Her Game Too: The Round-Up 

The U’s celebrated another fantastic 3-0 victory on Saturday afternoon against Exeter City, which was the club’s dedicated Her Game Too fixture supporting the fight against sexist abuse in football. Here is the roundup from our first activation of the campaign:

Interacting with Supporters On Her Game Too 
Oxford United’s Her Game Too representative Grace Bailey was present outside the South Stand ahead of the game talking with supporters and handing out information about the campaign. 

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Appreciation For Our Women’s Development Squad 
Players and staff from the Women’s Development Squad were present outside the South Stand engaging with supporters and handing out free tickets to their upcoming game against Ipswich Town Women at Court Place Farm. The squad was joined by Olivia the Ox who was taking lots of pictures with young supporters. 
 
Members of the Women’s Emerging Talent Centre (ETC) watched the Men’s First Team warm-up ahead of KO followed by a lap of appreciation at half-time. 

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WIN a Signed Warm Up Tee
Oxford United’s Men’s Team players wore Her Game Too tops during the warm-up ahead of kick-off against Exeter City. One of these shirts has been signed by the full squad and has been added to the club’s auction site, ready for you to place your bid HERE
 
The Tunes Were Flowing Pre-Match 
We asked supporters to send in their favourite songs by female artists and we saw a fantastic number of requests. The playlist included Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, Tina Turner, Becky Hill, and many more successful female artists in the music industry.  

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Sky Sports Star In Town 
Sky Sports presenter Jo Wilson came down to the Training Ground to speak with Liam Manning and Elliott Moore about all things football. They both spoke on how the start to the season has gone, the Exeter game, and the Her Game Too campaign. 
 
Liam Manning’s full interview
 
Elliott Moore’s full interview

Football Is For Everyone 
Gemma Sims, Leah Burridge, and Stevie Kinniburgh sat down to talk about the importance of equality in sport, the impressive growth of the women’s game and how we can continue to support the development of our Women’s teams at Oxford United.  
 
The full video can be viewed on X (Twitter) HERE

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This is what is means to follow the U’s 
We spoke to supporters at the Port Vale game about how important Oxford United is to them. We heard many amazing stories about how they got into supporting the Yellows, the impact the club has had on them, and what is means to be part of the Yellow Army! 
 
You can watch the video on X (Twitter) here
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Girls Only Holiday Camps | October Half-Term
 
Oxford United in the Community are looking to build on the success of the England Lionesses success at the World Cup, and provide girls an opportunity to enjoy football in a girls only environment through our October holiday camp. Full details:

  • Girls only 4-13 years old
  • 23rd – 27th October Half Term | 9am – 3pm
  • The Oxford Academy

Further details and book online HERE

All profits from OUitC holiday camps is re-invested into our Community initiatives