Close to the edge at Boundary Park United's decline continues, this time a 2-0 defeat at Oldham pushing the club back into the second division relegation zone. The Latics' Steve Whitehall scored both goals, the first with a deflected shot from a free kick and the second following a defensive error from the normally reliable  [ more ]

Barr to build Minchery Now that the secret is out in the public domain Rage Online can confirm what we've been hinting at in these reports for the last few weeks – the construction company which is in negotiations to complete the stadium at Minchery Farm is Barr Limited, based in Ayr, Scotland (rumours that  [ more ]

The wait goes on… And so the land deal remains unsigned, despite assurances from all involved that it would be cleared up this week. It appears that the delay is due to a combination of factors, of which the City Council's inability to pay Thames Water the money they are owed for the breach of  [ more ]

Anything the first team can do… Oxford United reserves went to Loftus Road this afternoon and were totally outclassed by a strong QPR side, losing 5-0. Iain Dowie put Rangers ahead from a cross by Tony Scully, who also created a goal for Richard Graham and scored twice himself, first with a fine solo effort  [ more ]

United's season over In the third round of the Auto Windscreens Shield at Brentford tonight Oxford lost 2-0 to end their interest in the 'competition'. Second half goals from Dave Bryan (who broke his leg in the process) and Andy Scott were enough, with Oxford offering little threat in return. Changes from Saturday's line-up included  [ more ]

Harford's new job (paid) It would appear that Ray Harford is to get his wish to be more involved as today he joined Millwall as their first team coach. Joint Lions boss Alan McLeary said: “we are delighted that Ray has agreed to join us. He's vastly experience and will give not only our First  [ more ]

Andre's cap South Africa came from behind to beat Gabon 3-1 in the African Nations Cup. Oxford 'keeper Andre Arensde had little to do during the game apart from picking the ball out of his net following a defensive mix-up, plus a fine double save right at the end.

Oxford can't prevent Cureton Oxford fell to their heaviest home defeat since getting thrashed 7-1 by Birmingham in December 1998, this time falling 5-0 to an impressive Bristol Rovers outfit who had previously only ever won twice at the Manor. Rovers' goals came from a Jamie Cureton hat-trick plus one each from Robbie Pethick and  [ more ]

CVA today! The Creditors Voluntary Agreement, whereby those to whom Oxford United owed more than £1,000 of unsecured money, today becomes unconditional. This means that once Kassam has paid the unsecured creditors 10% of what they were owed (approximately £1 million) their debts are written off, effectively making the club solvent again. When the secured  [ more ]

Barring no accidents… Since John Tanner went on Thames Valley FM's Bill Heine show this afternoon, revealing that the City Council and Firoz Kassam's representatives were meeting today to tie up the loose ends surrounding the elusive land deal, Rage Online can reveal that lawyers from both parties met yesterday, made good progress, and then  [ more ]