just for yi. skolars have 300 plus players in teams from U7 up at the club with families associated. when york et al have something close to that comeback to me

Not quite sure what junior development has to do with gate levels but.....

As an ex Skolars season ticket holder I am well aware of the junior set up. (I stopped as a season holder when I left London.)

I now watch Oxford so will be at Skolars soon. I hope to see a far bigger gate than I did v South Wales, I attended that as a neutral. If so I may be able to revise my 1300 regular attendees estimate upwards, until then I stand by it.

point is all around building on turning that into a growing gate which we have had some success doing this year

I have struggled to get to Oxford games this season for a number of reasons. I missed one I think last season but have only attended one this season. A combination of holidays, the club stupidly playing on Good Friday at the same time as an Oxford United home game and playing a home game on the road have been far from ideal. Here we are though in the best weather and the middle of Oxford being full of foreign students, there is no home game between 29 June and 31 August........................9 weeks.

I think a bit more thinking really does need to go into the fixture list, as a new club and trying to encourage people, the idea of 9 weeks without a home game is really poor planning

To be applauded.......skolars may never trouble the top tier, but they do at least understand the principles of laying foundations before building.