Oxford today made another pre-season signing, in the shape of Chelsea reserves striker/midfielder Danny Philliskirk. The youngster, who has yet to play a first-team game for the Blues, has joined on an initial one-month loan; a strange neither-here-nor-there length of time that one can only assume is a sort of assessment period to determine if  [ more ]

Report by George Dugdale Raging Fever 5 Feltham Cowboys 0 Less than a week after concluding the previous season in Leeds, Fever

Oxford City 1 Oxford United 0 United went down to their third successive pre-season defeat in a hard-fought encounter at Court Place Farm. City scored in the 25th minute after a long-range shot from Elliot Sandy hit Leigh Franks on his back and looped over the stranded Ryan Clarke. The Us were wearing their new  [ more ]

Oxford United 1 Manchester United Reserves 2 It's just as well that in pre-season performances are more important than results, because United put in an excellent performance tonight against a young Manchester United reserves side, but were denied the result they deserved by some slack defending right at the death. There was drama at the  [ more ]

Brackley Town 1 Oxford United 0 Oxford United's unbeaten pre-season record came to a halt at St James Park this evening as Joe Power scored the only goal of the game with just six minutes remaining. Brackley almost featured as many ex-Oxford players as United did current Us, as the Oxford side contained a mixture  [ more ]

On Friday 23 July, Raging Fever FC made the familiar trip to Leeds to compete in the annual WorldNET tournament at Bodington Hall. Crucially, this season had seen a major change in the Fever squad structure. In the most shocking split since Oasis went their separate ways, Fever fielded teams in both the main and  [ more ]

Continued from Part 1 As the second-half kicked-off, Fever became aware of the wind that Preston had been so keen to mention in the first half and struggled to clear their lines on several occasions. With the ball holding up in the wind, Paul Soper did well to deal with through-balls that could have caused  [ more ]

Oxford United 1 Leicester City 1 Oxford's first home game since they won promotion saw a decent performance against a strong Leicester side that ended with the spoils deservedly shared. Leicester started the stronger and were the better side in the first half, but after the break United changed their shape slightly and looked a  [ more ]

Report by Paul Soper WorldNET, Leeds. The mere mention is enough to send chills of anticipation down the spine of any IFA member. In July 2010, Raging Fever FC's veteran players made the trip north to compete in their first WorldNET Big Tam Veteran's Bowl. Friday saw the squad assemble in Leeds. Using all the  [ more ]

Winchester City 0 Oxford United 0 A very young Oxford United XI were held (or, if you prefer, held) to a goalless draw by a significantly older Winchester side this evening. Aaron Woodley was the only United player with any first team experience, but he would have been frustrated by the amount of service he  [ more ]