Savage OrienteeredAccording to today's Oxford Mail Dave Savage could be on the verge of joining Leyton Orient, having rejected Southend and Macclesfield already. However the official Orient web site says “Brush has denied that his first capture will be Oxford United

Oh Gordon, it's rumour timeIt's silly season in football, as journalists and editors scrabble around for copy even the most unsubstantiated gossip is siezed upon and reported as fact. The latest rumour to surface concerning the boys in Yellow is that United are not just chasing Cardiff's Leo Fortune-West, but are also looking to sign  [ more ]

Alsop's anotherFollowing swiftly on from Derek Townsley, the similarly sized Julian Alsop signed for the Us today, also on a two year contract. Alsop spent three years at Cheltenham and before that was at Swansea. His arrival, along with Townsley, surely indicates that Ian Atkins is not yet ready to adopt a short passing game.  [ more ]

Townsley signsDerek Townsley today signed a two year contract to make him Ian Atkins' first signing of the new season. Townsley, at 6'5″, becomes United's tallest player since Kevin Francis and gives a clear signal as to the type of football we can expect United to be playing next season (a la Ben Futcher at  [ more ]

Townsley in the frameOxford United are on the verge of signing Derek Townsley, who is currently out of contract from Hibernian. Townsley is 6'5″ and 30 years old, and is generally a right-sided midfielder although he also plays in defence on occasion. He has turned down interest from Aberdeen and Falkirk because of his desire  [ more ]

Scott signs onStriker Andy Scott has become the first of United's out of contract players to sign a new contract with the club. The Us' leading scorer last season has signed a one year deal with an option to extend, despite being offered a significantly lower deal than he has been on since signing from  [ more ]

One of United’s other out of contract players, Dave Savage, may not be following Scott’s example. Savage is at the centre of the row between Firoz Kassam and Jon Murray and is rumoured to be disaffected, despite winning the Supporters Player of the Season award last season. He has already been tenuously linked with a  [ more ]

Jonah's a gonnerMark Jones, director of Oxford United's soccer courses, has left the club. The official reason is to spend more time doing up his new house. The club has pledged that the courses will continue, which is good news for this web editor's four year old, but if United continues to shed staff at  [ more ]

There will be an opportunity to question Firoz Kassam and Ian Atkins at the next open forum at the Kassam Stadium. This will take place on Thursday June 26th and will hopefully be a no holds barred session where issues can be raised with those in charge at United. Presumably the Oxford Mail will not  [ more ]

Crosby winsUnited skipper Andy Crosby has been given a resounding thumbs up by readers of Rage Online, who have voted the Sportswriters Player of the Year to become the Rage Online Player of the Season. Crosby received 32% of the vote in one of our most popular polls yet, easily beating second-placed Dave Savage, the  [ more ]