Down among the dead men United lost 3-1 at Adams Park tonight. Wycombe, who went second as a result of this win, scored in the third minute through Adam Baird. Jermaine McSporran doubled their lead with nine minutes remaining, but Paul Taid scored his first Oxford goal in the 85th minute. A twice taken penalty  [ more ]

Wells bells Oxford City Council's planning committee has deferred until Friday at 9.30 the decision on whether or not to grant permission for the detailed consent of the leisure proposals at Minchery Farm. The reason for this is to allow millionaire landowner Les Wells to address the committee for five minutes with his comments following  [ more ]

Frankly Worthingtonless United lost 3-1 against Wolves at the Manor to lose their first round Worthington Cup tie 3-2 on aggregate. Jon Shepheard gave the U's the lead with his first goal for the club from a corner after 14 minutes but Wolves equalised through Carl Robinson three minutes into the second half. After they  [ more ]

Back to work on Monday? Firoz Kassam has stated that, should the planning committee approve detailed plans for the proposed leisure complex at Minchery Farm when it meets this Wednesday, he will give the go-ahead for Barr Construction to begin building work this Monday, 11th September. The most likely scenario from the committee is a  [ more ]

A point at last United secured their first point of the season to lift them off the bottom of the table (above swindon) at home to Cambridge. The U's took the lead through a Lee Jarman strike from a Joey Beauchamp free kick after quarter of an hour. Cambridge equalised through Tom Youngs ten minutes  [ more ]

Bits and pieces ROS Rob Folland's Wales Under-21 side lost 4-1 in Belarus. This game means that Rob is unavailable for selection for tomorrow's match against Cambridge.Former United left-back Simon Marsh has joined Brentford on loan from Birmingham.Nuneaton Borough have rejected a £60,000 bid from Boston United for Mark McGregor.

Reserves don't lose shock United's reserves this evening drew 2-2 with Wycombe reserves. Goals from Jamie Cook and Peter Fear earned the U's a valuable point, which the club will be seeking to transfer to the first team. Random gratuitous rumour time It's been a while since we've done one of these so now seems  [ more ]

Pointless August United lost 3-2 at Walsall after being twice ahead from two well-taken Joey Beauchamp strikes in the 3rd and 33rd minutes. Paul Hall scored the first equaliser after 15 minutes, and Jorge Leitao made it 2-2 shortly into the second half. United, playing 5-4-1 with Steve Anthrobus as the lone striker, brought in  [ more ]

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Fortress Manor breached again United's third game of the season has left them still goalless and pointless after Brentford won 1-0 today. Their goal was scored in the 20th minute by Tony Folan. United's starting line-up was the same as at Wolves but in the second half Chris Hackett came on for Matt Murphy and  [ more ]