So, United's season remains alive, just, going into the last day. Following tonight's results Oxford know the sequence of results required for them to gain an unlikely place in the play-offs. Histon are now unreachable after they scraped a 1-0 win over Conference whipping-boys Weymouth, who now need to win their last two games to [ more ]
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Staying alive
April 21, 2009Declan, and fall of Banbury United
April 21, 2009Oxford United 2 Banbury United 1 Oxford won their first silverware of the season this evening with a comfortable victory over Banbury in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup final. Eddie Hutchinson opened the scoring for United midway through the first half, and ROS Declan Benjamin made sure of victory with two minutes remaining. The Puritans scored [ more ]
Who’s going up with the Oxford?
April 18, 2009There was a mixed set of results in today's Conference fixtures as far as Oxford United are concerned. With the four teams that Oxford can still overtake playing games involving each other then it was (obviously) impossible for them all to lose. As it was, they all drew, which means that they all remain catchable, [ more ]
Taylor’s no dummy
April 18, 2009A strong Oxford United second string had a run out at Kidlington this afternoon, and strolled to a 2-0 win courtesy of two Matty Taylor goals. United's side featured a number of first-team players who have featured recently, such as Yemi Odubade, Eddie Hutchinson, and Chris Carruthers, plus regular substitutes Ben Hinchliffe and Matt Day, [ more ]
Happy Chappy
April 17, 2009Burton Albion 0 Oxford United 1 Sour grapes from Burton manager Roy McFarland only added to the sense of satisfaction emanating from the Pirelli Stadium tonight as Oxford won there for the third successive season. Burton needed to avoid defeat to clinch promotion to the Football League, while United needed the three points to keep [ more ]
Tailored for Burton
April 17, 2009By Tony Fallows Oxford United
Fever eradication on the Cards
April 14, 2009Report by James Longshaw Cards Web FC (Woking) 3 Raging Fever 2 Raging Fever suffered defeat to a Woking side whom they have enjoyed many a tight game against over recent seasons. This would come as some surprise as Fever travelled with a squad of 15 (something unheard of this season) and on the back [ more ]
Static motion
April 13, 2009Woking 0 Oxford United 2 Despite winning comfortably at Woking this afternoon, United still have it all to do if they are to gain an unlikely play-off place, as other important results failed to go their way. The end to the season is getting to be a bit like wading through treacle, not that we've [ more ]
Woking aside
April 12, 2009United travel to Woking tomorrow with their play-off hopes still vaguely intact following yesterday's last-gasp win over Wrexham. Oxford are three-points off the play-offs with three games to play, but they have still played more games than their rivals, and so even if Oxford can take maximum points qualification is by no means guaranteed. Considering [ more ]
Beano just dandy
April 11, 2009Oxford 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 ]