PREVIEW: Burton Albion Home (29/01/13)

Oxford have an opportunity to immediately put Saturday's crushing by Fleetwood out of our minds, as Burton Albion come to town. It's impossible to understate the importance of an immediate reaction to Saturday's defeat, because the last thing we want is for this result to trigger another terrible run like we've already seen earlier in the season. Burton's away form should perhaps give us some...

Fleetwood Town 3-0 Oxford United: The Match in Tweets

Oxford came crashing back to Earth with a crushing 3-0 defeat away Fleetwood. If last weekend's break from football slowed the momentum from an excellent eight-match unbeaten run in the league, this result has surely stopped it dead in its tracks. On a positive note, at least we don't support Swindon... @bigbananaboys I'm on London Road Club, we're on the M6 now. The further North we go, the...

PREVIEW: Fleetwood Town Away (26/01/13)

After a week's break Oxford are back in action with another of those long trips up north we all love so much. Nevertheless, the last time we ventured into that grim wasteland known as 'the north' we came home with three points thanks to an impressive 2-1 win over League Cup giant-killers Bradford City – shockingly, the first time we've picked up three points north of Oxford all season. Our opponents...

Cult Hero: Kevin Francis

This is the first edition of a new series here on TBFUTH (or rather, a new iteration of an older idea) in which we will be profiling former OUFC 'Cult Heroes'. The aim is to celebrate the careers of those players who have enlivened our experience of supporting the club - be it through their footballing prowess or simply their character – but who we may hesitate to grant 'legendary' status. Thanks...

On This Day - 20/01/88

With the snow obliterating our footballing plans this weekend we have to turn to the archives to get our football fix, and where better to look than to exactly 25 years ago today, when Manchester United came to the Manor for a League Cup quarter-final tie. For Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson it was the first time he had brought a side to the Manor since his ignominious defeat in his first...

MATCH REPORT: Bradford City 1-2 Oxford United

Leven is Spot On I'm not sure how to approach this report. It has been 15 games since I saw us win stretching back to December 2010. A winning report is an unusual experience. The victory was much deserved, Oxford took a stranglehold of the game right from the first whistle. Sean Rigg tested home keeper Matt Duke and new signing Lewis Montrose headed over from a corner. Despite the early dominance,...

PREVIEW: Bradford City Away (12/01/13)

For most of this season, our league form has been disappointing and the cups have provided a welcome pick-me-up. But the situation is reversed this weekend as we head into a league game looking to recover from double cup defeat. Hopefully those two losses in the FA Cup and JPT won't affect our confidence too badly and we can continue our recent league form, which sees us unbeaten in seven League...

MATCH REPORT: Oxford United 3-3 Southend United

Just days after our FA Cup disappointment against Sheffield United, Oxford were knocked out of a second cup competition, bowing out of the JPT on penalties at the hands of Southend. While it is less of a shame to be out of the much maligned Trophy the manner of the defeat did hurt, coming cruelly from the penalty spot. It also, of course, means the end of our cup adventures for this season and allows...