Under The Abbey Stand

Merry Christmas UTAS faithful! 

We're here to provide some much needed pre-Christmas gloom with a review of Joe Dunne's managerial reign and an attempted look forward at what might be to come under Colin Calderwood.

It's fair to say it's not been the best of times for the U's recently, but we at UTAS massively appreciate everyone's support, even when skies are grey. 

Up the U's. 

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We're back!

UTAS are here to add some more misery to your Monday morning, looking back at Guiseley, Oldham and Bury, and a look forward to Crewe, Tranmere and Yeovil.

There's also talk of Paul Lewis, the fan's parliament, CFU, a ribena can in goal, Leon Davies, and a few awful gags. 

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UTAS were lucky enough to sit down with Graham Daniels, Director of Football, and Shaun Grady, Director of Business, to pose a set of questions regarding this summer's recruitment strategy and our financial shortfall that a lot of United fans feel have remained inadequately answered.

There’s a lot of other topics we could have touched on but given a time constraint they remain uncommented on for now. Most importantly, the dialogue is open from fans to board, and we thank the club for their honesty and transparency in this interview and hopefully in the future.

If you’d like to send any feedback or abuse, do get in touch via email or social media.

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The second part of our chat with ex-Soccer AM and king of the banter merchants Max Rushden is here. There's a lot of chat on Max's career, his wikipedia page, his love affair with Barry Glendenning, the LDV Vans final, Michael Gash and the first of three football jengas (expect the others soon).

Get in touch with the pod with any questions or abuse: @AbbeyStandPod. Issue 2 of the fanzine is on the way, send us a message if you're interested in contributing in any way. 

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If you like nostalgia, you'll like this…

UTAS meets Cambridge United's third most famous fan to discuss his favourite goals, moments and players, all from the glory years of the past. There's a lot of Dean Barrick, Devon White, Dion Dublin, Lionel Perez, and even some Kevin Roberts. We also discuss the tree behind the Habbin, a bomb scare against Halifax, and Plato's Republic signed by Trevor Brooking. It's a unique listen.

Part Two will be with you next week.

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We didn't have time for a full show this week, so this is just a short update, with our thoughts on the capitulation at Colchester, Maris' saving grace against Mansfield, and announcing Graham Daniels' upcoming appearance on the UTAS pod. 

If you have any questions for Danno or just fancy getting in touch with UTAS HQ, here's how:

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If you like nostalgia, you'll like this...

UTAS meets Cambridge United's third most famous fan to discuss his favourite goals, moments and players, all from the glory years of the past. There's a lot of Dean Barrick, Devon White, Dion Dublin, Lionel Perez, and even some Kevin Roberts. 

Part Two will be with you next week, with a mammoth triple game of football jenga. 

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Twitter + Instagram: @AbbeyStandPod

The UTAS chaps were joined by Jordan Worland for the second time this season to discuss a superb performance and result at Stevenage, followed by the exact opposite at home to Carlisle. We promise we tried our best to be positive, but sometimes in the life of a U's fan, it's just not that simple.

We looked ahead to a tricky looking pair of fixtures in a trip to Colchester and test against Mansfield at The Abbey, took your questions, discussed the Checkatrade Trophy and iFollow streaming, analysed the performance of our very own Jack Swindlehurst in the half-time skip challenge and, of course, took on the dreaded Football Jenga.

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Recording this episode right after the Cheltenham game might not have been the best idea… It's essentially four blokes in a room mouthing off about the bad state of their football team to a microphone.

Discussions ranged from how blunt the U's are up front, the need for more attacking options, and that we should dip into the loan market for, well, probably a striker. And maybe a centre-back too? Just anything really. 

Remember to send in your Cambridge United bets of the week, and we'll tell you which one we're picking in the next show. £5 bet on UTAS, all proceeds going to the club trust if it's a winner. Bring us some bankers.

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DISCLAIMER: We had some difficulty getting a studio space this week, so we improvised. Four mics and a mixer in Jordan Worland's bedroom, that's the dream ain't it? 

But as a result, some of the audio is low quality, there might be some intermittent popping sounds, and some slight crackling. They're all minor errors which we've learned from, and won't happen again - hopefully they don't spoil your listening experience too much.

This week we talked about Ade Azeez and Jabo Ibehre, reviewed Port Vale, Notts County and Newport, and Tom Walker sets off on a rant about our recruitment policy. We also preview our trip to play the Cobblers and Exeter's visit to the Abbey, along with the return of football jenga.

Warning: this is a very pessimistic podcast from start to finish.

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