With United's game being called off, Stevenage Borough took full advantage to close the gap to just two points. Although Oxford have two games in hand on Borough, it would obviously be preferable to have the points. Stevenage came from behind to win 3-1 at Cambridge United, with Yemi Odubade scoring the first Borough goal  [ more ]

Despite the beautiful sunshine bathing east Oxford, and the several days of thaw in the area, today's game against Rushden & Diamonds, which would have seen almost 10,000 in attendance, has been called off because of a frozen pitch. Referee Brendan Malone ruled that the game is unplayable because of a narrow strip of ground  [ more ]

United are back in action on Boxing Day, three weeks after their last Conference game, in which they beat Ebbsfleet United 4-2. Since then the Us have been eliminated from the FA Cup at Barrow, but progressed in the FA Trophy at the expense of Hayes & Yeading United. The Hayes game was two weeks  [ more ]

The Rage Online tribute to Chris Wilder on his first anniversary as Oxford United boss, with a record that is second-to-none: [@manager]wilder, chris[/@manager]

Somewhat inevitably, United's game at Cambridge this evening has fallen victim to the weather and has been postponed. A pitch inspection this morning revealed several snowmen and a variety of snowballs, leading a local referee to decide that he was better off down the pub instead. This means that the chasing pack may use the  [ more ]

A pitch inspection at 10.30 this morning could give some indication as to whether or not Oxford United's game at Cambridge United will go ahead tonight. Cambridge has had four inches of snow overnight, with many power cuts and over 100 schools closed, but there remains a slim possibility that the game this evening, which  [ more ]

In the second round of the FA Trophy, Oxford United were handed a home draw against former Conference rivals Woking. The Cards progressed to this stage by beating St Albans City 6-0 in the third qualifying round and then eliminating Forest Green Rovers 1-0 on Saturday in the first round. In their three years (so  [ more ]

Oxford United 1 Hayes & Yeading United 0 Oxford advanced to the second round of the FA Trophy with a fairly comfortable 1-0 win over Hayes & Yeading this afternoon. The win came from a Jack Midson header in the 26th minute, and Midson even had the luxury of smashing a second-half penalty against the  [ more ]

Oxford embark on the Wembley trail again tomorrow, having had one route to the “Home of English Football” (TM) curtailed on Tuesday. Hayes & Yeading United are the visitors in the first round of the FA Trophy, a tournament that many supporters feel is a total and utter waste of 90 minutes plus stoppage time  [ more ]

Barrow 3 Oxford United 1 Oxford bowed out of the FA Cup with barely a whimper this evening, losing to a committed Barrow side in front of their partisan supporters, who deserved their prize of a trip to Sunderland's Stadium of Light. In truth United never looked like troubling Barrow, and as soon as ex-U  [ more ]