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paul batt
West Kidlington·
19 mins ago
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To the Friends of Stratfield Brake: Your Lies Are Dead. And So Is Your Campaign.You’ve spent years poisoning public debate with one core lie: “Oxford United can just stay at the Kassam.” You’ve made it the backbone of your opposition — a smug, deceitful fallback whenever reality knocked on your door. But now? That lie is officially, irreversibly dead.Oxford United and Firoka Group have signed a final extension. Final. Not the start of a new chapter — the end.The Kassam licence ends in 2026.A single, short-term extension could take us to 2028 — but only if the new stadium gets planning approval.No more extensions. No more leases. No “alternative option.”There is no parachute. No plan B. The club either moves forward or it dies. And you knew this — but you lied anyway.You lied to councillors.You lied to residents.You lied to the media.You lied because your anti-stadium crusade was never about truth — it was about obstruction, arrogance, and control.You’ve tried everything: fake environmental concerns, fabricated transport chaos, “loss of green space” hysteria — and through it all, your one big fantasy was that OUFC could be held hostage at the Kassam forever. Firoz Kassam himself has now slammed the door shut. Your delusion is over. And with it, so is your credibility.You are not a “community group.”You are not “friends” of anything.You are a small, bitter club of obstructionists trying to choke the life out of Oxfordshire’s only professional football club — a club that brings pride, identity, and opportunity to tens of thousands. You’ve tried to destroy that out of self-righteous spite.Well, here’s your reality check:You lost.You’ve been exposed.The only thing left is your cowardly retreat into silence or yet more fantasy.The Triangle stadium is Oxford United’s only future. And if you stand in its way now, you’re not protecting a field — you’re putting a nail in the coffin of a 131-year-old football club.That will be your legacy. Nothing else.Now sit down. Shut up. And get out of the way. History is moving on — with or without you.