A header from Kevin Sandwith eight minutes from time earned a makeshift United side a deserved win over Wrexham, as Oxford completed the double over the Welsh side for the first time. However, the real story tonight was the appearance of Billy Turley in goal for his first Conference start of the season. Needless to [ more ]
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Turley whirly in the hurly-burley
April 20, 2010Happy Wembley Day!
April 20, 2010As far as Oxford United anniversaries go, today's is one of the more significant; it was 24 years ago today that Oxford beat QPR 3-0 in the Milk Cup final at Wembley, on a bright sunny Sunday afternoon. Lovely. With another visit to Wembley zorbing into view on the horizon, United take on Wrexham this [ more ]
Swindon overcome by strength of Fever
April 19, 2010Swindon Fans 2 Raging Fever 6 Report by John Matthews Raging Fever managed to do what no OUFC side has achieved since 1973: win in Swindon! On a decent pitch and in unseasonal April heat, Fever set about the task with more focus than usual, for obvious reasons. The hosts began the better though, and [ more ]
Triumph over Stags
April 17, 2010Oxford United 2 Mansfield Town 0 Oxford eased to victory over a disappointing Mansfield side this afternoon. Two second-half goals from leading scorer James Constable did the damage, although any number of United players could have found themselves on the scoresheet as the Us battered the Stags. United made just one change to the side [ more ]
Old boys do not work
April 16, 2010Mansfield Town pop into Oxford tomorrow for United's last Saturday home game of the season. For Mansfield the game is meaningless, their chances of reaching the play-offs disappearing a couple of weeks ago. For Oxford there is still the matter of ensuring a third-place finish while trying to gather what momentum they can in their [ more ]
A tale of two Uniteds
April 13, 2010Oxford United 0 Cambridge United 0 If this performance is indicative of how Oxford are going to play in the play-offs, then there could be trouble ahead. In the second half especially, United lost their ability to pass the ball, their intuition in front of goal, their determination to attack the second ball, and their [ more ]
Cam in pieces
April 13, 2010Cambridge United visit the United Stadium this evening as the season winds towards its d
Raging Fever mad as Hatters equalize at the death
April 11, 2010Report by Nick Wehmeier Stockport fans 2 Raging Fever 2 Raging Fever travelled to Manchester to take on the fans of Stockport at the very impressive Manchester City Training Academy. Despite the very warm, sunny conditions (yes, in Manchester!) Fever produced a display in the first half that was worthy of the pitch and surroundings, [ more ]
Back on track
April 10, 2010Altrincham 0 Oxford United 1 Oxford came through a stiff challenge at Moss Lane to deservedly take all three points, courtesy of a James Constable header following a corner eight minutes after half-time. United dominated for large parts of the game, could and should have scored more, but in the end were left hanging on [ more ]
Alty cation
April 9, 2010Oxford play Altrincham tomorrow for the Us' penultimate away game of the season, excluding play-offs. The game could be considered a bit of a dead rubber, as United's play-off place is secured and they are highly unlikely to win the title, while Altrincham have achieved their goal of mid-table anonymity. However, for Oxford there is [ more ]