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Non-League Oxford City

They had to do something about it as City was morphing towards another relegation.

The club seems in my experience to be a semi (that's all) determined club that tried to tick too many boxes but unfortunately, these ticked boxes do not win you many games and now the players that seemed (by the shite results) to play like a tick now need to 'tick themselves up' and get this middling club up the table and hope that another more 'northern club' f*cks themselves up more in the league above this current season to give city a Southern based league programme next season.

Once again, a club that is probably too nice and needs a steel(er) back bone.

COYY'S for tomorrow.
 
They had to do something about it as City was morphing towards another relegation.

The club seems in my experience to be a semi (that's all) determined club that tried to tick too many boxes but unfortunately, these ticked boxes do not win you many games and now the players that seemed (by the shite results) to play like a tick now need to 'tick themselves up' and get this middling club up the table and hope that another more 'northern club' f*cks themselves up more in the league above this current season to give city a Southern based league programme next season.

Once again, a club that is probably too nice and needs a steel(er) back bone.

COYY'S for tomorrow.
Eh?
 
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They had to do something about it as City was morphing towards another relegation.

The club seems in my experience to be a semi (that's all) determined club that tried to tick too many boxes but unfortunately, these ticked boxes do not win you many games and now the players that seemed (by the shite results) to play like a tick now need to 'tick themselves up' and get this middling club up the table and hope that another more 'northern club' f*cks themselves up more in the league above this current season to give city a Southern based league programme next season.

Once again, a club that is probably too nice and needs a steel(er) back bone.

COYY'S for tomorrow.
Not too nice to get into the Conference though, despite being the smallest club there? They seem to have used too many loan players lately, they maybe need to reestablish a solid core.
 
They over achieved by getting in the conference, understandably struggled and are one of the smaller clubs at the current level.
Without a rich backer or a big fan base I never really get what people on here think is going to power them up the leagues?
 
They over achieved by getting in the conference, understandably struggled and are one of the smaller clubs at the current level.
Without a rich backer or a big fan base I never really get what people on here think is going to power them up the leagues?
The have had plenty of beneficiaries along the way - else they would have pushing up daises f*cking years ago.
 
I've no real insight to Oxford City, but it feels like getting promoted to the National League was a step too far.
Wages go up, ground requirements go up, travel goes up.
Reminds me of when Lewes chairman sacked their manager for getting promoted.
Sometimes an ambitious train set owner can get a promotion too far and then it all unravels and the club end up down several leagues or worse. See Histon, Rushden and Diamonds, etc
 
I've no real insight to Oxford City, but it feels like getting promoted to the National League was a step too far.
Wages go up, ground requirements go up, travel goes up.
Reminds me of when Lewes chairman sacked their manager for getting promoted.
Sometimes an ambitious train set owner can get a promotion too far and then it all unravels and the club end up down several leagues or worse. See Histon, Rushden and Diamonds, etc
It depends a bit on how well managed they were.
I don't get the impression that they blew money. They averaged nearly 1,000, well above normal crowds so their revenues would have been a lot higher.
It looks to me as if they hired the wrong manager and maybe recruited poorly
 
It depends a bit on how well managed they were.
I don't get the impression that they blew money. They averaged nearly 1,000, well above normal crowds so their revenues would have been a lot higher.
It looks to me as if they hired the wrong manager and maybe recruited poorly

I heard, and there will definitely be someone on this board better informed than me, that the ground improvements required for playing in the national league ate up a lot of the extra money they had coming in. Can’t imagine it’s a huge rise in revenue.
 
I heard, and there will definitely be someone on this board better informed than me, that the ground improvements required for playing in the national league ate up a lot of the extra money they had coming in. Can’t imagine it’s a huge rise in revenue.
Their crowds virtually doubled?
So presumably the revenues would have doubled ( bar takings will gave gone up in proportion?)
 
Their crowds virtually doubled?
So presumably the revenues would have doubled ( bar takings will gave gone up in proportion?)

Sorry should have said revenue after the ground improvements costs are taken away.
 
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