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Chris Nee

Oxford United need ‘quality and character’ to secure a third season in the Championship and winning at home is the perfect springboard

OXFORD, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 28: Gary Rowett, Manager of Oxford United, looks on prior to the Sky Bet Championship match between Oxford United and Ipswich Town at Kassam Stadium on November 28, 2025 in Oxford, England. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images).

Oxford United took the long road back to the second tier of English football. After they were relegated from what was then Division One in 1999, they spent the next quarter of a century dropping and then climbing again.

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