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an encouraging 9th the season before that, we had been top by a long shot and then just slipped away after Christmas so things had basically been pretty bleak for the club for about two and a half years before we were relegated to the Blue Square Premier. Last season saw us come 2nd in the Blue Square Premier however, for the first time in the clubs history earning a Play-Off place. This can not be viewed as a massive positive however as having won the first leg of two in the Play-Off Semi Final away at Exeter, we slipped away to a 2-0 defeat at home and were defeated that night on penalties.

The club have not really seen any real success since coming second in Division 2 (now called League 1) to rivals Swindon Town in the 1995-96 season and thus getting promoted, but even that semi success was short lived as we were relegated in the 1998-99 season and since then have been in free fall dropping from league to league and eventually ending up in the non-league with the Blue Square Premier that we find ourselves in today.

As I've already mentioned, the club won the Milk Cup in 1986, this being the peak of Oxford United as we celebrated top flight football for the first time ever, doing it in style by bagging ourselves a major domestic trophy. To date it remains our only major Cup trophy, however from time to time you will still hear the Oxford allegiance sing about this success in amongst the songs of Swindon hatred, and chants of 'Come on you Yellows!' amongst others. 21 years on from the beginning of our stint at the top level and we may be 4 leagues below where we were then, but the pride in the club has never diminished. Oxford United are still a well supported club and although we are no longer the big name we once were, I'm still as proud as ever to call myself an Oxford United fan.

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