Former United striker Nigel Cassidy has died following a short illness. [@player]cassidy, nigel[/@player]To show our respects to one of our early Manor heroes, and a man who has true claim on the title of Oxford Legend, we're reproducing below an article that we had published in the Oxford United programme, entitled Curran and Cassidy: Cast  [ more ]

Report filed by John Matthews Raging Fever 7 Old Amersham Players 1 Raging Fever made it eight wins on the bounce with a resounding win over the Old Amersham Players (OAPs). The hot weather and long walk to the pitch took its toll on the aging visitors, and it was Fever who started in the  [ more ]

Potential superstar and formerly Rage Online sponsored hero Fast Eddie Odhiambo-Anaclet has left the building. Eddie, who was out of contract at United, has turned down a new deal and opted to move to Stevenage Borough, the young naive fool. He becomes Graham Westley's fourth signing in the last few days as Borough continue in  [ more ]

An Oxford United Legends side beat Kidlington Legends 7-1 at Yarnton Road this afternoon. The game was a memorial match for Terry Wiffen, a left winger who played for Kidlington, Oxford City, Abingdon Town, and a host of minor clubs, including Swindon Town. Wiffen, who went on to be Kidlington's assistant manager and a behind-the-scenes  [ more ]

Since the end of the season, there has not been much of note to report. Almost everything herein is already well known, and if you're easily bored then there's probably little point in reading on. However, having nothing new to say has never stopped us in the past, so here's a brief round up of  [ more ]

Report by Nick Wehmeier Ebbsfleet Fans 1 Raging Fever 7 Raging Fever traveled to Gravesend (or was it Northfleet? or Ebbsfleet? or even Thong?) for the final away game of the regular season. Upon arriving they found their opposition lacking in numbers, with only eight players willing to take on the mighty Yellows. John Matthews'  [ more ]

Oxford United today announced their retained list for next season. Or rather, they announced who wouldn't be retained, which amounts to much the same thing. Of those players out of contract, Matt Day and the Rage Online Sponsored Eddie Odhiambo-Anaclet are in talks with the club about new deals, presumably meaning that Day is no  [ more ]

In tonight's testimonial match for Brett Solkhon, an Oxford United XI beat Kettering Town 4-3 in an entertaining game at Rockingham Road. Danny Rose gave United the lead, and further goals from Barry Quinn and Phil Trainer gave the Us a 3-2 half-time lead, with the Poppies goals coming from a Solkhon penalty and David  [ more ]

This afternoon, Oxford United concluded their least successful season for some time by securing their fifth successive win, beating Ebbsfleet United 3-1 at Stonebridge Road in front of a vociferous and celebratory away crowd. Matt Green opened the scoring in the first minute, and 19 minutes later Phil Trainer added a second. Another five minutes  [ more ]

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