Behind The Badge

With just over 24 hours until #oufc start the season, why not listen to our 3⃣ summer specials to help build the excitement/pass the time!

➡️ Gary Silver
➡️ FOUL
➡️ George Elek + 25-26 season preview

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ICYMI: The Championship is back this weekend, so don’t miss our season preview with @georgeelek.bsky.social!

💛 How Joey made him an #oufc fan
🎙️ The story behind @ntt20.com
🏟️ All eyes on August 14
🤝 Where the squad needs strengthening

…and much more!

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Behind The Badge- George Elek + 2025/26 preview Behind The Badge · Episode

*NEW POD*

Our 2025-26 #oufc season preview with @georgeelek.bsky.social is out now! Listen here👇

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Our 25-26 season preview is out this evening and we're joined by a special guest!

@georgeelek.bsky.social needs no introduction to #oufc fans, as a regular on BBC Oxford's The Dub and, of course, @ntt20.com

George told us about his journey with United & NTT20 and his views on the season ahead!

He’s a great bloke - and if you ever bump into Gary at a game he’ll have plenty more stories to tell, too!

Just finished listening to this. What a brilliant character! A fringe player in the Oxford history but probably my favourite episode so far! 💛💙#OUFC

In light of the latest delay to the new stadium, may we nudge you in the direction of our pod with FOUL👇

Some of the issues discussed here are as relevant as ever, a quarter of a century on... #oufc

Excellent episode of the podcast. #oufc

Cheers guys!

Amazing stuff, football fans have always been great at rallying round in times of need. Mark seemed to think he knew where the scarf is now - maybe we should try to track it down…

You couldn’t make it up! Nothing like the threat of extinction to put a 7-1 defeat into perspective…

Cheers! Sounds like an incredibly surreal time. Huge respect to all of you for your efforts, we might not have a club otherwise.

Enjoyed that. Me and @ridethenetwork.bsky.social were on the publicity sub-committee and involved in all those stunts - the scarf, Shotts for SPOTY, balloon race, etc. Great memories for such grim times!

ICYMI: Make sure you catch our pod with former #oufc fans' group Fighting for Oxford United's Life 👊

😧 A club on the brink
🤝 Kassam's takeover
🏟️ The stadium saga
🕵️‍♂️ Late-night meetings
👀 Did Neil Warnock want the manager's job?!

...and much more!

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Our chat with #oufc fans' group FOUL is live! In this clip, FOUL member Mark Mallinson explains why they stepped up 👏

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A small group of fans decided to form FOUL (Fighting for Oxford United's Life) and they helped save #oufc.

We spoke to three of the group's original members - Steve Hanks, Mark Mallinson and James Schall - and they gave us the inside story of the FOUL years.

Out tomorrow! 🔜

Our next summer special is out tomorrow!

In November 1998, #oufc were on the brink of going bust.

The club were £10-15m in debt, players and staff had gone unpaid, potential takeovers had fallen through and work on the new stadium had ground to a halt.

(1/2) 👇

On this day 10 years ago: Wiener Neustadt 0-0 #oufc 🇦🇹

A pre-season tour that set the tone for one of the most enjoyable campaigns in a long time. Some iconic photos, too 🔥

ICYMI: You don't want to miss our pod with Gary Silver!

🗣️ Life lessons from Ken Fish
👖 Wearing Trevor Hebberd's trackies
🦅 Pep talks from Jim Smith
😬 Matt Le Tissier's #oufc trial
😮 When United forgot to release him
🚗 Hitchhiking to games

...and much more!

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Behind The Badge- Gary Silver Behind The Badge · Episode

From nutmegging Bobby McDonald to playing head tennis with John Aldridge and getting the hairdryer treatment from Ken Fish, here's Gary's story!

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#oufc

*NEW POD*

Something a bit different for you...

Gary Silver is one of the most recognisable #oufc supporters, travelling from southern Scotland to watch the U's home and away.

Back in the 80s, Gary played for United's youth team - and has some brilliant tales from the glory days👇

Behind The Badge- Michael Duberry Behind The Badge · Episode

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The #oufc players and staff are en route to Indonesia ✈️

Something tells us that this trip may be a little different to the infamous pre-season tour to Boston in 2011 👀🍻

Michael Duberry had just signed for the club - he shared his memories when he joined us on the pod 👇

James Beadle joins an exclusive club of players who played for #oufc and won the U21 Euros with England 🏆

Tommy Caton in 1982.
Kevin Brock in 1984.
James Beadle in 2025.
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All this talk of pre-season friendlies has unlocked a memory: #oufc 1-1 Chelsea in July 2004.

Jose Mourinho’s first game as #CFC manager was ‘the millionaires versus the penniless’, according to this report, but Tommy Mooney’s first United goal secured a deserved draw!

📹 YouTube/OUFC Archive

It's exactly 3⃣ years since we welcomed our first guest on the pod: former #oufc midfielder Andy Burgess! Well worth a listen if you haven't already...

We've since spoken to several players, managers, chairmen, journalists and more 🎙️

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Dane would be my guess. Kane must be retiring soon, everyone will move up in the pecking order.

Impressive performance from James Beadle in England U21s' 0-0 draw with Slovenia yesterday.

It begs the question: which of these former #oufc loanees will be the first to win a senior England cap? 🤔

Beadle 🧤
Ben Nelson 🙅‍♂️
Dane Scarlett 🎯

Let us know in the comments 👇

Great and good pay tribute to former U’s youth chief THE great and the good paid tribute at the weekend to former Oxford United youth development officer Malcolm Elias, who sadly died aged 71 following…

Great and good pay tribute to former U’s youth chief #oufc