Oxford United commercial manager Lorna Gosling is to leave the club. As of 11 July Gosling, who is the latest in a long succession of not very long-lasting commercial managers, will take up the same role at Conference South outfit Eastbourne Borough, the side that United beat in the FA Cup first round in November.  [ more ]

Put away those maps to North Yorkshire. The Conference board has relegated Scarborough to the Conference North and reinstated Altrincham after the Seadogs were unable to convince the board that they have achieved financial stability after coming out of administration a couple of weeks ago. Altrincham had finished three points above the relegation zone, but  [ more ]

United’s pre-season friendlies programme is now complete with the news that Chesterfield will visit the United Stadium on Saturday 29 July. This is currently the Spireites most prestigious pre-season fixture, although they do still have one more home game to add to their programme, while for United fans it is unlikely to compete with either  [ more ]

Oxford today announced their almost complete pre-season friendlies line-up, including two games against Premiership opposition. There is one game that has yet to be confirmed, which will occur on Saturday 29 July, but two home games so far announced will be against Portsmouth, on Friday 4 August, and Manchester United, on Tuesday 8 August. Arry  [ more ]

Place Farm, for what is likely to be the first friendly of the pre-season. The Us will visit Oxford City, for what has become their traditional pre-season game, on Saturday 22 July. The game is always well attended, and gives supporters an opportunity to see close-season signings in action. This is not always a good  [ more ]

(Part 1) Competition: Chaos Cup six-a-side tournament Fever squad: John Matthews, Gez Foster, James Longshaw, Stuart Burson, Pat Wehmeier, Nick Wehmeier, Tom Wehmeier, Eddy McDowall Scorers: Matthews 5, P Wehmeier 2, Longshaw 2, Foster 1, N Wehmeier 1, Burson 1 For the second year running a Raging Fever team travelled to Walthamstow to take part  [ more ]

(Part 2) Knockout stages: Celtic:As winners of Group D, Fever played last year

United’s pre-season is starting to take shape. Following the announcement from Eastleigh that Oxford are sending a team to Hampshire on Wednesday 26 July, comes an announcement from Portsmouth that Pompey will be sending a full first-team squad to play at the United Stadium on Friday 4 August. The game has come about due to  [ more ]

Even though the last, disastrous, season has only just concluded, United are already starting to prepare for next season. The search for new players, to replace the seven whose contracts are not being renewed plus others who may leave, has already begun, with Jim Smith warning us not to expect any news too quickly. Most  [ more ]

Following last night’s play-off semi-final second leg, we can add Morecambe to the list of nice seaside resorts we can look forward to visiting next season, alongside Weymouth, Southport, and possibly Scarborough. The cockle-pickers were beaten 3-2 after extra time by Hereford United at Edgar Street, to set up a final against Halifax. This will  [ more ]