Memory Lane Yesteryear

West Oxon U’s said:
ON THIS DAY

December 4th 1985

United face Chelsea in the 1st leg of the Full Members Cup southern area final but are heavily defeated 1-4 with Kerry Dixon netting a hat-trick.
Neil Slatter put through his own goal to open the scoring for the Blues. John Aldridge replied for the U’s with a late penalty in front of 6,018 at the Manor. United beat Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in the 2nd leg on December 17th 1985.

Chelsea went on beat Manchester City 5-4 in the final at Wembley Stadium in March 1986.

U’s: S Hardwick - N Slatter G Briggs M Shotton B McDonald - R Houghton L Philllips T Hebberd P Rhoades-Brown - J Aldridge A Thomas
Subs: M Jones & J Trewick

Chelsea: Eddie Niedzwiecki - Darren Wood Joe McLaughlin Doug Rougvie Keith Dublin - Pat Nevin Keith Jones Nigel Spackman Jerry Murphy - Kerry Dixon Kevin McAllister

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Kevin McAllister tussling with the likes of hard men Rambo and Shotts!

Later in his career locking horns with Harry n Marv! 🏠

We put him on the map 💛
 
ON THIS DAY

December 8th 2007

Struggling United fall to a first half Lee Steele effort as they lose 1-0 to Northwich Victoria on this day 18 years ago.
Just 911 were in attendance at the rain swept Victoria Stadium for this Saturday Blue Square Premier fixture under recently appointed Darren Patterson.
U’s left back Alex Jeannin was sent off for fighting late on.

U’s: B Turley - J Clarke L Foster B Quinn A Jeannin - E Anaclet-Odhiambo E Hutchinson M Day G Twigg - A Barnes M Green
Subs: M Corcoran, J Ledgister & Y Odubade

Vics: Scott Tynan - Nathaniel Kerr Richard Battersby Michael Welch Ryan Brown - Danny Williams Michael Carr Josh Wilson Luke Horrocks - Lucas Akins Lee Steele
Subs: Bradley Maylett

 
West Oxon U’s said:
ON THIS DAY

December 8th 2007

Struggling United fall to a first half Lee Steele effort as they lose 1-0 to Northwich Victoria on this day 18 years ago.
Just 911 were in attendance at the rain swept Victoria Stadium for this Saturday Blue Square Premier fixture under recently appointed Darren Patterson.
U’s left back Alex Jeannin was sent off for fighting late on.

U’s: B Turley - J Clarke L Foster B Quinn A Jeannin - E Anaclet-Odhiambo E Hutchinson M Day G Twigg - A Barnes M Green
Subs: M Corcoran, J Ledgister & Y Odubade

Vics: Scott Tynan - Nathaniel Kerr Richard Battersby Michael Welch Ryan Brown - Danny Williams Michael Carr Josh Wilson Luke Horrocks - Lucas Akins Lee Steele
Subs: Bradley Maylett

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A centre midfield of Hutchinson and Day, makes even todays squad look well stacked in that area. Forward line is pretty decent though, still didn't manage to score.
 
I was one of the 911 that watched it in complete despair. The pitch was a pudding and a leveller for us!

It is of course plausible that Quinn could have partnered Hutchinson in midfield that day but from memory we deployed Quinn in central defence during the first couple of years in non-league (shudder).

What ever way you slice it we were incredibly poor that season.
 
West Oxon U’s said:
ON THIS DAY

December 8th 2007

Struggling United fall to a first half Lee Steele effort as they lose 1-0 to Northwich Victoria on this day 18 years ago.
Just 911 were in attendance at the rain swept Victoria Stadium for this Saturday Blue Square Premier fixture under recently appointed Darren Patterson.
U’s left back Alex Jeannin was sent off for fighting late on.

U’s: B Turley - J Clarke L Foster B Quinn A Jeannin - E Anaclet-Odhiambo E Hutchinson M Day G Twigg - A Barnes M Green
Subs: M Corcoran, J Ledgister & Y Odubade

Vics: Scott Tynan - Nathaniel Kerr Richard Battersby Michael Welch Ryan Brown - Danny Williams Michael Carr Josh Wilson Luke Horrocks - Lucas Akins Lee Steele
Subs: Bradley Maylett

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Nice to see Alex Jeannin actually did something when playing for us.
 
m said:
I would like to nominate him as having had the worst positional sense of any full-back we have ever had at any level.

Anyone care to try and up the ante?
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Wasn't Tiendalli a full back? Unless you aren't counting him as couldn't move so unfair to hold a lack of positional sense against him.
 
Christmas 1981

No Boxing Day footie at the Manor with the clash against rivals Reading falling victim to the deep freeze that Winter.

The U’s had no home league games between November 28th 1981 and February 3rd 1982 due to bad weather and FA Cup matches.

 
Boxing Day 1963

Big Ron Atkinson and big Torquay United striker Robin Stubbs both sent off for fighting each other.

U’s triumph 1-0 over the Gulls at the Manor in front of 9,192.

 
West Oxon U’s said:
Boxing Day 1963

Big Ron Atkinson and big Torquay United striker Robin Stubbs both sent off for fighting each other.

U’s triumph 1-0 over the Gulls at the Manor in front of 9,192.

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Let us go back 12 months from there. Started snowing at dusk on Boxing Day (did we win at Newport?). Temperature dropped and dropped, snow piled up and everything froze as solid as an iceberg. No match at the Manor until mid March.
 
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