Oxford United beat Old Woodstock Town 3-1 after extra time this evening in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup quarter-final at Abingdon Town's Northcourt Road ground, where the Woodstock side play their home games. This was the clubs' first competitive meeting, and the Woodstock side, managed by United's Youth and Community General Manager Simon Lenagan, gave a [ more ]
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Senior moments
February 24, 2009Oxen gore the Stags
February 21, 2009Oxford United 1 Mansfield Town 0 Oxford United faced their toughest test since Chris Wilder took over, and came through it with flying colours thanks to a strike on the hour by Craig Nelthorpe, scoring his first goal for United. This made it seven straight home wins for United who are starting to look good [ more ]
The Duff Man cometh
February 20, 2009By Tony Fallows The Oxford United juggernaut keeps chugging along and the next target for Chris Wilder
Roll out the Farrell
February 15, 2009Oxford United 3 Barrow 0 Three second-half goals earned Oxford a deserved win over Barrow this afternoon. Substitute Craig Farrell started the ball rolling in the 62nd minute, with Lewis Haldane netting the second in the 79th minute, and second substitute Yemi Odubade completing the job five minutes from time. The first half was fairly [ more ]
The Barrow march
February 13, 2009By Tony Fallows James Constable returns for Oxford United tomorrow and he will be hoping to continue his fantastic scoring record at The United Stadium. Constable would take his tally to eight home goals in a row if he were to net against Barrow. The Us owe one to Barrow after suffering a humiliating 3-0 [ more ]
Opium for the people
February 6, 2009By Tony Fallows Oh forget it, the game's been called off. Bookmark this and read it again on Tuesday, which is when they're hoping to play. Oxford United look to continue their march up the table on Saturday as they visit fellow play-off hopefuls Kettering Town. The Northamptonshire based club are doing their best to [ more ]
United win again – it’s getting boring now
February 1, 2009Oxford United 2 Lewes 1 Unfortunately, our earlier version of this news item somehow got zapped by computer gremlins, and as it's late I can't be arsed to try and rewrite the whole thing again. Basically, Lewes took the lead through a deflected shot from Joe Keehan after Damien Batt slipped. This was Lewes's first [ more ]
Nothing to Lewes
January 31, 2009Oxford United welcome Lewes to the United Stadium tomorrow as they bid to make it five consecutive home wins in the Conference. Confidence is on the up at Oxford at present, despite the five-point deduction that makes it extremely unlikely that the Us will be challenging for promotion this season. This is Lewes's first visit [ more ]
Never hurry the Murray
January 29, 2009Cambridge United 1 Oxford United 1 Oxford were held to a 1-1 draw at the Abbey Stadium tonight by Cambridge, after the Us had dominated the first half. They lost their shape a bit in the second half and allowed the home team back into the game, but in the end a draw was probably [ more ]
Ra Ra Ra, we’re going to smash the oiks
January 29, 2009By Tony Fallows Oxford United have their second crunch match in a week tonight, as they try for three more valuable away points at play-off chasing Cambridge United. The Setanta cameras will be focused on the match and they will be doing their best to play up the non-existent rivalry between the two clubs. The [ more ]