United match with Barnet is in serious doubt (From The Oxford Times)
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United match with Barnet is in serious doubt
11:18am Friday 3rd February 2012 in Oxford United
Oxford United have confirmed that Saturday's League Two home match with Barnet is in serious doubt.
It has been agreed with Barnet Football Club and the Football League that a Football League official will inspect the pitch at 3pm today.
Even though covers have been on the pitch since the start of the week, the stadium has been experiencing temperatures as low as minus ten overnight. Temperatures at pitch side during the day have barely risen above freezing.
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Megastar07
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2:00pm Fri 3 Feb 12
Megastar07
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2:01pm Fri 3 Feb 12
newburyu
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2:04pm Fri 3 Feb 12
badger86
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3:31pm Fri 3 Feb 12
Megastar07 wrote:i think you mean spud
SORRY STUD
badger86
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3:31pm Fri 3 Feb 12
Megastar07 wrote:i think you mean spud
SORRY STUD
ox14 yellows
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3:32pm Fri 3 Feb 12
ox14 yellows
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3:40pm Fri 3 Feb 12
MATCH POSTPONED
U's v Barnet postponed due to a frozen pitch (!)
the inspection at 3 p.m. judged 'the playing surface to be too unsafe'
newburyu
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3:57pm Fri 3 Feb 12
ox14 yellows
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4:15pm Fri 3 Feb 12
I didn't realise before today that he started off in the slum market before moving on to multi-million pound developments ! From his Wiki entry :-
Firoz Kassam made his fortune as a slum hotelier and in the 1980s was labelled a "merchant of misery". He bought run-down London hostels and hotels and was paid by local councils to fill them with homeless people and asylum seekers, until the inmates rebelled over the conditions in which they were being housed.
happyharryhardon
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4:43pm Fri 3 Feb 12
DuberryandBeanofan
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5:37pm Fri 3 Feb 12
happyharryhardon wrote:The winter has been considerably kind to us, it's just one game, I'd rather have it on another day, yes I am a season ticket holder but what is the point of running around on a frozen pitch. Some common sense is needed. Well Done Oxford
I think it's very poor that the club/ groundsmen can't get the pitch in order, it's a little bit chilly, there is no snow. Also I'm a season ticket holder and if I can't make the re arranged game I get no refund but other people who have match day tickets do. Well done Oxford great way to treat your loyal fans.
happyharryhardon
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7:09pm Fri 3 Feb 12
DuberryandBeanofan wrote:Maybe but it's strange how a club that's ment to have ambition don't seem to be able to come up with a way to by the ground, we can't put underground heating in and we can't afford to spend money on new GOOD players.Anyway buying a season ticket is just like buying anything if they cant supply i should not pay.
happyharryhardon wrote:The winter has been considerably kind to us, it's just one game, I'd rather have it on another day, yes I am a season ticket holder but what is the point of running around on a frozen pitch. Some common sense is needed. Well Done Oxford
I think it's very poor that the club/ groundsmen can't get the pitch in order, it's a little bit chilly, there is no snow. Also I'm a season ticket holder and if I can't make the re arranged game I get no refund but other people who have match day tickets do. Well done Oxford great way to treat your loyal fans.
DuberryandBeanofan
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10:36pm Fri 3 Feb 12
the wizard
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11:01pm Fri 3 Feb 12
Our board and chairman have the desire and will to support the manager in taking the club forward and not further incurring a bigger fixture back log. If we win tomorrow we will be top of this league two.
LeGod
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1:38am Sat 4 Feb 12
FOREVER IN OUR SHADOW
STFC and THE PAOLO REVOLUTION ROLLS ON whereas the Poxford United are still in Conference mode.
All the Pox fans keep coming out with the same old rubbish were spending lots of money so tell me where because all our players have been free transfers apart from 3 Rooney 150k Cox 50k Foderingham undisclosed but probably no more than 100k we sold players last season for 2 million plus highest average gates all bar Bradford who charge a cheap prive to get in plus weve had our fa cup run plus were in the JPT area final if we win it in total we would get 500k in revenue. SO COME ON POX fans you keep spouting off were throwing money at getting promoted tell me - answer - you cant because you make it up and in reality its all down to jealousy of us being where we are and you in the doldrums and going no where.
FOREVER IN OUR SHADOW AND ALWAYS WILL BE.
Megastar07
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5:15am Sat 4 Feb 12
Also it's strange Wycombe Northampton game still on
Oxford games always off
Yellow&BlueJoker
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10:27am Sat 4 Feb 12
throwing good money at bad... hahahaha
jimbomcmucka
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6:21pm Sat 4 Feb 12
Those heated domes are great value for money aren't they?!?
Chish and Fips
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7:17pm Sat 4 Feb 12
jimbomcmucka wrote:Yep but at least they tried - not like your shower and its tinpot ground - you probably pinched a couple of tarpaulins off of a parked up lorry up on the by-pass - laid them on the frozen pitch and got the Oxturd Mail to take a picture of their massive efforts.
So what was the score for the swindon game today?
Those heated domes are great value for money aren't they?!?
Have a good week you lot.
Mac27
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8:02pm Sun 5 Feb 12
burnseykidlington
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8:28am Mon 6 Feb 12
happyharryhardon wrote:11 games out of 12 cancelled due to frozen pitch, you idiot.
I think it's very poor that the club/ groundsmen can't get the pitch in order, it's a little bit chilly, there is no snow. Also I'm a season ticket holder and if I can't make the re arranged game I get no refund but other people who have match day tickets do. Well done Oxford great way to treat your loyal fans.
click2find
ox14 yellows says...
1:46pm Fri 3 Feb 12