Pre-Season Pre-Season 25/26

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

Spanish what, sorry?!

 

[OUFCReport]

Apologies if it has been said already but when are we back in for testing?

 

[Wallop]

Apologies if it has been said already but when are we back in for testing?

Testing?????

 

[Ox4Eva]

Wish Malaga was an away game

 

[Scotchegg]

Testing?????

Fitness testing etc presumably.

Think players were expected to return from Wednesday this week.

 

[holdsteady]

Wish Malaga was an away game

Would have been ideal for a weekend away, bit more accessible than Indonesia to the majority of our fanbase.

 

[SteMerritt]

Would have been ideal for a weekend away, bit more accessible than Indonesia to the majority of our fanbase.

Yeah, but we wouldn't have been informed of the fixture until about 10mins before kick off, so it wouldn't have mattered really.

 

[LowerSouth]

Apologies if it has been said already but when are we back in for testing?

It’s not Formula 1

 

[Osleroad]

I personally don't want an away pre season in Spain to see Málaga. I am looking forward to just hopping on a train to Oxford. And the notice is fine for those who normally work weekends.

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

 

[MarkG]

When did we stop playing Oxford City in pre-season? It used to be a regular fixture.
I don't think Rageonline stores PSF games and my excels aren't comprehensive enough.

 

[CaptainOx]

When did we stop playing Oxford City in pre-season? It used to be a regular fixture.
I don't think Rageonline stores PSF games and my excels aren't comprehensive enough.

There was a post about this a couple of weeks back. Will dig it out

Edit - here we are. We've only not played them every year since 2017 through to 2024, but not in 2023 due to their pitch being re-done.
There was a little hiatus in 2015 & 2016 also.

Post in thread 'Oxford City'

2 Jun 2025

Didn't we have a break after a bad tackle one year and the manager at the time (possibly MApp?) said we wouldn't go again?
Edit - can't find anything so maybe I misremembered.

We don't appear to have played them in 2023 under Manning (based on Wiki list of pre-season games)

2024 W3-0
2023 x
2022 W5-2
2021 W3-2
2020 W3-0 BCD
2019 W5-3
2018 W5-1
2017 W3-0
2016 x
2015 x
2014 W1-0
2013 L5-1

Second edit - words on OUFC website about 2023 "Our usual pre-season friendly at Oxford City will not be possible this summer due to pitch renovation work at Court Place Farm"

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[werthersoriginal]

When did we stop playing Oxford City in pre-season? It used to be a regular fixture.
I don't think Rageonline stores PSF games and my excels aren't comprehensive enough.

We still do, I think we aren’t this time cos of the Indonesia trip. I’ve been to the last few.

 

[MarkG]

There was a post about this a couple of weeks back. Will dig it out

Edit - here we are. We've only not played them every year since 2017 through to 2024, but not in 2023 due to their pitch being re-done.
There was a little hiatus in 2015 & 2016 also.

Post in thread 'Oxford City'

2 Jun 2025

Didn't we have a break after a bad tackle one year and the manager at the time (possibly MApp?) said we wouldn't go again?
Edit - can't find anything so maybe I misremembered.

We don't appear to have played them in 2023 under Manning (based on Wiki list of pre-season games)

2024 W3-0
2023 x
2022 W5-2
2021 W3-2
2020 W3-0 BCD
2019 W5-3
2018 W5-1
2017 W3-0
2016 x
2015 x
2014 W1-0
2013 L5-1

Second edit - words on OUFC website about 2023 "Our usual pre-season friendly at Oxford City will not be possible this summer due to pitch renovation work at Court Place Farm"

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Obviously we played them a lot more than i remember and i haven't been to PSFs for a while apart from the Italian team last year. Were they youth/reserve team games rather than "full" PSFs?

 

[RyanioBirdio]

When did we stop playing Oxford City in pre-season? It used to be a regular fixture.
I don't think Rageonline stores PSF games and my excels aren't comprehensive enough.

Game was rejected this summer as we don’t want the players on a plastic pitch.

 

[CaptainOx]

Obviously we played them a lot more than i remember and i haven't been to PSFs for a while apart from the Italian team last year. Were they youth/reserve team games rather than "full" PSFs?

Yeah in the main. Some have seen more young pros/youths used but otherwise pretty strong.

2024
Starting XI: Knightbridge, Long, Vaulks, Sibley, McGuane, Goodwin, Currie, Thorniley, Golding, Elliott-Wheeler, Trialist
Subs: Brown, Moore, Brannagan, Harris, Goodrham, Rodrigues, Kioso, O’Donkor, Johnson, McIntyre

2022
First Half: Eastwood, Long, Moore, Golding, Seddon, Johnson, Henry, Brannagan, Goodrham, Davis, Baldock
Second Half: Stevens, Forde, Mousinho, Browne, Owens (O'Donkor 78), Smyth, Bodin, McGuane, Davis (Sade 68), Brown, Taylor

2021
Starting XI: Eastwood, Forde, Moore ©, Hanson, Elechi, Brannagan, Henry, Clare, Agyei, Taylor, Cooper
From 60 mins: Eastwood (Plumley 80), Watt, Long (c), McNally, Chambers-Parillon, Gorrin, McGuane, Goodrham, Sykes, O’Donkor, Williams

2020 (BCD)
Stevens, Long (Clare 60), Moore (Lofthouse 46) , Atkinson (Mousinho 60), Ruffels (Jones 60), Forde (Dickie 60), Brannagan (Kelly 60), Gorrin (Hall 60), McGuane (Napa 60), Cooper (Osei Yaw 60), Taylor (Agyei 60)

2019
First Half: Stevens, Long, Mousinho, Jones, Berkoe, McCreadie, Brannagan, Lopes, Henry, James, Napa
Second Half: Stevens (Harris 85), Long (Lofthouse 72), Dickie, Guthrie, Ruffels, Gorrin, Heap, Napa, Lopes, Fosu, Whyte

2018
Eastwood (Stevens 67), Norman, Nelson, Raglan, Long, Brannagan, Ruffels, Little, James (Lopez 46) Baptiste, Obika
Subs On (at 70 mins)
Berry-Hargreaves, Johnson, McCreadie, Lofthouse, Heap, Hopkins, Taylor, Trialist

2017
First half: Shearer, Carr, Kelleher, Nelson, Bryan, Hall, Ruffels Rothwell, Napa, Shaba, Hemmings
Second half: Eastwood, Ribeiro, Berry-Hargreaves, Raglan, Carroll, Johnson, Ledson, Lundstram, Smile, Roberts, Thomas

2014 - Can't locate team

2013
Crocombe, Bevans, Raynes, Lee, Lynn (Ruffels 21), Davies, Hall, Meades, O'Dowda (Shama 86), Marsh, Constable.
Subs not used: Cavanagh, Ekpiteta, Martin, Humphreys, Roberts, Ashby.

 

[chuckbert]

Oh, come on, you're making too many excuses for them.

I've already said that this was known about some time ago. The dates, within a day or two, would have been known, even if the opponents weren't confirmed. A simple message saying that we were playing in Indonesia in the first two weeks of July, dates and opposition to follow, would have sufficed. Is that so difficult? Even a disclaimer saying the club are not liable for fixtures changing could have been inserted, then it's up to the individuals if they want to make bookings based on that..

Just something from the club acknowledging this tour would have been better than the absolute silence we've had. Do you think the club are currently scrambling around trying to book hotels and flights for the team? Of course they're not, it will have been done some time ago, but have denied those who may have wanted to go the same opportunity.

I sometimes get the impression that the club only want us onside when it suits them, and the communication bar is so low that many fans now accept it and even act as apologists for it. It could, and should have been communicated better.

There’s also a decent if not huge number of Us fans in SE Asia and ANZ. A bit more love from the club to distant exiles (apart from the specific Indonesian audience for this one) wouldn’t have gone amiss. The total outlay from the fans who have travelled just for this will probably be close to half a season of league away games!

 

[OUFCGav]

Reading BCD PSF cancelled - https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/25320645.oxford-united-pull-reading-fc-friendly-meeting/

 

[Jon-ioualways]

I wanted to get the complete details of our pre-season games, and so where better to look than our fixture list, right? Nope, quite wrong. It only shows the Bristol Rovers game there. And that's despite the fact that all the games have been confirmed for three weeks or more.

Rather than posting on here (yet more moaning about what the club's doing wrong) I sent emails to admin@oufc.co.uk and to feedback@oufc.co.uk to point out the problem.

I got an answer really quickly. My messages had been rejected as spam!!

Well, that is one way to not have to deal with complaints, I suppose.

OK, to be fair, when I resent, I only got the same rejection from the admin address, and did get an automated response from the feedback address, promising to get back to me by the end of the season.*


*OK, it actually said 2 days

 

[CaptainOx]

I wanted to get the complete details of our pre-season games, and so where better to look than our fixture list, right? Nope, quite wrong. It only shows the Bristol Rovers game there. And that's despite the fact that all the games have been confirmed for three weeks or more.

Rather than posting on here (yet more moaning about what the club's doing wrong) I sent emails to admin@oufc.co.uk and to feedback@oufc.co.uk to point out the problem.

I got an answer really quickly. My messages had been rejected as spam!!

Well, that is one way to not have to deal with complaints, I suppose.

OK, to be fair, when I resent, I only got the same rejection from the admin address, and did get an automated response from the feedback address, promising to get back to me by the end of the season.*


*OK, it actually said 2 days

I just typed "Oxford United pre season" into google and this website piece came up.

Oxford United's Pre-Season Summer Confirmed With Malaga Fixture | Oxford United Football Club

Oxford United’s final pre-season fixture of the 2025/26 season has been confirmed with a home game against Malaga.

www.oufc.co.uk

But yes the fixtures list not being updated is poor