OXFORD United packed plenty into the first month of the 2021/22 season.

The U's played nine games across three competitions and there were exciting wins, frustrating defeats - and a lot of penalties.

Mail sports reporter James Roberts looks back on the first month of the campaign and picks out the talking points that have dominated the discussion.

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