{"id":655590,"date":"2025-06-13T07:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=655590"},"modified":"2025-06-13T07:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:35:08","slug":"ciaron-brown-long-term-oxford-united-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/06\/13\/ciaron-brown-long-term-oxford-united-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciaron Brown Signs New Long-Term Oxford United Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> defender Ciaron Brown has committed his future to the club after signing a new long-term deal.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old was set to see his previous deal expire next summer and after an impressive campaign in the Championship, it’s a relief to tie him down for the future.<\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> Oxford United Weekly Round-Up: Long Deal, CEO Comments and Romeny Goal<\/a><\/p>\n

Ciaron Brown Pens New Long-Term Deal<\/h2>\n

Solid Campaign<\/h3>\n

The Northern Ireland international started 41 times in the league last season and won both the Player’s Player and Supporter’s Player of the Season.<\/p>\n

Having joined initially on loan from Cardiff in 2022, the defender joined on a permanent basis later in the summer. He has played 158 times for the U\u2019s, scoring 12 goals.<\/p>\n

Last season was a real breakout for Brown, who was both solid at the back and lethal in attack throughout the campaign.<\/p>\n

What Was Said<\/h3>\n

Speaking to the club’s official website<\/a>, he said: \u201cThe club is in the same mindset as I am. I want to keep improving and I can see the club is growing on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I can go to another level. I had a good year last season, but there are new goals, and I feel we can take a massive step forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love this club. The minute I walked in here, I felt the backing from the fans and the people in the building. We are a close group as a club, and this makes me feel more comfortable to go out onto the pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI now want to finish as high up in the table. I don\u2019t want to have the same ambitions as the season before. I\u2019m here for the foreseeable future and I want to continue to grow with the club.\u201d<\/p>\n

Head of Football, Ed Waldron, said: \u201cOver three-and-a-half years, Ciaron has shown how important he is to this club. At each step, he has continued to improve as a player and last year he was one of the outstanding defenders in the Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we sat down as a football department to discuss targets for the new season, we were clear that signing Ciaron to an improved deal would be a primary focus. Ciaron was exceptional last season, but we are confident that there is much more to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cCiaron shares the same ambitions for the club as we do. We are excited to move forward with him in our side.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oxford United defender Ciaron Brown has committed his future to the club after signing a new long-term deal. The 27-year-old was set to see his previous deal expire next summer and after an impressive campaign in the Championship, it’s a relief to tie him down for the future. Read More: Oxford United Weekly Round-Up: Long […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":653959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8430,33,32],"tags":[9165],"class_list":["post-655590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football","tag-ciaron-brown"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655591,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655590\/revisions\/655591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}