Former Barnet and Orient midfielder Danny Brown completed his signing for United today, just in time to play at Wantage this evening. Also featuring tonight should be Steve Basham, Manny Omoyinmi and various others who didn’t play at Oxford City, or who only had part of a game, such as Simon Cox, Jefferson Louis, Dexter  [ more ]

A full strength United side beat Oxford City 4-0 at Court Place Farm this evening. The Us began playing 4-4-2 with Andy Woodman in goal. The full backs were Scott McNiven and Matt Robinson with Andy Crosby and Matt Bound in the centre. Andy Scott started off in the left wing position with Dean Whitehead  [ more ]

David Oldfield, fresh from winning the North-West Masters tournament for Manchester City (alongside Paul Simpson and Wayne Biggins), has just been made Ian Atkins’ number two at United. The announcement ends weeks of speculation as to who the club would appoint, with Oldfield always one of the favourites due to his rapport with the players  [ more ]

United began their pre-season friendlies with games against Walsall and Thame United, and ended up losing 7-2 on aggregate. The first team squad had a workout against the Saddlers at Lilleshall in a game consisting of three thirty-minute thirds. The first two-thirds were goalless but then Oxford conceded four goals before Dexter Blackstock pulled a  [ more ]

Former United reserve superscorer Norman Sylla yesterday joined Havant And Waterlooville on a two year contract. Havant play in the Doc Martens Southern League Premier Division, a step up from Eastern Division Banbury United. Havant made 41 goal Sylla a very good offer, having watched the French striker for some time, and have persuaded him  [ more ]

Reserve defender Simon King has today joined Barnet on a free transfer. King has signed a one year contract with the Conference side in a deal that leaves United desperately short of defensive cover, coming the day after Sam Ricketts joined Telford. Although only 20 King was the regular captain of the reserves last season  [ more ]

Oxford United have announced that this season they will be entering a team to play in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup. The last time United competed in this tournament was in 1992/3, but since then United managers have seen the Cup as an irrelevance and an opportunity for injuries. Ian Atkins, however, sees it as a  [ more ]

After months of prevaricating and rumours linking him with a move to Wycombe Wanderers, Steve Basham today signed a new contract with Oxford. It is unclear how long the contract is for, but the implication from the official web site is that it is for one year, as it says “Basham has agreed to join  [ more ]

United utility player Sam Ricketts is on the verge of joining Telford United on a free transfer. Rickett’s has apparently agreed personal terms with the Conference club and looks likely to complete the move tomorrow. Ricketts has been at United for twelve years, but has found first team opportunities extremely limited. The move to Telford,  [ more ]

Bobby Ford will almost certainly not be a United player next season. Having been offered a one year contract, which he failed to sign, the terms were allegedly reduced to a month by month deal which seems to have forced the popular midfielder out of the club. Rumours suggest that he is prepared to take  [ more ]