Following tonight's schedule of Conference fixtures Oxford United remain in 18th place, despite the two teams immediately below them both picking up a point. A Joel Ledgister equaliser earned Woking a point in a 1-1 draw with 15th-placed Weymouth, to leave the Cards one place behind United on goal difference. Also behind the Us due  [ more ]

By John Matthews Wycombe 2 Raging Fever 9 Raging Fever met the Wanderers of Wycombe on Saturday morning for the inaugural fixture between these two sides. The home side unfortunately were struggling for numbers until half time and so a 9-a-side game ensued for the first half, until the remnants of their side turned up.  [ more ]

Oxford United 2 Rushden & Diamonds 1 A superb second-half strike from Phil 'The Power' Trainer, after being set free by Yemi Odubade, wrapped up the three points for United this afternoon. Barry Quinn had given the Us the lead from a Chris Carruthers corner four minutes before half time, and Trainer double the margin  [ more ]

Oxford United supporters trust OxVox have today announced the formation of the Yellow Future Fund, a war chest to hold money for future emergencies at Oxford United, and to help the club with its short-term cash-flow problems. This new fund will sit alongside its Youth Development Fund, which recently raised over

By Tony Fallows While some of the storm clouds hanging over Oxford United have dissipated following the appointment of new chairman Kelvin Thomas, a rather ominous cloud is approaching the United Stadium in the form of Rushden & Diamonds. The Diamonds were responsible for Jim Smith stepping down as manager when a 5-0 away loss  [ more ]

Nick Merry today resigned as chairman of Oxford United. Merry has been under fire from sections of fans for his poor custodianship of the club, during which time United has sunk almost to its lowest level since turning professional in 1949, while the club's debts and continuing losses have risen to unsustainable levels. Meanwhile, Merry  [ more ]

Oxford United lost two players today. Levi Reid, who signed a month-to-month contract at the start of this month has requested that next month the contract isn't renewed. Reid, who hails from Stafford, has a sick baby and wants to be closer to home while playing football part time. Naturally, United have agreed to his  [ more ]

It appears that the story we ran yesterday about Histon's financial problems was, in fact, a load of bollocks. Our source was The Blue Square Premier web site, which is the official site of Blue Square, who sponsor the Conference, and ought therefore be a reliable enough site to steal, er source, our information from.  [ more ]

There are strong rumours that Histon are on the brink of entering into administration after the Stutes posted losses of over a quarter of a million pounds for the year ending May 2008. Despite a successful debut season in the Conference last year, attendances at the Glassworld Stadium this season have dropped by over a  [ more ]

Lewes 2 Oxford United 1 Glorious sunshine, a goal up, a large vociferous away support. What could possibly go wrong? Well, when it's Oxford United that you're talking about, it's conceding two soft goals to the bottom team, who had yet to win this season, and abjectly throwing in the towel to end the fledgling  [ more ]