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BBC News
14-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
🎧 Are Oxford safe after 'seismic' win?
"Take out the disappointment of the midweek defeat against QPR. For us to pick up six points from these three games, for us to beat the team that were top of the league in Sheffield United, for us to then go away from home and win, which we've done so few times this season… it is a seismic win."Those are the thoughts of Oxford United supporter and podcaster George Elek after the U's picked up a crucial 1-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday in the battle to avoid relegation from the was just a second away win in the league this season for Oxford, which helped them move six points clear of the drop zone with four games to appeared on The Dub podcast alongside BBC's Robyn Cowen and Jerome Sale, as well as former defender Ben discuss "the most Oxford United seven days imaginable" and whether or not the win at Hillsborough means they are now "close" to safety in their first season back in the second tier since to the full episode of The Dub podcast on BBC Sounds.
BBC News
31-01-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Are Oxford United closing in on safety?
Oxford United are currently meandering around the bottom half of the table but, with nine points between them and the relegation zone, many fans are beginning to feel optimistic about a second season in the U's are on a great run, unbeaten since new boss Gary Rowett took the helm in December, which has helped lift them to 16th on 36 puts them out of immediate striking distance from the bottom six and five points ahead of Cardiff City in 18th."It's pretty anomalous to go down with that many points," journalist George Elek told the Dub podcast."For these teams to all overtake us, they all have to massively improve."Though Oxford do have some tough games ahead of them which threaten to end Rowett's dazzling welcome former boss Liam Manning back to the Kassam Stadium as eighth placed Bristol City visit on Saturday (12:30 GMT), before a trip to promotion-contenders Burnley three days later (19:45 GMT)."When you look at our fixtures - especially at home, where we are playing some of the best teams in the league, and the home games are where we've relied on for our points so far - I definitely accept that it's hard to plot where we are going to pick up these points," Elek said."But, we now pick up points on the road."I don't want to jinx it but I don't think we are that far away."
