Oxford United 1 Wrexham 0 Talk about leaving it late. James Constable scored the winner against Wrexham with the last kick of the game, four minutes into added on time, with a header from a Craig Nelthorpe cross that hit the underside of the bar and bounced over the line. On Tuesday at York City,  [ more ]

By Tony Fallows Oxford United

York City 0 Oxford United 0 Just when Oxford needed three points to keep in the play-off race, they drop two at York. This was a scrappy game in which both sides had opportunities to score, but neither side was able to take them. Scene: A GraveyardAlas, poor Season! I knew it, Horatio: a seasonof  [ more ]

By Tony Fallows Five more matches to play and five points off the play-offs; will the five points deducted prove costly? Quite probably. Oxford United travel to KitKat Crescent for another vital match, this time against York City. United are going for the play-offs, while York are desperately battling against the seemingly impossible, relegation from  [ more ]

At a well-run fans forum this evening, United chairman Kelvin Thomas and WPL owner Ian Lenagan both gave professional and informative presentations to keep the 250 or so in attendance very happy. Jim SmithFirst off, Kelvin confirmed that Jim Smith resigned as a paid director a few months ago, when he realised the perilous state  [ more ]

Report by John Matthews Aston Tirrold 1 Raging Fever 5 Bright sunshine and a rock-hard pitch welcomed Raging Fever to the village of Aston Tirrold. A win was expected, but this game had been drawn in the past and so nothing was being taken for granted. It was the home side that almost took the  [ more ]

Oxford United 2 Histon 1 There's something happening hereWhat it is ain't exactly clearThere's a man with a gun over thereTelling me I got to bewareI think it's time we stop, children, what's that soundEverybody look what's going down A corner won in the first minute. On the back foot for the next 15. An  [ more ]

By Tony Fallows The business end of the season is upon us and another massive match against another play-off rival awaits. After Saturday

Kidderminster Harriers have won 5-1 at Phil Gilchrist's Woking to pour further doubt on United's already-slim chances of contesting this season's play-offs. Oxford are five points adrift of Kidderminster, who have played two games fewer than the Us. Woking remain third from bottom, three points from safety. United's Secretary and General Manager Mick Brown has  [ more ]

Tonight's Conference results made United's faint dreams of a play-off place that much harder to turn to reality. Oxford have slipped to eighth place and are now four points adrift of the play-offs, and they've still played more games than their rivals. The most significant result from Oxford's point of view was Stevenage Borough's 2-0  [ more ]