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Crawley 2 - 1 Poxford  :D

Oxford 5th from bottom!

dont care

don't respond then spastic.

good for you.

I don't quite hate them enough to wish oblivion on them, it's still quite satisfying none the same.

 :P

What is the fucking point in posting something that you dont care about...shut the fuck up.

come on, we all know JCP isnt actually a Swindon fan....

Ace JJ's going off on one... ;)

moi? non :)

haha.

you did make a good point though!

Looking at their squad I cannot work out how they are quite so utterly shite at the moment.

It seems to be one thing after another with them at the moment.

Cock piss wankers that they are...

the same reason all u fucking morons posting in the big brother thread bout it being shit

Please die. Cheers

bit over the top no? if ur going there, i think the obesity will get u before i go mate

oooo toys out pram alert.

ditto

ooo bitch

As a Swindon fan I reserve the right to laugh at Oxford if I want to. Yes, our form is priority - but tee-hee Oxford lost at home in Non-League.

What a tart you are.

It is always nice to gloat at the demise of our fierce rivals, I dont want them out of existance just as far away in leagues as is humanly possible....cunts.

You rekon? Their manager is typical Iffy/coach not manager material. Up front they have a player called Yemi who they like but he never scores because hes not very good, hes really a winger. Half the forward players are on loan and must be thinking of their own clubs by now. Including Wovers very own Micheal Pook - Lewis Haldane, who drove Rovers fans mad for 3 years.

Only good player theyve got is Paul Evans who signed last week. He was well unfit when he joined us, so he must be a proper fat bastard by now.

Rejects are rejects wherever they come from. League 2 rejects like Haldane and Constable are in no way guaranteed to make it in the Conference where you get a lot of the semi pro up and at em mentality. Look at Barrow thrashing the scum opening day.

They need to get Patterson out and get a strong, older manager in who has a few contacts. Had this same argument with OF pre season.

chances are supermarine will be playing the scum before we do again.

When they started signing loans for fun this summer it was clear to me that they had problems.

 Jim Smith....the Patterson/Iffy comparison is interesting because as soon as you're top heavy with loan players, and a thin squad, it should tell you there will be trouble ahead.

 Their fans are amongst the bigger arseholes in football..couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch.

 

I want them in our league, so we get to play (And hopefully beat) the cunts at least twice a year. I have had many a good day at the Manor Ground.

also, we cant live on with the last game against the scum being a televised defeat!

I see old Cuntstubble is not doing to badly there this season but it's an odd league to get out of that doesn't seem to far off in standards now than the lower half of league two so it's often no surprise that relegated clubs suffer quite badly in their first couple of seasons.

Patterson I have to agree he's a yuuuuuuuuuf coach promoted on the cheap and he doesn't appear tohave a grip on the squad.  Their captain resigned last week citingit was effecting his form on the pitch, which is never a good sign.

Agreed though it couldn't happen to nicer bunch.

When is their qualifying game for the FA cup first round? One can only dream of such a draw.

I remember when it came out last time. I went fucking mental. Good times. Shame about the result in the end.

That was the second round though wasn't it? I couldn't tell you who we beat in the first.

Yes because I am incredibly obese.  

It was the second round and I think we beat Huddersfield in the first round....

Surely the reason Patterson was appointed (other than Smith going upstairs) was that it was a cheap option - the clock is ticking for their boss but I doubt they could appoint a credible replacement.

I'd have just started uni so I'd have missed the first round game I think. Wasn't one to travel back too often, had more interesting things to do. I went to eh Oxford game though. Told all my new uni mates to watch it on the telly. Fucking disaster.

Never forget it kids. Watch your backs when they are around, especially with England. Their cuntishness knows no bounds with us.

JPC, doesnt get the rivalry side of football. Just the training ground tittle tattle that usually keeps teenage girls interested.  :D Football is training ground to the computer and back, he doesnt need to worry about them.  ;)

Smith is a complete pisshead and is loosing it big time. They are a mirror image of him. A sad shambles.

Theyve never really had a good manager in 15 years. You would have to think someone in the end will turn them around. But then maybe they really are running out of time with it this time?

spence seventeen & eighteen girls is where its at mate

I have a confession i played for oxford centre of excellence when malcom malias was manager. Sorry

I am not surprised a player of your talent was piucked up by them, it shows the level they are aiming for

Joey Beauchump's illegitimate...

Hate them!

Remember last time we played bushey, flat on your ass.

I dont recall that.

Still mesmorised by ronaldeano i take it.

Nah I just think it was a fluke. 

I went today, my first match of the season. What an utter shower of shite we were. Patterson isn't up to scratch; awful formation and dodgy team selection. Apart from the penalty and hitting the bar early on, we didn't have a singe shot on goal. Managed four consecutive passes at one point, then kicked the ball to touch. This club is fucked.

Fair play mate for coming on and being honest.  Still hate you! :_)

I hope you survive as a club but get relegated as far as possible (staying alive as I said)

Why?

Id love to see Oxford win back to back promotions find themselves in League One then get beat about 4-1 by us at the Kassam.

Playing Rovers, Cheltenham & Hereford isnt the same.

Agreed DV, good post

As long as they are worse than us and finish below us. I'd rather it was in the same league so we got to play them...

What he said innit. Keep the rivalry.

Being in a league with City, Rovers, Cheltenham, Yeovil and the yellow lot would make for a very interesting season! Don't see it happening any time soon though unfortunately.

Not interested in Cheltenham and especially not the Poddington Peas (Yeovil). At least Cheltenham is good drinking.

Rovers are proper, it has to be said, but we will never be a rivalry as intense as those on their doorstep. I think our rivalry with them has some more distance left to run. They think they can take the piss down here.

For a small club, Hereford also punch well above their weight, it has to be said.

As for Oxford, we were all sure of victory in 2002, and look what happened there. If it happens then great, we'll be up for it. But if it doesnt then it doesnt.

Despite everything we could still play a league game against them next season. Things happen fast sometimes in football.

Didn't we have Oxford, City, Rovers and Reading in 00/01? Good season.

And we won at City 3 games into the season, then beat Oxford a couple of games after that.

I remmember thinking, this div 2 lark is well alright. 4 years later the same league was 80 per cent northern teams, it was shit.

I keep getting stick from the OUFC fans at work, all I reply is who have you got on t'weekend?

They think they're in the blue square world premier division...fookin losers.

I went to lots of games that season. City away was 1-0 wan't it. Reeves scored? We had Exeter home and then away in a replay early on in the league cup. Errr.. remember oxford obviously. Lost 2-0 away at reading? Was that the season where we beat Colchester 1-0 away with the Route 1 Reddy goal or was the year after?

My memories not so good anymore.

It's amazing that it was 8 years ago. Yeovil, Cheltenham and Hereford are  definitely poor replacements for City, Oxford and Reading.

Can't remember if it was that season, but I do have fond memories of that Reeves winner!!!

It might have been the season after.

I remember him jumping into the crowd though.

And Rovers as well, who finnished a point behind us and were relegated.

Yeah, it turned out to be a vintage season of its kind. Survival against all odds. To be honest I was a 15 games a season man before that season, but I must have been to 90% of our games that season. It was pretty crappy at the start, couldnt believe the shit Todd had bought, but the fans rallied fantastic around King.

Reddys goal at Colchester was a Massive 3 points.

We got the better of City and the Scum. Reeves 1-0 was that season, we didnt get another result at Trashton for 4 years after that. For the home game, There was once a picture of Reddy sliding on his knees in front of miserable soaked shit heads on the bank on the Adver site, fucking brilliant. Not to mention Turbo.  ;D

The first game at the Madjeski was dissapointing, but at least we smashed as many things up as we could. The home defeat was an absolute gut wrencher. Devastated.

Our first game at the madjeski I ended up in the first aid room cos some bastard had put the bus window through!!

It was a vintage season. Wiltshire Sound even did live commentary for the Rovers vs. Wycombe game which kept us up didn't they? I remember listening to it, a fair few of my mates went, not sure why I didn't.

Seemed to be a bit more spirit behind the team from the fans, maybe it's just that I'm not so involved any more.

Ooh I'm getting some memories through the hazy mist... the Colchester away game was one which was rearranged from a mid week game which was called off really late wasn't it? I only went to the rearranged fixture but they were handing out free tickets to everyone on the coach so I got in free anyway.

We did have some crap players that season. Marco Tuamola(sp?), Kim Heiselburg, Martin Williams (I can't even remember if that was his name, the crap striker who soon drifted back into non-leagues), Mark Robertson (the Australian who I remember getting subbed at half time for being fucking shit), and probably a few others which I've forgotten.

Oh and not a Todd signing, but Adrian Bakali in the squad on a non-contract basis for most the second half of the season before making a token appearance away at Stoke on the last day of the season. He could barely waddle outside of the centre circle. Classic. Didn't help that the rest of the players looked like they may have been hung over.

No, the spirit and togetherness of the fans was fantastic that season. We would shout red army for 30 minutes without a second thought. I think most people remmembered the double relegation of 94-95 and the pain spurred us on. Maybe it helped that so many of our local rivals were in the same league, every other game was a bit personal. Definately a lot of nostalgia for that season. The Invincible 92nd minute winner v Peterborough sealed the deal.

But a few old faces dropped out after that season.

Its odd that we're thinking about times when we were actually shitter than we are now yet seemed happier.

But that was a god awful shit team that kept us up.

Now weve got good players going nowhere. Bottling all the big games.

Look at Steve Robinson. 5 years, a poor player. But come a crunch relegation MUST WIN game against the scum, what did he do? Two amazing volleys. Crap player, but a winners mentality. Producing his best form when it mattered most.

Turbo was the last cup winner on our playing staff. Not including Paul Ince.

I've experienced this. Luckilly we were on the piss with Plymouth and Middlesborough so when 2 of us went outiside the pub and were followed by a dozen Scummers and were jumped the others had seen it and the Scummers got a good hiding. They are true cunts of the highest order.

 I once had a chat with Turbo about that game...he didn't even realise O*frod were rivals, for him they were just a shit team in a shit ground with small crowds...not something to get too worked up about.  He was quite surprised to learn his brace in the final game at the Manor gave him some sort of legendary status.

Interesting.

But it was still a game we had to win if we wanted to stay up.

So the point stands that Turbo refused to bottle the big game.

You have to wonder how fucking thick some of these footballers are. We sing songs every week about Oxford, and they still aint got a clue. Tommy 'I had no idea' Mooney.

I take great pleasure in them being shit. Laughing at them is something i could never get bored of and cheers me up greatly. I actually look forward to having Mondays Poxford Mail delivered, so i can have a giggle at their back page headline  :D

 It's not so much footballers are thick, just that they have a completely different perspective than fans...whilst for us fans it's an all consuming passion for them it's a job.

 Turbo's passion was the property he owned in Spain.

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Reg, me old mate.

If I work for Travis Perkins, and I hadnt picked up that Jewsons, Buildbase and Build Center are our rivals, I wouldnt be very good at my job would I? Wouldnt have been paying attention.

Robinson was a Notts County fan too, so you'd think he'd have an inkling of what it was to be a lower league football fan?!

He always seemed a decent bloke when I chatted to him, one of the boys. Heard from another player that Turbo and King didn't see eye-to-eye and he wouldn't be afraid to stand up in the dressing room and give a bit back. Not the most talented player by any means but always gave everything. Remember a lung-busting run from our own box all the way to the corner flag v Wigan when they walked the league. Brilliant.

there have been times in recent seasons we coul do with a turbo in midfield. fuck all talent but by god his work ethic was off the scale.

 To a player all clubs are rivals of a sort....Mr Timlin for example considers Leeds to be more of a rival than Hereford....not something that DRS would agree with.

We have one in Easton don't we? Proper box-to-box midfielder, better footballer than Turbo as well.

I love that picture, should be posted every week on here!!!

Yeah, but we dont sing about Hereford every week either.

Damn those fordish wankers.

i recognise the man on the right from the oxford mail stand. usually to be found getting extremely irate at our players, whilst covering the person in front in spit. a surefire case for a wife beater, or a very lonely bastard.

Spot on. "Fuck all talent" is a bit harsh, but he was certainly no Ronaldo. But he still remains one of the players I remember most fondly from the past few years just because he gave it his all every week.

Hereford haunt me.

You got the day off for the JPT?

No chance, bloody deaththreats last time. I will never go to hereford

death threats? WTF?

Not worth the hassle is it

  more good news for them             




http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=1071

Ain't sounding too good for the yellow bastards is it!

Shame.

As much as i hate them i do miss the derbys,It was never the same tho when the moved from the manor,and ruined that song we used to sing at them.

I hope they survive this could have been us. 

Nah, that song still works.

After all, we did piss all over them in our last clash at the Manor.

That song came out again at Aldershot if I remember rightly?

Never gets old.

After all the pox mongs we had to put up with over the last few years gloating about how we will go bust and they are in the black, I hope they and their club die a horrible death.

I had heard a little rumour on Saturday from a disgruntled Yellow that they could go into admin by the end of the month with a 10 point deduction. :bye: :bye: :bye: :bye:

fuck the derbys, fuck ever playing them again, fuck them all - i hope they die a miserable, drawn out death that we can all take huge enjoyment out of whilst watching

i am finding it all absolutely hilarious, fitton should go to their ground next home game and burn a couple of million £ in the car park

Im confused.  Im thinking of going to see my local team (Chippenham) tomorrow night against Oxford City.  Am I supposed to hate them as well?  TBH Ill probably just end up hating the ref as usual.

You should chant "Big team in Oxford, you're the only big team in Oxford".

Yes i think they are quite friendly with each other,accoriding to a few of their fans on yellowsonline a few months ago.

Ok.  How many sides do they have to their ground?

just about four. the bottom end is open space betweeen the clubhouse and pitch, so although there is no stand as such, you can watch the match from that side.

i might start supporting city. came home from holiday looking forward to getting back into watching us regularly again, but saturday has made me not want to go at all.

Change your avatar to the City badge then OF!!

How far below Oxford United are Oxford City?

And who would our rivals be then?

We'd have to go back to Reading yes?

OUFC are currently closer to OCFC than us, but only just. If United went down and City went up they'd be in the same division in 2009/10 which is unlikely as Oxford City are a-strugglin' too.

Supermarine aren't struggling though......

The sad deluded fools have a plan to get 10,000 people to buy a debenture for £1,300 to raise £13 million to buy the stadium off of Kassam in return for a season ticket for life. They are only getting 4,000 paying £15 so how do they think they are going to get 10,000 soapy tit wank

Hate them but commend the effort

Is that for real?

Even if they do get 10,000 people to chip in, they'll then be stuck with 10,000 people getting in for free the rest of their lives. But at least the board will have the stadium to sell for personal gain?

Ahh fuck it, who cares.

I blame Rogan Taylor, he brought this idea to the table for Liverpool, where even there it's pie-in-the-sky... Mike Ashley challenged Newcastle fans to cough up knowing full well they wouldn't.

 I blame Rogan Josh...

:D

I blame Seth Rogen.

"Ted" Theodore Logan?

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http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/3694611.United_face_new_crisis/

Looks like my Yellow friend was right, please feel free to leave a message of support!!!!
If the boot was on the other foot our boards would be full of the cunts gloating

I should have said WHEN the boot was on the other foot they were all over our boards like a rash, what comes around goes around :D :D

Then we should be better than them and offer them support. Also I think it would piss them off a hell of a lot more.

Logan's Run.

Hulk Hogan?

Loganberry Preserve.

Get a Bloomin' Move On

(Self Preservation Society, I think I may have been a bit cryptic)

Spot on. On the pitch, being leagues better than them is obviously immensely gratifying. Off the pitch, Pox are a glimpse into the future we'd have been facing - assuming we'd managed to actually  stay in business - under our previous wise leadership. Save the gloating and just thank our lucky stars we got rid before it was too late.

Personally, I don't want to see any football club go bust (and no that doesn't include Franchise - they're a sick experiment that should have been strangled in the test tube, sadly allowed to thrive due to the ineptness of the football "authorities", not a football club)

As far as I am concerned it is not rivalry it is hatred and I am enjoying watching them die a slow horrible death. I don't want it to be quick  so just for the moment going into administration, losing ten points and then relegation with more to come in good time would be sweet.

 :chuckle:

*Esquire.

I feel sorry for them personally. We've faced it and while a lot of Oxford fans were utter dickheads, there were some that actually wished us well. Relegation to the Conference South wouldn't go a miss but I hope they stay in business.

I kinda miss playing them. The manor ground was an absolute shit tip but it was ace in that terrace behind the goal.

Personally, I would hate them to go out purely for the reason they would always have one thing over us - they beat us the last time we played

If we got them in the cup, then we could sing a "You can go out of business now" sort of song.

I think we should go on their forum and offer to do a bucket collection at the CG on Sunday.

I'm not sure how far 32p and a button would go in staving off their current financial plight, but every little helps.........

the manor ground was everything a football stadium should be.

a small part of our problem is the soulless tip we have for a ground now. half empty and stands too far away from the pitch and each other. down here in the depths of the conference (although the number of recognised teams is increasing each year; mansfield, kiddy (ish), york, wrexham, torquay, cambridge and ourselves) the opposition come from their tinpot sheds to this shiny piece of shit with no ability to contain any sense of atmosphere, and a perfect pitch. not surprising that they raise their games really.

one thing that should be noted is that the vocal support here is outstanding. on saturday the east stand sung throughout the second half, despite us being 2-1 down and playing utter gash. it was the 'we are the left/right side of london road' song too, which has to go down as my personal favourite.

if i ever become a multimillionaire i'll buy oufc and build them a new, small (but with room for expansion when the inevitable promotions come), compact, intimidating ground. the ends behind the goals will be the London Road End and Cuckoo Lane. I'd have terracing if at all possible. And I'd personally open the Firoz Kassam urinal, where fans would have the opportunity to piss on his face.

i predict another defeat tonight. unless he plays a regular 442 with guy starting, and a balanced midfield. then we have a (slim) chance of snatching a point.

Only trying to curry favour.

I would happily contribute in the bucket for them, they have exceptional crowds for non-league if we were in the same situation I doubt we would have 4-5,000 every week.

I really have mixed emotions. I'm with Flash most of the way but at the same time Bushey Boy has a good point about them beating us last time we met. I also miss the games between us. My daughter wants to see a game between us. On the other side of the coin their fans are generally horrible, nasty pieces of crap. I also think the idea of a local derby between Spermarine and the Scum would be amusing.

Its on setanta tonight isnt it?

Might watch and have a laugh.

Theyll lose anyhow, they always do on there

I dont think they are on the verge of administration. But long term the club doesnt look viable. Kassam is still doing them up the arse.

It would not be wise to go into admin. The owners are the only creditors

We have our full squad available tonight, bar Turley who is 50/50. I'll await his team selection but am hopeful for a much improved performance.

I'm not going and don't have Setanta so will be tuning in to Radio Oxford instead.

Perhaps we should start a small collection fund for them?

Probably going a bit too far. Don't let anybody stop you if you fancy it though Ironside.

Would love to see them drop into the Conference South as AFC Wimbledon pass them..... Going out of business? Wouldn't want that for any club. Sounds pathetic but fuck knows what I would do without STFC in my life. I met most of my mates through the club when I moved back from Canada.

Boo Oxford 1-0 up already.

1-1 now hehe.

You jinxed it. Boo.

yes, they'll never manage to lose this now.

wrey

almost up to mid-table, congrats.

Well I went to the match and decided not to abuse their fanbase as he was quite a nice bloke.  Ended up going to pens and chip winning (5-4 I think).  And as expected I did hate the ref.  Honestly you think we have it bad at the CG blatant penalty turned down and its worse when your so close to the pitch and can really se how crap they are.

Only other thing of interest was that Chalky Whites son Joe was playing for chippenham.  He's a youth player with Wovers and it would appear that they are cutting costs and trying to net rid of lots of their young players.  He's pretty good for that level though.

"Well I went to the match and decided not to abuse their fanbase as he was quite a nice bloke."

Ha ha!!!

Not exagerating much either.  Chairman, Club secretary, 2 fans!  Came in a mini.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/3697750.Bailiffs__threat_mars_victory/

Who's that knocking on the door, is it the bailiffs, is it the bailiffs????

Timmy Mallet

 8)

Mallett's Mallet is a word association game, where you musn't pause, hesitate, repeat a word, or say a word I don't like... otherwise you get a bash on the head like this...or like this...the one with the most bruises loses.... look at each other and go Bleugh! Look at everyone at home and go Bleugh! Everyone at home look at them and go Bleugh!

 :D

Timmy Mallet is probably one of the most annoying individuals ever to grace our TV screens :wacko:

He lives down my way and is often spotted in the Maidenhead/Cookham/Marlow area. He is a grade A cunt.

On a seperate note, if Oxford get relegated they would be playing Maidenhead Utd next year

I used to run etertainments at leicester demontfort student union and booked mr mallet a couple of times.  The reaction was amazing.  He came on stage did mallets mallet twatted around for 20 minutes and then went and sold hundreds of relica mallet to the studes for a tenner each.  He did seem like a decent enough bloke though.

Second time I booked him I wasnt working and got a phone call from him when he arived as Iwas sitting at home watching one of those 'I love 1984 programmes' which featured him.  That was odd.

i reckon timmy mallets a pedo.

i heard him and rix used to have "garden partys"

He looks like Jonathan King and he's a radio DJ, thats enough proof for me.

i found timmy mallett very amusing when i was growing up.

the oxford mail article is sensationalism.

Good point Spencer.

Statement from the Board
Posted on: Thu 25 Sep 2008

Fans, Sponsors and the Press are aware of the action taken by the Stadium Company, Firoka (Oxford United Stadium) Ltd, on Tuesday at the Oxford United home game against Cambridge as they failed to service the Club's food and beverages requirement for the fixture. This affected supporters, sponsors and officials alike and was hugely embarrassing all round for everyone involved with Oxford particularly with the live cameras there showing Oxford United finally break its live TV duck.

We would like to apologise to all of our supporters who dealt with the situation with a tremendous show of loyalty and a large dose of common sense, perhaps buoyed by a great win. It is not the first time that supporters have had to deal with disappointment from this source.
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We have been asked to comment publicly on the reported statements made by John Angus and Firoz Kassam in the past 24 hours on this matter. We would preface these responses by pointing out that we have to continue dealing with these people if the main Oxford United objective is ever to be reached of acquiring the Stadium and Conference Centre in order for Oxford United to be self-sufficient with its own incomes and without the current high rent.

Mr Angus is quoted as saying:

"Each quarter a payment is required for the rent which has not been met. We have spoken to the club since lunchtime today (September 23rd) and asked them for payment. The payment was not forthcoming and we could not provide a food service without that."

Mr Kassam is reported as saying:

"The rent is due. Every quarter we have had to get the bailiffs to get the rent. In the current financial climate we are looking to run our business more efficiently."

The true facts are that the rent was not due at the time of Tuesday's game. It is only due on the 29th September, next Monday which is quarter day.

The Stadium Company insisted that it was due on September 25th (this coming Thursday) and - in breach of the Stadium Licence - that Oxford United provides them with a September 25th postdated cheque for the full £117,103 by that afternoon of September 23rd or they would withdraw services from the game.

In response to the assertion that bailiffs have been used every quarter to enforce the rent, the true facts are that bailiffs have never been used to get the Stadium rent throughout the 10 quarters since we took over the Club. It is always a great struggle to pay the quarterly Stadium Rent of £117,103 yet on average, over two and a half years and 10 quarters since we acquired the Club, the Rent has been paid an average of only 8 days late and the latest ever was 30 days.

The Shop Rent of £7,931 was overlooked one quarter and the bailiffs arrived unannounced after only 6 days. That is the only occasion in our tenure when bailiffs have been used against Oxford United as was disclosed at the recent AGM.

Most Landlords are reasonable with Rental payments, particularly in difficult times. This seems not to be the case with Firoka.

For completeness, when considering amounts owed by Oxford United to Firoka, there are always routine small amounts outstanding between the parties for catering, hotels etc. As at Tuesday's invoices, Oxford United owed Firoka £3,645 and Firoka owed the club £1,902.

Finally, our view on postdated cheques is that these are unnecessary and dangerous in principle when one is continually struggling for revenues.

This recent event is a clear example of the kind of unreasonableness which has made dealing with the Stadium Company so difficult over the last 2 years. The terms of our Licence Agreement state very clearly that they must provide services for games and they have breached those terms, perhaps unknowingly, but to the embarrassment of many thousands of Oxford supporters.

We make no secret of the financial difficulties of running a Football Club with falling attendances and high Stadium rent and other costs. Every month is a struggle and our Investors and myself have already put in far more money than we wished.

However, whilst a serious possibility, it would be so frustrating and annoying for the Board and for all Oxford supporters for us to fail when we are closer than ever to a realistic Partnership which, within 12 months, could return the Stadium to Oxford United, allow Mr Kassam a reasonable financial exit and allow the Club thereafter to fund itself within its own means from stadium revenues.

We would ask Mr Kassam to help as much as possible in these mutually difficult times and would welcome other initiatives from fans, investors or business partners to help Oxford United get through these short-term difficult times with the positive prospect of our main objective being realistically achieved.

OXFORD UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB

Nick Merry, Chairman

Your club is fucked i reckon.

I'm not going to read all of that... If someone could kindly some it up, thank you please.

...based on what?

dont believe the hype

 I'll sum it up for you if you like.

 As soon as you get Statement from the Board....you know you're fucked.

Oh dear, to use a Bob Holt phrase... there is no rent.

Thanks Reg :D

Poor Oxford United :(

How much do we pay for a four-sided stadium?

Here is my interpretation of Oxford United's board statement.

Dear fans,

Firoz Kebabs come no more.

Jim Rosenthal very hungry.

Want food now.

Send us food or give us the stadium or Timmy Mallett will starve to death.

OXFORD UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB

Nick Merry - Im skint.

I saw that old bastard Jim Smith in Woodstock on my way to work earlier, staggering into the Punchbowl pub.

1) Kassam is a shithead.
2) Be very careful if someone promises you a stadium redevelopment but gets all hazy about who gets the keys.

Punchbowl got a couple looking after the pub whilst the normal landlord's on holiday?  They're the ones who took temporary charge of the Jovial.  Nice people, hope Alan called Smith a c*** though.

Not sure Jan, i was only driving by!

I had to wait 6 and a half hours for that response Tans???  Luckily I'd forgotten I'd even asked the question!!  ;-)

Ive been busy man!

They would also very probably be playing Farnborough FC, my local side.  I saw them beat Gloucester City a few weeks back.  Already looking good for promotion to Conference South at the end of this season.

Poxford lost 2-1 against bottom of table Lewes  :D It's Lewes' first win of the season as well, Poxford really are comedy of the highest standard.

Nice that one of their rejects scored aswell.

They don't seem too happy on their forum, hmm wonder why?  :D
http://www.oxfordshireforums.co.uk/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=85082&whichpage=15

sample comment:

"That's what annoys me the most, the fact that we're a laughing stock"

This kind of statement sounds familiar.... As this Oxford fans says...


Hmmmmmm..........

Poor Oxford :(

They're goners, time to find some new rivals.

hahahahaha, the poxford mail was spouting off about how they would turn a corner now they'd broken the "setanta curse" hahahaha

If you read one of their matchday threads, when they were 1-0 up there was promotion talk.

have you rung the sister-in-law yet?

 :jumpy: :jumpy:

I am fed up with laughing at oxford every time they lose.

Ah fuck it...that shit is always funny!

Erm yes, but she won't speak to me, I wonder why  :D The response I got was 'fuck off Paul' followed by a dial tone. :D One can only guess she's a bit upset.

Good work.

To be honest it makes me feel a little better after the shit we've had to watch recently.

im not! Lick my Arse Orifice

Oh dear.

Nick Merry has stood down as chairman with immediate effect.

Apparently he made some sort of claim to the pox supporters club at weekend which caused a bit of a stink,I doubt that was the reason but they seem happy he's gone..

Suggestions what he said on a postcard  ;)

Agent Merry's work is not yet complete...why has he been allowed to leave his post?  I demand answers...who's department at TEF Towers was this?

Ok, now they are in the shit.

He told a group of supporters in the pub before the Lewes game (bearing in mind that their fans have been calling out for official communication from him for weeks and he's been in hiding) that he'd all but sorted out getting the backing to buy back the stadium from Kassam except the "investors" had withdrawn following a (fairly mild) press release from OxVox (their Trust). So apparently these mythical investors had done so little homework on the club they were happy to sink in millions on his say-so but got cold feet when they found out from a supporters press release that actually the club was in quite a lot of debt and that the chairman wasn't the thoroughly good chap and astute businessman he'd made himself out to be. Basically he was trying to cover up his own fuck-ups by blaming the supporters trust in such a ridiculously transparent Scooby Doo villain kind of a way ("And I've bought the stadium back by now if it wasn't for them pesky kids") that his position became untenable. Although I don't know whether he compared it to being a lot like buying  a house.

Did you give them any tips on how to be a public punch bag in disputes between club and trust?

Don't think they need any tips from us. Merry's pub perfomance apparently led to chants of "If you all hate OxVox clap your hands" from a (minority) section of their fans during the Lewes game. Which he presumably found temporarily gratifying until it also led to him being forced to stand down for being crassly embarrassing. From what I can gather, they've gathered quite a bit of support from being attacked by him and the new chairman has already been in touch with them pledging to improve relations and open proper dialogue

He didnt need much of an excuse to leave though did he?

If they dont get the Kassam cancer out of their club they are dead.

I think it was more a case of the straw that broke the camel's back

Problem is, from what I can tell, that Merry's reign has been such a disaster, Kassam at least looks competent by comparison. He may have robbed them blind (metaphorically speaking of course) but he could at least run the club better than Merry did, if only so he could get HIS stadium deal through. There but for the grace of God and all that

It shows me that we have to stay out of div 2 at all costs....one tragic season and going out of the league is not worth even contemplating.

And how lucky we are (even if it didn't seem like it at the time) that the old lot's stadium plans were so inept

Christ what a mess,so was it case of being pushed rather than stepping down in the end.

i'd heard some oxford fans are hoping it goes tits up so they can use oxford city's ground and surrounding land.

sounds like bollocks to me but god i'd laugh forever if it happened

I predict next season that the Conference will have higher average attendances than League 2.

There are some ifs, Bradford City would have to go up.

But the FL have ruined their own bottom tier.

Well, no-one really knows exactly what the internal discussion within their board was. But it seems he'd already made such a badger's arse of the whole situation it was a "when" not "if" anyway even before he flapped his gob in the pub. That probably just hastened the inevitable. <disclaimer> This is from an outsider looking in</disclaimer>

Just gone 1-0 down at Torquay.

How orange is Lewis Haldane? Jeebus. Oh and Paul Parker just said "cunts"... He went to say Constable but paused on the first syllable for long enough to make it amusing. Lovely.

When I noticed Oxfrod were playing on a thursday night I immediately put a bet on Torquay to win :D

89th Minute equaliser. Jammy Cunts.

Cuuuuunts. Now I hate them even more.

Fucking hell how many more times do us lot have to bang on about the fucking pox losing just before the fuckers equalise or win.  Can we not mention them until they actually lose next time?

They got beat again today... Shame

Something went well on the footie front this weekend then.

Nowadays, Oxford getting beat is like a fifteen degree day... aint nobody got nothing to say about a fifteen degree day. Twenty five? That'll bring a smile on your face. Thirty? Shit, we be damn near barbecuin' out that motherfucka...

deservedly resurrected.

Things not looking good for them more rumours of financial meltdown and their fans still dreaming of getting Pardew,Cotteril, curbishley to name a few as a potential replacement for their manager soapy tit wank

Their fans aren't dreaming of Curbishley etc - just dreaming of shoving some of Fyffes finest up each others rears, that is if they aren't actually doing it.
A good shoeing today. 

Pah, it was only Histon. who'd lose to them?

Fitton and co are only after your ground, you should be worried

Hello Mr Oxford United fan  :bye:

Hello Swindon fan.
You going to the Posh game tonight?

Bit of a trek from Newcastle and back in time for work tomorrow I'd have thought.

Sorry didn't see that :-[

Youve got some balls coming on here at the moment.

You'd be right.

Why at the moment?

actually good point well made, you have been a fucking embarrassment for years now.

True and there's only the cancerous arsehole Kassam to blame. Fitton will be your Kassam.

:) guess what?

Youre wrong again.

i love being smug.

Nah Fitton is a Wiltshire bloke and has shown he has the best interest of the club and it's fans at heart. Don't blame you for clutching at straws though you've got nothing else to cheer about.