In the draw for the second round of the FA Trophy, Oxford United have been given a home tie, although it is not yet known who the opponents will be. We do know that it will be a Conference National side, as Oxford will meet the winners of the game between York City and Northwich [ more ]
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Trophy or atrophy?
December 15, 2008Soaping the Suds
December 13, 2008AFC Sudbury 0 Oxford United 2 Oxford United eased into the second round of the FA Trophy with a professional performance in difficult conditions in Suffolk this afternoon. In pouring rain on a boggy pitch, Oxford didn't allow the home team to use the conditions to their advantage, and instead took the game to their [ more ]
Suds law
December 12, 2008By Tony Fallows This weekend
Losing their Wey
December 9, 2008Weymouth 2 Oxford United 2 Oxford United should have won at the Wessex Stadium tonight, but in the end came away grateful for a point. The Terras were reduced to ten men after Santos Gaia was sent off in the 11th minute, but it was Weymouth who scored first through Stuart Beavon six minutes before [ more ]
Weying up the options
December 9, 2008By Tony Fallows Yesterday was the closing date for the
Tiswas
December 6, 2008Following today's Conference results, Oxford have slipped two places to 13th in the table. United were without a game after the match at Mansfield was brought forward to last Thursday, United beating the Stags 3-1 in front of the Setanta cameras. Today's results saw both Stevenage Borough and Ebbsfleet United go above United. Stevenage won [ more ]
Staggering
December 4, 2008Mansfield Town 1 Oxford United 3 Tonight, Oxford strolled to their second away win of the season, and their first away win on Setanta, and their first win under Jim Smith's new caretaker regime. This was a case of under-performing players lifting their game for a new manager (or potential watching new managers) and it [ more ]
Stags lock horns with the Ox
December 4, 2008By Tony Fallows It
Patto’s cake goes flat
December 1, 2008Following Saturday's FA Cup second round defeat at Torquay United, Oxford have decided to call time on Darren Patterson's managerial reign. Patto took the reins from Jim Smith in November 2007, and they have now been handed back to Smith, who is stepping in as caretaker until a permanent replacement can be found.[@manager]patterson, darren[/@manager] In [ more ]
Second round knock-out
November 29, 2008Torquay United 2 Oxford United 0 Oxford crashed out of the FA Cup this afternoon at a bleak Plainmoor, despite Torquay being reduced to ten men for the whole second half after Roscoe D'Sane was sent off in first-half injury time. Both Torquay's goals were scored by substitute Elliot Benyon, one in each half, to [ more ]