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Surely poorly Crawley will fally?

September 29, 2009

Crawley Town visit the United Stadium this evening for some reason. Oxford will be hoping to defend their unbeaten home record, where only Forest Green Rovers have taken a point this season, and will look to build on their hard-fought 1-0 win at Gateshead on Saturday. That win enabled the team to immediately put aside  more ]

Howay ya bugga man!

September 26, 2009

Gateshead 0 Oxford United 1 Oxford returned to winning ways this afternoon at Gateshead, beating the Heed 1-0 in the sides' first meeting. Matt Green bundled the ball home following a deep cross in the 62nd minute, in a game that was high in tempo but low in entertainment. Gateshead play their home games at  more ]

On ma Heeeeed!

September 25, 2009

Oxford United visit Gateshead tomorrow for their first ever match against the Heed. This historic occasion occurs just after United lost three records during their 2-1 defeat at Mansfield Town on Tuesday. Mansfield's first goal was the first that United had conceded in over six games, setting a new record for league fixtures. The defeat  more ]

Stags do Us

September 22, 2009

Mansfield Town 2 Oxford United 1 Oxford's long unbeaten away record fell at Field Mill this evening as they were well beaten by Mansfield Town. After weathering some early pressure United came back into the game, with Matt Green going close after lobbing Alan Marriott. However, the ghosts of Saturday's second half came to haunt  more ]

Stags night

September 22, 2009

Oxford United visit Mansfield Town tonight hoping to break the club record for consecutive clean sheets, and thereby maintain their unbeaten record for the season. United have kept out the opposition in their last six matches, equalling the period between 21 December 1963, when Oxford won 2-0 at York in the Fourth Division, and 18  more ]

Bourne to be Wilder (or something)

September 19, 2009

Oxford United 4 Eastbourne Borough 0 Oxford United today equalled a club record of six consecutive clean sheets, last recorded in 1963-64 season, but while this latest win was fairly routine, Oxford's goal at times led a charmed life. The job was done during the first half, when two goals in three minutes ended Eastbourne's  more ]

Bourne again

September 18, 2009

By Tony Fallows Table-topping Oxford United are all set to welcome south-coast Eastbourne Borough on Saturday, and the Us will be hoping to extend their lead at the top of the table. The unbeaten United are seven points clear at the top and with second-placed Luton Town not playing there is an opportunity to extend  more ]

Blew them apart!

September 12, 2009

Wrexham 0 Oxford United 1 Oxford United came through another tough test this afternoon as they laid to rest one of their more enduring bugbears by winning at the Racecourse Ground for the first time. A simple header by leading scorer James Constable on the half-hour following a Jamie Cook corner was enough to secure  more ]

Picking their bogeys

September 11, 2009

By Tony Fallows Another stern test awaits Oxford United on Saturday, this time in the form of their bogey team Wrexham and a trip to The Racecourse ground. Oxford have never won when visiting The Red Dragons, but under Chris Wilder anything seems possible. United couldn

Hatters get mad

September 8, 2009

Oxford United 2 Luton Town 0 And so it continues. Another good performance from Oxford, who saw off a disappointing and ultimately frustrated Luton side fairly comfortably in the end, and for a change United handled the large crowd and expectation somewhat better than their opponents, who seemed to freeze. The first five minutes of  more ]