Creative failure against Forest Green Rovers

A bout of nerves at Kingsmeadow

(Histories collided, and nerves can betray a fear of failure, or indicate the knowledge that something of importance is at stake.)

Planting a marker in the ground at home to Stevenage

Oxford 4 - 0 Chester

(Sometimes it's hard to see much other than the players on the pitch)

Through a glass darkly at Histon

1-1 away at Kettering

(It feels like a solid, old school, reliable sort of result: honours should be even, hands should be shaken)

Opening day at home to York: L'esprit de la saison dernière

(It didn't die that day in April)