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Post by ChrisB on Nov 10, 2020 9:40:06 GMT
So, a visit to New Meadow in Round Two awaits as Shrewsbury Town become the 150th different team that Oxford City have played in the FA Cup.
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Post by OWHH on Nov 10, 2020 10:46:01 GMT
So, a visit to New Meadow in Round Two awaits as Shrewsbury Town become the 150th different team that Oxford City have played in the FA Cup. You're showing off now 😁
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Post by casablanca on Nov 10, 2020 10:54:55 GMT
Presumably the new ground doesn't come complete with a coracle and a bloke ready to fish stray balls out of the Severn!
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 10, 2020 11:39:25 GMT
So, a visit to New Meadow in Round Two awaits as Shrewsbury Town become the 150th different team that Oxford City have played in the FA Cup. You're showing off now 😁 Ha ha, I'll get my anorak !!
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 10, 2020 11:40:19 GMT
Presumably the new ground doesn't come complete with a coracle and a bloke ready to fish stray balls out of the Severn! I don't think so. Don't even know how near the Severn it is.
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Post by nptonexile on Nov 10, 2020 12:55:00 GMT
Presumably the new ground doesn't come complete with a coracle and a bloke ready to fish stray balls out of the Severn! I don't think so. Don't even know how near the Severn it is. Unlike Gay Meadow, The Greenhous is around two miles from the centre and the Severn. It's about as charismatic as Colchester's new(ish) stadium! Shrewsbury itself though is great, with some brilliant pubs...oh hang on! 🤫🙄
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Post by Rijs on Nov 10, 2020 13:33:22 GMT
Tough question for Chris: out of those 150 opponents, how many were in the League at the time?
I know how City have got on against League opposition since the great five-year run in the sixties, but no idea of First Round matches before that. I would love to see a few more results!
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 10, 2020 14:29:13 GMT
Tough question for Chris: out of those 150 opponents, how many were in the League at the time? I know how City have got on against League opposition since the great five-year run in the sixties, but no idea of First Round matches before that. I would love to see a few more results! Not really that many before the run of the late '60s, just these five Football League teams. 1901/02: Lincoln City (Division 2): lost 4-0 in Lincoln after 0-0 in Oxford. 1905/06: Burslem Port Vale (Division 2): lost 1-0 in Oxford. 1906/07: Bury (Division 1): lost 3-0 in Oxford. 1921/22: Norwich City (Division 3S): lost 3-0 in Norwich after 1-1 in Oxford. 1933/34: Gillingham (Division 3S): lost 5-1 in Oxford.
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Post by Rijs on Nov 10, 2020 17:22:14 GMT
Many thanks, Chris. I'm surprised there were none for thirty years. It shows what an achievement our recent series of runs forms.
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Post by casablanca on Nov 12, 2020 20:24:02 GMT
So we are on TV again. BBC and BT digital platforms apparently.
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Post by waynetilling on Nov 13, 2020 4:37:18 GMT
I think that means you need to use the BBC iPlayer - or the BT Sport app (which is for BT subscribers). Will not be on BBC1/BBC2. So we are on TV again. BBC and BT digital platforms apparently.
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Post by Newsboy on Nov 13, 2020 7:11:36 GMT
The red button on BBC iplayer and select our game, as there is More than one.
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Post by Rijs on Nov 13, 2020 19:52:55 GMT
Tough question for Chris: out of those 150 opponents, how many were in the League at the time? I know how City have got on against League opposition since the great five-year run in the sixties, but no idea of First Round matches before that. I would love to see a few more results! Not really that many before the run of the late '60s, just these five Football League teams. 1901/02: Lincoln City (Division 2): lost 4-0 in Lincoln after 0-0 in Oxford. 1905/06: Burslem Port Vale (Division 2): lost 1-0 in Oxford. 1906/07: Bury (Division 1): lost 3-0 in Oxford. 1921/22: Norwich City (Division 3S): lost 3-0 in Norwich after 1-1 in Oxford. 1933/34: Gillingham (Division 3S): lost 5-1 in Oxford. Were there any non-league opponents in the First Round before the 60s, Chris?
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 14, 2020 9:55:03 GMT
Not really that many before the run of the late '60s, just these five Football League teams. 1901/02: Lincoln City (Division 2): lost 4-0 in Lincoln after 0-0 in Oxford. 1905/06: Burslem Port Vale (Division 2): lost 1-0 in Oxford. 1906/07: Bury (Division 1): lost 3-0 in Oxford. 1921/22: Norwich City (Division 3S): lost 3-0 in Norwich after 1-1 in Oxford. 1933/34: Gillingham (Division 3S): lost 5-1 in Oxford. Were there any non-league opponents in the First Round before the 60s, Chris? No, Rijs, there weren't any non-league opponents in R1 until Cheltenham Town in 1969/70 and then Redbridge in 2011/12.
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Post by casablanca on Nov 14, 2020 20:53:00 GMT
Just going back to 1921/22: this cup tie with Norwich was actually in the 6th Qualifying Round, when a number of Div 3 clubs had to enter the competition. The draw structure was changed a few years later. In 1901/02 the 1st Round was the equivalent of today's 4th Round, City entering in the 3rd Qualifying Round (having had byes in the 1st and 2nd Quals). The longest cup run City have ever had was in 1999/2000 when we started the campaign at the Preliminary Round and ended with three games against Wycombe Wanderers, a total of eight matches.
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Post by OWHH on Nov 15, 2020 5:44:29 GMT
Were there any non-league opponents in the First Round before the 60s, Chris? No, Rijs, there weren't any non-league opponents in R1 until Cheltenham Town in 1969/70. Didn't that finish in goalless draw and then we lost the replay 2-0 or was that another time? I believe they were doing well in the Southern League, which was the next step to division 4 now (Div2 ) at the time, albeit a very difficult one as most teams were re-elected who finished bottom of the 4th division. Oh dear looks like we are back onto trivia again 😃
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 15, 2020 10:54:17 GMT
No, Rijs, there weren't any non-league opponents in R1 until Cheltenham Town in 1969/70. Didn't that finish in goalless draw and then we lost the replay 2-0 or was that another time? I believe they were doing well in the Southern League, which was the next step to division 4 now (Div2 ) at the time, albeit a very difficult one as most teams were re-elected who finished bottom of the 4th division. Oh dear looks like we are back onto trivia again 😃 We certainly are!! The one you mention was a bit later, in 1975. Yes, it was really hard to get into the Football League in those days, and Cheltenham and Yeovil etc had to wait a very long time before they finally got there.
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Post by waynetilling on Nov 15, 2020 17:21:14 GMT
At that time you could only be voted in by the league clubs - and most had a gentleman's agreement to look after each other. We certainly are!! The one you mention was a bit later, in 1975. Yes, it was really hard to get into the Football League in those days, and Cheltenham and Yeovil etc had to wait a very long time before they finally got there.
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Post by Rijs on Nov 16, 2020 8:27:23 GMT
That said, four League teams were not re-elected in the 1970s compared to none for many years before that. Bradford P.A., Barrow, Workington and Southport were ejected.
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Post by OWHH on Nov 17, 2020 10:47:10 GMT
Just going back to 1921/22: this cup tie with Norwich was actually in the 6th Qualifying Round, when a number of Div 3 clubs had to enter the competition. The draw structure was changed a few years later. In 1901/02 the 1st Round was the equivalent of today's 4th Round, City entering in the 3rd Qualifying Round (having had byes in the 1st and 2nd Quals). The longest cup run City have ever had was in 1999/2000 when we started the campaign at the Preliminary Round and ended with three games against Wycombe Wanderers, a total of eight matches. Yes we are in the FA Cup record books twice on replays, Wycombe, and that endless tie against Alverchurch . It caused the FA to look twice at replay changes, which have since been put in place. Only Covid 😷 has managed to come close to City's antics, with no replays...
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Post by Rijs on Nov 17, 2020 12:06:39 GMT
I think we still hold another FA Cup in addition to those: the most goals scored by a substitute, when Danny Wise hit five after coming on early for an injured player in a Qualifying Round match nearly twenty years ago.
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 17, 2020 12:40:52 GMT
I think we still hold another FA Cup in addition to those: the most goals scored by a substitute, when Danny Wise hit five after coming on early for an injured player in a Qualifying Round match nearly twenty years ago. Just over 20 years ago...doesn't time fly!!? I think that one still holds, but I've a vague recollection that someone equaled it a few seasons ago. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6628974.football-supersub-danny-celebrates/
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Post by waynetilling on Nov 24, 2020 8:56:00 GMT
As well as being streamed on BBC iPlayer and BT Sport Digital - this will be broadcast on BT Sport Extra 1 making it available to VirginMedia and Sky customers (with BT subscription).
And if you have BTtv with BT Sport - you can record it too in HD.
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Post by casablanca on Nov 25, 2020 11:22:03 GMT
Shrewsbury now next to foot of League One table!
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Post by casablanca on Nov 25, 2020 11:54:59 GMT
...and their manager (Sam Ricketts) and his assistant have gone!!
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Post by Newsboy on Nov 25, 2020 15:05:00 GMT
Some highlights of the Shrews its season:
Bolton
Northampton
Wimbledon
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Post by Newsboy on Nov 25, 2020 15:18:46 GMT
Goal Bonanza with Crewe
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Post by casablanca on Nov 27, 2020 14:50:21 GMT
Steve Cotterill named as new manager of Shrewsbury, according to the media.
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Post by Newsboy on Nov 28, 2020 9:26:33 GMT
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Post by Newsboy on Nov 28, 2020 9:37:56 GMT
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