Union Street FC

Cup game today, so getting the post-match food in order for ourselves and our opponents.

They say the first bite is with the eye.

Trees in the road as we make our way to today’s charity tournament in 50mph winds. We’ve been promised a cake stall. Thoughts and prayers to whoever’s putting the gazebo up.

These Ball Cars are getting ridiculous.

YESSSS

TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK

We foresee no issues with using a van with no tow-bar to move an immobilised tractor from a damp football pitch but our opposition are insistent we try

To be fair we very seldom use the the middle of the pitch so maybe it won’t be a problem

Possibly a slight delay to kick-off as the ground staff appear to have left a tractor in the middle of the pitch.

Kind of wish we were joking.

The referee has had to leave in a hurry at the final whistle because he’s off to see Coldplay. Despite this his decisions today have been nothing short of exemplary.

The final score is, in many ways, irrelevant. We do concede some cracking free-kicks though.

Oh god

It’s a beautiful day to be 5-0 down

Reports reaching us of a five-nil half time deficit. Not ideal but we often thrive on adversity.

26 minutes gone. Helpfully yr correspondent is some 55 miles away from pitchside but in the absence of any concrete information let’s assume we’ve raced into a six or seven goal lead 💚

Aaaah we go to Germany every year to get walloped. The best of footballing opponents.

KICK-OFF. Love, Peace, Freedom 💚

GK: Torres
RB: McManus
LB: Metz
CB: James (c)
CB: Comyn-Platt
CM: Vega
CM: Pugh
LM: Atkin
RM: Wilson
AMC: Thomas
ST: Baigent Of Chaos

💚 GAMEDAY 💚

Opening day. Bleary-eyed badgers, grudgingly waking from their summer hibernation, rise and sniff the air. A trip west(?) to play East(?) Oxford. Another season in Division 3 beckons, with all the Streety nonsense that entails. Love. Peace. Freedom.

Team news to follow 💚

💚🏴‍☠️💚🏴‍☠️💚🏴‍☠️💚

Have you guys travelled far afield before for games?

A heavily-edited screengrab from the seminal computer game Championship Manager 1997-98. The background image shows Republic Of Ireland international John Aldridge flicking the V's at an unnamed FIFA official while mid-breakdown during a very hot football match at the 1994 World Cup. The overlaid text asks the player if they are wanting to manage Union Street, an extravagantly unsuccessful amateru football club based in Oxford.

TOMORROW our season begins, and it's entirely possible we've gone overboard with the match graphics. JOIN US on our adventures as we dedicate ourselves to the overthrow of evil forces/avoiding relegation from the Oxfordshire Senior League Division Three.

LOVE 💚
PEACE ☮️
FREEDOM 🕊️
UNION STREET 🦡

🙏 SHARES APPRECIATED 🙏

WANTED: grassroots football teams with good vibes and a social conscience to connect with and (who knows) maybe play friendlies and stuff with. Any ages/abilities/genders welcome. If you know of such a team with a presence on Bluesky, please do send them Union Street's way 👇💚

HOOT HOOT

DEPENDS. How cold is it there? We're very coddled.

A heavily-edited screengrab from the seminal computer game Championship Manager 1997-98. The background image shows Republic Of Ireland international John Aldridge flicking the V's at an unnamed FIFA official while mid-breakdown during a very hot football match at the 1994 World Cup. The overlaid text asks the player if they are wanting to manage Union Street, an extravagantly unsuccessful amateru football club based in Oxford.

TOMORROW our season begins, and it's entirely possible we've gone overboard with the match graphics. JOIN US on our adventures as we dedicate ourselves to the overthrow of evil forces/avoiding relegation from the Oxfordshire Senior League Division Three.

LOVE 💚
PEACE ☮️
FREEDOM 🕊️
UNION STREET 🦡

A beautiful day 💚🧡

(the result, Union Street have unilaterally decided, wasn’t important)

Thanks Amanda! 💚

A photograph of a football. It bears the badge of Oxford Phoenix FC, a refugee football team based in Oxford. Written in Sharpie is the message: “thankyou for making dreams come true!”

Someone chopping onions in here?

A beautiful gift from today’s opponents. The absolute best of luck to Oxford Phoenix on their first season as a fully fledged league club, we’re so so pleased for you guys 🧡💚🧡💚

Today’s friendly is with our pals at Oxford Phoenix.

Phoenix are dedicated to creating a safe space for young refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, & USFC are proud to have helped support them on their journey to becoming one of the first refugee-based clubs to be admitted to the FA pyramid 💚🧡

Good morning x

We do hope to start selling them in the near future! X