Popular Post Col The Ox Posted September 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2023 Back in July I posted on here asking for support for our new stadium proposal. To those of you who responded to our County Council survey I'd like to pass on the thanks of all Oxford United fans, as yesterday Oxfordshire County Council agreed to let us have the land. It's a massive step for us, as there has been a concerted campaign from local NIMBYS, Green Party activists, and yesterday even some loon who spoke at the council meeting saying it shouldn't be built as nuclear warheads are transported past the site and we could all die! Hopefully you won't mind if I come back again asking for help, if it's needed during the planning stage, as our campaign to get other football fans involved was a great success. Thanks again. 61 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Ours got held up for several months because of some flipping newts! No I am not joking! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS13 Robin Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 38 minutes ago, Col The Ox said: Back in July I posted on here asking for support for our new stadium proposal. To those of you who responded to our County Council survey I'd like to pass on the thanks of all Oxford United fans, as yesterday Oxfordshire County Council agreed to let us have the land. It's a massive step for us, as there has been a concerted campaign from local NIMBYS, Green Party activists, and yesterday even some loon who spoke at the council meeting saying it shouldn't be built as nuclear warheads are transported past the site and we could all die! Hopefully you won't mind if I come back again asking for help, if it's needed during the planning stage, as our campaign to get other football fans involved was a great success. Thanks again. Glad we have helped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavington Robin Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Happy to have helped in some small way and happy to help again. Glad it’s moving forward & hopefully it won’t be too long before you can stick 2 fingers up to Kassam …. assuming you haven’t already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swallocks Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 42 minutes ago, Col The Ox said: Back in July I posted on here asking for support for our new stadium proposal. To those of you who responded to our County Council survey I'd like to pass on the thanks of all Oxford United fans, as yesterday Oxfordshire County Council agreed to let us have the land. It's a massive step for us, as there has been a concerted campaign from local NIMBYS, Green Party activists, and yesterday even some loon who spoke at the council meeting saying it shouldn't be built as nuclear warheads are transported past the site and we could all die! Hopefully you won't mind if I come back again asking for help, if it's needed during the planning stage, as our campaign to get other football fans involved was a great success. Thanks again. We had Mark Sykes off you for nothing, lending you a hand with your new stadium seems like the least of what we can do. 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizzleRed Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Great news and good luck in your fight against the nimbys 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 I live in walking distance of the site in Kidlington, Col. I hope you get promoted soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 I'm very pleased for you, the fans and the club. If I can help out in some small way in the future I will endeavour (oblique Oxford reference) to do so. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 I remember a thread like this from Brighton fans when they were at the Withdean. Tomorrow they play in Europe 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted September 20, 2023 Admin Share Posted September 20, 2023 33 minutes ago, Betty Swallocks said: We had Mark Sykes off you for nothing, lending you a hand with your new stadium seems like the least of what we can do. That signing is absolutely nuts mind. He delivered more than I expected last season and this term he seems to have upped his game another level. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Dollymarie said: Ours got held up for several months because of some flipping newts! No I am not joking! And the newts weren't even slightly tipsy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Street red Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Top news Glad we could help good luck for the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red DNA Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 3 hours ago, Col The Ox said: Back in July I posted on here asking for support for our new stadium proposal. To those of you who responded to our County Council survey I'd like to pass on the thanks of all Oxford United fans, as yesterday Oxfordshire County Council agreed to let us have the land. It's a massive step for us, as there has been a concerted campaign from local NIMBYS, Green Party activists, and yesterday even some loon who spoke at the council meeting saying it shouldn't be built as nuclear warheads are transported past the site and we could all die! Good news. Just shows how ill informed some people are… As someone who worked for a fair time at Aldermaston, I can assure you there are no live ‘warheads’ on the missile at the time it leaves the site to harm anyone, until it gets armed elsewhere, let alone be actually ready for use (God forbid!) by adding in the firing codes by the Government of the day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Col The Ox Posted September 22, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2023 Thanks for the kind words everyone. In no particular order just a brief reply to a few of the things you've mentioned: The reason Mark Sykes was available on a free is because our idiot of a previous manager (Karl Robinson) threw him under the bus a few times in his penultimate season with us. Sykesy dared to answer back to him and Robinson slagged him off in public. So when he entered his last season with us Sykesy refused to even contemplate signing a new contract and was able to leave on a free. Very much our loss and your gain. The irony is that Robinson was sacked last season and our new manager, Liam Manning, is the sort of progressive manager that I'm sure would have got the best out of Mark Sykes. Anyway, good luck to him, there's no hard feelings from our side. The amount of crap that the NIMBYS came out with was mind blowing in its ignorance and arrogance, and there was a real class aspect to a lot of it too. But they made the mistake of assuming all football fans were thick hooligans (most of us are intelligent hooligans!!!) and they very much under estimated the response from the fans. Yes, we've very much already stuck two fingers up to Kassam, as a fanbase, although we still have to play at his shit stadium for another three years. I absolutely despise the man for what he's done to my football club, robbing us of the best part of 25 years, that we'll never get back. Just to close, I was a bit disappointed with the team we fielded against you in the Carabao Cup game, there were too many changes for us to do ourselves justice really, and you certainly took full advantage. Since then we've really gelled and are currently one point off the top, with a game in hand, so promotion is certainly the aim this year. Hopefully we'll meet again next season, unless you can go one better and get promotion yourselves. I see no reason why you can't be in the discussion at the end of the season. I don't want to outstay my welcome, so will leave it for now, but may pop back with an update in the future if people are interested in hearing it? 20 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, Col The Ox said: Thanks for the kind words everyone. In no particular order just a brief reply to a few of the things you've mentioned: The reason Mark Sykes was available on a free is because our idiot of a previous manager (Karl Robinson) threw him under the bus a few times in his penultimate season with us. Sykesy dared to answer back to him and Robinson slagged him off in public. So when he entered his last season with us Sykesy refused to even contemplate signing a new contract and was able to leave on a free. Very much our loss and your gain. The irony is that Robinson was sacked last season and our new manager, Liam Manning, is the sort of progressive manager that I'm sure would have got the best out of Mark Sykes. Anyway, good luck to him, there's no hard feelings from our side. The amount of crap that the NIMBYS came out with was mind blowing in its ignorance and arrogance, and there was a real class aspect to a lot of it too. But they made the mistake of assuming all football fans were thick hooligans (most of us are intelligent hooligans!!!) and they very much under estimated the response from the fans. Yes, we've very much already stuck two fingers up to Kassam, as a fanbase, although we still have to play at his shit stadium for another three years. I absolutely despise the man for what he's done to my football club, robbing us of the best part of 25 years, that we'll never get back. Just to close, I was a bit disappointed with the team we fielded against you in the Carabao Cup game, there were too many changes for us to do ourselves justice really, and you certainly took full advantage. Since then we've really gelled and are currently one point off the top, with a game in hand, so promotion is certainly the aim this year. Hopefully we'll meet again next season, unless you can go one better and get promotion yourselves. I see no reason why you can't be in the discussion at the end of the season. I don't want to outstay my welcome, so will leave it for now, but may pop back with an update in the future if people are interested in hearing it? Keep us informed mate and good luck. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 One of the funniest moments I've witnessed, which is not at all in the spirit of the game, happened at the old Manor Ground. This was the game (September 1993?) when Dave Penney did a sliding tackle on Junior Bent that had Vinnie Jones seen it, he would have winced. Anyway, we had a fairly packed open end which wasn't exactly huge due to the limited terracing. Oxford had a corner and as their strikers rose to head the ball, they also had to deal with a hail of sugar cubes. The 6 yard box looked as if snow had fallen! The reason for sugar cubes? There was a hut at the rear of the terracing for snacks. If you needed sweetening your hot beverage, plates of sugar cubes were placed on the ledge underneath the serving hatch. The servers must have thought that a lot of City fans has a very sweet tooth! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 On 20/09/2023 at 12:12, Betty Swallocks said: We had Mark Sykes off you for nothing, lending you a hand with your new stadium seems like the least of what we can do. Was Mark Sykes free? I must have forgotten that. How the Paddy’s dropped him lord knows!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 5 hours ago, Col The Ox said: Thanks for the kind words everyone. In no particular order just a brief reply to a few of the things you've mentioned: The reason Mark Sykes was available on a free is because our idiot of a previous manager (Karl Robinson) threw him under the bus a few times in his penultimate season with us. Sykesy dared to answer back to him and Robinson slagged him off in public. So when he entered his last season with us Sykesy refused to even contemplate signing a new contract and was able to leave on a free. Very much our loss and your gain. The irony is that Robinson was sacked last season and our new manager, Liam Manning, is the sort of progressive manager that I'm sure would have got the best out of Mark Sykes. Anyway, good luck to him, there's no hard feelings from our side. The amount of crap that the NIMBYS came out with was mind blowing in its ignorance and arrogance, and there was a real class aspect to a lot of it too. But they made the mistake of assuming all football fans were thick hooligans (most of us are intelligent hooligans!!!) and they very much under estimated the response from the fans. Yes, we've very much already stuck two fingers up to Kassam, as a fanbase, although we still have to play at his shit stadium for another three years. I absolutely despise the man for what he's done to my football club, robbing us of the best part of 25 years, that we'll never get back. Just to close, I was a bit disappointed with the team we fielded against you in the Carabao Cup game, there were too many changes for us to do ourselves justice really, and you certainly took full advantage. Since then we've really gelled and are currently one point off the top, with a game in hand, so promotion is certainly the aim this year. Hopefully we'll meet again next season, unless you can go one better and get promotion yourselves. I see no reason why you can't be in the discussion at the end of the season. I don't want to outstay my welcome, so will leave it for now, but may pop back with an update in the future if people are interested in hearing it? Please do keep us updated and the best of luck getting your new stadium. PS, to return the favour, could you smash the BS7 minnows please? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Glad we could help @Col The Ox. And if it’s the planning stage next, probably best you come here, and not to our dim witted neighbours across the city, who’ll tell you to ignore that stage and just go ahead and build it. (Yes, they really have!). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamski Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Best of luck with the Kidlington site, great train access and free from that B'stard Kassam at last - here's hoping it all goes through without too many problems! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Some league one sides are serious about getting a new stadium 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 4 minutes ago, CiderJar said: Some league one sides are serious about getting a new stadium Have they applied for planning permission? I understand some clubs don`t bother and just go on and build it anyway. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EstoniaTallinnRed Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Glad we helped you, also glad you dicked the Gas yesterday even with 9 men. Well done! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 On 20/09/2023 at 17:29, Dollymarie said: Ours got held up for several months because of some flipping newts! No I am not joking! I Have a pet Newt, he's called Tiny..............Cos' He's My Newt. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireSection Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Another club that'll no doubt pass us by on their way to the prem!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 On 20/09/2023 at 17:28, Col The Ox said: Back in July I posted on here asking for support for our new stadium proposal. To those of you who responded to our County Council survey I'd like to pass on the thanks of all Oxford United fans, as yesterday Oxfordshire County Council agreed to let us have the land. It's a massive step for us, as there has been a concerted campaign from local NIMBYS, Green Party activists, and yesterday even some loon who spoke at the council meeting saying it shouldn't be built as nuclear warheads are transported past the site and we could all die! Hopefully you won't mind if I come back again asking for help, if it's needed during the planning stage, as our campaign to get other football fans involved was a great success. Thanks again. Really pleased about that, having lived in Oxford I have a soft spot for your lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 On 20/09/2023 at 17:29, Dollymarie said: Ours got held up for several months because of some flipping newts! No I am not joking! Dolly, I work on major developments and newts are only one of a number of potential problems for developments to overcome (see also Bats, Badgers, Japanese Knotweed, archaeological finds...). Newts can actually be dealt with relatively 'easily' by rehoming. It's not a trivial thing, protecting our wildlife. Yes, it's a pain, but there are valid reasons for it. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 1 hour ago, SecretSam said: Dolly, I work on major developments and newts are only one of a number of potential problems for developments to overcome (see also Bats, Badgers, Japanese Knotweed, archaeological finds...). Newts can actually be dealt with relatively 'easily' by rehoming. It's not a trivial thing, protecting our wildlife. Yes, it's a pain, but there are valid reasons for it. I’m not saying that wildlife isn’t important, but the nimbys only seemed to want to look after them once they realised it helped their case (as in it wasn’t out of genuine concern) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 1 hour ago, SecretSam said: Newts can actually be dealt with relatively 'easily' by rehoming. We are assured that newts are an endangered species. Despite that, all across the country developments are stopped because someone claims to have seen newts in that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 3 hours ago, 22A said: We are assured that newts are an endangered species. Despite that, all across the country developments are stopped because someone claims to have seen newts in that area. They are and it's not because "someone claims", there are surveys for any development. Source: facts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Alligator Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 On 20/09/2023 at 17:29, Dollymarie said: Ours got held up for several months because of some flipping newts! No I am not joking! Steady Dolly. They were my newts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cityboy1954 Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 On 20/09/2023 at 18:12, Betty Swallocks said: We had Mark Sykes off you for nothing, lending you a hand with your new stadium seems like the least of what we can do. Now for Brannigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzos Only Goal Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 On 22/09/2023 at 09:33, Col The Ox said: Thanks for the kind words everyone. In no particular order just a brief reply to a few of the things you've mentioned: The reason Mark Sykes was available on a free is because our idiot of a previous manager (Karl Robinson) threw him under the bus a few times in his penultimate season with us. Sykesy dared to answer back to him and Robinson slagged him off in public. So when he entered his last season with us Sykesy refused to even contemplate signing a new contract and was able to leave on a free. Very much our loss and your gain. The irony is that Robinson was sacked last season and our new manager, Liam Manning, is the sort of progressive manager that I'm sure would have got the best out of Mark Sykes. Anyway, good luck to him, there's no hard feelings from our side. The amount of crap that the NIMBYS came out with was mind blowing in its ignorance and arrogance, and there was a real class aspect to a lot of it too. But they made the mistake of assuming all football fans were thick hooligans (most of us are intelligent hooligans!!!) and they very much under estimated the response from the fans. Yes, we've very much already stuck two fingers up to Kassam, as a fanbase, although we still have to play at his shit stadium for another three years. I absolutely despise the man for what he's done to my football club, robbing us of the best part of 25 years, that we'll never get back. Just to close, I was a bit disappointed with the team we fielded against you in the Carabao Cup game, there were too many changes for us to do ourselves justice really, and you certainly took full advantage. Since then we've really gelled and are currently one point off the top, with a game in hand, so promotion is certainly the aim this year. Hopefully we'll meet again next season, unless you can go one better and get promotion yourselves. I see no reason why you can't be in the discussion at the end of the season. I don't want to outstay my welcome, so will leave it for now, but may pop back with an update in the future if people are interested in hearing it? Good luck, I remember many a fond trip to the Manor Ground and some on the couple of occasions I've been to the Kassam it wasn't the same for sure. Good luck with your new ground, hopefully it will have the soul of the Manor Ground with decent capacity for your club to grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep the Faith Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 On 09/10/2023 at 09:30, 22A said: We are assured that newts are an endangered species. Despite that, all across the country developments are stopped because someone claims to have seen newts in that area. Some people believe the preservation of native species is more important than football. Which is a fair view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 https://oufcstadium.co.uk/ Contains video simulation of planned new stadium. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 17 hours ago, CiderJar said: https://oufcstadium.co.uk/ Contains video simulation of planned new stadium. That Gashead was right, there is an uncanny similarity to Twerton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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