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OXFORD U
KASSAM STADIUM 31/8/2024 15.00HRS

THE BAXI DERBY


OXFORD UNITED

Oxford United Football Club (/ˈɒksfərd/) is a professional football club based in Oxford, England. The club compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football, after achieving promotion in the 2024 EFL League One play-off final. Founded as Headington Football Club in 1893, the club adopted its current name in 1960. Nicknamed The U's, it has played its home games at the Kassam Stadium, replacing its former home of Manor Ground in 2001.

The club joined the Football League in 1962 after winning the Southern Football League, reaching the Second Division in 1968.[2] After relegation in 1976, between 1984 and 1986 the club earned successive promotions into the First Division, and won the League Cup in 1986.[3] However, Oxford were unable thereby to enter the 1987 UEFA Cup because of the UEFA ban on English clubs in European competitions.[4] Relegation from the top flight in 1988 began an 18-year decline which saw the club relegated to the Conference in 2006, becoming the first winners of a major trophy to be relegated from the Football League. After four seasons, Oxford returned to League Two in 2010 via the play-offs, and six seasons later achieved promotion to League One, after finishing second in League Two in 2016. In 2024 they were promoted to the EFL Championship via the play-offs.[5]


THE CAR PARK KASSAM STADIUM

The Kassam Stadium (also known as Grenoble Road) is the home of Oxford United F.C., and is named after the ground's owner and former chairman of the football club, Firoz Kassam.

The Kassam Stadium was built whilst Oxford United played in Division Two (third tier); however, Oxford were relegated to Division Three (fourth tier) the season before the new stadium was built and were further relegated to the Conference National (fifth tier) in 2005–06. The club was previously based at The Manor Ground from 1925 until the opening of the Kassam Stadium in 2001. Following Oxford's promotion from League One at the end of the 2023–24 season, the stadium will host Championship (second-tier) games for the first time in its history.

https://www.oufc.co.uk/

MANAGER



Des Buckingham (born 7 February 1985) is an English professional football manager who is the head coach of EFL Championship club Oxford United.

Buckingham became the youngest head coach in the history of the A-League during the 2016–17 A-League season.[1]

HOT SHOTS



INS AND OUTS



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Sad anorak fact the 4-0 win was the only game played that night and was given full match commentary on Radio 5

Other games



League table



Murders every week

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The View

What a difference the last week has been, positivity back in the club eagerly awaiting being drawn against some club miles from Preston in the next round of the Fizzy Drink thing, weather's getting warmer again and a second new ground in a week.
This is only the third league meeting since 1984