A United youth team, plus Simon Cox in goal and Paul Powell, swept aside Studley in the final pre-season fixture this evening. United won 5-0 with Michael Alexis scoring twice, Dwight Ciampoli notching direct from a free-kick, and Taurean O’Sullivan and Billy Beechers, with his fourth goal already, getting the others. Meanwhile United’s under-18s also  [ more ]

Paul Wanless today finally put pen to paper to sign a one year contract for Oxford United, having eventually passed his medical and agree terms. The midfielder has been playing for Cambridge United for the past seven seasons, after starting his career at Oxford in November 1991, ironically against Cambridge United. Fourteen appearances (plus 23  [ more ]

Oxford have apparently informed five of the triallists who have been at the club in the pre-season that they will not be offered contracts. The five are Gerrard McCargo, Scott Marshall, Izzy Iriekpen, Adam Van Dommele and Martin Lomax. This means that Tommy Widdrington remains the only triallist still at the club, and it is  [ more ]

Unfortunately our intrepid reporter didn’t get to Abingdon United’s ground early enough to hear the teams in this penultimate friendly between a Hellenic League XI and an Oxford United XI. For the most part, Oxford?s players were unrecognisable, although in the first half Manny Omoyinmi, David Oldfield, Dexter Blackstock, Dwight Ciampoli, Mark Rawle and Simon  [ more ]

A well-taken hat-trick by Derek Townsley secured a comfortable win for United at Doctor Martens Premier League side Moor Green in Birmingham this afternoon. The Us were given a scare as early as the 7th minute when former Aston Villa player Jai Stanley hit an unstoppable shot from 27.5 yards to give the home side  [ more ]

Amidst all the rumours about players joining and leaving the club (the alleged Paul Wanless move has allegedly broken down over the player’s alleged personal terms, allegedly) one story of particular interest has been totally missed. Rage Online can exclusively reveal that a new supplier is to provide a brand new range of comestibles at  [ more ]

Some news on Us-related players: Roy Hunter has played for Tamworth Town and has been offered a contract. Tamworth are also hopeful of signing Phil God Whitehead in the run-up to the opening of the Conference season. Another Conference side, Telford, are apparently hopeful of signing Fitzroy Simpson, who has recently played a couple of  [ more ]

A very young and inexperienced United side went down 2-1 at Nuneaton Borough this evening. The game remained goalless until midway into the second half when two goals in two minutes ensured a Nuneaton victory. Triallist Gerrard McCargo pulled a goal back for Oxford with a header four minutes from time. The watching crowd had  [ more ]

Jefferson Louis has been loaned out to Woking for one month, with an option to extend for two further months, after which there will be an option for a permanent move. Louis will join former United striker Nicky Banger at the Conference club as he attempts to get himself back on track. Louis burst onto  [ more ]

Our intrepid reporter eventually returned from darkest Aldershot with the following partial and doubtless totally inaccurate synopsis: Oxford were well in control throughout, with Andy Scott very busy and effective and Steve Basham quite busy but rather disappointing. The defence looked as strong as ever, despite the ineptness of the West Ham reject Izzy Iriekpin  [ more ]