A TERMINALLY ill Oxford United fan who lives in the USA is making the trip to watch his favourite side in the flesh for a final time at Wembley.

Cancer patient Steve Dyer said it meant everything for him to make the 3,200-mile journey from New Hampshire to the national stadium.

In November, the 59-year-old was given four or five months to live.

But once the U's made the Johnstone Paint Trophy final, the father-of-three said he had to take his son Steven, 21, to a game just like his father Richard, who worked in the Cowley car factory, took him back in 1963.

The U's fan will visit one of his old pubs, The Bullnose Morris, in Watlington Road, to meet friends tomorrow, a day before the big game.

He said: "I fell in love with it and I never missed a game until I moved to America in 1986. I remember being gutted because I moved a couple of months before the Milk Cup final.

"I just thought I have to take my son to a game and show him what it’s all about. It’s something I want to do before I die."

Growing up in Hinksey and Blackbird Leys, Mr Dyer first clocked eyes on United at the old Manor Ground in Headington.

He moved stateside and set up a masonry business with his brother, but still follows the ups and downs of the U’s closely.

Diagnosed with bladder cancer in November, he has endured two courses of chemotherapy to curb the aggressive disease.

Also coping with the devastating news is his wife Carol, 59, daughters Brittany, 29, Gemma, 26, and son Steven.