On Wembley way Oxford moved into the second round of the Auto Windscreen Shield tonight, beating Luton 2-0 thanks to two penalties from Paul Powell. As expected Mickey Lewis used this game as an opportunity for some small experimentation: Neil McGowan moved to left centre back, with Phil Whelan moving inside in place of Mark  [ more ]

former lads On the wires tonight is a report that the former Welshand Norwich left-sided defender, Mark Bowen, whoplayed a few pre-season friendlies for Oxford, hasjoined Reading on a non-contract basis.

Thorne in their side Oxford drew 1-1 for their third consecutive home league game against Stoke City this afternoon, and United took the lead in all three. This time Joey Beauchamp gave Oxford the lead midway through the first half and held it until just eleven minutes from time when Peter Thorne headed Stoke's equaliser.  [ more ]

The FOULest Mouth of all The latest FOULMouth, (number 5), is now posted onto the FOUL website. It is also being distributed (for free, natch) before the Stoke game tomorrow. Stoked up United go looking for their first double of the season tomorrow (yeah, right!) as Stoke City visit the Manor. There is a slim  [ more ]

Mighty Murph, Power Ranger United completed the month of November undefeated after a narrow and undeserved victory over Shrewsbury Town, thanks to two goals from Matt Murphy in the second halves of normal and extra time. Shrewsbury went ahead in the first half with a well taken goal from Jagielka. Paul Powell had come in  [ more ]

Open sesame Firoz Kassam is to hold an open meeting for United supporters at the Manor's Supporters Lounge on Wednesday 8th December, to commence at 7.30pm. This will be an opportunity firstly for Kassam to address the supporters and secondly for the supporters to question United's owner. The doors open at 7.00 so arrive early  [ more ]

Nothing to write home about United fought out a dire 0-0 draw in Chesterfield in a game which exposed just how toothless the Oxford strike force really is as all decent efforts on goal came from midfielders. The starting line-up was the same as for the Notts County game, but midway into the second half  [ more ]

All the threes John Tanner has announced that he expects the full legal agreement with Firoz Kassam will be signed in about three weeks. This deal will ratify the land transfer from the City Council to Kassam's companies, including the new Stadium Company which will own the stadium and conference centre, the hotel company and  [ more ]

Heads we win Firoz Kassam and John Tanner today signed the heads of agreement for the deal which would transfer land from the City Council's ownership to that of Kassam for the completion of the leisure development, multiplex cinema and hotel at the Minchery Farm site. This is a significant step towards United playing football  [ more ]

Megson's signing off attempts Neil Warnock and the former Huddersfield manager Peter Jackson are the early candidates to take over at Sheffield United. Let's hope Warnock is more interested in the Blades than Oxford (and vice-versa). Former Stoke boss Gary Megson has applied for the job at Oxford according to press reports. Former U's Everton  [ more ]