York slip, Kiddy don'tTonight's games in Division Three saw both York and Kidderminster use up their games in hand. York moved up one place to 6th, level on points with United, after being held to a 1-1 draw at Carlisle, who move up to fifth from bottom. Featuring in goal for York this evening was [ more ]
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York slip, Kiddy don’t
April 15, 2003Manny of the Match
April 12, 2003Manny of the MatchUnited beat promotion rivals Kidderminster 2-1 at the KasStad in this vital match thanks to a late goal from substitute Manny Omoyinmi. Paul McCarthy, on loan from Wycombe, put the Us ahead on 38 minutes with his first goal for the club, but Kidderminster's leading scorer Bo Henriksen equalised on the stroke [ more ]
Fevered again
April 11, 2003Fevered againRaging Fever are in action again tomorrow morning, playing a Kidderminster supporters team. If you want to turn up and cheer on United's supporters team the kick-off is at 10.30 at the Horspath Road pitch. Fever will be wearing their usual kit of black and white stripes – think Juventus.
Kiddy coming
April 10, 2003Kiddy comingSaturday sees the visit to Oxford of Kidderminster Harriers in a crucial match for both clubs. If Kidderminster lose it will be virtually the end of their play-off hopes, whilst if Oxford win they can still realistically look at the possibility of automatic promotion. United will still be without Steve Basham up front and [ more ]
Div 3 action
April 8, 2003Div 3 actionAn injury time goal by Lee Jones gave Wrexham a 2-1 victory at Shrewsbury tonight and lifted Denis Smith's team into third place, four points ahead of Oxford and still with one game in hand. Shrewsbury remain third from bottom having now played the same number of games as Carlisle, but still two [ more ]
Back in the mixer
April 5, 2003Back in the mixerUnited characteristically went and beat promotion rivals Lincoln at Sincil Bank today, with a fourth minute goal from leading scorer Andy Scott. This was United's first victory in six games following poor performances against clubs threatened with relegation and it puts the Us right back in the promotion frame. Scott could, and [ more ]
Prescient Lincoln
April 3, 2003Prescient LincolnUnited visit promotion rivals Lincoln City on Saturday hoping to arrest a poor run that has seen them take just three points from the last 15 available and slip down from fifth to ninth in the table. Ian Atkins will probably revert to the 5-3-2 formation that has proven more successful away from home [ more ]
Do us a favour
April 2, 2003Do us a favourWrexham used up one of their three games in hand this evening, and were held to a 3-3 draw at Boston. The draw moves the welsh team up to seventh into the play-off zone but doesn't really help Boston much, leaving them sixth from bottom, three points above 23rd placed Shrewsbury who [ more ]
All fools today
April 1, 2003All fools todayUnited remain unable to win on a Tuesday night at home in the league as second-bottom Carlisle United held them to a goalless draw tonight. In the first half the visitors looked good going forward but had no end product, and in the second half they had nothing at all. United had nothing [ more ]
Retchid at the Vetch
March 28, 2003Retchid at the VetchTwo goals from Andy Scott were not enough to prevent United going down to a defeat by the league's bottom club, somewhat predictably. For the first time this season United scored first but went on to lose, and Swansea conceded first and went on to win. Scott opened the scoring following a [ more ]