Mark GelderWith another Tuesday night game, this week it is the rearranged fixture against Barnet from 3rd February. Narrowly escaping yet another postponement, Saturday's match against Bristol survived a 1:30 pitch inspection, when all photographs from the press team at the ground suggested a waterlogged pitch, with rain still pouring in the city centre. Luckily [ more ]
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February 21, 2012The Oxpats
February 20, 2012In the first of a new series, Ian Faulkner provides an insight into the life of an Oxford United fan abroad, as Rage Online attempts to discover the experience of fans worldwide. Growing up in the 80's in a village in West Oxfordshire, even though Oxford were in their prime, school was awash with Man [ more ]
Fan’s View
February 20, 2012Paul Beasley Compared with recent years this winter has been relatively mild but the weather nevertheless decided to have its way with us football fans, preventing the hosting of LSD and his mates and depriving us of a trip to the
Fever run hot and cold in Bath
February 20, 2012Bath City 5 Raging Fever 5 George Dugdale Raging Fever made the early journey west to Bath University to take on a youthful Bath City side. Due to a rumoured fear of regional accents, Fever travelled with a squad of only nine players. Fever's opponents kindly offered to lend some players. The appreciation of such [ more ]
Who aaarrrggghhh you?
February 17, 2012Mark GelderOn Tuesday night Oxford United finally put to bed the second half home hoodoo, by taking the lead against Dagenham & Redbridge with an Oli Johnson header, letting them back in with a poorly defended goal, before a cross from Mehdi Kerrouche left James Constable to seal the win and take all three points. [ more ]
Beano breaks Daggers’ hearts
February 14, 2012George Dugdale Whilst many Oxford United fans succumbed to partner pressure on the annual celebration of commercialism via romance, those who ventured to Grenoble Road pulled an absolute minger. The fact remains, however, that Oxford United pulled, thus making the night a resounding success. When combining a prolonged absence from competitive football due to the [ more ]
Game on!
February 14, 2012Mark Gelder With the last two Saturday games postponed against Barnet and Accrington Stanley, Oxford United fans will be looking forward to seeing a game of football against John Still's Dagenham and Redbridge. Last time out at Burton Albion, United apparently gave the worst first half performance in a long time, however luckily for your [ more ]
Saint from above
February 14, 2012Dan Church Oxford United have signed winger Lee Holmes on a one-month loan from Southampton. The 24 year-old left-sided forward has made 11 appearances for the Saints this season in Division Two, scoring against Watford in a 4-0 win at St Mary
Kerrouche is on hire
February 9, 2012Dan Church Oxford United have signed striker Mehdi Kerrouche from arch-rivals Swindon Town. The Algerian forward joins the Yellows on a one-month emergency loan deal to cover injuries to Tom Craddock, Alfie Potter and Jon-Paul Pittman. News of Kerrouches signature was tainted, however, by the news that Pittman has been ruled out for around four [ more ]
Alfie’s ankle agony
February 4, 2012Dan Church Oxford United winger Alfie Potter has been ruled out for the rest of the season. The 23 year-old has fractured his ankle after falling awkwardly in training yesterday. A scan revealed the speedy forward suffered a displaced fracture of the talus, which is a bone in the lower section of the ankle joint [ more ]