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Graham Dunn
@saidanddunn.bsky.social
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#OUFC fan, co-host By Far Greatest Team football podcast, journalist in real life
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Reposted by Graham Dunn
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That is a burning question … which decade produced the greatest teams ?
I think there’s more variety, or maybe it was just because I was 10 🤷‍♂️ and obsessed with it , that I too love everything 80’s
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November 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Following on from this week's By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast here's a piece I wrote about Ron Atkinson's time at #MUFC - particularly their incredible 10-game winning start to the 1985-86 season

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Big Ron’s Man United nearly men
Manchester United 1981-86
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November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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@jamierooney.bsky.social and myself can't get out of the 1980s as this week we are joined by Manchester United fan Richard Evans on By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast to look at Ron Atkinson's #MUFC entertainers, FA Cup winners and great starters to seasons
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Manchester United 1981-1986
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November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reposted by Graham Dunn
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#oufc www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWHx... We discuss recents defeats, unrealistic signing expectations... and we compare the non-scoring achievements of Jake Wright, Gary Smart and Pat Quartermain with @saidanddunn.bsky.social
S2, Ep 9: Chasing points, eggs, and signings... and the ultimate goalless XI.
YouTube video by You are my Oxford podcast
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November 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Here's piece on Brian Clough's incredible Nottingham Forest @NFFC off the back of the latest By Far The Greatest Team podcast and why it can't be coincidence that they go 42 games unbeaten

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Brian Clough: the answer to life, the universe and everything?
Nottingham Forest 1977-81
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November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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This week on By Far The Greatest Team podcast @jamierooney.bsky.social and me are joined by @philip-craig.bsky.social to look at one of the greats - Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest - the only team to have won more European Cups than top-tier domestic titles

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Nottingham Forest 1977-1980
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November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Rossi awakens Italian renaissance

Here's a piece to go with the latest By Far The Greatest Team podcast about Italy's 1982 World Cup winning side, which went from the most forgettable teams to the most memorable @jamierooney.bsky.social

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Rossi awakens Italian renaissance
Italy World Cup 1982
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October 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Hot on the heels of our Brazil 1982 episode, myself and
@jamierooney.bsky.social this week on By Far The Greatest Team football podcast take a look at the winners - Italy. From scraping through the group o winning with arguably the most iconic goal celebration ever
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Italy 1982
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October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Here's a blog about the 1982 Brazil side with an overlong, contrived reference to Don McLean's American Pie. As I mention on the pod, Sliding Doors is probably a more accurate cultural reference for what becomes of Brazil/Italy - but even less people would get that one😀

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The day the music died
Brazil 1982
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October 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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A week later than planned - apologies, we've had few tech gremlins - @jamierooney.bsky.social and myself this week on
By Far The Greatest team football podcast continue our 1982 #WorldCup odyssey by looking at Brazil - Zico, Socrates and co. Great, but how great?
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Brazil 1982
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October 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Wow. Motorist just stopped me and asked me for directions and he couldn’t have been over 30 (years not mph before you ask😄) I don’t think that’s happened to me since 1997
October 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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While 1970s era Peru don't have much claim to greatness in the bigger picture of our By Far The Greatest Team podcast, players like Chumpitaz, Cubillas and Sotil definitely do - and that's before we start talking about the kit! Peru 1978 - By Far The Greatest Sash?

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More than just a pretty kit
Peru 1978
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October 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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@jamierooney.bsky.social and myself had a lot of fun with the latest By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast looking at Peru - mostly the 1978 version, but pretty much everything Peruvian apart from Nolberto Solano (as probably the only time we will do them)

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Peru 1975-1978
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October 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Seeing as everyone is talking about Taylor, so am I. Here's a blog about Graham Taylor - sort of about his time at #AstonVilla but mostly about the incredibly different way he was perceived in English football during the mid-90s

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The unfashionable case of Graham Taylor
Aston Villa 1987-90
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October 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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This week @jamierooney.bsky.social and myself are joined by Aston Villa fan @stumuz.bsky.social on By Far The Greatest Team podcast to look at Graham Taylor's #AVFC team - a rescue mission which not only set Villa back on their feet but got Taylor the England job

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Aston Villa 1987-1990
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October 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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@philip-craig.bsky.social joins @jamierooney.bsky.social and myself for the hell part of our #DerbyCounty Heaven & Hell By Far The Greatest Team two-parter - this time looking at Paul Jewell's 11 pointers

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Derby County 2007-2008 and Friends
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September 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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@philip-craig.bsky.social joined myself and
@jamierooney.bsky.social for a special By Far The Greatest Team #podcast two-parter. It's a #DerbyCounty Heaven and Hell. First up the Heaven - the Brian Clough & Peter Taylor inspired 1971-72 title winners
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Derby County 1970-1973
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September 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Read my piece on Castel di Sangro - the side that came from almost literally nowhere to shock Italian football (as discussed with @jamierooney.bsky.social @guskras.bsky.social on latest By Far The Greatest Team podcast)

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Castel di Sangro
The team that came from nowhere
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September 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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This week @jamierooney.bsky.social and myself are joined by @guskras.bsky.social (who's becoming By Far The Greatest Team podcast's underdog correspondent😀) for a look at the rise of Castel di Sangro, from the Italian football and geographic hinterland to Serie B

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Castel di Sangro 1995-1998
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September 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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While it's still quiet on the #OUFC front, here's a piece I wrote recently for the excellent @oxblogger.bsky.social newsletter about the heady days when defenders didn't score goals

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Defending the non-scoring defender – Graham Dunn
They say that attack is the best form of defence, well, at Oxford United last season, defence was the best form of attack. With Greg Leigh sharing the golden boot with Mark Harris last season, have…
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September 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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This week @jamierooney.bsky.social and I joined by Stu Burgess to look at Steve Coppell's #CrystalPalace side which came within minutes of winning the 1990 FA Cup and finished third in the top flight the following season, and launched Ian Wright's career

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Crystal Palace 1987-1991
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September 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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To go with the By Far The Greatest Team podcast with @jamierooney.bsky.social here is a blog about how Jurgen Klinsmann achieved the seemingly impossible in 2006 and made the world fall in love with the German national football team
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Germany 2006
How I learned to stop worrying and love the German national side
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August 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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@jamierooney.bsky.social and myself are back with the #ByFarTheGreatestTeam podcast looking at Jurgen Klinsmann's unlikely entertainers, Germany, at #WorldCup2006 - a glorious renewal which changed both perceptions and the fortunes of Germany's national team
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Germany 2006
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August 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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I was weirdly upbeat about #oufc Yes super-frustrating to lose a game when the oppo haven’t done anymore than you to win it, but that’s basically how we win most of our games- live by the sword/die by the sword - and that’s how a big chunk of games in the Championship are going to play out this year
August 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Reposted by Graham Dunn
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What was by far the greatest Oxford United #oufc team?

@saidanddunn.bsky.social makes a strong case for the 1986 Milk Cup glory boys.

You are my Oxford podcast, available here open.spotify.com/episode/2TTs... or wherever you get your podcasts.
June 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM