United lost their first home pre-season friendly of the summer this afternoon, as Third Division Chesterfield proved too strong for the Yellows. The 3-1 scoreline was a fair reflection of the level of play, but Oxford will be disappointed that all three of the Spireites’ goals were soft ones to concede. The visitors took the  [ more ]

United maintained their 100 per cent pre-season record last night, thanks to a second-half brace from Yemi Odubade at Eastleigh’s Silverlake Stadium. Once again, though, Oxford had to come back from behind after Dave Town smashed the ball home following a free-kick crossed into the area, just after the half-hour mark. United started well, and  [ more ]

United’s friendly at Court Place Farm this afternoon was abandoned after a tropical rainstorm flooded the pitch. The storm, which started at about 1.40pm, saw torrential rain swamp the ground. The rock-hard pitch ensured that the surface water failed to drain away, leaving referee S Crighton no option but to call off the match. United  [ more ]

United’s new pre-season campaign got under way this evening with a routine win at Didcot Town. In front of 1,220 spectators at Loop Meadow, United started brightly, with new right winger Carl Pettefer forcing Chris Webb into a save in the first minute. After that, both sides settled down, and both teams knocked the ball  [ more ]

Wootton 4 Raging Fever 3 Raging Fever had hoped to play Northampton fans in the final warm-up before Worldnet, but when they pulled out a team from Wootton kindly offered us a game. Hoping to build on the excellent win against Fulham, a scratch Fever team, with no recognised goalie and just eleven players, had  [ more ]

Jim Smith’s squad building project neared completion today, with the signing of three new players, plus the re-signing of one more. Goalkeeper Chris Tardif, the third and last of the out-of-contract players to be offered a new deal, signed a two-year extension today to give Billy Turley strong competition for the number 1 position. Tards  [ more ]

The Conference fixtures were released this morning, and United start off the season with a cracker: a home tie against last season’s Conference Play-off finalists Halifax Town. There won’t be many tougher games than this one next season, and it gives the Us a good yardstick to measure their close-season progress. As if that wasn’t  [ more ]

We don’t normally publish press releases that we get sent (at least, not verbatim), but this one seems to be for a decent enough cause, so rally round. Play football for free, score goals and help raise money for Sport Relief Don’t just watch it, play it! In an effort to turn goals into money  [ more ]

This morning, Raging Fever entertained a skilful Fulham side in the searing heat, with temperatures over 30 degrees. The visitors have an impressive pedigree; they were in last year

Following yesterday’s relatively hectic transfer activity, there was only one announcement made by Oxford United today. Out of contract goalkeeper Billy Turley signed a two-year contract, getting in ahead of his colleague Chris Tardif, who is also expected to renew his contract at the club. Manager Jim Smith earlier told the Oxford Times that he  [ more ]