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Post by: trogladite on Saturday, June 13, 2009, 17:38:44
the oxford site, i noticed, they've admitted Luton are a bigger club than themselves.  Hate to agree with an oxford mug but i do.


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Post by: reeves4england on Saturday, June 13, 2009, 22:53:42
Thanks for that


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Post by: trogladite on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 02:24:04
pleasures all mine


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Post by: Berniman on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 11:20:41
Why would you be "browsing" the oxford site?

Strange


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Post by: Spencer_White on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 17:04:36
not really.


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Post by: oxford_fan on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 19:38:26
Is this the post you mean, troggle?

Quote from: milkcup
Let them [Luton] be the biggest club in the league, the monkey is off our back!

It's just a shame their ground is a hole so teams won't raise their game agianst them like they do at our place



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Post by: Berniman on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 20:03:28
yes really


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Post by: Kinky Tom on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 20:06:51
Is this the post you mean, troggle?


Quote from: milkcup
Let them [Luton] be the biggest club in the league, the monkey is off our back!

It's just a shame their ground is a hole so teams won't raise their game agianst them like they do at our place

Somebody really wrote that?  I know that we're rivals and I'm bound to slate the club but surely every Oxford fan must know that that ground is a laughing stock?


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Post by: stfctownenda on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 20:09:07
 :soapy tit wank:


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Post by: Rich Pullen on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 20:10:27
In the FL yes, but not in the Blue Square though. Gateshead's race track stadium is the new 'big' stadium in the Conf - over 1000 more seats than Kenilworth Road.


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Post by: Arriba on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 20:30:39
oxfords ground is better than ours


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Post by: oxford_fan on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 20:42:04
Somebody really wrote that?  I know that we're rivals and I'm bound to slate the club but surely every Oxford fan must know that that ground is a laughing stock?

You missed the point


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Post by: trogladite on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 20:55:40
Yep that was the piece alright.  Wasn't there something about Luton (and Wimbledon the 2nd largest club in your league) selling considerably more season tickets than oxford as well?


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Post by: Kinky Tom on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 20:57:16
You missed the point

I'm not sure I did, just picked up on that part because I'm a Town fan really...


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Post by: Tails on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 21:29:36
oxfords ground is better than ours
It really isn't .


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Post by: Arriba on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 21:37:10
we have 1 decent stand.they have 3


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Post by: 4D on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 21:38:29
oxfords ground is better than ours

"Newer"



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Post by: Rich Pullen on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 21:39:07
What makes a good stadium?


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Post by: 4D on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 21:44:15
What makes a good stadium?

1. Easy to get to (with plenty of pubs / food nearby)
2. Comfy seats (preferably covered)
3. Good atmosphere.
4. Stands  :D


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Post by: Ardiles on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 21:51:43
Oxford's ground is 4 miles from the middle of town, outside the ring road, next to a sewerage plant and along side one of the roughest estates in the south of England.  You can't get there by train.  It's in a pub desert.  And it's plastic as fuck.  It's a textbook case on how not to relocate a football stadium.

The County Ground is infinitely the better ground and if Arriba knew this all along and was pulling my leg, I'll gladly hold my hand up and admit that I fell for it.


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Post by: suttonred on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 21:56:38
Big fishy, wound in ;)


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Post by: oxford_fan on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 22:00:38
I'm not sure I did, just picked up on that part because I'm a Town fan really...

There was no part to pick up on, you made up your own irrelevant point. We're well aware of Kassam's shithole stadium that we have to play in.

The Manor Ground > The Kassam Stadium

Yep that was the piece alright.  Wasn't there something about Luton (and Wimbledon the 2nd largest club in your league) selling considerably more season tickets than oxford as well?

Yep, apparently we're 4th in season ticket sales so far, behind Luton, AFC, and Mansfield.


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Post by: 4D on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 22:01:30
How many have you sold OF?


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Post by: Arriba on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 22:02:08
the actual ground itself is better than ours.i wasn't taking into account the location etc.
their 3 sided ground would be an improvement on the county ground if it was sited there.


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Post by: Kinky Tom on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 22:05:49
What makes a good stadium?

Good question...

There will be people that tell you a ground is a good ground because they have a McDonalds on site, there will be people that tell you a ground is a good ground because they have corporate facilities, there will be people that tell you a ground is a good ground because it's pretty, there will be people that tell you a ground is a good ground because you can get a shit load of people in it, there will be people that tell you a ground is a good ground because it's all seater and so on and so on...

For me a good ground has to have atmosphere, it can be as pretty as you want but no-one can tell me that Molineux is better than Loftus Road, which for me is one of the finest grounds in the UK, it's so close to the pitch, there will deffinately be people (near me) that will tell you Stadium:MK is a good ground but I'd much rather be at Kenilworth Road than that American arena...

I guess my answer is that a good ground can only go as far but the fans in it are what gives it it's personality, who'd have thought when we crashed the party that the Brittania would be the loudest ground in the prem with about a third of the capacity of Old Trafford...

In fact I don't really know what my point is but I know what I like about a ground as soon as I walk in, I think my least favourite ground this year was the Walkers Bowl - horrible!


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Post by: oxford_fan on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 22:06:08
Oxford's ground is 4 miles from the middle of town, outside the ring road, next to a sewerage plant and along side one of the roughest estates in the south of England.  You can't get there by train.  It's in a pub desert.  And it's plastic as fuck.  It's a textbook case on how not to relocate a football stadium.

Correct aside from the pub thing. The Priory is right next door for a start.


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Post by: oxford_fan on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 22:08:52
How many have you sold OF?

3000. You?


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Post by: 4D on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 22:12:43
3000. You?

No, but I've bought a Swindon one  :)

I know what you meant.......last I heard it was around 4,000.


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Post by: Kinky Tom on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 22:19:01
There was no part to pick up on, you made up your own irrelevant point. We're well aware of Kassam's shithole stadium that we have to play in.

The Manor Ground > The Kassam Stadium

OK I guess, what I read from the initial post from the Oxford fan about Luton was that teams raise their game at Oxford because yours is the best in the league and that because Luton's ground is a bit shit that they'll maybe not do the same there, which for me isn't irrelevant but a direct argument regarding what he said - if I've missed something and he meant something else then I apologise.


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Post by: oxford_fan on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 23:12:55
Seems a fair summary, though there was no boasting that ours is "the best ground in the league". Opposition sides raise their game because compared to the others in this league the stands are massive and its new. Luton don't have that but their reputation will make up for it.

So where does your original response come into it?

surely every Oxford fan must know that that ground is a laughing stock?


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Post by: Kinky Tom on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 23:27:37
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It's just a shame their ground is a hole so teams won't raise their game agianst them like they do at our place

Well what I read into the post by the Oxford fan's post was that opposition in the BSP raise their game because of the ground, which word by word is a reasonable assumption to make and that Luton's ground is not as good so opposing teams may not raise their games in the same manor (excuse the pun...)...


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Post by: Spencer_White on Monday, June 15, 2009, 18:32:12
The stands are also a long way from the pitch at the Kassam.


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Post by: 4D on Monday, June 15, 2009, 22:14:41
The stands are also a long way from the pitch at the Kassam.

Room for expansion?


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Post by: axs on Monday, June 15, 2009, 22:17:34
Room for expansion?

Yes, three massive sides is the way forward.


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Post by: Spencer_White on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 20:15:00
Room for expansion?

Only if they want to build stands in front of the current ones.