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seal the deal, however I doubt that this will be the case and although we'll probably get our highest attendance for the season on that day should it emerge, with the sort of away crowds that Blue Square Premier sides bring, we'd need to fill more than 12 000 seats. As I say though - the ground is impressive, but if it actually had 4 sides like a normal ground should then it would be a hell of a lot more impressive, but then again with the crowds we currently attract, a fourth stand is non essential for the meanwhile. As it stands the crowds we are getting are dwarfing most League 1 and 2 crowds, so a fourth side would potentially not really be required for at least another few years.

-Life In The Blue Square Premier-

Having been in the Blue Square Premier for two seasons now; life in this division is not as easy as some thought it would be. Many expected Oxford to get promoted straight away in their first season in the Blue Square Premier, however in the 2007/2008 season we find ourselves there for a second season and are currently showing no signs of changing that. At the time of writing this, Oxford United currently lie in 12th place in the league and are 9 points outside the play-off zone (the top 5), and a massive 15 points below the team who currently lie in first place; Aldershot. I hate to be a pessimist, but I just can't see Oxford getting promoted this season, and although it would be lovely to make the Play-Off's even and battle it out for promotion to League 2, I just don't feel that we have the strength of squad to do so. Injuries in recent weeks have left us with a bare bones squad and required for loan players to have been brought in just to make up the numbers. In a competitive Blue Square Premier league game, 11 players need to be fielded and 5 must be named as substitutes, but given the mass of injuries the club is suffering at the moment the substitutes bench has recently been made up of not only loan players but some of our youth players also. You just know that your team is in trouble when youth players have to be named in the squad just so that there are enough players. With several key players currently working their way back to fitness however; this problem should shortly be solved and then Oxford United should be able to get things back on track.

-Awards and Successes-

In the past few years we haven't really done anything massively encouraging, finishing 23rd in the season we were relegated from League 2, 15th the season before, and although

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