Livingston 0 Oxford United 0 Oxford concluded their brief Scottish tour with a goalless draw at Scottish Division Two favourites Livingston. Although United failed to find the target they will be pleased at keeping a second successive clean sheet, while at the same time giving many more players some decent game time. Oxford almost went  [ more ]

Dumbarton 0 Oxford United 2 Oxford won their second pre-season friendly this afternoon, beating Dumbarton 2-0 in the first game of their brief Scottish tour. A goal in each half was enough for United, who were rarely threatened by their hosts in a game that was comfortable for a sharp-looking Oxford side. United started with  [ more ]

Oxford United held their annual fans forum at the Kasstad tonight, with an impeccable, and impeccably optimistic, Powerpoint presentation. Ian Lenagan and Kelvin Thomas stole the show, although there were also cameo appearances from the supporting cast of Chris Wilder and Simon Lenagan. After a brief introduction from Thomas, Ian Lenagan gave a financial overview  [ more ]

The first game of pre-season is always a curious affair as fans try to identify the new players and see how the heroes of last season have adjusted after the summer break. The truism is that results of these games matter less than the players getting game time, plus the nice little earner hoped for  [ more ]

United today signed Richard Baker. However, the new face is not the veteran broadcaster and newsreader, but a midfielder from Bury. He was released by the Shakers at the end of last season and he meets up again with Chris Wilder, who was assistant manager to Alan Knill at Gigg Lane in the six months  [ more ]

Oxford United confirmed today that superlative centre-back Jake Wright has signed on a free transfer from Brighton & Hove Albion. Wright, who played 26 games on loan from Brighton last season, including of course the play-off final against York City, has signed a three-year deal. Wright initially joined Oxford in the wake of the defensive  [ more ]

Wycombe Wanderers Concluding our close-season series looking at our Fourth Division opponents (unless we've missed anyone out), we come to the closest professional team outside of Oxford, just a short hop down the M40 (or the A40 if you're a learner driver and can't use the motorway, although we prefer the route through Watlington and  [ more ]

Torquay United Torquay United are another side that United have faced in recent dire non-league times, although not as often as others. Torquay's relegation came after Oxford's and their subsequent promotion was before United's. Torquay's location on the south Devon coast gives a visit to Plainmoor an added bonus, although the English Riviera in mid-winter  [ more ]

Stockport County Just to clear up any confusion, there isn't actually a county of Stockport. Stockportshire, like Port Vale, doesn't exist. Stockport is, in fact, a suburb of Manchester Airport and is irredeemably northern. On the plus side, it does mean you can get four pints and still get change from a fiver (or it  [ more ]

Stevenage Next up in our club-by-blub guide to our Fourth Division opponents are our old muckers from the Conference Stevenage Boroughless. To celebrate their promotion from tinpottery, the club dropped the Borough suffix because, in their opinion, it sounded too non-league. They should really have dropped the Stevenage part of their name too, for the  [ more ]