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The Oxford Blades were an English ice hockey team based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. They competed in English Premier Ice Hockey League during the 1998-99 season and folded halfway through the 1999-00 season. The Blades were formed after a year without senior men's hockey in the town. After the old Oxford City Stars had died, Mike Kellond created the Oxford Chill. Then the Ice plant failed at Oxford so he moved the team to Swindon where they became the Swindon Chill. Back in the University town, all the players had been lost along with the club's hard-won concessions from the council for the ice costs. But a group of ice hockey-loving businessmen created the Oxford Blades and former Stars' coach, Sid Cabby, joined as managing director in January 1999 to anchor things down. Due to a sponsorship deal the club was known during their debut season as The City Motors FOX Blades. The clubs only complete season saw them have four head coaches. Geoff Copping got things underway and Erskine Douglas provided a solid structure and programme for a few weeks before leaving for Chelmsford Chieftains. He was replaced by Daryl Morvan and then by late signing Mark Budz. The club ended up losing every game during 1998-99 and finished bottom of the league. However the club won the sportsmanship trophy for finishing top of the fair play league with a total of 386 penalty minutes during the course of the league season. The 1999-00 season would prove to be their last as the club ran out of money and played their last game on 23rd January 2000, which saw them lose 16-3 at home to the Isle of Wight Raiders. All league statistics from the season were expunged. ==Results== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oxford Blades」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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