The Manor Ground

The Manners Ground is where people of Oxford would go and learn manners, which is why we are so f***ing well-​mannered and grammatically correctical and craps.
First-​Hand Experience: This was my home stadium. I’ve probably watched about 100 matches here. So there’s your first hand experience.
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It lived from 1876 until 2001. 125 long and beautiful years. And now, nothing.
Only 9,500 people could get inside the Manor Ground and I was regularly one of them. It had a much more intense atmosphere than the Kassam has ever had, and hopefully someday the Kassam will fill out all 4 sides and close in the corners and become a cauldron like this was.
I know compared to big grounds it wasn’t a cauldron, but we had the likes of Lawrenson, Houghton, Aldridge, Wright, and so many others… or when I was old enough to go, it was all about Joey Beauchamp.
Ah well, time moves on. It was demolished in 2001 and along with it went all of my memories of coming here as a kid and being on the terraces and watching Oxford play. Amazing to think this tiny little thing round the back of some houses in Headington was once the heartbeat of Oxford football… and a Premier League (as it was named then — Division One) stadium.
And yes, I used to stand on the London Road end.
Oh, and if you’re in Oxford for any reason, get a Mixed Kebab from Bodrum Kebab… thank me later. Make sure there’s garlic and chili sauce on it.