Oxford United 4 Eastbourne Borough 0 Oxford United today equalled a club record of six consecutive clean sheets, last recorded in 1963-64 season, but while this latest win was fairly routine, Oxford's goal at times led a charmed life. The job was done during the first half, when two goals in three minutes ended Eastbourne's [ more ]
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Bourne to be Wilder (or something)
September 19, 2009Bourne again
September 18, 2009By Tony Fallows Table-topping Oxford United are all set to welcome south-coast Eastbourne Borough on Saturday, and the Us will be hoping to extend their lead at the top of the table. The unbeaten United are seven points clear at the top and with second-placed Luton Town not playing there is an opportunity to extend [ more ]
Blew them apart!
September 12, 2009Wrexham 0 Oxford United 1 Oxford United came through another tough test this afternoon as they laid to rest one of their more enduring bugbears by winning at the Racecourse Ground for the first time. A simple header by leading scorer James Constable on the half-hour following a Jamie Cook corner was enough to secure [ more ]
Picking their bogeys
September 11, 2009By Tony Fallows Another stern test awaits Oxford United on Saturday, this time in the form of their bogey team Wrexham and a trip to The Racecourse ground. Oxford have never won when visiting The Red Dragons, but under Chris Wilder anything seems possible. United couldn
Hatters get mad
September 8, 2009Oxford United 2 Luton Town 0 And so it continues. Another good performance from Oxford, who saw off a disappointing and ultimately frustrated Luton side fairly comfortably in the end, and for a change United handled the large crowd and expectation somewhat better than their opponents, who seemed to freeze. The first five minutes of [ more ]
In the Land of the Giants
September 8, 2009By Tony Fallows Oxford United are set to welcome Luton Town to the United Stadium on Tuesday night in what is probably their biggest fixture since dropping out of the Football League. Both teams have a rich history and with competition for promotion, competition for who has the biggest gates, and the bad blood between [ more ]
Welling ends well
September 6, 2009By James Longshaw Welling 8 Raging Fever 0 Raging Fever slumped to another defeat as they went down in Kent. Having already lost this season to York, the beaten Plate Finalists at Worldnet, Fever now faced the side that won the said cup. The line up was solid enough as most had played at Wimbledon [ more ]
Fleeting moments
September 5, 2009Ebbsfleet United 0 Oxford United 2 Oxford enjoyed a comfortable, albeit somewhat scrappy, win at Ebbsfleet this afternoon, with two goals in two minutes midway through the first half earning the three points. There had been little action at either end before the goals, although Oxford had been doing most of the probing. The first [ more ]
Fleet of football
September 4, 2009By Tony Fallows Oxford United travel to struggling Ebbsfleet United on Saturday, and Oxford fans will be looking for a reaction after bank holiday Monday
There’s a Cook back in the kitchen
September 1, 2009Oxford today signed Jamie Cook from Crawley Town. The former United player, who was weighed down by the Rage On sponsorship curse in his initial spell with the club, signed a two-year deal on transfer-deadline day (today). Cook has been played as a striker by Crawley, where he has a scoring rate of almost 50 [ more ]