General Yesteryear

ON THIS DAY: November 6th 1993

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United drew 2-2 with Millwall at the recently opened New Den. New signings Matt Elliott and John Byrne made their debuts for the U’s.

Utd: Whitehead - Robinson Ford Elliott Rogan - Beauchamp Lewis Magilton Allen - Cusack Byrne

 
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WestOxon U’s said:
ON THIS DAY: November 6th 1993

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United drew 2-2 with Millwall at the recently opened New Den. New signing John Byrne made his debut for the U’s.

Utd: Whitehead - Robinson Ford Elliott Rogan - Beauchamp Lewis Magilton Allen - Cusack Byrne

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That was an interesting day out.
Have to stop calling it the "New" Den as its getting old.........
 
ON THIS DAY: November 15th 1986

QPR striker John Byrne levels in the last seconds at Loftus Road after Ray Houghton opened the scoring.
After the final whistle an angry Maurice Evans reacted by telling the bus driver to quickly depart Loftus Road leaving several U’s players behind.
John Aldridge was one of them and labelled Oxford Utd a “Mickey Mouse” club in the National press.

U’s : Hardwick - Langan Briggs Shotton Slatter - Brock Trewick Phillips Houghton - Leworthy Aldridge

Att: 12,967

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ON THIS DAY: November 26th 1977

Mick Brown’s Third Division U’s crash out of the FA Cup at Manor Park at the first round stage to Isthmian League Nuneaton Borough FC.
Boro opened the scoring after just three minutes and added a penalty on the hour.

Nuneaton included Trevor Peake and Kirk Stephens who went on to play for Coventry City and Luton Town and Tim Smithers
who signed for the U’s in 1980.

U’s : Burton - Taylor Bodel Clarke Fogg - Seacole Duncan Jeffrey Berry - Foley Curran
Sub: McGrogan

Att: 7,759


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ON THIS DAY :

December 11th 2004

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Newly appointed U’s manager Ramon Diaz, 45 has an instant effect as his team defeat Cambridge United 2-1
at Grenoble Road. Tommy Mooney and Craig Davies with the goals on this day 17 years ago.

U’s: B Clarke - Mackay Roget Woozley Robinson - Hackett Bradbury Quinn Brooks - Mooney Davies
subs: Morgan, Wolleaston & Rawle

Att: 4,844
 
WestOxon U’s said:
ON THIS DAY :

December 11th 2004

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Newly appointed U’s manager Ramon Diaz, 45 has an instant effect as his team defeat Cambridge United 2-1
at Grenoble Road. Tommy Mooney and Craig Davies with the goals on this day 17 years ago.

U’s: B Clarke - Mackay Roget Woozley Robinson - Hackett Bradbury Quinn Brooks - Mooney Davies
subs: Morgan, Wolleaston & Rawle

Att: 4,844
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17 years ago? Bloody hell.
 
ON THIS DAY :

December 22nd 1990

A late equaliser from Paul Simpson earned Brian Horton’s U’s a useful point against table toppers Sheffield Wednesday.
Simpson gave United the lead before goals from David Hirst and Danny Wilson put the Owls ahead.

U’s : Kenny Veysey - Steve Foster Andrew Melville Ceri Evans - Les Robinson Micky Lewis Jim Magilton Mike Ford - Lee Nogan
John Durnin Paul Simpson Subs: Steve McClaren & David Penney

Att: 6,056



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Lee Nogan is a funny one, looked a class player when with us but sadly it never quite clicked. Definitely showed his class elsewhere though. Always sticks out as high quality player that got away from us through nobody's fault.
 
Always reminisce this time of year and not always in a good way................. 22nd December 1984...
 
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That was never, ever a corner for the winning goal!

The thing about that match was how wet and cold it was and how ill I became over that Christmas.

The defeat effectively ended George Lawrence’s career at OUFC as Jim Smith pinned him to the dressing room door
afterwards for giving the ball away at the death.
 
WestOxon U’s said:
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That was never, ever a corner for the winning goal!

The thing about that match was how wet and cold it was and how ill I became over that Christmas.

The defeat effectively ended George Lawrence’s career at OUFC as Jim Smith pinned him to the dressing room door
afterwards for giving the ball away at the death.
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What a well written report - you don't get that these days from the OM. I remember listening to that game on the radio, I wasn't going to games but was getting interested.
 
When football was a genuine game. Mud, guts and terraces - could be book title there! :ROFLMAO: 🤷‍♀️
 
Essexyellows said:
When football was a genuine game. Mud, guts and terraces - could be book title there! :ROFLMAO: 🤷‍♀️
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However I just looked up Noel Blake on Wiki to see if he was really a 'West Indian', and saw this: 'Whilst he did enjoy some success at 'Pompey' winning promotion as Second Division runners-up in 1987, Blake had problems with racial abuse from his own supporters, at a time when racism was still rife in English football.' So there's that.
 
That was the game when a Pompey fan dressed as Father Christmas ran onto the pitch towards the end of the game. The interuption seemed to distract United and inspire Portsmouth.
 
Can we please stop talking about that game. Weather was horrid, pitch was a typical Sunday league pitch, to cap it all we were kept in after the game to stand in the rain get wetter and avoid the numerous missiles thrown at us from the locals in the alley behind the Milton End.
 
Pompeyyellows said:
Can we please stop talking about that game. Weather was horrid, pitch was a typical Sunday league pitch, to cap it all we were kept in after the game to stand in the rain get wetter and avoid the numerous missiles thrown at us from the locals in the alley behind the Milton End.
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All you need to remember is we went up as champions, they, being Pompey, choked and missed out on promotion... First of many chokes involving Oxford 🤣
 
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