United pay the priceOxford surrendered two vital points this evening when they allowed a poor Darlington side to snatch a late equaliser at the Kassam Stadium. Oxford had the better of the first half but it wasn't until four minutes into the second period when Steve Basham burst through to finish with aplomb. However United  [ more ]

Darlington previewSee Thursday's news – not a lot has changed since then. The game will definitely take place tomorrow night (in so far as anything in this uncertain life can be deemed as definite).

Round upOnly four Division Three fixtures survived the frozen weather today, and results in three of them didn't go Oxford's way. Rushden & Diamonds, in second place, pulled further away from United with a 2-0 win at Kidderminster to leave them just two points behind Hartlepool and 12 ahead of Oxford, who have four games  [ more ]

No go DarloOh well, the weather didn't permit and local official Denis Hedges recommended that the Darlington game be postponed following a pitch inspection at 11.30 this morning. Apparently the pitch was three-quarters frozen and with no imminent prospect of a thaw the decision was taken early to avoid the Darlington team and fans travelling  [ more ]

Hello DarloWeather permitting United entertain Darlington at the Kassam Stadium this Saturday (if weather doesn't permit then the game will be rearranged for this Tuesday, January 14th, weather permitting). Last season Darlington beat United in the final game of the season after Jamie Brooks had put the Us ahead, but that was then and this  [ more ]

Arse!United crashed out of the FA Cup at Highbury yesterday, going down 2-0 to a half-strength Arsenal side through Denis Bergkamp's 100th Gunners goal on 15 minutes and a Scott McNiven own goal in the 67th minute. United hardly mounted a challenge with a disappointing performance. Andy Scott's lame header straight at David Seaman was  [ more ]

Going up the ArseUnited visit Highbury on Saturday for what will be the league leaders toughest test since they played Chelsea yesterday. Oxford played Arsenal at the Manor in the League Cup back in 1984/85, when the Gunners were also top of the league, and that time the Yellows ran out 3-2 winners thanks to  [ more ]

NYD roundupNot many Division Three games survived the weather. Amongst those that did first placed Hartlepool consolidated their lead by beating second bottom Carlisle 2-1 after going a goal behind. Second placed Rushden also drew further away from Oxford hammering Shrewsbury 5-1 despite having a player sent off. Bury moved above Oxford after beating Hull  [ more ]

Diamonds trumpedUnited are now unbeaten in eight games following their 2-0 win at Rushden & Diamonds this afternoon. During that time they have only conceded two goals, one from a corner and one penalty, and have won seven of those eight. Dave Savage's nifty footwork and cool finish opened the scoring for the Yellows after  [ more ]

Rushing to IrthlingboroughUnited visit top of the table Rushden & Diamonds tomorrow, hoping against hope to extend their seven match unbeaten run. Rushden themselves haven't lost for the last eight league games and so both teams will be approaching the match with something akin to confidence.Oxford will be waiting to see whether midfielders James Hunt  [ more ]