United’s reserve game against the Franchise monsters, due to be played at Court Place Farm this afternoon, was abandoned at half-time because of a waterlogged pitch. The score when the match was called off was 1-1, Danny Morgan having put the Us ahead only for Richard Paquette to equalise for the evil ones. As well  [ more ]

United went down to their first home league defeat since March 6th, when Huddersfield came to town, and their first since Graham Rix took over, as Darlington came from behind to win 2-1. Oxford took the lead right at the end of a somewhat torpid first half, David Woozley heading home a Chris Hackett corner,  [ more ]

On Sunday Darlington come to the KasStad, hoping to end United’s run of ten home league games without defeat. Unfortunately United have only won one of their last six games, at home to Bury two weeks ago, while Darlington have only won one of their last seven, in their most recent outing at home to  [ more ]

United’s reserves lost 4-0 at Gillingham this afternoon, despite featuring a number of first-team squad players. Mark Rawle played his first game of the season as he recovers from a groin strain, and Barry Quinn made his first appearance after being injured at Orient in August. Mark E’Beyer, Lee Molyneaux and Terry Parker also featured,  [ more ]

United went down to a disappointing 2-0 defeat at the Memorial Ground this afternoon, as Junior Agogo took advantage of individual errors to punish the Us. Agogo scored his first a minute before half-time after he too easily got the better of Leo Roget before coolly beating Chris Tardif from ten yards. Agogo’s second came  [ more ]

So, it’s off to the Memorial Ground tomorrow for United, in their first game against Bristol Rovers since Ian Atkins jumped ship (or was pushed overboard, depending on which version of events you choose to believe). United will be desperate to get their season back on track following Wednesday’s LDV debacle (Rovers progressed to the  [ more ]

A last minute equaliser by Jamie Hand denied Exeter the victory that the Conference side deserved at the KasStad last night. However they made amends in the penalty shoot-out, after the game finished 2-2 and with no further score in extra-time, during which United missed three of their four penalties. It had started off so  [ more ]

Conference club Exeter City visit the KasStad tomorrow for the first round of the prestigious LDV Vans Trophy. Exeter are a team that are traditionally one division below United, but they also tend to inflict defeats upon the Us; Oxford have won only four of the clubs’ 26 meetings. Despite claims from Graham Rix that  [ more ]

Fever 2 Bury 5 Fever took to the pitch rather like Norwich, Crystal Palace & West Bromwich Albion in that they were looking for their first win of the season. With a new player/manager in place and debutant Paul Lucas wearing striking yellow boots, there was an air of confidence amongst the ranks. This enthusiasm  [ more ]

Steve Basham scored his first goal of the season as United put last week’s humiliation behind them to beat Bury 3-1 at Minchery Farm this afternoon. Bash struck five minutes before half-time following a low Tommy Mooney cross from the right wing, his low shot was close to Glyn Garner, but the keeper couldn’t get  [ more ]