Smith Russells up a striker United have brought in 26 year old striker Craig Russell on loan from Manchester City. Russell, who is available on a free transfer, was formerly with Sunderland (under the management of Denis Smith, surprisingly) and moved to the Sky Blues in a swap for former swindon player Nicky Summerbee in  [ more ]

Reserves step on the Gas Oxford United reserves drew 1-1 at home to Bristol Rovers this evening. After a goalless first half United took the lead shortly into the second when Steve Anthrobus finished clinically from a first-time Chris Hackett cross. United dominated the remainder of the second half but were unable to add to  [ more ]

Gas bag U's target The Trinidad & Tobago international on trial at the Manor is named Kerwin Jemmott who plays for Joe Public FC and he is, apparently, a cultured left-footed midfielder. The other player to whom United were intending to offer a trial, Nigel Pierre, a big target man, has been snaffled by Bristol  [ more ]

Caribbean breakdown Apparently the anonymous Trinidadian, who is not required by the T&T squad for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in California if he has time to spend on trial in Oxford, only lasted for ten minutes in training before withdrawing with an injury. According to Denis Smith our unknown friend found the training and weather  [ more ]

Andre to stay away, wa-hey! South Africa reached the semi-finals of the African Nations Cup today after beating co-hosts Ghana 1-0 with a Nomvepe header. Andre Arendse gave a commanding performance for South Africa who will face the winners of the Nigeria v. Senegal match on Thursday February 10th. The shock news from this game  [ more ]

Orange crush Oxford lost 1-0 at home to relegation rivals Blackpool in Denis Smith's first game in charge of his former club. The Tangerines' scorer was John Murphy who headed home in the 18th minute. Peter Fear started the game in midfield with Paul Powell dropping back into defence in place of Jon Shepheard and  [ more ]

Land Deal signed at last At 12.18 this afternoon John Tanner and Firoz Kassam put pen to paper to sign the contract which transfers ownership of the land at Minchery Farm for the football stadium, hotel and leisure complex from the City Council to Firoka. This means that Kassam can now instruct the builders, Barr  [ more ]

The Land Deal WILL happen Rage Online has learned from sources both within the City Council and at the football club that the land deal will be signed tomorrow. Both parties declared that this is definitely going to happen. The delay was caused by the Council's solicitors wanting to negotiate on certain clauses. This effectively  [ more ]

Land deal – another deadline passes The elusive land deal, which was due to be signed today to pass the land from the City Council to Firoz Kassam, has still not been signed. Despite all the clauses in the deal having been accepted by both parties the deal still hasn't been finalised. City Council leader  [ more ]

Aldo dies in car crash Rage Online is distraught to announce that former United striker Martin Aldridge died today following a car crash yesterday. Aldridge was currently on loan at Rushden & Diamonds from Blackpool and will be fondly remembered by United supporters for his hat-trick against Sheffield United (leading Denis Smith to drop him)  [ more ]