United lost 1-0 at home to relegation-threatened Northwich Victoria this afternoon, thanks to an inevitable goal from ex-U Lee Steele. Steele's goal came from the first real chance of the match, after ten minutes, as Michael Howard and Luke Foster allowed a long ball to go through to Billy Turley. As Turley fell on the  [ more ]

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Oxford United eased to their third successive victory this afternoon, beating play-off hopefuls Stevenage Borough 2-1 with an assured performance at Grenoble Road this afternoon. United took a first-half lead through Phil Trainer, found themselves pegged back by John Martin midway through the second half, and then shortly afterwards Matt Green scored the winner. United  [ more ]

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Oxford United romped to their best away win of the season, beating Halifax Town 3-0 at the Shay this afternoon. This was United's second away win on the trot, and goes a long way to undoing the harm suffered by the 3-0 home defeat by Burton Albion. United could have scored straight from kick off,  [ more ]

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Oxford United won in their new blue away strip for the first time today, as they beat second-bottom Stafford Rangers 1-0, thanks to a 12th-minute Matt Green goal. Despite what the narrow scoreline suggests, this was a game that United dominated from start to finish, albeit without scoring the goals to finish off the game.  [ more ]

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A young Oxford United side comfortably beat Hellenic League Premier Division Kidlington 3-0 at Yarnton Road in United's latest friendly against local opposition this evening. Alex Fisher, currently getting his work experience at Brackley Town, and Matty Taylor, doing the same at Abingdon United, scored the goals, with Fish getting the first two and Taylor  [ more ]

Oxford United were comprehensively outplayed today by promotion-chasing Burton Albion, who won 3-0 to inflict on United their heaviest home defeat since relegation to the Conference. It had all started so promisingly too, as United dominated the game until Burton scored their first goal, with Craig McAllister heading over after quarter of an hour, followed  [ more ]