General Yesteryear

Sarge said:
on this day 1965 .... OUFC first ever competitive match v Sw*nd*n T*wn,( and my first away game ever) - 0-0 draw

on this day 1985 ... OUFC first ever home game in the English top flight v Spurs - 0-0 draw



although Im not a programme collector, Ive both of those programmes .... somewhere
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Spurs was 1-1
 
10 years ago we beat them at the Skip with Beano getting both, appeared as a Facebook memory lol
 
Sarge said:
on this day 1965 .... OUFC first ever competitive match v Sw*nd*n T*wn,( and my first away game ever) - 0-0 draw

on this day 1985 ... OUFC first ever home game in the English top-flight v Spurs - 1-1draw



although Im not a programme collector, Ive both of those programmes ....

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We rushed back from holiday to go to the Tottenham game. Got into the ground and the first thing we thought was, s**t, what are these prison camp fences?
 
Belgium Yellow said:
We rushed back from holiday to go to the Tottenham game. Got into the ground and the first thing we thought was, s**t, what are these prison camp fences?
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Wasn't just fences, they started off with barbed wire around the top as well. I guess you had to control the Osler Road Hit Squad somehow...

It wasn't as if there were any problems at the ground the year before, apart from Pompey first game of the season taking over the LRT before anyone got in the ground then being thrown out onto the pitch when the Oxford lads rocked up at 2:50.
 
SteMerritt said:
Wasn't just fences, they started off with barbed wire around the top as well. I guess you had to control the Osler Road Hit Squad somehow...

It wasn't as if there were any problems at the ground the year before, apart from Pompey first game of the season taking over the LRT before anyone got in the ground then being thrown out onto the pitch when the Oxford lads rocked up at 2:50.
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Don’t forget the Birmingham City match.
But yeah, it was Maxwell showing off.
 
Belgium Yellow said:
Don’t forget the Birmingham City match.
But yeah, it was Maxwell showing off.
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didnt he (Maxwell) pronounce something along the line of that he would make the Manor the most secure in English football
before erecting those horrible cage fences?
 
Sarge said:
didnt he (Maxwell) pronounce something along the line of that he would make the Manor the most secure in English football
before erecting those horrible cage fences?
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Yeah, something like that. Would have been better off putting them round the yaght, then he might not have fallen in...
 
ON THIS DAY :

August 26th 1989

New signing from Bristol City, Steve McClaren makes his U’s debut in a 1-1 Manor Ground draw with Watford.
Central midfielder McClaren, 28 joined United in a swap deal that saw Gary Shelton move to Ashton Gate.

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WestOxon U’s said:
ON THIS DAY :

August 26th 1989

New signing from Bristol City, Steve McClaren makes his U’s debut in a 1-1 Manor Ground draw with Watford.
Central midfielder McClaren, 28 joined United in a swap deal that saw Gary Shelton move to Ashton Gate.

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Yuck!
 
Granted not an OUFC 'Yesteryear' , but IMO worth marking nonetheless, albeit a day late

20 years ago yesterday:- Germany 1 England 5
 
Sarge said:
Granted not an OUFC 'Yesteryear' , but IMO worth marking nonetheless, albeit a day late

20 years ago yesterday:- Germany 1 England 5
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We were at a recording of Robot Wars that day (great fun!). Craig Charles - the host - was hardly present, he was watching the match on a telly in his dressing room. But he did keep popping out onto the arena/set to give us score updates!
 
A little bit off topic but interesting? Each month WSC magazine features a final league table and a short summary of the season. This month its Div 2 2013-2014. It mentions Oxford falling away badly to finish 8th after Chris Wilder resigned to join Northampton. There is a pic of Wilder holding a cobblers scarf aloft. Cobblers along with wycombe wobblers finished strongly to avoid relegation - Torquay went down.

Other things of note- Chesterfield were champs under Paul Cook, (was that the season we beat them 1-0 away?) Scunny were second with a club record of 28 matches unbeaten, and a certain Sam Winnall scoring 23 goals to be the leagues top scorer.

Portsmouth playing in tier 4 for the first time since 79-80 had a crowd of 18181 for the opening day visit of Oxford. a new attendance record for league 2.

One or 2 clubs there gone in very different directions
 
swolley said:
A little bit off topic but interesting? Each month WSC magazine features a final league table and a short summary of the season. This month its Div 2 2013-2014. It mentions Oxford falling away badly to finish 8th after Chris Wilder resigned to join Northampton. There is a pic of Wilder holding a cobblers scarf aloft. Cobblers along with wycombe wobblers finished strongly to avoid relegation - Torquay went down.
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I always said Wilder kept two teams up that season.
 
U’s QUIZ from Oxford Utd v West Brom - March 1989

How many U’s can you pick out from the shot ?

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