By Tony Fallows Ah, the smell of reality biting is in the air here at Rage Online with many Us fans being brought back down to earth with a bump on Saturday. Oxford United snatched victory from the jaws of a woeful defeat against an unlucky York City as, despite playing awfully for 87 minutes,  [ more ]

Report by John Matthews Raging Fever 5 York IFC 7 On a very, very hot summer

Oxford United 2 York City 1 Oxford spent most of this match staring into the maw of a humiliating defeat before, somehow, they rescued an unlikely victory with two goal in the last five minutes. York took the lead through Richard Brodie in the 33rd minute, after he was set free by Alex Lawless. Brodie  [ more ]

By Tony Fallows Nervous anticipation, heated debates over tactics and line-ups, fresh new faces and familiar old ones, all of this combines to give that special feeling to the first game of the season, as a mix of excitement and hard-earned cynicism battle it out in every supporter's head. This season will be no different  [ more ]

Oxford United 2 Aston Villa XI 0 Oxford comfortably beat a very young Aston Villa side this evening in the last pre-season friendly before the real football starts on Saturday. Two first-half goals from Alfie Potter did the damage, but more pleasing than the scoreline against a bunch of kids who will probably never get  [ more ]

Oxford United 0 Peterborough United 3 On Saturday Oxford were comprehensively beaten by second division Peterborough at the Kas. The Us got off to a bad start in their penultimate pre-season game, going a goal down in the third minute when Damien Batt's brother Shaun outpaced Rhys Day and crossed for the unmarked Tommy Rowe  [ more ]

Witney United 4 Oxford United 2 A very young Oxford side was well beaten by an impressive Witney outfit, who dominated a game played in atrocious conditions. United took the lead after quarter of an hour when young American triallist Paul Dyer took advantage of a poor back pass to dispossess goalkeeper Rich Barrett and  [ more ]

Brackley Town 0 Oxford United 2 An Oxford United XI had a decent stroll in the sun this afternoon at Brackley, and won courtesy of two goals from left winger Alex Rhodes. United took the lead on the half hour when Rhodes powered home a header from a pinpoint Alfie Potter cross. Potter was also  [ more ]

Oxford United 2 QPR 2 Oxford twice came back from behind to secure a well-earned draw against QPR's first team, under the charge of Manor legend Jim Magilton. As you'd expect from a side three divisions higher, QPR looked more composed on the ball and were the better passing side, but they lacked punch in  [ more ]

Oxford today completed the signing of Rhys Day, who was released by Aldershot at the end of last season. The central defender captained the Shots to the Conference championship in 2008 and he joins United following a successful two-game trial in Scotland. Day was due to join Cambridge United a couple of weeks ago after  [ more ]