[Football] Please help support Oxford United’s new stadium proposal

[Easy 10]

Wow! Thank you for the kind responses so far, your support is very much appreciated. Please do continue to complete and share if you can.

Have they released any stadium design plans yet or spoke about capacity ? Couldn't see anything on Google.

 

[SeagullinExile]

Done. Best of luck.

 

[faoileán]

Survey completed. All the best to OUFC...

 

[Winker]

Done.

We had a weekend in Oxford a few years ago and the whole city was covered by parking zones, there is no free on-street parking anywhere.
I'm never going back there (but I didn't put this on the survey!).

 

[portlock seagull]

Now done.

 

[portlock seagull]

Done.

We had a weekend in Oxford a few years ago and the whole city was covered by parking zones, there is no free on-street parking anywhere.
I'm never going back there (but I didn't put this on the survey!).

That’s why you use the park and ride! I always do, it’s bloody good IMO. Straight off motorway, park up, hop onto bus and in town in no time at all without hassle/expense of taking a car. Super easy, affordable and sustainable. Brighton could learn a lot from. Again IMO.

 

[Tiptoe through the NSC]

All done, including a gratuitous reference in the comments box to the old Manor Ground, which I visited often while working in Headington (Aldridge & Houghton era). Hopefully this will swing the argument decisively in your favour. Good luck.

 

[Oxford Fan In Peace]

Have they released any stadium design plans yet or spoke about capacity ? Couldn't see anything on Google.

16000 capacity including safe standing. No formal renderings or designs just yet but some sketches and artists impressions.

See oufcstadium.co.uk for additional information.

 

[Screaming J]

Done. Happy to do so, and good luck!

 

[Rambo]

Done .

Good luck Oxford fans.

 

[Flagship]

Survey done. Best of luck.

The only time I went to OUFC was the day they got promoted to the top flight. Jim Smith was manager and John Aldridge was playing his last game before departing for Liverpool.
It was the day of the Bradford city fire disaster. The OUFC home end had a metal fence from floor to ceiling which was removed, along with all perimeter fencing at UK football grounds as a consequence of the fire.

 

[forumwayseagull]

Done and best of luck!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Done. Good luck!

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Done. Hope it works out

 

[DJ NOBO]

Wasn‘t selling you Dean Saunders for 50p enough for you lot?


All in seriousness.
Please fill this out.
There is a real danger Oxford United will die if the stadium plans don’t go through.
That would be terrible.
It‘s a proper football club, with diehard fans and the club is very much part of the community.

Oxford fan in peace! Thank you for the loan of James Beadle looking forward to seeing him play.

My club, Oxford United, are desperately trying to secure a new stadium site, or we’ll be homeless from 2026. How we got to this stage is a long story but in short we're being screwed over by our ex-owner and current stadium landlord, Firoz Kassam.

When he was the owner of the club and stadium in 2001 he agreed a 25 year licence agreement between OUFC and his stadium company, Firoka. This expires on 30th June 2026 and he is unwilling to extend this or sell to OUFC (3 different subsequent owners have tried) as he stands to make much more from redeveloping the entire Kassam Stadium complex (a process he started two weeks ago: Kassam Stadium owner looks to demolish nearby bingo hall for science facility)
As such, OUFC have no choice to move. A small 11 acre, triangular plot on the edge of the city has been identified as the only suitable land available. It's a logistically perfect location right across the road from Oxford Parkway station and next to the A34. Amenities are within minutes in nearby Kidlington.

The Triangle, as this plot is known, is owned by Oxfordshire County Council and OUFC approached OCC in 2021 about leasing or buying land for a stadium. They have committed to reaching a decision on The Triangle on 19th September and their decision will be influenced by the results of a public survey they are conducting.

With that in mind, if anyone on here would be happy to fill in a short online questionnaire being run by Oxfordshire County Council, our fans would be extremely grateful.

It only takes about five minutes or so to fill in the short online form with positive answers at https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/C8O8VI/ by 23 July 2023.

Additional details can be found here: How do Oxford United’s proposals for the land known as ‘the Triangle’ impact the communities of Oxfordshire?

And here: FAQs – Oxford United Stadium

The benefits to you as away fans will be:

• A sustainable stadium right next door to a major railway station in Oxford Parkway (5 mins from Oxford City Centre, 8 mins from Bicester Village and an hour or so from Marylebone) and opposite a large Park&Ride site with thousands of parking spaces, which would make it one of the easiest, greenest grounds to get to in the UK.
• Proper drinking, food and entertainment options at the ground itself, compared to embarrassing facilities currently on offer at our current ground or nearby.
• A modern, well-designed ground which will help to support a proper atmosphere, rather than the soulless, three-side ground we have now.

A few sentences on any of the above for the survey’s final comment box would be really helpful in showing our County Council that the new ground will be sustainable, increase spending in Oxfordshire, and provide excellent facilities for home AND away fans.

We all appreciate the value of a good away day and hopefully we'll get you in a cup game from 2026 onwards. Taking a few minutes to support a fellow club before it becomes homeless in just a few years would be massively appreciated.
We need to show support to get the council to agree to leasing or selling OUFC the land in September to allow an planning application to be made in October/November so construction can start in June 2024. OUFC are using The Amex as inspiration and a delegation has visited Brighton due to the similarities in location and transport links:



Thank you for any support you can give us.

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Wasn‘t selling you Dean Saunders for 50p enough for you lot?


All in seriousness.
Please fill this out.
There is a real danger Oxford United will die if the stadium plans don’t go through.
That would be terrible.
It‘s a proper football club, with diehard fans and the club is very much part of the community.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Done, but not a huge OU fan, my first trip there in 81 with Worthing still gives me the horrors!

 

[amexer]

Good luck to Oxford. However unless it is local authority very rarely works having different owners of club and Stadium. Owners of grounds are understandably only interested in return on investment

 

[emphyrian]

Done. Good luck

 

[nicko31]

Thank you.

As did we. Firoz Kassam took ownership of The Manor Ground in 1999/2000 and sold it and the land for £5million. The club didn't see a penny and we ended up in the Conference/National League between 2006 and 2010.

I live in the area and 100% support this, gonna give my MP a prod on this.

Next to Oxford Parkway the perfect location. The Kassam is a shocker to get in and out of especially when there is a half decent crowd, appallingly designed place done on the cheap.

I see a lot of parallels between Oxford and BHA, you were up and then you were down and who knows one day the potential is there...

 

[Notters]

Done!