There's a touch of irony about an Oxford man being so transparently uneducated.
Ask your average person what Oxford is famous for, & the football team come in around sixteenth place, significantly behind Inspector Morse and posh types playing at racing boats, but just before the well...
Hardly. Many people have a small, unthreatening team they look out for, he's evidently no different. It's usually a non-league team, but to be fair, you're not that far off.