The best and fastest football news aggregator for the UK
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
Oxford United goalkeeper Matt Ingram has signed a new contract.
The U’s say the 31-year-old has agreed a deal “for next season and beyond”, having first joined the club last summer from Hull City.
Ingram was Jamie Cumming’s understudy for much of last season, playing once in the Championship and featuring in all three of Oxford’s cup matches.
“We have a very strong group of goalkeepers here, and I have
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
Bloomfield said that when teams have momentum, they must “cherish” it.
“We feel we’ve had it for a little while now, so it’s about focusing on the performance, focusing on the job and using the psychological benefits from the run of form we’ve been in – but none of that counts if we don’t perform,” he continued.
“When the season is done and dusted we can sit back and assess,
Luton Town are comfortable with their Championship survival hopes having been written off, says boss Matt Bloomfield.
The Hatters have won their past two games, and only goal difference is keeping them in the relegation zone.
“We’ve been written off many times, which is fine,” Bloomfield told the BBC’s EFL podcast 72+
“Football is all about opinions, but to lead a life in football, resilience is a crucial
Luton Town boss Matt Bloomfield has dismissed the idea of having a survival points target as they look to avoid back-to-back relegations.
The Hatters are three points from safety with just four Championship games left to play this season.
And it is therefore crucial that they find a way to win on Friday at Derby County, the team immediately above the Championship relegation places, before tackling play-off hopefuls Bristol City
Luton Town boss Matt Bloomfield said his side were below par in the home defeat against Blackburn Rovers.
“We really felt we were building momentum and our performances have been good,” Bloomfield told BBC Three Counties Radio.
“But that wasn’t good enough for the standards we have been setting and we are very disappointed.
“Blackburn have had a tough run of results but they have a very good group of