While transfer activity at Oxford United may have been relatively quiet recently, there has been some movement worth reporting. The big news as far as United is concerned is that Luke Foster has signed a one-year contract at the club. Foster was fairly revelatory in his short spell here at the back end of last  [ more ]

Report filed by John Matthews Raging Fever travelled to the Chaos Cup, Leyton Orient

Following the Annual General Meeting of the Conference Board, held this morning, the make-up of next season's Conference has now been confirmed. The big news is that the bad boys of the league, Boston United, will not be allowed to participate, and they have been demoted to the Conference North. This means that Altrincham, who  [ more ]

It might be the close season for normal people, but for Raging Fever the football never stops. Fever have entered two cup competitions being run this summer, as they did last year. The Chaos Cup, organised by the Leyton Orientear, takes place at the Douglas Eyre Sports Centre, in Walthamstow, on 9 June. In the  [ more ]

Oxford United have announced their schedule of pre-season games for this summer. Unlike in previous seasons, when the Us have entertained the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea, and Tottenham Hotspur, there is little to excite the palate of any non-Oxford supporters in the city. Although with four homes games to choose from it is clear  [ more ]

Now that the dust has almost settled on the 2006/07 season, it feels an appropriate time to conduct our own mini post-mortem, and we use the phrase deliberately, because following the trauma of the defeat by Leyton Orient at the end of last season, Oxford United's failure to regain their league status, and the cruel  [ more ]

The full complement for next season's Conference is now known, following today's play-off final. A Wembley crowd of 40,000 saw Lee Phillips put Exeter[@opponent]exeter city[/@opponent] ahead in the 8th minute, but the Grecians conceded an equaliser to Garry Thompson shortly before half time, after Paul Jones had saved a Wayne Curtis penalty. With eight minutes  [ more ]

It's been a week of personnel change at Grenoble Road, as a number of players have started to feel the backlash of failure to win promotion this season. It has already been announced that Yemi Odubade has signed a new two-year deal at United, and yesterday there was news of backroom change as former club  [ more ]

The season's over, the polls have closed, the votes have been counted. Based on the voting throughout the season in the Rage Online Man of the Match and Weakest Link polls, we can now announce the winners and the losers. A large number of votes were cast, and the winner was clear, as was the  [ more ]

The play-off finals for the Conference South and Conference North have now concluded, adding further shape to the Conference for next season. In yesterday's Conference South play-off final, Salisbury City beat Braintree United 1-0, to join Histon in promotion from that division. Tonight's Conference North play-off final was a much higher-scoring affair. Farsley Celtic, from  [ more ]