Away Match Thread Stevenage v Oxford United · League One · Sat 22 Aug, 15:00

[Northstandboy]

 

[Newbury yellow mk 2]

Here we go

 

[Sarge]

Reading the preview on the website,would be handy to include details for fans on where to park etc if going to the game

I was just about to post the same comment. Can’t find any helpful info on either club’s website.
Been there before and street parked, but it didn’t feel a safe place to leave the car. Seem to remember a car park opposite the stadium?

guide via this link ...

Away Guide | Stevenage

All you need when your team play Stevenage away. Directions, stadium info, photos, best places to park, drink and stay near Lamex Stadium.

awaygames.co.uk

 

[Newbury yellow mk 2]

Cheers sarge,much appreciated

 

[Wicko]

Thanks Sarge

 

[Sarge]

its Saturday, its a 3pm kick off, the sun is shining, and our first 3points of the season hopefully heading back to Oxford come 5pm . Up the Manor

 

[psquared]

COYY, let’s continue where we left off last Saturday.

 

[RgYellows]

I'd take a point too, difficult game against last seasons playoff semi-finalists who are well funded. Tough one.

I’m fairly sure that you’re responding to a sarcastic post. Absolutely no one in their right mind expects anything less than a two goal win.

 

[Common Villager]

No, I’ve heard he would rather work on the tills in Tesco.

That's good, because he's going the right way about it.

 

[Ewes]

He probably went all Josh McEachran and had a full set of gnashers done.
Cue our resident teeth expert @Eric Blair

Is there no end to Eric’s talents? I bet he can lick his own elbows too.

 

[JC_Yellow]

I’m fairly sure that you’re responding to a sarcastic post. Absolutely no one in their right mind expects anything less than a two goal win.

We took the p**s out of teams with this arrogance last season. Away at Stevenage will be tough, like it's often been over the years.

 

[Boris]

We took the p**s out of teams with this arrogance last season. Away at Stevenage will be tough, like it's often been over the years.

Our record at Stevenage is Won 4, Drawn 4, Lost 1. Not that tough, comparably

 

[uptheus]

How many tickets have we sold?

 

[OxfordBoy]

Our record at Stevenage is Won 4, Drawn 4, Lost 1. Not that tough, comparably

Not sure that's how it works tbh

 

[battman]

I wouldn't be surprised if we see the same starting XI today, you can make an argument for Helik over Long to deal with the physicality, but I think we probably won't see him start until the transfer window closes because of his release clause - you don't want to be dependent on a player you might lose in the next couple of weeks, even though there's been little to no noise about him going so far

 

[JC_Yellow]

Our record at Stevenage is Won 4, Drawn 4, Lost 1. Not that tough, comparably

Thanks. Not really what I meant. I don't recall many easy games there.

 

[werthersoriginal]

Someone’s going to have to break it to him that there’s as much chance of him getting a job at Tesco as there is his release clause being met.

Core Colleague Values; No one tries harder.

Perhaps he can become an influencer like Romeny.

A ginger influencer?

 

[londonyellow]

A ginger influencer?

Ginfluencer

 

[Sarge]

67 years ago today ( 22/8/59) Big Ron Atkinson, aka Tank ,made his debut for Headington United - heres hoping todays squad can channel Big Ron's competitive, combative, winning spirit into todays performance.

 

[Symp59]

Does BDK actually still want to be a professional footballer?

Yes but not for us

 

[BrockBuster]

I've had an implant done and it feels like being hit by a baseball bat for a week or so, your face is swollen and bruised. And that's before the wound possibly getting infected and making you feel s**t to boot.

1/10 experience, would not recommend.

Also had a bit of a nightmare with mine. One ofy front teeth knocked out thanks to a cricket ball into the face playing for Lower Heyford men's team as a 14 year old thanks to an uneven Oxfordshire pitch. Put back in at the JR then came out again thanks to an elbow in the face playing football about 15 years later.

Process was bloody awful, as much pain as I've ever had (thanks Dr Santadomingo) more painful than a kidney stone. Face also swollen up to a massive degree but eventually took root and still fine about ten years later. Can assure you I didn't play football for a week or two after and sure as hell wouldn't have liked another elbow to the face!

 

[Symp59]

I wouldn't be surprised if we see the same starting XI today, you can make an argument for Helik over Long to deal with the physicality, but I think we probably won't see him start until the transfer window closes because of his release clause - you don't want to be dependent on a player you might lose in the next couple of weeks, even though there's been little to no noise about him going so far

Yes i hope Helik plays we miss him in the team for both ends of the pitch ,iam concerned he's going i hope not we need this sort of player in league 1

 

[Manorlounger]

Also had a bit of a nightmare with mine. One ofy front teeth knocked out thanks to a cricket ball into the face playing for Lower Heyford men's team as a 14 year old thanks to an uneven Oxfordshire pitch. Put back in at the JR then came out again thanks to an elbow in the face playing football about 15 years later.

Process was bloody awful, as much pain as I've ever had (thanks Dr Santadomingo) more painful than a kidney stone. Face also swollen up to a massive degree but eventually took root and still fine about ten years later. Can assure you I didn't play football for a week or two after and sure as hell wouldn't have liked another elbow to the face!

All this talk of implants etc and up pops in the news, the obituary of the chap who pioneered titanium implants in the UK, one Professor Richard Johns. Inspired by the work of Per-Ingvar Brånemark from Sweden, a Professor of Anatomy at Gothenburg University, who, in 1978, proposed the use of Titanium root form implant.
Here we are, just 48 years later and it's common useage in dentistry. Something I'm very glad exists, the one and only time I had a denture (temporary) I couldn't get used to the sensation of a foreign object in my mouth and promptly binned it. (Wasn't cheap either, never again)

http://archive.today/2026.08.22-093322/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2026/08/21/prof-richard-johns-titanium-dental-implants-sheffield-guys/

 

[Jackox14]

How many tickets have we sold?

1200

 

[Berliner]

All this talk of implants etc and up pops in the news, the obituary of the chap who pioneered titanium implants in the UK, one Professor Richard Johns. Inspired by the work of Per-Ingvar Brånemark from Sweden, a Professor of Anatomy at Gothenburg University, who, in 1978, proposed the use of Titanium root form implant.
Here we are, just 48 years later and it's common useage in dentistry. Something I'm very glad exists, the one and only time I had a denture (temporary) I couldn't get used to the sensation of a foreign object in my mouth and promptly binned it. (Wasn't cheap either, never again)

http://archive.today/2026.08.22-093322/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2026/08/21/prof-richard-johns-titanium-dental-implants-sheffield-guys/

The best bit of mine was me asking (burbling, good comprehension skills by a surgeon probably well used to it) what that smell was. His answer "That's the bit of your jawbone I am just drilling into."

Right, cheers. Glad I asked.

 

[brightonyellow]

Away pub?

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

I wouldn't be surprised if we see the same starting XI today, you can make an argument for Helik over Long to deal with the physicality, but I think we probably won't see him start until the transfer window closes because of his release clause - you don't want to be dependent on a player you might lose in the next couple of weeks

I don’t see how playing him in one game where we need his physicality will make us ‘dependant’ on him, though…

 

[Manorlounger]

The best bit of mine was me asking (burbling, good comprehension skills by a surgeon probably well used to it) what that smell was. His answer "That's the bit of your jawbone I am just drilling into."

Right, cheers. Glad I asked.

That smell, oh I remember that allright! What I had never realised until assisting was that all that drilling noise is almost silent for everyone else! Bone conductivity produces the sound we think we hear.

 

[Victor1986]

I wouldn't be surprised if we see the same starting XI today, you can make an argument for Helik over Long to deal with the physicality, but I think we probably won't see him start until the transfer window closes because of his release clause - you don't want to be dependent on a player you might lose in the next couple of weeks, even though there's been little to no noise about him going so far

We can't "hide" Helik can we?

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

I’m fairly sure that you’re responding to a sarcastic post. Absolutely no one in their right mind expects anything less than a two goal win.

Let's hope Aaron isn't underestimating Stevenage like the uninformed section of our fanbase.

Let's hope today is the day things click into place and last weeks late equaliser has improved our lads' morale.

 

[HillBilly]

I wouldn't be surprised if we see the same starting XI today, you can make an argument for Helik over Long to deal with the physicality, but I think we probably won't see him start until the transfer window closes because of his release clause - you don't want to be dependent on a player you might lose in the next couple of weeks, even though there's been little to no noise about him going so far

There's a worry in the back of my mind that not playing Helik could encourage him to accept an offer - if one comes in - from Poland, which may depend on qualification for Europe. It feels much more likely that someone will trigger his release clause at the eleventh hour instead of BDKs.

Definitely a good sign to see him urging on the team from the sideline last Saturday though.