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Memory Lane Yesteryear

Absolutely brilliant, that's proper was at that game.
Started off in the Cuckoo lane with my Dad,then the Olser road. Then the London Road.
In my opinion,we shouldn't of gave up the Cuckoo lane to away supporters. Nor should the London road of been half & half. We should of sacrificed the osler road for away fans. Yes Always gold & black for me. First memories in gold & black bobble hat,scarf, rosette & rattle stood at the front on milk crates.or is the milk crates just a figment of my imagination 🤷🏻‍♂️😂
 
West Oxon U’s said:
ON THIS DAY:

February 22nd 2025

West Brom easily defeat the U’s 2-0 at the Hawthorns thanks to goals from Alex Mowatt and John Swift

U’s:

J Cumming

P Kioso M Helik C Brown J Bennett

C Brannagan A Matos M Philllips

C Placheta O Romeny T Goodrham

Subs: H ter Avest, M Harris, W Vaulks, S Dembele, S Mills

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A bit too close for comfort to be included in this thread, perhaps? Albeit quite literally yester year. The wound is still fresh enough, barely had time to scab over...
 
Thomas/Brock/Jones said:
After looking it up on Oxkits it seems that was the last season of the old gold / black kits....for the older people on here what was the reaction to the change to yellow as it does seem a pretty major one.
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Don’t think it went down too well, but we just got on with it. Certainly don’t remember any fan protests but I was probably too young to notice.
 
I hoped we would return to old gold when we re-entered the EFL, but COYY is so well embodied in our culture for so many years, unlikely to happen. Wolves have stuck with old gold but it's much lighter than the 50/60s shade. Maybe to do with picking shirt colours up against darker back grounds?
 
We get a small mention in this story of Peter Osgood returning to Chelsea. His last game was for Chelsea Reserves against Oxford United.
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Peter Osgood remembered: Return of the King

Peter Osgood's second spell at Chelsea is the focus of the next instalment of our archive series celebrating the King of Stamford Bridge in the week of the 20th anniversary of his passing...
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So was that getting promoted from tier 3 to tier 2?
Question on that 11vs11 league table generator is that they have league names from Division Two to Division 2. I I am getting forgetful, but is that to do with when the Premier League was created, their remained division 1, 2, 3 as tiers 2, 3 and 4. Then when they renamed the Championship, divisions (or leagues?) 1 and 2 were tier 3 and 4?
 
MarkG said:
I am getting forgetful, but is that to do with when the Premier League was created, their remained division 1, 2, 3 as tiers 2, 3 and 4. Then when they renamed the Championship, divisions (or leagues?) 1 and 2 were tier 3 and 4?
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Yes that's correct, they stayed as 'First Division', 'Second Division', and 'Third Division' from the Premier League creation up until 2004/5 when they were replaced by the names we use today.
 
oxfordkits said:
For context. Around that time, the National Bus company region was branded 'Oxford South Midlands'. I've always considered Oxfordshire as the South Midlands.
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Quite coincidentally I saw a map of England on line the other day that split the country into North, South, Midlands thirds by land area and Oxford was in the south, think the Midlands started just north of Oxfordshire.

A lot of what we consider the north was actually in the midlands though.
 
holdsteady said:
Quite coincidentally I saw a map of England on line the other day that split the country into North, South, Midlands thirds by land area and Oxford was in the south, think the Midlands started just north of Oxfordshire.

A lot of what we consider the north was actually in the midlands though.
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Yeah, I didn't really notice how far up the Midlands go until I moved to Leicester and realised just how much of the Midlands there were still north of it.

Oxfordshire generally gets roped into South East (on regional news, etc), which I think is silly, as, if you remove the protrusion of Devon and Cornwall, it's mostly west of center.
 
Emilio said:
Yeah, I didn't really notice how far up the Midlands go until I moved to Leicester and realised just how much of the Midlands there were still north of it.

Oxfordshire generally gets roped into South East (on regional news, etc), which I think is silly, as, if you remove the protrusion of Devon and Cornwall, it's mostly west of center.
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Its actually pretty central on the east west axis, which is why I think its hard to really to define, compared to some places, where it is geographically.

Central south was also an ambulance service name I think? I do believe they tried to create some sort of regional body based around that area, as it neither fits in well with most of the south east or south west, its a long way to eithers furthest point.
 
holdsteady said:
Quite coincidentally I saw a map of England on line the other day that split the country into North, South, Midlands thirds by land area and Oxford was in the south, think the Midlands started just north of Oxfordshire.
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Obviously Oxfordshire is pretty large, and widespread.

Spend any time in Wallingford, or Thame, or Henley, and you'd think we're in the Home Counties. Even Didcot feels very South-East (but more Slough than Windsor).

But go to Wantage and speak to the locals and you'd think we were the heart of the West Country.

And having lived in Banbury for 6 months - with it's large Morrisons, proximity to Birmingham, and the constant brewery smell (that in itself gives off a massive 'northern industrial town' vibe) - you could easily put that in The Midlands.
 
Emilio said:
How I see it. Devon and Cornwall can even be their own nation/principality like Wales, seeing as many of them would actually prefer that.

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Thing is, we're 'Thames Valley' (though not Royals) which ties us to the south east, even though we have a more western or Midlands feel.
SirAndyOfCrosby said:
Obviously Oxfordshire is pretty large, and widespread.

Spend any time in Wallingford, or Thame, or Henley, and you'd think we're in the Home Counties. Even Didcot feels very South-East (but more Slough than Windsor).

But go to Wantage and speak to the locals and you'd think we were the heart of the West Country.

And having lived in Banbury for 6 months - with it's large Morrisons, proximity to Birmingham, and the constant brewery smell (that in itself gives off a massive 'northern industrial town' vibe) - you could easily put that in The Midlands.
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I think people start to sound a bit 'Midland' around Banbury or just past it?
 
SirAndyOfCrosby said:
Obviously Oxfordshire is pretty large, and widespread.

Spend any time in Wallingford, or Thame, or Henley, and you'd think we're in the Home Counties. Even Didcot feels very South-East (but more Slough than Windsor).

But go to Wantage and speak to the locals and you'd think we were the heart of the West Country.

And having lived in Banbury for 6 months - with it's large Morrisons, proximity to Birmingham, and the constant brewery smell (that in itself gives off a massive 'northern industrial town' vibe) - you could easily put that in The Midlands.
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Keep 'em guessing, that's what I say.
 
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That`s a lot of lads from the Cowley Road, 99% certain its Walsall away, around 1982/1983 and they are on their way to the away end after some disruption in the home end. First photo in "loud" jumper is LLB.... those who know will know.

SMHS didn`t evolve until 1986 with a fond farewell as match or match ball sponsors aka South Midland Heating Services.
 
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