Oxford United 6 Bristol Rovers 1 Oxford stepped on the gas as they deservedly thrashed Third Division opponents Bristol Rovers 6-1 in United's first appearance in the League Cup for five years. United eased into tomorrow's second-round draw, winning 6-1 for the first time since 29 December 2001, when they beat Halifax Town, coincidentally in  [ more ]

Preview by Tom Haines-Doran Devalued as the Football League Cup is these days (especially as it

Burton Albion Fans 4 Raging Fever 12 Report by George Dugdale Following last week

Tomorrow sees the world restored to order: the planets are back on their axes; Pandoras toys are back in her box; Schrodinger's cat is, theoretically, back in his; Escher's stairs lead to the top of the tower; and United are back in the Football League. The visit to Burton Albion's Pirelli Stadium is about as  [ more ]

Banbury United 0 Oxford United 3 Oxford put aside their recent poor pre-season performances to turn over a disappointing Banbury side at the Spencer Stadium this evening. United went a goal up through a Sam Deering shot that Scott Cross, the goalkeeper on loan from Corby Town, should have done better with. The Us extended  [ more ]

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 ]