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Oxford United head coach Matt Bloomfield says he is confident of keeping his job at the club despite relegation from the Championship.
Charlton’s win over Hull City on Saturday condemned the U’s to the drop and brought their two-year spell in the second tier to an end.
Bloomfield replaced Gary Rowett in January and despite some encouraging results and performances, he was unable to keep them up.
The U’s boss
Oxford United’s Matt Bloomfield, Tonda Eckert of Southampton, West Brom interim boss James Morrison and Coventry’s Frank Lampard have all been nominated for the March Championship manager of the month award.
Bloomfield led Oxford to seven points from their four games last month to give them hope of avoiding relegation from the Championship, while Eckert’s Southampton went unbeaten in March – and won at leaders Coventry.
Morrison was handed the
Matt Bloomfield is delighted with his start to life at Oxford United and believes the U’s have what it takes to beat the Championship drop.
Bloomfield was appointed as successor to Gary Rowett in January with the club second-bottom, three points from safety.
While they remain 23rd, the U’s are now just a point from safety with seven games remaining after Bloomfield steered them to 17 points from his 15
Oxford United boss Matt Bloomfield said the club wanted to “pay their respects in the best possible way” after the passing of one of their academy players.
Teenager Amelia Aplin collapsed during a game against Fulham at the club’s training centre in Horspath on Saturday afternoon before tragically passing away.
The Us held a minute’s silence prior to kick-off during Wednesday’s Championship fixture against Blackburn Rovers with an applause held
The football purists won’t be banging on the Oxford United club shop door for a DVD of Saturday’s game against Bristol City.
Both sides made it a difficult watch for most of the match.
Thankfully, United lit the touch paper late in the game and those oh-so-near moments when Stan Mills forced strong saves in the 72nd minute and injury time really gave the home crowd something to get behind.
The Matt Bloomfield era began for Oxford United in uninspiring fashion with a goalless draw against Bristol City at the Kassam Stadium.
The former Luton Town boss has inherited a precarious situation with the U’s fighting against relegation from the Championship and a point was valuable in that respect – as was a first clean sheet in 17 games – but it is now one win in eight for the
New Oxford United boss Matt Bloomfield said that he “trusted his gut” when making a decision over his future and joining the club simply “felt right”.
The former Colchester, Wycombe and Luton Town manager signed a deal last week to become the new U’s head coach, taking over from Gary Rowett who was relieved of his duties in late December.
On Thursday, Bloomfield spoke to media for the first time
Bloomfield began his managerial career at Colchester United before taking over from Gareth Ainsworth at Wycombe Wanderers in 2023.
After leading the Chairboys to the League One automatic promotion places amid the challenge of big-spending Birmingham City and Wrexham last season, he left the club to take over at Luton in January.
But Bloomfield was unable to prevent the Hatters from suffering back-to-back relegations to the third tier and was
Last Sunday’s match at Sheffield United was postponed due to a frozen pitch, leaving the U’s second from bottom in the table but with one game in hand on Norwich above them.
Bloomfield has been out of work since he was sacked as Luton boss in October.
The former Wycombe midfielder began his managerial career at Cambridge United before taking over from Gareth Ainsworth at Adams Park in 2023.
After
Three successive wins against Derby County, Bristol City and Coventry City in the second half of April had revived Luton’s hopes of staying up.
Before that run they were second bottom. Coming out of it they were outside of the relegation zone by a point with their fate in their hands on the season’s last day.
Win, against opponents with nothing to play for in West Brom, and safety was