On This Day Today is the anniversary of United's humiliating 3-0 defeat at Aldershot in the FA Cup 3rd round in 1987. United were in the First Division whilst Aldershot were in Division Four and had trebled their usual admission price to £9 to ensure an attendance of just 2,034, the lowest third round attendance  [ more ]

On This Day In 1954 Southern League Headington United travelled to Third Division (North) Stockport County in the third round of the FA Cup and came away with a 0-0 draw. The crowd of 15,650 was the second highest the club had played in front of. In 1988 United, then of the First Division (old  [ more ]

On This Day On January 7th 1961 United, of the Southern League, lost 3-1 to First Division Leicester City at Filbert Street in the FA Cup third round – City went on to reach the final, which they lost to double winners Spurs. On Jan 8th in 1969 United, now of the Second Division, lost  [ more ]

On This Day In 1951 United won their fourth successive game, beating Kidderminster 5-1 away from home. Twenty two years later, in Division Two, a Winfield own-goal gave the U's a 1-0 home victory over Nottingham Forest. In 1996 United secured a 3-3 draw at Millwall in the FA Cup thanks to a last minute  [ more ]

On This Day In 1974 United were knocked out of the FA Cup by Manchester City, losing 5-2 at the Manor. Of far greater significance this was the date that, in 1990, second division United visited first division Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and won 3-1, thanks to goals from Lee Nogan, John Durnin and Jim  [ more ]

On This Day Not a lot to report concerning January 4th. That's not to say that there have been no games on this date, but not a great many of lasting significance, really. In 1969 United drew with first division Southampton 1-1 in the FA Cup in front of over 15,000 at the Manor. In  [ more ]

On This Day January 3rd is generally FA Cup 3rd round day, and in 1975 United were knocked out of the competition by Leicester at Filbert Street 3-1, with Derek Clarke scoring United's consolation. The following season Clarke scored again as United lost 2-1 at Old Trafford to Manchester Utd in front of a crowd  [ more ]

On This Day In 1984 United lost 3-1 at Exeter in a game which saw Andy Thomas break his leg, leading to him being sidelined for over fifteen months. In 1988 United lost 5-2 at home to Wimbledon during a lean spell which saw them fail to win a game from November 7th until the  [ more ]

On This Day On New Years Day in 1985 United beat Middlesbrough 1-0 at Ayresome Park in front of 6,757, Trevor Hebberd scoring the goal. The following season in Division One Oxford went down 3-1 to QPR at Loftus Road, Dave Leworthy scoring United's consolation in his second game for the club. United also played  [ more ]

Hope springs eternal Those nice people at the Pools Panel have determined that Oxford United v. Port Vale constitutes a home win. Can we play them every week?In the only game today involving teams at the bottom of Division Two Luton Town lost 2-0 at home to Wigan to leave the gap between them and  [ more ]