Oxford United visit Melbourne Park, home of Chelmsford City, for the first time tomorrow in the FA Trophy third round. This is the furthest that the Us have reached in the competition, and victory over the Clarets would take United into the Trophy quarter-finals, just two games from a Wembley final. Yippee. Oxford and Chelmsford  [ more ]

Kidlington 2 Oxford United 3 aet Oxford United twice had to come from behind, and still required extra time, to get past a stubborn Kidlington in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup quarter final this evening. Franny Green scored the first equaliser and Jamie Cook the second before Franny grabbed the winner in the first period of  [ more ]

In tonight's FA Trophy second round replay between Eastbourne Borough and Cambridge United, Cambridge won 2-0. This means that Oxford's scheduled game against Cambridge on Tuesday will once more be postponed, as that is when they are due to play their third round game against the winners of Saturday's second round tie between Salisbury City  [ more ]

Grays Fans 1 Raging Fever 9 Fever got 2010 off to a wining start in 2010 with a resounding victory in Essex. Having beaten this opposition in their previous two meetings and with a strong squad, the Oxford fans were looking forward to a good game. They started very brightly and were raring to go  [ more ]

Grays Athletic 0 Oxford United 4 Oxford United comprehensively beat a very poor Grays Athletic side at the New Rec to put a decisive halt to talk of panic and lost plots. Chris Wilder rang the changes to the starting line-up, with some unexpected selections. Rhys Day started in defence in place of Mark Creighton,  [ more ]

Oxford United visit Grays Athletic tomorrow looking for a win that will sweep aside memories of their last Conference game, a 1-0 defeat at home to Tamworth. Since then, United have progressed to the third round of the FA Trophy by beating Woking 1-0, thereby setting up another trip to Essex the following week for  [ more ]

Luke Foster today joined Mansfield Town for an undisclosed fee. The popular central defender was told by Chris Wilder that he was free to look for another club shortly after the manager had named Foster, among others, as being responsible for conceding a sloppy late equaliser at Salisbury City. Since then Foster has failed to  [ more ]

Oxford United 1 Woking 0 Oxford moved into the third round of the FA Trophy for the first time in their history thanks to a hard-fought win over a fairly decent Woking side. Matt Green scored the only goal after quarter of an hour, latching on to a brilliant through-ball from Rhys Day with a  [ more ]

Finally, at the third attempt, Oxford United's home FA Trophy second round tie against Woking looks likely to go ahead tonight. Originally scheduled for Saturday 9 January the game was postponed because of the heavy snow and rearranged for the following Tuesday. A massive effort involving club staff, players, and fans managed to clear the  [ more ]

Oxford United 0 Tamworth 1 This was a game of firsts: United's first home defeat of the season, their first defeat by Tamworth, and the first time that goalkeeper Ryan Clarke made a significant blunder. At the other end, Oxford failed to score for just the second time this season, so while the result and  [ more ]