MATCH REPORT: Seacoast United Phantoms 1-1 Oxford United

With United out in the States, most fans have been unable to attend their most recent pre-season friendlies. One man who has been fortunate enough is Richard Brown, Massachusetts resident and Oxford United supporter. Here is his report on the U's 1-1 draw with the Seacoast United Phantom...

Pre-Season Tour Preview

If there was a slight sense of déjà vu surrounding the decision to return to America during this pre-season, the atmosphere surrounding the club – and therefore the subsequent reaction from fans – was a little different. Whereas this time last year, a pre-season trip to the States was something of an exciting novelty, when the news broke this year it was regarded as a 'waste of money' and 'a nice...

An Inevitable And Postive Transition

Panic, dread, terror. Apprehension. Fear. If you are an Oxford United fan and one of these emotional states did not flash through your conscience on Thursday night, then you just do not care enough. As rumours of Kelvin Thomas’ resignation fluttered around the Twitterverse, anyone with a semblance of interest in the club would have been fretting into their late night brews. I know I was. If more...

Learning Last Year's Lessons

The negativity that followed last season's late collapse appears to have carried through the summer break and still seems to hang heavy over Oxford supporters as the players return from their summer break. The arrival of unwanted house guests London Welsh and a conspicuous lack of transfer activity have hardly lifted spirits, though I suspect that the air of negativity would remain regardles...

Happy birthday to us!

Exactly one year ago The Boys from Up the Hill went live. The goal from the start has always been to provide Oxford fans with regular writing about the club we all love. Hopefully it’s been interesting, has informed and has provided a viewpoint on all of the most important events that have occurred in the last 12 months. Having started out as a very basic, simple blog a year ago, it's...