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Woking for the man

January 23, 2007

Oxford United travel to Woking[@opponent]Woking[/@opponent] this evening, still searching for their first league win since 25 November, and their first away win since 21 October. This poor run of form has seen United lose an eight-point lead at the top of the Conference, and slip to second place, three points behind new leaders Dagenham &  more ]

Fade to Grays

January 20, 2007

United were twice ahead at Grays[@opponent]Grays Athletic[/@opponent] this afternoon, but had to settle for a point after conceding a late equaliser. Oxford took the lead as early as the fourth minute, when leading scorer Rob Duffy latched onto a long cross from Barry Quinn, and turned smartly to smash the ball past Ashley Bayes. A  more ]

The colour of Grays

January 19, 2007

United visit Grays Athletic[@opponent]Grays Athletic[/@opponent] tomorrow as they return to Conference action, following their cup exit at Halifax on Tuesday night. The home game against Grays ended 1-1[@report]269[/@report], with the Essex side taking the lead through Aaron McLean, who has since been signed by Peterborough.[@news]563[/@news] Oxford will be looking to get back on track following  more ]

No real Shaym

January 16, 2007

United were beaten 2-1 at Halifax this evening in their FA Trophy second round replay, to give the Shaymen a third round home tie against Redditch United.[@opponent]Halifax Town[/@opponent] Oxford conceded a goal three minutes before half time, with New Zealand international Shane Smeltz pouncing to score with a rebound after Billy Turley had saved from  more ]

Phorward to the Shaymen

January 16, 2007

United travel up to Halifax[@opponent]Halifax Town[/@opponent] today for their FA Trophy second round replay, after the sides drew 2-2 in Oxford on Saturday[@news]2045[/@news]. On that occasion, United came from behind after conceding an early penalty to lead at half time, but Halifax equalised just three minutes from time to set up tonight's game. This evening,  more ]

Last minute blow to the reserves

January 15, 2007

Oxford's reserves went down 1-0 against Northampton's second string at Didcot Town's Loop Meadow this evening, thanks to a last-minute goal from Jerome Watt[@news]611[/@news]. Following a somewhat tepid first half, during which Chris Tardif made a couple of routine saves, and Billy Beechers twice forced Chris Dunn into action, the second half burst into life.  more ]

Trophy hunting

January 15, 2007

Should Oxford somehow manage to beat Halifax tomorrow, they will have a home game against Redditch United in the third round of the FA Trophy. United and Halifax drew their second round tie 2-2 at Grenoble Road on Saturday, and they replay tomorrow evening at the Shay.[@news]2045[/@news] In the second round, Redditch surprised Conference leaders  more ]

Danny Rose above

January 13, 2007

United got the result they least wanted in this afternoon's FA Trophy second round tie at home to Halifax[@opponent]Halifax Town[/@opponent], as the Shaymen scored an 87th minute equaliser to earn a replay, to be played this Tuesday. Prior to that, Billy Turley had had almost nothing to do all afternoon, as Oxford gave a much-improved  more ]

The Fax of the matter

January 12, 2007

United welcome [@opponent]Halifax Town[/@opponent]Halifax Town tomorrow, in the second round of the FA Trophy, a competition which may or may not have a Wembley final this season. It was thanks to Tuesday's 1-0 win over Lewes, in their first round replay, that Oxford won through to the second round, with Rob Duffy scoring a first-half  more ]

Rooks taken by night

January 9, 2007

Oxford United squeezed into the second round of the FA Trophy with a narrow 1-0 win at home to Lewes FC[@opponent]Lewes FC[/@opponent] this evening. The goal came just before the half-hour mark, with Rob Duffy scoring from the penalty spot after Steve Robinson had brought down Marvin Robinson. Up until that point United had huffed  more ]