Some kind of winUnited's second string beat Northampton's equivalent in a friendly game at Didcot Town this afternoon. After a goalless first half United scored through Lee Steele, who turned in Sam Okiokola's header from close range. United scored their second goal ten minutes from time when triallist striker Royce Brownlie (formerly of Australian outfits  [ more ]

WreckedUnited lost their first away game of the season, going down 1-0 to a late, 87th minute, goal scored by Hector Sam for the dominant Wrexham. The Us had few chances and were lucky to lose by just the odd goal, but defensively Oxford were a bit suspect and up front totally toothless.United started with  [ more ]

Wrexham awayUnited travel to Wrexham in their brand new McLean's coach tomorrow night for their first away game of the new season and their second successive match against a relegated club. Wrexham will undoubtedly provide tough opposition as they strive for a quick return to the heady heights of Division Two. Managed by former United  [ more ]

Season's greetingsUnited started the new season with a win, beating relegated Bury 2-1 at the KasStad to go straight into the automatic promotion spots. It probably won't get any better than this! After a quiet start the game burst into life after half an hour when a Bury defender was judged to have deliberately handled  [ more ]

Tomorrow's the dayLess than 24 hours to go to the start of the new season and the visit of Bury to the Kassam Stadium for the first time. It's going to be a grand occasion and hopefully the Us can justify the habitual pre-season optimism with a win. Ian Atkins has already given us a  [ more ]

Arrests downLast season only seven people were arrested at the Kassam Stadium, which is almost half the number arrested during the last season at the Manor. This also bucks the national trend which shows that arrests at Nationwide League games have increased as a whole. Hopefully this shows that United supporters have an inkling of  [ more ]

Brum funUnited contested a hastily arranged friendly this afternoon against Birmingham City at St Andrews. The game was played behind closed doors and was mainly an exercise in giving players match fitness prior to the start of the season this Saturday. Unconfirmed reports suggest that United lost 3-1, the Us goal coming from triallist Paul  [ more ]

Basham street kidUnited today signed former Preston striker Steve Basham, subject to him passing a medical. Basham featured for part of the second half of the game against his other former club Southampton and impressed Ian Atkins in training. He is the seventh player to sign for United this Summer, but as yet we have  [ more ]

Fords fiestaUnited fans probably thought that they would never see Mike and Bobby Ford playing together again, but that's exactly what happened in the second half at Didcot tonight, Mike F. coming on at half time for an injured Leo Roget. United had taken a 25th minute lead in this rather scrappy game when Simon  [ more ]

StudliedAn inexperience United side, comprising mainly youth teamers, reserves and triallists (and Mike Ford), lost 2-0 at Studley today, the goals coming after 20 minutes and 70 minutes, roughly. Oxford had under-19 'keeper Danny Cox in goal for the whole game, with Rob Cruse and Simon King in the full back positions and Sam Okikiolu  [ more ]