United are in action again tonight, with Chester City coming to town for a game that almost didn't take place. Chester had to postpone their first two games of the season when the FA stepped in after the Conference broke their own rules after giving the Cheshire club permission to play, albeit with a 25-point  [ more ]

Report courtesy of James Longshaw Histon Supporters 2 Raging Fever 7 Raging Fever gained their first win of the season in testing circumstances. Featuring a squad of ten men (and a girl on loan), no fewer than two debutants, and a pitch with a slope that puts most others to shame, it seemed like any  [ more ]

Histon 3 Oxford United 4 Oxford hung on to three points today at Histon in a game that they should have won much more comfortably. Matt Green gave United the lead in the 16th minute, latching on to a Jack Midson through-ball and flicking the ball over goalkeeper Danny Naisbitt. The remainder of the half  [ more ]

By Tony Fallows Oxford United will enter the Land of the Giants on Saturday afternoon when they travel to Cambridgeshire to face a strong Histon side. The Glass World Stadium is home to Steve Fallon

Kettering Town 1 Oxford United 1 Despite going a goal down again against Kettering tonight, United preserved their unbeaten start to the season with a fine equaliser from Kevin Sandwith in the 20th minute. The home side took the lead in the 12th minute through a Jean-Paul Marna penalty, after the striker had been brought  [ more ]

By Tony Fallows Ah, the smell of reality biting is in the air here at Rage Online with many Us fans being brought back down to earth with a bump on Saturday. Oxford United snatched victory from the jaws of a woeful defeat against an unlucky York City as, despite playing awfully for 87 minutes,  [ more ]

Report by John Matthews Raging Fever 5 York IFC 7 On a very, very hot summer

Oxford United 2 York City 1 Oxford spent most of this match staring into the maw of a humiliating defeat before, somehow, they rescued an unlikely victory with two goal in the last five minutes. York took the lead through Richard Brodie in the 33rd minute, after he was set free by Alex Lawless. Brodie  [ more ]

By Tony Fallows Nervous anticipation, heated debates over tactics and line-ups, fresh new faces and familiar old ones, all of this combines to give that special feeling to the first game of the season, as a mix of excitement and hard-earned cynicism battle it out in every supporter's head. This season will be no different  [ more ]

Oxford United 2 Aston Villa XI 0 Oxford comfortably beat a very young Aston Villa side this evening in the last pre-season friendly before the real football starts on Saturday. Two first-half goals from Alfie Potter did the damage, but more pleasing than the scoreline against a bunch of kids who will probably never get  [ more ]