Report by Paul Soper WorldNET, Leeds. The mere mention is enough to send chills of anticipation down the spine of any IFA member. In July 2010, Raging Fever FC's veteran players made the trip north to compete in their first WorldNET Big Tam Veteran's Bowl. Friday saw the squad assemble in Leeds. Using all the  [ more ]

Oxford United 1 Leicester City 1 Oxford's first home game since they won promotion saw a decent performance against a strong Leicester side that ended with the spoils deservedly shared. Leicester started the stronger and were the better side in the first half, but after the break United changed their shape slightly and looked a  [ more ]

Winchester City 0 Oxford United 0 A very young Oxford United XI were held (or, if you prefer, held) to a goalless draw by a significantly older Winchester side this evening. Aaron Woodley was the only United player with any first team experience, but he would have been frustrated by the amount of service he  [ more ]

Livingston 0 Oxford United 0 Oxford concluded their brief Scottish tour with a goalless draw at Scottish Division Two favourites Livingston. Although United failed to find the target they will be pleased at keeping a second successive clean sheet, while at the same time giving many more players some decent game time. Oxford almost went  [ more ]

Dumbarton 0 Oxford United 2 Oxford won their second pre-season friendly this afternoon, beating Dumbarton 2-0 in the first game of their brief Scottish tour. A goal in each half was enough for United, who were rarely threatened by their hosts in a game that was comfortable for a sharp-looking Oxford side. United started with  [ more ]

Oxford United held their annual fans forum at the Kasstad tonight, with an impeccable, and impeccably optimistic, Powerpoint presentation. Ian Lenagan and Kelvin Thomas stole the show, although there were also cameo appearances from the supporting cast of Chris Wilder and Simon Lenagan. After a brief introduction from Thomas, Ian Lenagan gave a financial overview  [ more ]

The first game of pre-season is always a curious affair as fans try to identify the new players and see how the heroes of last season have adjusted after the summer break. The truism is that results of these games matter less than the players getting game time, plus the nice little earner hoped for  [ more ]

United today signed Richard Baker. However, the new face is not the veteran broadcaster and newsreader, but a midfielder from Bury. He was released by the Shakers at the end of last season and he meets up again with Chris Wilder, who was assistant manager to Alan Knill at Gigg Lane in the six months  [ more ]

Oxford United confirmed today that superlative centre-back Jake Wright has signed on a free transfer from Brighton & Hove Albion. Wright, who played 26 games on loan from Brighton last season, including of course the play-off final against York City, has signed a three-year deal. Wright initially joined Oxford in the wake of the defensive  [ more ]

Wycombe Wanderers Concluding our close-season series looking at our Fourth Division opponents (unless we've missed anyone out), we come to the closest professional team outside of Oxford, just a short hop down the M40 (or the A40 if you're a learner driver and can't use the motorway, although we prefer the route through Watlington and  [ more ]