By Tony Fallows Oxford United get another chance this Thursday to take three points from a Wiltshire team, when they face Salisbury City for the second time in two weeks. The Us slumped to a disappointing 2-1 loss at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium on Boxing Day, in front of over 1,200 United fans, slightly outnumbering [ more ]
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The chronicles of Ruddick
December 31, 2008Fever give a shoeing to the Cobblers
December 29, 2008By John Matthews Raging Fever 7 Northampton Town 1 The usual Christmas mix of legends and youngsters back from University turned out for Fever against a familiar Northampton opposition. Hopes were high given past results against the Cobblers, but given Fever
United’s star Fleet enterprise
December 28, 2008Oxford United 5 Ebbsfleet United 1 Chris Wilder's first home game in charge of Oxford saw the Us ease to their best victory of the season against an Ebbsfleet side in defensive disarray. Lewis Haldane, playing up front, broke the deadlock in the 16th minute, shortly after Lance Cronin had saved a James Constable effort. [ more ]
Ebb tidings
December 27, 2008By Tony Fallows Oxford United
Oxford plain round about Salisbury
December 26, 2008Salisbury City 2 Oxford United 1 Chris Wilder's first game in charge of Oxford ended in a disappointing defeat at Salisbury, who scored two early goals and then defended stubbornly to scrape the three points. ROS Sam Deering pulled a goal back for Oxford early in the second half, but then Salisbury hospitalised him in [ more ]
Born to be Wilder
December 24, 2008By Tony Fallows It wasn
Walking on the Wilder side
December 21, 2008This morning Oxford United have announced that their new manager is Chris Wilder. He replaces Darren Patterson, who was sacked three weeks ago after United lost 2-0 at Torquay United in an FA Cup second round replay. Wilder was formerly manager at Halifax, before they went belly-up, and took the Shaymen to a play-off final [ more ]
Fever battle back to bother the Boro
December 21, 2008By John Matthews Raging Fever 4 Stevenage Borough 4 The first meeting of these two sides produced a spectacle that, while not pleasing on the eye (when is it ever?), had an exciting finale. In the first ten minutes, the visitors took a surprising two-goal lead when Gary Butler, ever the amenable host, dropped two [ more ]
Bald Eagle’s last flight?
December 20, 2008Oxford United 1 Stevenage Borough 1 Oxford United were held at home by Stevenage Borough this afternoon, although they may well feel that they should have won. This was United's first home game in almost a month, and they started strongly, looking to extend their home winning streak to six games. However, after a couple [ more ]
The Feast of Stevenage
December 19, 2008By Tony Fallows