Under The Abbey Stand

If you open a dictionary and turn the page to the definition for 'cult hero', you'll find Kwesi Appiah at Cambridge United. A half-season loan spell from Crystal Palace that meant so much more during a promotion season that has gone down in folklore as one of United's best and definitely most important campaigns in their history. Despite not appearing at Wembley, it'll never be forgotten how impor...

Are you not entertained?! A decade since his Russell Crowe impersonation on the sidelines of the Abbey, Dickie Dosh, the legendary United manager who masterminded a promotion-winning season out of non-league after nine long years, sits down with Tom and Jules to discuss that iconic season. How did he build the team, what were his hopes going into the season, how long did the 10 minutes of stoppage...

Pods don't come more special than this one. And teams don't come more special than United's legendary 2013/14 promotion-winning team. To celebrate a whole decade since Delano day, "Are you not entertained?", "Donaldson with a curler" and 10 minutes of stoppage time that felt like an hour, we've put together a two-part special looking back at that season month-by-month. Alongside Julian, Jack, Tom...

Pods don't come more special than this one. And teams don't come more special than United's legendary 2013/14 promotion-winning team. To celebrate a whole decade since Delano day, "Are you not entertained?", "Donaldson with a curler" and 10 minutes of stoppage time that felt like an hour, we've put together a two-part special looking back at that season month-by-month. Alongside Julian, Jack, Tom...

Well, that was some season, wasn't it? Three managers, not many wins, and one striker we'd all like to forget in a hurry, it's been a year of change and upheaval in CB5.  But some things always stay the same. For the third year running, join Jules, Jordan, Swindle and Tom as they recap all the highs and lows from the 2023/24 season with the UTAS End of Season Awards ceremony. We dish out awards fo...

2024 retained list! FA Cup replays! Non-British United players! The last mailbag of the season has it all. Join Tom and Jules as they pick through the United retained list for 2024 and discuss the big talking points about who is leaving the Abbey this summer. They also have a chat about the farce of scrapping FA Cup replays, and pick through the best and worst non-British players to have played fo...

We made it harder than we needed to, but in the end it was all quite easy for United. They cruised to a 0-0 draw at Vale Park, giving them the point they needed to confirm survival for a fourth season in League One, no matter what results elsewhere were. Jules, Matt and Tom get together for the last review show of the year to talk a little bit about the very little that happened in the game, and t...

It's the last Preview Show of the year, and just when we thought we might be able to preview a totally meaningless end of season fixture, the U's get up to their old tricks again. Jord and Jules look back at Tuesday's draw against Wycombe which means that United still need something at Vale on Saturday, or results to go their way, to survive. They're joined by the Ale and the Vale podcast to previ...

Into the last week of the season with safety still not assured. How are your nerves? Friend of the pod Matt Gooding joins Tom and Jules to help pick apart a 1-0 defeat to Derby, and look ahead to a huge Tuesday night at home to in-form Wycombe - previewed with the help of George from The Wycombe Way podcast.  Subscribe to our website and get all our pods and posts straight to your email: www.under...

Three to go, and still survival to play for. Can the U's complete the job on Saturday against promotion-chasing Derby County against all odds? On the second to last Preview Show of the season, Jordan and Tom aim to answer that question with the help of Rams podcast Steve Bloomer's Washing, as well as looking back at Tuesday night's 1-0 defeat to Bristol Rovers. Subscribe to our website and get all...

Jordan Worland is at the helm this week and is joined by his two shipmates Tom Walker and Jack Swindlehurst. The hearty crew look back a handy draw at the arid Abbey against Charlton and ahead to a midweek trip to Bristol Rovers, featuring a match preview with Charlie from the Talking Gas podcast. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

Jack Swindlehurst and Tom Walker look ahead to the visit of draw-heavy Charlton and look back at a kind week of results for the U's, ever closer creeping towards League One football again next season. Featuring a Charlton preview from Tom at Charlton Live. Subscribe to our website and get all our pods and posts straight to your email: www.undertheabbeystand.com Get in touch with the pod: Socials:...

The U's trip to the seaside wasn't as fruitful as we were hoping as they come back with zero points, despite a decent display. Tom and Jules belatedly manage to get their schedules right to sit down and talk through the performance, the relegation picture, and the update on the youth contracts. Subscribe to our website and get all our pods and posts straight to your email: www.undertheabbeystand.c...

A long but eagerly anticipated trip to the North West coast awaits the U's, and the UTAS boys are as excited as anyone to join the Amber nation making the journey to the seaside. To preview Blackpool away, Jack Swindlehurst managed to infiltrate Monk's press conference to hear the team news first hand, and Jules chatted to his mate from work and tangerine expert Jack Fallon to play a game of pub l...

Nothing short of an Easter miracle. The U's make it a six point bank holiday weekend as they nose ahead in the relegation dogfight with huge wins against Barnsley and Wigan. Swindle, Tom and Jules are on hand to to talk about the latest United reincarnation, chatting about the arrival of Jobe, the return of Gassan, and the shushing of Godo. Subscribe to our Substack and get all our pods and posts...

We're back! After a nice break with international action, UTAS are back and raring to go for the run in. Eight games to go, and a mighty relegation battle on our hands, starting with a monster double header over Easter weekend to look forward to. Tom and Jules preview the games away at Barnsley and at home to Wigan with the help of Tracy from Red All Over and Barry from Progress With Unity. Subscr...

Just the four goals conceded this Saturday, as United travelled to Reading and got royally stuffed. Jord, Jules and Tom put themselves through another painful therapy session-style pod to look back at the game, before looking forward to a welcome week off. Subscribe to our Substack and get all our pods and posts straight to your email: www.undertheabbeystand.com Get in touch with the pod: Socials:...

Six pointer? Eight pointer? Who knows, but it's a very, very important game. Jordan and Matt are on Preview Show duties this week to look ahead to a massive game at the bottom of League One for the U's against a Reading side that have got much more to worry about than just three points. To discuss the situation there, Jules also spoke to Matt from the Elm Park Royals podcast to get the lowdown on...

Garry Monk introduced himself to the Abbey faithful with a 1-1 draw against Northampton on Saturday, including a fairly positive first half and a drab second one. Jules, Tom and Swindle are on the panel this week looking at another point added to our total, and chatting centre midfield options, Lyle Taylor, and previewing a trip to the league's form team Lincoln on Tuesday night, with the help of...

On this week’s preview show, Jordan and Tom get together to look ahead to Garry Monk’s first sermon at the Abbey on Saturday against the Cobblers from Northampton, hoping to repeat what they did to us at their place after we were on the back of a drubbing at London Road. They’re joined by Danny from the It’s All Cobblers To Me podcast to help preview the game. Subscribe to our Substack and get all...

New manager pod! Not many times you get to say that, and not many seasons you need to say it twice. So for the second and hopefully last time, the UTAS boys assemble to talk through the new man in the United dugout: Garry Monk. Tom, Matt and Jordan chat through their thoughts on what Monk can bring to United and what he needs to do to get to that magic number to keep the U's up this season - as we...

Another bumper preview show this week as Tom, Jules and Matt spend most of the hour trying to calm down from another piss poor performance from the U's on Tuesday night at Stevenage. Trigger warning, there's a lot of chat about Cruyff turns on the edge of your own box. As well as that, they look ahead to the small matter of Bolton away on Saturday with the help of The Fanzone podcast. Subscribe to...

The second instalment of our brand new feature is here, where we answer any and all questions that our listeners send in - about United teams past and present. This month, we discuss which players we'd go on holiday with, who are player of the season so far is, and what is the worst United team where each player has made a minimum of 50 appearances. Get your questions in for March's mailbag: @Abbe...

In the latest episode of UTAS Meets, Jordan sits down with former United manager Gary Brabin to chat through his time with the U's. It might have only been one season, but it was as eventful as any, with Brabin leading United to a second successive play-off final and agonisingly losing again to Torquay. As well as that, to mark February being Heart Month, they chat about Brabin's misdiagnosed hear...

It's derby day defeat for the U's, and it caps off one of the craziest, and arguably worst, weeks for United in living memory. A suitably demoralised panel of Tom, Jules and Caspell are on hand for an extra long pod to have a look at what went wrong against Posh, preview another big Boro game on Tuesday at Stevenage with the help of League One's most positive fan Matt, and chat about the new manag...