Mickey Corcoran was at the centre of the three most significant incidents this afternoon, as United were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly York City. Corcoran tripped Paul Brayson after half an hour to concede a penalty, saved by Billy Turley from Stuart Elliott. Seven minutes later it was Corcoran who rose highest to  [ more ]

York City are tomorrow's visitors to the United Stadium, with both sides hoping that a recent victory will have turned their season around. On Tuesday, United produced one of their better performances of the season, but will be concerned that they only beat Salisbury City 2-1.[@opponent]york city[/@opponent][@connection]york city[/@connection][@report]272[/@report] On Thursday, York, who have had a  [ more ]

Following their successful launch at the Aldershot game, Oxford United

Salisbury City are tonight's visitors to the United Stadium, as they face the Us for the first time in a league match.[@opponent]salisbury city[/@opponent][@connection]salisbury city[/@connection] Having lost their last two games, Oxford will be desperate for a win tonight but, with Salisbury in sixth place, four places above Oxford, this will not be an easy fixture  [ more ]

Oxford United secured a much-needed three points this evening, with a vastly improved display against a physical, occasionally brutish, Salisbury City.[@news]2189[/@news][@opponent]Salisbury City[/@opponent] While some may look at the result and claim that the scoreline just papers over some of the cracks at the club, in fact this was a decent display of attacking football for  [ more ]

It's been a day of surprises and not-so-well-kept secrets at Oxford United, as the squad gets a mini-shake up. The first piece of news to break was the least surprising, as United's second-choice goalkeeper Chris Tardif announced that he was retiring from the professional game. Instead, he has apparently been offered a proper job with  [ more ]

Aldershot took over the leadership of the Conference today, courtesy of a 4-3 win over 19th-placed Farsley Celtic. The Shots took a 2-0 lead and, like they did at Oxford, let it slip. However, they took the lead again, and again, to go one point clear of second-placed Torquay United, who won 5-2 at Kidderminster  [ more ]

Oxford United slumped to an abject away defeat at village club Histon last night, offering what was possibly their worst performance since relegation to the Conference in an abject second half. United started brightly, and were the dominant team throughout the first period, although they went behind against the run of play just before the  [ more ]

Oxford United travel up to Cambridgeshire to play Histon, for the first time, tomorrow night. [@opponent]histon[/@opponent][@connection]histon[/@connection]The game against the side from Impington will be the fourth time already this season that United will have been featured live on Setanta TV, but having yet to win on the box Oxford will be hoping for a change  [ more ]

Tonight's Conference fixtures produced some very high scoring games, including a couple of spectacular comebacks. The top four sides all won, meaning that Oxford United are now nine points behind leaders Stevenage Borough, who beat Farsley Celtic 4-0. Aldershot stay second after beating hapless York City 2-0, York remaining one place above the relegation zone.  [ more ]