Matt Green and Sam Deering have both been selected for the England C squad to play the Republic of Ireland at Waterford on Wednesday 26 May. Green has already received honours at this level, having played in England's 1-1 draw with Hungary on 15 September last year. For Deering, though, this represents recognition of his  [ more ]

Oxford United have sold their first 16,000 tickets for the play-off final on Sunday 16 May, and there are now more blocks opened for purchase, included seats on the top level of Wembley stadium. United have been given an initial allocation of 37,500 seats and, if sales continue at the current rate, may well find  [ more ]

The referee for the play-off final on Sunday 16 May, the day after the FA Cup final, is Michael Naylor. Mr Naylor, who hails from Yorkshire, has taken charge of three Oxford games so far this season. He was the man in the middle for United's 4-3 win at Histon on 15 August, where he  [ more ]

Oxford United have been allocated 37,500 tickets for Sunday week's play-off final against York City. United fans will occupy the west end of the stadium, and the side will be operating out of the home dressing room. York's allocation is 21,000. Both sides could be offered further tickets depending on sales. The tickets don't come  [ more ]

Oxford United 2 Rushden & Diamonds 0 Blimey! Oxford United are now just 90 minutes from a return to the Football League after a fairly comfortable 2-0 win over Rushden & Diamonds at the United Stadium yesterday. Matt Green scored the opener eight minutes into the second half, with James Constable adding the second just  [ more ]

Tomorrow evening Oxford United will know whether their season is over or if they still have one last chance to secure promotion back to the Football League. They go into the home leg of the play-off semi-final against Rushden & Diamonds with the game finely poised at 1-1, after James Constable had given United the  [ more ]

Rushden & Diamonds 1 Oxford United 1 The half-way stage of the play-off semi-finals sees United and Rushden level pegging, leaving all to play for in Monday's second leg at Grenoble Road. Before last night's game many Oxford fans would probably have been satisfied with a draw, but at the end a large number came  [ more ]

And so the play-offs are here. Again. Tonight Oxford visit Nene Park for the second time this season, but with the stakes much higher. Just over one month ago United rescued a point when Sam Deering equalised a Rhys Day own goal in a 1-1 draw against Rushden & Diamonds. A similar result tonight would  [ more ]

Eastbourne Borough 1 Oxford United 0 Eastbourne Borough secured their Conference survival thanks to a controversial penalty in the 83rd minute, converted by Us old-boy Simon Weatherstone. The home side probably just about deserved the win on the balance of chances, although United played the better football and looked more in control for long periods.  [ more ]

Oxford United play their final game of the regular season tomorrow, with a nice trip to the seaside to take on relegation-threatened Eastbourne Borough. However, Oxford will have to manage without the presence of manager Chris Wilder, who will instead be watching the game between potential play-off opponents Rushden & Diamonds and Luton Town at  [ more ]