I'm not at all ITK on this, but, to get a ticket in the away section means that he would have had to get it through Oxford United. Whether that's through a friend (Marcus Browne?) or directly from the club, that's the only way he would be in that section of the ground.
If he randomly fancied a game, as a professional player, he'd have had no problem getting a comp ticket through Derby, and would have been in a "better" part of the ground, with a better view, and with others involved in the game sat around him. Likewise, if we had got him "lined up" but not done, I hardly think we'd sit him in with our fans where he would 100% get noticed. Unless it's further progressed than that?
It is certainly a strange and intriguing situation though................