OXFORD United might well be relegated from the Football League this weekend, but the club has the consolation of winning £50,000 to spend on new players thanks to fan Andy Perrin.

Andy Perrin, pictured, 51, who has been watching the club play since he was nine years old, appeared live on television last weekend as it was announced he had won the money for United.

And the Chinnor man said he was "on a high" after learning he had been chosen from among more than two million entries in the Coca-Cola Win a Player competition.

The contest offered fans the chance to win transfer money for new players for their clubs by calling a special hotline number.

Mr Perrin, a systems engineer for Thame firm Purite, tried to cast his vote for United as often as possible.

He said: "When they phoned me up last Wednesday I thought it was someone from work winding me up.

"But when they sent someone up to Sunderland, where I was working, with a contract to sign, after that it was just such a high. I wasn't allowed to tell anyone, but my son and daughter are both supporters and I've got a lot of friends who support Oxford, so it was hard to keep it to myself."

Mr Perrin and his wife Susan were collected from their home in Elm Close on Friday night and put up in a five star hotel in London, before appearing on Sky Sports show Soccer AM on Saturday morning.

He and two other winners took off their jackets to reveal their club's strip a Brentford supporter also picked up £50,000 for his club, while 18-year-old student Chantelle Legg won the top prize of £250,0000 for Southampton.

Mr Perrin and fellow winner Steve Hearn also collected £1,000 for themselves.

Mr Perrin hopes the transfer money will help the club's on-field fortunes.

The club faces relegation from Coca Cola Leage Two tomorrow.

United must at home to Leyton Orient to be in with a change of staying up.

Mr Perrin said: "I've got some strong views about what's happened in the last few years I think Mr Kassam did a hell of a job getting a new ground, but he never moved the club on on the playing side.

"I don't know much about player contracts and who it can buy, but with Jim Smith at the helm I feel far more confident than with managers we've had before. I hope the money will help. If they drop out of the league it could still be some use, because there will be some reasonable players who will play in the conference if a club looks like it is going to make a big push. It can be done.

"I think this is the biggest week for Oxford, bigger even than the Milk Cup final 20 years ago it's our Football League status at stake."

The money was presented to the club this week.

Communications officer Chris Williams said: "It's fantastic news for the club. All the fans who voted 16,000 times have done us proud."