Is this the worst stadium in English football?

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[@joshyboy888]

A pub where the home and away fans are separated by an ant farm...

[@Omnis2]

I think the new Oxford ground should have an actual library, so that when away fans chant "Is this a library?" the home fan(s) can respond: "It's over there. It's over THERRREEE. This isn't the library-- that's over there!" Might be a problem when they play Reading...

[@willie2761]

Love it ! and it might attract all those swotty students and academics most of them can read ! then a special match with Cambridge ( like the Boat Race) AND internationals against French or Italian Unis ~

[@craigmason958]

York FC do have a library attached to the stadium. Must be posher then Oxford.

[@jeohist]

Calling Kassam a hotelier is a bit of a stretch, he was a slum lord

[@kaing5074]

Prety lady say ting

[@Jojobber]

@@kaing5074 Pardon ?

[@Instasamps]

He needs to do a stretch the way he’s treated Oxford

[@muttley5958]

. 🎯. 😂😂

[@bobbastian760]

"slum lord' lol that's as much of a cliche as when they build flats somewhere they are ALWAYS "luxury flats", in reality they're just flats. He's just a landlord. You're probably a communist who is lying about these things, as communists do 😂 He's just a landlord and considerably richer than you, you're just jealous, hence the lies LMFAO

[@roymatoir5439]

Priority number one for a new stadium is a massive photo of StuntPegg on each side of the ground.

[@stuntpeggnieve]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@odeode4338]

I’d second that

[@ciarandevaney385]

​@stuntpeggnieve Are you of Italian heritage ??

[@willie2761]

And a statue near the main entrance ! Something inspiring, like Joan of Arc

[@willie2761]

But with Stunt Peggs image of course

[@jamesdrummond7684]

**UPDATE ON THE NEW STADIUM**: the decision has been deferred til 2025, per the BBC.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Whatever, the lease still runs out in 2026.

[@jamesdrummond7684]

@@samuelgarrod8327 agreed, which is why there is stress among the fanbase

[@stuntpeggnieve]

I’ve got a feeling the club will end up having to ground-share. Cutting ties with Kassam feels like the best way forward even if it is hard at first.

[@iplayfhorn]

@@stuntpeggnieve. What’s the closest Championship quality ground in the area?

[@jamesdrummond7684]

@@stuntpeggnieve at least short term that's what i assume too. given the circumstances you described, I was half-expecting you to tell us that that was what they were doing.

[@sonofliberty1]

The concept of an ant farm is alien to you.

[@crazyedwardo]

Sonofliberty1 are you ok? Are you ok? Are you ok sonofliberty1 X4

[@willie2761]

@@crazyedwardo Dont antagonise him...

[@stuntpeggnieve]

Haha! Criminally smooth comment from you.

[@LazarusWilhelm]

Alien ant farm

[@max-beckett]

@@LazarusWilhelmthanks Lazarus

[@pandapopchart4950]

4th stand should just be a giant bouncy castle.

[@-_Blitz_-]

I think their mascot should be an actual ox that "watches" the game in the away end with the opposition fans. That would complete their new stadium to the fullest

[@pilence]

Elton John could sing there "That's what stands are for" or "I'm still standing"... 😅

[@stuntpeggnieve]

Brilliant 👏😂

[@pilence]

​@@stuntpeggnieve No idea who infected me with this humor...✌😁

[@richardwevill5654]

Hold me closer Tyler Goodrham 🎵

[@EnoVarma]

I Was Made In England

[@tantona9315]

Or 'I see your fourth stand in the bin'....

[@danb3552]

No one hates the Kassam as much as us Oxford fans. Exciting times to come in the championship and the new stadium on the way. Amazing video capturing it all

[@Shermanatorproductions]

Hey, just wanted to say that as an American who has never been into football (or soccer as we call it for whatever reason), your videos have really gotten me into it on a whole new level. I’ve been to an MLS match and I’ve been watching the copamerica and I have plans to see matches in Europe this summer. Thanks so much for your funny and informative videos, they’ve totally changed my view on football. -a newly football loving American :)

[@darthwiizius]

Avoid watching England mate, your eyes will thank you. We're effing dreadful this year.

[@dwcavileer]

@@darthwiizius lmao especailyl after that close call agains Slovenia today

[@darthwiizius]

@@dwcavileer It took a ridiculous goal from Jude to save our pathetic arses. The way the Swiss are playing they're gonna hammer us, our defence has got more holes than their cheese.

[@Busybee65]

Is this revenge for Oxford winning the play off final 😅

[@Remixprinceisback2022]

😂😂😂

[@matthalsey7808]

Bolton get battered everywhere they go, we are championship I say we are championship 😊

[@theblackrose1510]

Can only assume Robbie owns shares in Perspex.

[@universalcollective427]

it was in heavy rotation

[@mftmss7086]

Replace the p with the s HAHAHA HAHA HAHAYATAGAGAGAHAHAHA

[@BrianJones761-wc4hu]

I worked on building the main structure in 1998/1999. The foundations with holding down bolts were cast for the 4th stand but they had no money at the time for the steelwork.

[@craigbailey79]

No one gonna mention willlssssooonnn on the whiteboard then theres Wilson as well 😂😂😂😂😂 dont ever change stuntpegg ❤

[@stuntpeggnieve]

😂😂💙

[@bobbank2741]

Ummmm

[@tomcarr8666]

Nieve 😍 she's so pretty

[@RalphBellairs]

The bit on the bus at the end got the "like". LOL.

[@stuntpeggnieve]

Haha! Thank you

[@aidygooner]

It's the guy's reaction sat next to her which adds to the funny scene 😂

[@billfuentes7989]

The way I see it watching a game while having a drink at the worst stadium in the English football is better than my best day at work !

[@willie2761]

Where do you work ? Home Office ? Fujitsu ?

[@ceeabee]

Nowhere near being the worst ground in England ... Just clickbait.

[@billfuentes7989]

@@willie2761 At Private Equities Firm in NYC in the lowest position in the company

[@stevegta6830]

Bristol Rovers "stadium" is the worst one I've been to

[@maureenthomas9758]

Always nice to hear from a Bristol city fan

[@tonysutton6559]

It is bad, but nowhere near as bad as Brighton's one time temporary home, the Withdean Stadium.

[@kevinhall2829]

Oxford have done brilliant to get to the championship.

[@paulroberts6889]

It’s called an ant farm.

[@daleoufc89]

It's nice that someone has actually done some research. The amount of people that comment "you're tinpot cos you've only got three stands" or "why don't you build a new stand instead of a new stadium" - well that's cos of the extortionate rent we have to pay!

[@stuntpeggnieve]

I had no idea how rubbish the situation you guys were in was, until I was putting this together. Firoz Kassam has got so much to answer for! Keeping my fingers crossed for you that you can figure something out in the next couple years

[@daleoufc89]

@@stuntpeggnieve yeah, exactly. He ultimately saved the club from going under but then shafted us. Didn't put any money into the club in terms of players or recruitment (hence the downfall on the pitch) and charges us extortionate rent following his departure. The lack of maintenance at the stadium, too, is shocking

[@garyhunt4342]

Pegg - can you do a deep dive into Reading Fc…still not sold ….they could go bust this coming season. Help!

[@DavidHalfordsLane]

The only ground I have yet to visit in the Championship. Can’t wait……!

[@Bart-bb6ge]

Oxford it self is a run down and specially where the football stadium is, it’s only the colleges in the centre of Oxford that bring the tourists it’s an expensive place to live poor roads and a council that don’t want to listen to what business owners around Oxford and want and need,too many roads shut to the traffic,it’s one big traffic jam. Where they want to move the stadium is a better area but it’s all ready a bad traffic jam

[@dancemusic70]

Been there twice as an away fan. Both times in winter. Bloody cold when the wind comes through the missing end.

[@stuntpeggnieve]

I wondered about that! It’s like a manmade wind tunnel.

[@JFlorey03]

It is absolutely Baltic in the winter. Like you’re sitting in a freezer. Also corners when it’s windy are especially fun…

[@woody0393]

mate its just as cold in the summer as well LOL

[@Deadguy1988]

Wait... You mean mansfield isnt the only club with just 3 stands? 😂

[@dev0nSA1nt]

I reckon number 1 priority should be making the fans feel like this is their home, this is where Oxford play, rather than it being a soulless bowl. Not to toot our own pre-match tuba but St. Mary's has that prefect balance between a much-needed modern ground and feeling just as much like our home as the Dell did

[@mrproperable]

That ship sailed long ago, pretty hard not to when essentially your owner fucks the club, gets rid of it, and becomes a hostile landlord instead. To you, the one and only tenant, the only viable tenant. You're probably leaving as many dents in the wall as you can, like.

[@realchaos32]

you should make a playlist featuring all songs you use in your vids plz

[@PureBlood-TV-Official]

Looks like a herd of bulls went through it... And I thought Kazzam sounded a bit Supervillan. I am correct. 🎉

[@SpireUtd]

A water Ford should be constructed as they have an ox already & everyone can get their feet wet & washed of Oxcrement before entry. 🐂 💩

[@Fredsterface]

Love having a pre match pint in a bowling alley. Terrible stadium, would never go back

[@j.s3300]

Great city...would always go back

[@Fredsterface]

@@j.s3300it’s a nice place, just a poor stadium. I’ll have to go back when they move into their new place though 😂

[@intunewithcars9484]

not in that chippy though omg vile undercooked soggy fish

[@georgec3650]

@@j.s3300shit city as well. Full of Tories, Tory students and tourists

[@woody0393]

@@intunewithcars9484 yeah its closed down now LOL

[@RaggedDan]

StuntPegg to the Kassam! Oxford fans rally, and I’ll say something like what I said under Sam’s video: it’s probably not the worst stadium by any metric, but has occasionally felt like it, fortunately we’ll probably be out of there in a few years - the smell is sewage by the way and it is one of the worst parts but not appalling. I’m overjoyed that we’ve had a promotion and hopefully it propels the stability and attractiveness for players. Edit: suggestions for new ground, we’re tired of being made fun of on twitter so we need five stands, that’ll show em. I do genuinely agree with transport links though, transport to Kassam is bogus.

[@John-qy9nw]

Your funny and entertaining Nieve. I like the cut of your jib. Also, the acoustics have to be scientifically arranged so that the atmosphere is as intimidating as possible. Oxford United seem to have done the exact opposite of that! Oh well.

[@gaziibabaa]

Have a opening song of "I'm still standing" or "Don't go breaking my heart" now they've promoted.

[@horsehollerer]

Your combination of pictures and music at 0:13 is possibly my favourite thing on the internet today. Well played! 🙌

[@stuntpeggnieve]

Thank you! Very glad it doesn’t go unnoticed

[@rufaisarki9318]

Name of the song please ​@@stuntpeggnieve

[@mikefoley360]

You have a "Wilson" volleyball (Castaway) - Awesome, you have it all :)

[@ifan_1234]

please make a video about the Welsh premier league teams in the qualifiers for Europe this summer. despite the success of the Welsh national team in recent years, the league is still ignored and underfunded, and it is dominated by one team (who are in England ffs)

[@danabc322]

Wow, just looked that up and you’re not kidding! Makes the SPL look competitive.

[@johnmitchell2269]

Whose ground is that stadium?

[@ifan_1234]

@@danabc322 yeah they went unbeaten in the league this season, although they did lose the Welsh cup final to Connah's quay.

[@b8nnytez]

what do you mean 'despite the success of the national team'? Not one of those players played in the welsh league, so why do welsh teams DESERVE european spots without proving they're capable by qualifying for them? What is the point of playing in tournaments if you're going to get slaughtered every game? qualifiers are there for a reason. the league is ignored and underfunded cos it's S*IT! and before you say anything i'm 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@jaaprozemeijer712]

hawking is cambridge isnt he?

[@farmerboy2194]

Italians do it better fair call. Love your vids keep smiling and be that lady in red

[@Atheisthoverfish]

I can't wait until the new ground gets built. The site of the new ground is within walking distance of Oxford Parkway station so there's better transport links when the ground is ready 😉

[@stuntpeggnieve]

I’ll be excited to visit and exclusively get the train to take *full* advantage of the walking distance

[@EVERBLACKNYC]

Your music selection is always top shelf.

[@kevinnivek8907]

Could be better if we heard tracks from artists on the record label on her t-shirt… ;)

[@glen1555]

Don't build a temporary stand, Gillingham did years ago, named it after Brian Moore of London Weekend TV fame, and its still there.

[@johnturner4400]

Nothing more permanent than a temporary structure.

[@andystreet1479]

what about a big giant net to catch the balls and a swimming pool when its really hot

[@oscarB683]

It took Deportivo La Coruna until 1996 to build a fourth stand and this was 51 years after they started to play at the Estadio Razor in 1944.

[@AAlion15]

Guys Stuntpegg uploaded again. Stop what you’re doing and watch!

[@BillU1492]

Really enjoy your videos. Your wit and sense of humor is very entertaining!

[@stuntpeggnieve]

Thank you very much!

[@brooksnook8693]

Here in Cambridge you can see cows on the way to the match, they should do that.

[@Northstander]

I'm a Forest Green fan, we have a field above our ground that used to have sheep in it until the last couple of seasons where they were replaced with a horse, which on occasion would run from side to side when games were being played...I'd like to think it was following the action but that might be pushing it a bit...at times the watching horse was more entertaining than the football.

[@ceeabee]

You used to be able to do that in Milton Keynes, trouble was they were all made of Fibre Glass.

[@danpreston564]

80s Madonna T-shirt. Very nice.

[@BlueKnows]

Think I might need glasses. Could have sworn it was a Taliban t-shirt for longer than I should have

[@rnash999]

Design the acoustics so the away fans are unable to make any noise while the home supporters noise is amplified..

[@philiproseel3506]

I think fans would really appreciate hot baths, Roman style, complete with hypocaust, instead of seats. Luxuriously lounging in a pool of hot water, a pint in one hand, kebab in the other. Think about it 😉

[@ChrisOlive96]

As an oxford fan, yes, its an awful stadium. Horrible to get to for both home & away fans. Hoping we can get our new stadium sorted but theres a long way to go

[@ofmyownaccord]

Still can't believe you found Joe Wilkinson at the Kassam leisureplex and got him to agree to an interview.....

[@samuelgarrod8327]

It isn't him, he hasn't got his knob out.

[@jamieboyle5575]

Doing Sheffield weds on Wednesday plus bramall lane also Rotherham then trying to push onto Doncaster for the 92 league challenge

[@bryanfish3052]

A pivotal addition would be the UK’s largest triangular shaped jumbotron in place of the 4th stand. Along with a live Ox mascot named Trinity who grazes pitchside. Finally, an attached pub beneath the jumbotron that is named “The Pythagorean & Theorem”

[@wild_insomnia]

once again Nieve proves her excellent music taste

[@S14N9LS]

I like how all your vlogs make me feel concern for the welfare of the various clubs involved but also make me laugh at how stupid their situations usually are. It can't be easy to walk the thin line between respect and ridicule but somehow you do it every time. Kudos.

[@stuntpeggnieve]

Appreciate this comment a lot. You’re totally right there’s such a fine line, I think it’s so important to have a laugh but also know when to read the room.

[@squidundertheinfluence]

Like the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, they should get artists to come up with things to take the place of the fourth stand.

[@aidygooner]

What's the point of a fourth stand when the club barely sells out? It'll be interesting how much the attendances will rise though in the Championship which is crazy to imagine Oxford in there.

[@jacobscarr2334]

The one I wouldn't want to get stuck as an away fan is Priestfield (Gillingham) - no roof! must be a nightmare on a rainy night 😆

[@stuntpeggnieve]

I still need to visit, just to see that construction work in all it’s glory 😂

[@tulyar57]

It makes sense not having a fourth stand. Even if you're getting beat 6-0 you can still sing "You're not singing anymore" without fear of comeback.

[@pipster1891]

A lot of stadiums in (smaller countries of) Europe have 3 stands. And I mean top division clubs.

[@iankemp1131]

"You've only got 3 stands" feature in a lot of away fans chants - especially if they're getting beaten and have nothing else to sing about.

[@INFINITY-oe4is]

Build the worlds biggest fan! Then on hot days it can keep the players cool! People can then sing "The biggest fan, the BIGGEST FAN! Where Oxford United we have the biggest fan!"

[@RW-nr6bh]

The Manor Ground, that was something else. Glad I went there. Still never been to this one.

[@rolloverlaydown24]

Some of the best football content on the web. Love it! Keep up the great work!

[@colwichjunction3366]

No need for Chris de burgh EVER!🤣 Sounds like Oxford United fans deserve better to me….

[@willdeyam3630]

Oxford fan here. We ALL hate the Kassam. Every Oxford fan despises it. We can't wait to leave it and move into a ground that we own.

[@stuntpeggnieve]

I really hope you do soon. Good luck in the Championship too, even though you beat my team to get there.

[@Trapper3000]

Fun fact: the singer of Lady In Red, Chris de Burgh, is from Oxfordshire and is a huge fan of the U’s. So Nieve was spot on with the musical choice. Plus apparently he was also my biological father. So this hits on many levels. This was all according to my mum. She’s dead now, so I can’t ask her if any of this is true.

[@zayanislam6497]

Cool to have Chris De Burgh as your dad

[@willie2761]

Do a DNA test ? Or contact that horrible, cringey woman on Find My Family. If he is youre Baby Daddy youre made for life

[@ryanhounsell7942]

This video has taken an unexpected turn!

[@mremumerm]

did your mom wear red? this could be about her....

[@ilijakolarovski2813]

​@@mremumerm I know it is kind of bad, but your comment made me laugh very hard 😂😅😊

[@King_Goat_JJ]

As an Oxford United fan, to say that about the atmosphere not being on top of it, I’d recommend coming to a game. Where loud & proud. I’m glad we’ve been approved for the new stadium plans. It’s going to be so much easier getting to the new stadium

[@willie2761]

You just want to meet Stunt ! Why dont you admit it

[@ceeabee]

Don't hold your breath ......

[@davidchambers44]

Easy transportation connections, proximity to fans, and four stands are a must. You don't want your stadium so far from your own supporters. But one thing I'd say is particularly important is making sure it's got a little character and isn't just a dull generic modern stadium.

[@richlordtravels]

Another fab video. Which pub in Lancs/Yorks was it? The Border Rose Inn at Todmorden?

[@JakeGreen86]

I have been commenting on your video's on our stadium and the troubles we have had with the previous owners asset stripping us and leaving us as a team on paper with no value at last over the last 10-15 years we have been able to turn it around I hope you have done the research to show say about the struggles we have had to contended with under Kassam I am about to wat h this video.

[@skyblues8785]

I think they should build an airport where the 4th stand should be for better transport links or maybe they should just build a 4th stand 🤷‍♂️

[@jamesmeehan8008]

Oh, they used to laugh at me when I refused to ride /On all those double-decker buses/ All because there was no driver on the top /// Twisted by Joni Mitchell Thanks for another great video.

[@connor6691]

I’ve never been to this stadium and I probably never will, but the stadium not being symmetrical by not having the same stand behind both goals plays on my ocd a bit

[@johnmitchell2269]

I cant have been the only one who laughed at the spray painted nob on the wall? 😂

[@mendoso]

I can't imagine a modern stadium without a pillow fight arena,

[@willie2761]

Or a mudwrestling arena ? Imagine all those fat gits ...

[@houlii]

This has nothing on the Gillingham stadium, proper beat down and bummy away end. Plus the Rainham End is no feat of beauty. Towns a shithole too.

[@gothicvanlife2331]

You’ve not been to Scunthorpe United yet! Lovingly known as an open tin of sardines 😂

[@LPA_04]

A truly horrendous video by an even worse “presenter” who clearly knows less about football than Eni Aluko!

[@oitoitoi1]

Great video as always, but a little surprised you're not at the Euros, would have loved some of your vox pops with fans from different countries.

[@waynehough13]

there’s enough KZbinrs out there making videos already, I like the fact Nieve gives us something different to watch

[@AlexIsaacs-f2f]

recently discovered your videos and you're brilliant. Thank you for making them. Also the use of Chris de Burgh's seminal hit is the through line I never knew I needed.

[@stuntpeggnieve]

Haha! Really pleased you’re enjoying them. Thank you :)

[@ChrisRufus76]

You didn't mention the fact that the traffic towards the ground on a match day is horrific, as everyone has to drive it is a queue all the way from the motorway.

[@rorschak47]

The seat pitch at Loftus Road is no joke. Makes you dream of Ryanair.

[@callumrobinson4137]

Love the song choice at the start

[@mark-wilson.]

first impression "it stinks" ha ha ha ha ha ..

[@CanMav]

Shopping centre works for the 4th stand. We have a football "stadium" in a shopping mall here in Singapore, it's called "Our Tampines Hub"

[@brett3429]

Nieve, I really enjoy your “on the scene” videos! Gives us an up close and personal look at the clubs, stadiums and supporters that you’re covering. Thanks and great job! ❤️👏🏻

[@josouthwood438]

I’m an idiot she had on screen 1999-2006 I thought oh he died not gd. But obvs that’s his ownership. He would have been max 7 saying that. It only cost him a quid.

[@ceeabee]

Cost him over 15mil, mind you he has made that back with the exorbitant rent he charges us.

[@stephennewton2893]

Another entertaining video, thanks Nieve.

[@pigs18]

As a hockey fan that had to endure "You play in a mall," chants growing up, I assure you that you do NOT want a shopping center on the fourth side.

[@rogink]

Perhaps they need to look a further away from the 'dreaming spires'. How about a new ground shared with their nearest neighbour Reading? Thames Valley Royals? I'm sure no one has proposed such a sensible arrangement before :)

[@ceeabee]

🤣🤣🤣 And look what happened to him 🏊‍♂

[@Fredingo92]

You commented on the smell; that would be the sewage works just opposite. You add that smell with the wind that gets tunnelled through the stadium on account of its missing stand, you've got yourself a bad time.

[@iankemp1131]

Thanks, I was puzzled by that as it wasn't there on the rare occasions I've been there so didn't know what might be causing it

[@jazzcat2075]

Italians Do It Better is a very cool music label, you hipster nerd!

[@TheOpinionatedSaint]

Believe they run out of money, and could only afford to finish three stands when they restarted construction. I also believe the foundation of the fourth stand is still there and would have been completed when they got to the prem. With a lick of paint, it wouldn't be that bad of a stadium, and I think the wind in the three stands does give them a unique advantage! Obviously nothing will happen now with a new stadium on the way! Great video!

[@Jeremy_LK]

Pegg, something tells me you love Serie A and Italian football ;) Why aren't you making more videos about Italy? I know that Juventus is not your team, but look at the Como 1907. Just promoted from Serie B and they have ugly stadium in a beautiful location. Look at the video potential here :)

[@stuntpeggnieve]

I’ll be making lots of Italian videos next season, really excited to :)

[@cadetlimbo]

missed opportunity to not make it like the fourth plinth in trafalgar square in london. just have something new there every couple of years - maybe a constant rotation of giant ox statues commissioned by local artists and voted on the winning one by fans. would defiantly be a usp. not sure if this is a serious or silly suggestion yet. maybe both

[@Biomirth]

Nieve, you are a very silly person and we love it. I love the off angle views of the stadium and the understated review of it: "Eh, not too bad, but not great either". I think for the 4th stand it should a '4th wall' where people turn to the camera and say something dramatic.

[@LdevArt]

should have visited OXFORD CITY FC ground-they have just been relegated to the NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH. Will be going there next season with RADCLIFFE FC. Pop down and do a feature on Radcliffe too!- we won the Northern Prem League Prem Division last seson!

[@AndyDouglasChannel]

When I was at uni, I lived in Bournemouth and at the time their stadium had 3 stands. I think it was affectionally known as "The Toblerone" at the time. The two clubs are in very different positions nowadays though!

[@uriustosh]

Public transport links, comfortable seats, protection from weather and quality of beer are the most important aspect of any stadium.

[@stuntpeggnieve]

Yes! Don’t know how I forgot quality of beer.

[@willie2761]

And decent grub ! after all the scandals last 20 years ! rotten horsemeat in the burgers etc