United were beaten 2-1 at Halifax this evening in their FA Trophy second round replay, to give the Shaymen a third round home tie against Redditch United.[@opponent]Halifax Town[/@opponent] Oxford conceded a goal three minutes before half time, with New Zealand international Shane Smeltz pouncing to score with a rebound after Billy Turley had saved from  [ more ]

United travel up to Halifax[@opponent]Halifax Town[/@opponent] today for their FA Trophy second round replay, after the sides drew 2-2 in Oxford on Saturday[@news]2045[/@news]. On that occasion, United came from behind after conceding an early penalty to lead at half time, but Halifax equalised just three minutes from time to set up tonight's game. This evening,  [ more ]

Oxford's reserves went down 1-0 against Northampton's second string at Didcot Town's Loop Meadow this evening, thanks to a last-minute goal from Jerome Watt[@news]611[/@news]. Following a somewhat tepid first half, during which Chris Tardif made a couple of routine saves, and Billy Beechers twice forced Chris Dunn into action, the second half burst into life.  [ more ]

Should Oxford somehow manage to beat Halifax tomorrow, they will have a home game against Redditch United in the third round of the FA Trophy. United and Halifax drew their second round tie 2-2 at Grenoble Road on Saturday, and they replay tomorrow evening at the Shay.[@news]2045[/@news] In the second round, Redditch surprised Conference leaders  [ more ]

United got the result they least wanted in this afternoon's FA Trophy second round tie at home to Halifax[@opponent]Halifax Town[/@opponent], as the Shaymen scored an 87th minute equaliser to earn a replay, to be played this Tuesday. Prior to that, Billy Turley had had almost nothing to do all afternoon, as Oxford gave a much-improved  [ more ]

United welcome [@opponent]Halifax Town[/@opponent]Halifax Town tomorrow, in the second round of the FA Trophy, a competition which may or may not have a Wembley final this season. It was thanks to Tuesday's 1-0 win over Lewes, in their first round replay, that Oxford won through to the second round, with Rob Duffy scoring a first-half  [ more ]

Oxford United squeezed into the second round of the FA Trophy with a narrow 1-0 win at home to Lewes FC[@opponent]Lewes FC[/@opponent] this evening. The goal came just before the half-hour mark, with Rob Duffy scoring from the penalty spot after Steve Robinson had brought down Marvin Robinson. Up until that point United had huffed  [ more ]

United entertain Conference South side Lewes FC[@opponent]Lewes FC[/@opponent] this evening, in the replay of their FA Trophy first round tie. The tie was originally scheduled for 20 December[@news]615[/@news], but had to be postponed because of the heavy fog that made visibility poor, especially under the floodlights[@news]616[/@news]. The first game between the sides, at the Dripping  [ more ]

For the [@report]287[/@report]third home game in a row United dropped two valuable points, as they were held to a scoreless draw by Morecambe [@opponent]Morecambe[/@opponent]this afternoon. This result was all the more disappointing considering that the side has appeared to be coming out of the injury crisis on which the defeat at Exeter had been blamed.[@news]627[/@news]  [ more ]

Morecambe [@opponent]Morecambe[/@opponent]are the latest visitors to Oxford, as United desperately try to get their promotion challenge back on track. The Yellows haven't won since they beat Tamworth 2-1 at Grenoble Road on 25 November, and will be desperate for all three points following two disappointing home draws against Woking and Crawley over the holiday period,  [ more ]