Oxford United beat Banbury United 4-0 last night, to repair the damage done to the pre-season optimism following the defeat at Brackley on Saturday. Two goals from new signing Jamie Guy, plus one from James Constable, and a first from triallist Craig Reid reflected United's dominance over their hosts. In addition, Guy, Constable, Yemi Odubade,  [ more ]

Oxford United went down 2-1 at Brackley this afternoon, in their second pre-season game. A fine left-footed strike from Lewis Haldane in the 26th minute gave the Yellows the lead, which they maintained until half time. After the break, Oxford made ten changes, fielding a side largely comprising triallists and youth teamers, and Brackley struck  [ more ]

Oxford United came away victorious from their first pre-season friendly of the new campaign, with a narrow, hard-fought 1-0 win over Oxford City. New striker James Constable scored the only goal after 36 minutes, when he controlled a low cross from fellow new signing Lewis Haldane, and then smashed the ball past Gareth Tucker into  [ more ]

Oxford United held their annual open day today, with over 2,000 people braving the wind and occasional showers. The players trained and played, with new signings Joe Burnell and Chris Carruthers joining in. Also involved were the transfer-listed duo Eddie Hutchinson and Alex Jeannin, possibly indicating a change of heart by manager Darren Patterson. Patto  [ more ]

The fixtures for the 2008/09 season were announced today, and there was bad news for United fans as the club's first game is away at Barrow. That in itself wouldn't be so bad, as it replicates Oxford's first game as a league club, in 1962/63, and there are probably many United supporters who haven't been  [ more ]

Oxford United announced today that they are giving trials to four players, to assess whether they are worth offering contracts to. These players are in addition to any alleged transfer targets of manager Darren Patterson. The four have all been involved in training sessions, which started on Monday, and it is possible that at least  [ more ]

Report filed by John Matthews Well… we won the quiz trophy! Raging Fever made their fourth appearance at the Chaos Cup, a six-a-side tournament held in E17, and organised by Leyton Orient fans. Fortunately, Brian Harvey and friends were nowhere to be seen. Fever had been knocked out at the semi-final stage in the past  [ more ]

In the biggest news since the last item of big news, former Oxford centre-back Phil Gilchrist[@player]gilchrist, phil[/@player] has been appointed as assistant manager to Woking's new boss Kim Grant. Quite why, we're not sure, but he obviously gives good interview. Gilly had two spells at United, and as is often the case he did better  [ more ]

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While there is still precious little actual news to report concerning Oxford United since the end of the season, there are still one or two snippets worth a passing comment. Possibly of most significance is the cancellation of the proposed friendly against Queens Park Rangers, originally scheduled for Saturday 19 July. Apparently the game had  [ more ]