There was a time when Exeter were considered a bit of a bogey team for us. We'd lost 7 of our past 8 league games against them, we seemed to play them three or four times a season without much success, and there's still the matter of the 2008 Conference Play-Off final, which some U's... Continue Reading →

Sometimes it's good to be reassured of some of life's certainties. Death. Taxes. The weather forecast always getting it wrong. The Tories still being a vile group of self-serving wankers. And football being able to be the cruelest, most heartbreaking game of all. No matter how much this world changes, some things will always stay... Continue Reading →

Mark Bonner made nine changes to the starting eleven as former U’s legend Gary Rowett bought his Millwall side to town in the Carabao Cup. With the game kicking off a week before the rest of the first round ties due to a request from United it was a much-changed U’s side that took to... Continue Reading →

Last season's play-off semi-finalists MK Dons spent the summer making wholesale changes to their squad, shrewdly investing the cash received for their two standout players. They also signed two defenders relegated from League One sides. Last season’s 5-1 aggregate victory over United made them firm favorites for the opening day clash. Bonner’s plan would be... Continue Reading →

The pitch was ready, the floodlights on, the thirty new beer pumps eagerly waiting to dispense their fizzy wares to the Amber hoard. All that was missing was George Williams. Norwich came to town to play the inaugural "Wes Hoolahan Appreciation Match", and put out a strong team featuring a number of the players that... Continue Reading →