth while looking for my socks. Half the house is following a morning routine indistinguis…

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/04/12/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 2 Watford 0

When I commuted into London for work; I convinced myself of three things – that the commute was an hour each way when it was nearly two, that there were no jobs outside London when there were plent…

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/04/07/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Portsmouth 2 Oxford United 2

I have seven old school friends, who I’m still in touch with. With partners and children, we number nearly 30 people. Nowadays, it’s almost impossible to get us all in the same room at …

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/04/04/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Hull City 1

After the suffocating claustrophobia of a relegation ravaged winter, the international break felt like we’d been given shore leave. The clocks changed and the evenings became lighter. The clu…

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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? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... #oufc

E25 - Modern football -

Podcast Episode · The Oxblogger Podcast · 2 April · 57min

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/22/m... #oufc

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 ‘sit where we want’ lore. They said you needed …

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/15/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Charlton Athletic 1

I’m 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 …

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/12/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Blackburn Rovers 0

When something tragic happens, like the death of Amelia Aplin at the weekend, we’re reminded that these are the things that put football into perspective. This is meant to mean that it becomes triv…

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/07/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Preston North End 1 Oxford United 3

Last Sunday I watched Arsenal’s 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 contractua…

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

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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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/01/m... #oufc

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 hi…

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/26/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Stoke City 2 Oxford United 1

I’ve 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 si…

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/22/m... #oufc

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 ‘quite a high level’. These are the fine-margin ex…

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/16/m... #oufc

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Sunderland 1

When you’re having the season we’re having, it’s easy to get paranoid. For example, it’s been months since we’ve had a 12.30 kick-off on a Saturday. For many, that’s a good thing, personally I like…

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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? oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/11/m... #oufc

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. It’s time fo…

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/08/m...

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 doesn’t, which it doesn’t, to soak up the atmosphere. Yesterday we soaked it up by finding a bin for our car rubbish,…

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/01/m... #oufc

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. There’s always been a reluctance, particularly amongst Oxford fans, t…

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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. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/01/30/u... #oufc

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 h…

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