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The Glory Years is out today, thank you to everyone who has bought it, read the blog and generally encouraged me to keep going. You can buy it from all the usual places, but this is a good one: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-gl… Oh, and I made a little video to celebrate.

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Charlton Athletic 1 When the penalty went in I felt a sense mourning; the loss of our streak, our record. It was like the doleful feeling you get when you realise you’ve forgotten to do your Duolingo. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/15/mat…

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Charlton Athletic 1 Like Stockholm Syndrome, we've gone from frustration to falling in love with our misfortune. Our penalty record was an indictment of our lack of attacking threat; but at least it was our indictment. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/15/mat…

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Blackburn Rovers 0 It’s not about results. Men, women, managers, professional and academy players, casual and dedicated fans – we’re a club community, our collective experiences mean we can know people without meeting them. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/12/mat…

Match wrap | Oxford United 1 Blackburn Rovers 0 There’s no right response to this, but we can be sure of on thing; by virtue of the fact she was an Oxford United player, Amelia Aplin lived 100% of her life. And that is something worth celebrating. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/12/mat…

Match wrap | Preston North End 1 Oxford United 3 Brannagan, Long, Helik; the survival boys from last season were back. Makosso’s tardiness, which allowed Helik his place against West Brom, might be the most valuable piece of poor timekeeping in history. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/07/mat…

Match wrap | Preston North End 1 Oxford United 3 Lankshear theatrically claimed the goal, but there was debate about whether he got a touch. First it was a foot, then a toe, then his studs, we concluded it deflected off the concept of Will Lankshear. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/07/mat…

As kids up and down the country dress as Gary Briggs for World Book Day, it seems a good time to say that The Glory Years paperback edition will be available in time for the 40th anniversary of the Milk Cup Final at the end of April. Pre-order here: amazon.co.uk/Glory-Years-Ox…

@denooneo23 That's Lee Holmes, on loan from Southampton. The whole side was wild; Ollie Johnson, Mark Wilson, Scott Rendell, Andy Whing playing centre-back...

@oxtweeter Help me out, whos the guy at the camera dont recognise him!

Fourteen years.

Match wrap | Oxford United 2 West Bromwich Albion 1 We set up in such a low block, for 20 minutes nobody could buy a steak and kidney pie from under the East Stand. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/01/mat…

Match wrap | Oxford United 2 West Bromwich Albion 1 The game descended into two private hells: us, daring to dream and hating ourselves for it. Them, lost and trying to find a signal. Chances were scant, this wasn’t about football as we know it. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/03/01/mat…

Match wrap | Stoke City 2 Oxford United 1 Inevitability unlocked? Or just another opportunity missed? By 5pm on Saturday we might be three points adrift and back in it. Or we might not be. I don’t know which is the better prospect. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/26/mat…

Match wrap | Middlesbrough 0 Oxford United 0 Being a football fan is a form of addiction, you’re not chasing the next high, you’re chasing a repeat of the first high. You’re setting yourself up to fail, the disappointment when you do is devastating. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/22/mat…

Match wrap | Middlesbrough 0 Oxford United 0 Are we just kidding ourselves that we might get out of our predicament? Why do we believe when there’s no evidence that we can do it? Taking a step back to see the mountain we have to climb is quite calming. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/22/mat…

Unwrapped | Middlesbrough v Oxford United Us | Scrapping Them | Surging Football friend | Gary Briggs From the archive | 90 seconds of mayhem It's the preview oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/20/unw…

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Sunderland 1 This was the 12th meeting of the sides in seven years. Sunderland fans might hate to admit it, but we’ve been peers for the best part of a decade. This didn’t have a big cup tie feel about it at all. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/16/mat…

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Sunderland 1 This wasn't about triggering a big turnaround or writing a giant killing into the history books, it was about cleansing the palate and preparing for the rest of the season. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/16/mat…

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Norwich City 3 Stuck between attack and defence, the ball evades Long. Panic engulfs us, Cumming swipes, the weight of history cracks us open, the ball hits the back of the next. The clock registers just 53 seconds. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/11/mat…

Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Norwich City 1 It took 53 seconds for fans to confront their own reality. A brutal truth that we're fighting history. The choices are clear, what do you choose? oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/11/mat…

Match wrap | Coventry City 0 Oxford United 0 Away, I follow the tradition of sitting where I want. Nowadays, where I want to sit is in my designated seat. I looked up to see a row of teenagers, I was about to spend an afternoon with the Oxford ultras. oxblogger.co.uk/2026/02/08/mat…