Standard liege! Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 WELCOME TO THE 2010 OXFORD UNITED THREAD Oxford United Football Club a.k.a. The U's and Yellows Brief History Oxford United FM09 Thread Formed as Headington in 1893 playing at Wotten's Field. In 1960 they were renamed Oxford United in order to give the club a higher profile. Then in 1962 Oxford won the Southern League title for the second successive season and was elected to the Fourth Divison. In 1965 they achieved promotion to the Third Division then promoted to the Second Division in 1967. Oxford had good times in the 1985-86 season avoiding relegation from the First Division on the last day of the season and won the "Milk Cup" 3-0 against QPR at Wembley. This would have taken them to the UEFA, but because of the Heysel Stadium disaster English teams had been banned from the competition. In 2001 Oxford moved to the Kassam Stadium but after the honeymoon period Oxford started struggling and now find themselves hoping for Promotion in the Blue Square Premier. Background Name: Oxford United Nickname: The U's Founded: 1893 Home Kit: Yellow and Navy Away Kit: White Rivals: Swindon, Reading Minor Rivals: Wycombe, Cheltenham, Rushdon, Luton Legends: Jim Smith, Ron Atkinson, Joey Beauchamp, John Aldridge Icons: Gary Briggs, Matt Elliot, Denis Smith, Paul Moody, Mike Ford, Paul Whitehead, Les Robinson, Malcolm Shotton, Kevin Brocke, Alan Judge, Chris Allen Favoured Personnel: Dean Whitehead, Jamie Brooks, Jim Magilton, Phil Gilchrist, Andy Scott, Paul Simpson, Dean Saunders, John Trewick, Steve Basham, Paul Powell, Darren Purse, Mickey Lewis, Dean Windass, Paul Wanless, Chris Hackett League: Blue Square Premier Media Prediction: 2nd Team Captain: Adam Murray Vice Captain: - Finances Estimated Value: 975k Loan Debt: 1.4m loan debt Balance: £600k Transfer Budget: £0 Remaining Wage Budget: around £800-1000 Stadium and Training Ground: Kassam Stadium - 12243 Capacity Location: Oxford Rent: £400k per year Year built: 2003 Stadium condition: Good Under soil heating: No Roof: No Surface: Grass Pitch dimensions: Length: 106m Width: 65m Max pitch dimensions: Length: 112m Width: 68m Pitch condition: Very good Reserve stadium: Loop Meadow, Didcot Season Ticket Holders: 3250 Average Ticket Price: £12 Average Season Ticket Price: £280 Corporate facilities: None Training Facilities: Adequate Youth Facilities: Average Chairman: Kelvin Thomas Advisor: Jim Smith General Manager / Club Secretary: Mick Brown Coaching and Medical Staff Manager: Chris Wilder First Team Coach: Mickey Lewis Coach: Andy Melville Goalkeeping Coach: Alan Hodgkinson Physios: Charlie Greig & Jon Brown sports Massage Therapist: Lindsay Davis Youth Development Officer: Les Taylor Community Officer: Peter Rhoades-Brown Current Squad: GK Billy Turley GK Ryan Clarke DF Damien Batt DF Kevin Sandwith DF Rhys Day DF Ross Perry (on loan from Rangers) DF Ian Sampson DF Luke Foster DF Mark Creighton DF Steven Kinniburgh (on loan from Rangers) DF Shane Killock DF Chris Carruthers MF Adam Chapman MF Adam Murray MF Dannie Bulman MF Simon Clist MF Marcus Kelly MF Alfie Potter (on loan from Peterborough United) MF Sam Deering MF Richard Groves FW James Constable FW Jack Midson FW Matt Green (on loan from Torquay United) FW Jamie Cook FW Aaron Woodley FW Alex Rhodes Recommended first teamers are in bold Star Man - James Constable Squad Anaylsis: Goalkeeper: On of the strongest as we have 2 more than capable goalkeepers, Ryan Clarke a summer signing looks very decent and should be the number 1 choice. And on the bench we have the very experienced Billy Turley, who can easily step in and take his place. Players to watch out for: Ryan Clarke Player to sell: Nathan Silver Star Youth player: Tom Draper Defenders: Players to watch out for: Ross Perry Player to sell: Chris Carruthers Star Youth player: James Dobson Midfielders: Players to watch out for: Dan Bulman Player to sell: Marcus Kelly Star Youth player: Alfie Potter Strikers: Players to watch out for: James Constable Player to sell: Alex Rhodes Star Youth player: Adam Bowerman Recommended purchases: Fabian Yantorno would be an excellent signing, but he won't get a WP Alexis Nikolas Jason Talbot Christian Gyan Liam Robinson Vincent Fernandez Robert Cavener Maxime Chanot Josh King Willy Topp Ibrahim Sissoko Levi Porter Danny Whittaker Guillem Bauza Izzy Iriekpen Thomas Butler Conclusion: I will add more info asap! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Boo hiss One error leaps out at me in the second paragraph. Actually, tbh, the whole second paragraph could use a rewrite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 Reserved for patches Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Fabian Yantorno will be an excellent signing, Alexis Nikolas as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Yantorno won't get a WP but Jason Talbot is a great signing for 6k from Livinston. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 Oxford United Records! To keep track of who does the best managing Oxford. Suggestions for catagories welcome. Screen shots needed for proof! Quickest taking Oxford to the Premiership = Highest capacity for Kassam Stadium = Standard Liege! - 12,243 v Tottenham FA Cup 3rd Round. Record price for a player brought = Record price for a player sold = Standard Liege! -6k Chris Carruthers to Kettering. Biggest derby victory over Swindon = Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Got some more recommended signings: Christian Gyan Willy Topp Ibrahim Sissoko Levi Porter Danny Whittaker Guillem Bauza All signed on frees. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 Got some more recommended signings:Christian Gyan Willy Topp Ibrahim Sissoko Levi Porter Danny Whittaker Guillem Bauza All signed on frees. Cheers Buddy I have already signed Christian Gyan Bauza (swansea player?) turned me down. And i will add the rest to the OP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxygti6 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 I signed Gyan and Santa Cruz on loan from Blackburn (not Roque lol). After a decent start I couldnt win away for love nor money despite hammering teams at home. Santa Cruz loan finished and things didnt get any better so i resigned and got offered the job at Hereford! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 Aaron Woodley scored on his league debut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 I have now finished the demo and will do an update. Blue square premier: 2nd FA Cup: 1st round - beat Stevenage 2-0, 2nd round - beat Shrewsbury 5-1, 3rd round - lost 1-0 to Spurs FA Trophy: 1st round - beat Stevenage 2-0, 2nd round v Thurrock. Squad Transfers: More details to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Izzy Iriekpen is also available on a free and willing to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylincoln Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 will do my usual oxford career when full game is released, really looking forward to it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 will do my usual oxford career when full game is released, really looking forward to it Good to hear Andy, make sure you keep us updated in here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylincoln Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Good to hear Andy, make sure you keep us updated in here certainly will, lets make it a big thread as always, need people updating with transfers, changes in staff, results etc and lets get it on, cannot wait till next friday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Yeah haven't really bothered with the demo barring a few friendlys and seeing what players I can get in. Waiting for the full game and then will be updating regularly. Last year took oxford to the prem with many norwegian dutch and danish players joining through the leagues and one player I signed in the conference staying til I was in the prem and a player I signed for 40k in League 2 becoming one of the worlds best:D. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 Yeah haven't really bothered with the demo barring a few friendlys and seeing what players I can get in. Waiting for the full game and then will be updating regularly. Last year took oxford to the prem with many norwegian dutch and danish players joining through the leagues and one player I signed in the conference staying til I was in the prem and a player I signed for 40k in League 2 becoming one of the worlds best:D. Ahh fair enough, you should try and beat my attendance record! ahh sounds awesome, hopefully you can repeat it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 You done much more butts? Im thinking whether or not i should carry the demo on or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ev.4 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 thoroughly enjoyed oxford last year. took them to european/world glory. nothing more rewarding. will start again when full game comes out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 thoroughly enjoyed oxford last year. took them to european/world glory. nothing more rewarding.will start again when full game comes out. Thats good to hear mate, make sure you keep us updated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Nope didn't carry on playing after the window Thomas Butler is another player willing to come though:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Nope didn't carry on playing after the window Thomas Butler is another player willing to come though:D Fair enough mate, you gonna give it a shot when the full game is out? And cheers:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Okay starting for the 3rd time now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedEyeJedi Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Im 20 points clear and about to win the Conference in first season. Got to FA Cup fith round and im in the FA trophie semi and should be big favourite to win that. Constable has scored 43 goals in 37 games and has played pretty much every minute of every game.....rested him once I think and subbed him at half time twice.....hes a monster. Midson, Clist, Deering, chapman are all useful in midfield. Ross Perry who is on loan from Rangers at start of game is a quality centre back and I have signed him on Bosman so he will be back with me in July. Creighton has had a great year for me at centre back - as has Luke Foster who has mainly been a sub. I am very happy with my signings who are..... Maxime Chanot on a free...... quality young defender Carl Magnay from Chelsea for 5k...... quality young centre Back Donal McDermott from Man City for 10k.... proper left winger who is much better than this level Christian Gyan on free... experianced international...defensive mid and defense right Pactric Suffo... experianced striker..not the quickest but he scores easy chances which is a good thing in this league. All in all Oxford are very strong on this version...I would be astonished if you didnt win the league with them....they are the best squad in the division by a mile and have decent depth and good young players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Well done mate, your doing great Who knoecked you out of the FA Cup? Constable is a machine at this level, and has always done great. How many goals has Midson got? Yeah also gonna try to sign Perry on a permanent deal, what about Kinniburgh? You used Creighton over Foster? :confused: Signings look pretty decent, how did you affored those players? Did you sell anyone? Best of luck mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedEyeJedi Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Well done mate, your doing great Who knoecked you out of the FA Cup?Constable is a machine at this level, and has always done great. How many goals has Midson got? Yeah also gonna try to sign Perry on a permanent deal, what about Kinniburgh? You used Creighton over Foster? :confused: Signings look pretty decent, how did you affored those players? Did you sell anyone? Best of luck mate QPR knocked me out of FA Cup after replay - nearly beat them as they had a man sent off - beat Gillingham in thrid round Midson scored three - played on right wing. He got 11 assists, 3 MOM and rated 7.07 for the season....definately one of my best players. I definately think Creighton is better than Foster in the first year - made no mistakes and chipped in with a few goals. Creighton played 47, scored 3, 3 assists, 7 MOM awards and 7.38 average rating. Foster played very well when I did play him though. Foster played 11, scored 0, 2 assists and 4 MOM awards - average rating was 7.22 I cancelled Kinniburghs loan fairly early on to ease my wage bill- didnt feel I needed him. I had no transfer budget at start but was given 20k after the cup run. 2 Young players at the club I would recommend are Dobson- who did very well for me at left back in the games I played him in. Sandwich was my full time left back. Also Adam Bowerman looks a decent prospect- I have given him a few run outs and he did ok - coaches seem to rate him. The 'MUST BUYS' IMO are Maxime Chanot and Carl Magnay - both young and look to be future stars in the making. Chanot is on a free and Magnay can be bought from Chelsea for under 5k Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedEyeJedi Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Finished my season - won the conference with 6 games to go - this also included a league record 30 game unbeaten sequence. Won the Blue Square cup beating Cambridge in Final Won 5 manager of the month awards and Manager of the year Constable was Player of the year and Top scorer by a mile Blue Score Team of the year included Murray(who was mainly a sub), Clist, Constable, Creighton, Chapman(who appears to be the real deal) and Midson. About to start preseason in League 2. So far I have signed Sibierski(former Man City)on a free - hes old but stats are great and my scout(the legend Malcom Shotton) thinks hes well worth a one year deal. The hunt is now on for a striker to play with Constable. My board have suprisingly allowed me to have 8 coaches this year so I have just signed 6 unknown young coaches who have some great stats so my training is now all 3 1/2 - 4 stars. The last time I was Oxford in FM08 I was in the premiership and still was only allowed 3 coaches lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedEyeJedi Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Heres my First team squad at end of first season....with Ross Perry and Antoine Sibierski to come in still - give you abetter idea of who I mostly used Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 Well done mate Best of luck in League 2! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 What instructions did you give to Constable? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardin Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Chanot, Mozika and Belson are all excellent at this level and all available on free's at the start of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmm Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Mota from Ceara, offer him an trial and max out the contract offer and he will sign...without doubt the best player to sign for an BSP team! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxygti6 Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 What tactics did you use Jedi? Some amazing rating stats there for a whole season in the BSP! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 Mota from Ceara, offer him an trial and max out the contract offer and he will sign...without doubt the best player to sign for an BSP team! Cheers What size databases and leagues have you got loaded? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzay Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 won the league first season, currently 3rd after 23 games in league 2:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 won the league first season, currently 3rd after 23 games in league 2:) Well done mate Who have you signed? How has Constable done? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex.p Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 im 4 seasons in, i won conference and i think it was the FAT trophy, i then won league 2, came second in league 1 getting automatic promotion on the last day, im now 7th in championship after 1 game. my biggest signing is ledley king who was transfer listed and is amazing. other good singings include haris vukic, agyei, nikao, jeremy helan from man city. in 1st season i signed rafael rebelo who bagged more than a goal a game. in league 1 i had a regen that i got in league 2, i sold him for 16.75 mil to lyon, he was scoring more than a goal a game and i signed him on a free Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzay Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 oh i didn't use constable really, made a variety of free signings first season: willy topp, luke freeman on loan, chanot, gyan, sissoko, robinson, mtandari, mozika, abbey, sala, bridges, and ashley sammons on loan. Basically a new team haha, later sold mtandari and topp for 575k and 350k respectively, board accepted on my behalf which was a bit gay since topp was on fire. second season i signed ross perry, carl magnay, sammons, mark anderson(regen), lloyd dyer, ivan campo, corry evans, ben amos, emmanuel frimpong, and gokhan tore. sala got sold for 525k thanks to the board, and frimpong for a healthy 1.2 mil. after 38 games in league 2, i am 5 off lead in 3rd, with a game in hand, so pretty happy with that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex.p Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 oh i didn't use constable really, made a variety of free signings first season: willy topp, luke freeman on loan, chanot, gyan, sissoko, robinson, mtandari, mozika, abbey, sala, bridges, and ashley sammons on loan. Basically a new team haha, later sold mtandari and topp for 575k and 350k respectively, board accepted on my behalf which was a bit gay since topp was on fire. second season i signed ross perry, carl magnay, sammons, mark anderson(regen), lloyd dyer, ivan campo, corry evans, ben amos, emmanuel frimpong, and gokhan tore. sala got sold for 525k thanks to the board, and frimpong for a healthy 1.2 mil. after 38 games in league 2, i am 5 off lead in 3rd, with a game in hand, so pretty happy with that katsy^^^, im now halfway through championship and i just signed this amazing 14 yr old regen called RONALDINHO hahah, anyways i coming 3rd and its been 25 games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex.p Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 this is a screen shot i took jst before i signed hulk and sold negredo, im now in my 3rd season in prem, and i qualified for championsleague last season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamjigey Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 alex who did u sign in L2 and L1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig_R.U.F.C Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 I miss the days when I, dexta200 & loads more people played as Oxford. No one ever does no more 08 was the best! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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