Amidst all the general excitedness of match report writing and reading just about every website in existence that mentions yesterday's game, we thought that it would be appropriate to give a Rage Online run-down of the day that made history for our football club. Pre-matchFrom our privileged position in the tunnel as the players were  [ more ]

Oxford United 3 York City 1 Goodbye Conference, hello Football League. Yesterday Oxford maintained their 100 per cent record at Wembley by beating York in the play-off final to earn a return to the League after four long, excruciating seasons of oblivion. In brief, United took the game to York and were two goals up  [ more ]

Tomorrow is destiny day. By the evening Oxford United will know whether they will be a Football League team again or a non-league side still. After all the build-up, all the anticipation, over 30,000 tickets sold to Oxford fans, United's future will come down to 90 or 120 minutes of football in north London. This  [ more ]

United have played York 36 times before Sunday, the Us holding the upper hand with 18 wins to York

Wembley StadiumThe new Wembley Stadium opened in the Spring of 2007, with the FA Trophy final between Kidderminster Harriers and Stevenage Borough being the first competitive game at the venue. Mark Creighton and James Constable both played for Kidderminster, with Constable scoring the first two goals at the stadium, although Stevenage fought back to win  [ more ]

While York City can boast manager Martin Foyle as a former Oxford United player, the current Oxford squad contains no former York players. The most recent ex-Minsterman on United's books was Barnsley loanee Onome Sodje, who played five games and scored one goal at the end of last year, while Luke Foster, who left United  [ more ]

Less than a week from now, Oxford United will know whether they will be a Football League side or will remain a Conference outfit. Meanwhile, both divisions are starting to take shape. Should United fail to win promotion, they now know that Grimsby Town, who lost 3-0 at Burton Albion on Saturday, have joined Darlington  [ more ]

Matt Green and Sam Deering have both been selected for the England C squad to play the Republic of Ireland at Waterford on Wednesday 26 May. Green has already received honours at this level, having played in England's 1-1 draw with Hungary on 15 September last year. For Deering, though, this represents recognition of his  [ more ]

Oxford United have sold their first 16,000 tickets for the play-off final on Sunday 16 May, and there are now more blocks opened for purchase, included seats on the top level of Wembley stadium. United have been given an initial allocation of 37,500 seats and, if sales continue at the current rate, may well find  [ more ]

The referee for the play-off final on Sunday 16 May, the day after the FA Cup final, is Michael Naylor. Mr Naylor, who hails from Yorkshire, has taken charge of three Oxford games so far this season. He was the man in the middle for United's 4-3 win at Histon on 15 August, where he  [ more ]