We now know the finalists of the various play-off games that have a relevance to Oxford United. First the bad news: we have to play both Histon and Stevenage Borough again next season. Histon were beaten 2-0 at Torquay United in the first leg, and although they won the second leg they could only score  [ more ]

Report by Nick Wehmeier Raging Fever spent the bank holiday weekend in Weymouth, combining a night out with a fundraising 6-a-side tournament held on the pitch at Weymouth FC's ground. The evening began began with a traditional seaside fish and chip supper and continued with a tour of the finest drinking establishments that Weymouth had  [ more ]

Billy Turley today became Oxford's current longest-serving player. Chris Wilder today announced which of the out-of-contract players he is intending to keep, and the answer is just two of them. Shane Killock, who joined from Huddersfield, and Kevin Sandwith, who arrived from Weymouth, have both been offered new deals. However, Matt Day, Eddie Hutchinson, Yemi  [ more ]

Oxford United 1 Northwich Victoria 2 United were unable to make the final push needed to seal a place in the Conference play-offs, going down at home to Northwich Victoria. Northwich, although already relegated to the Conference North, are the division's form team, and they showed this with a confident display that possibly caught United  [ more ]

By Tony Fallows This season has not been good for our cynicism levels here at Rage Online. We are witnessing what some are beginning to describe as a comeback more impressive than Jesus

So, United's season remains alive, just, going into the last day. Following tonight's results Oxford know the sequence of results required for them to gain an unlikely place in the play-offs. Histon are now unreachable after they scraped a 1-0 win over Conference whipping-boys Weymouth, who now need to win their last two games to  [ more ]

Oxford United 2 Banbury United 1 Oxford won their first silverware of the season this evening with a comfortable victory over Banbury in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup final. Eddie Hutchinson opened the scoring for United midway through the first half, and ROS Declan Benjamin made sure of victory with two minutes remaining. The Puritans scored  [ more ]

There was a mixed set of results in today's Conference fixtures as far as Oxford United are concerned. With the four teams that Oxford can still overtake playing games involving each other then it was (obviously) impossible for them all to lose. As it was, they all drew, which means that they all remain catchable,  [ more ]

A strong Oxford United second string had a run out at Kidlington this afternoon, and strolled to a 2-0 win courtesy of two Matty Taylor goals. United's side featured a number of first-team players who have featured recently, such as Yemi Odubade, Eddie Hutchinson, and Chris Carruthers, plus regular substitutes Ben Hinchliffe and Matt Day,  [ more ]

Burton Albion 0 Oxford United 1 Sour grapes from Burton manager Roy McFarland only added to the sense of satisfaction emanating from the Pirelli Stadium tonight as Oxford won there for the third successive season. Burton needed to avoid defeat to clinch promotion to the Football League, while United needed the three points to keep  [ more ]