Oxford United retained their Championship status with a game to spare and finished 17th following an entertaining 3-3 draw at Swansea City in the last game of the season.

It has been a campaign of thrills and spills from the first to the very last minute.

Dan and James round up the season with the Oxford Mail's chief football writer Liam Rice, who soundly predicted back in August that things would go as swimmingly as they did (in the end!).

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The fifth full series of Behind The Badge wraps up with a fascinating chat with the former Oxford United striker Peter Foley.

Born and raised in Bicester, Foley went on to represent his boyhood club more than 300 times and scored 90 goals in the process. He played in an era when football was changing and that was certainly true at United, as the club went from a Third Division also-ran to flying up the pyramid.

Peter talked in depth about his time after leaving the Manor, including his spell as manager of non-League Marlow and the infamous FA Cup match against United in 1994!

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On many levels, Paul Simpson could be regarded as one of the best players to have pulled on an Oxford United shirt. A shrewd signing from Manchester City after United tumbled out of the First Division in 1988, 'Simmo' found his feet under the stewardship of Brian Horton and David Fogg and quickly became a huge crowd favourite.

Some of his strikes are among United's greatest of all time and he recalled some fantastic stories of a wonderful friendship with Mickey Lewis. After leaving the Manor, Simmo went on to have a stellar career in the Premier League with Derby County, before going into management and international coaching.

A fascinating listen!

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