A young and inexperienced United reserve side lost their first home game at Didcot Town’s Loop Meadow stadium this evening. United went ahead in the 50th minute when Billy Beechers scored, but eventually lost 2-1 to Norwich City reserves. The first half was a fairly even affair, with United having the better possession, but Norwich  [ more ]

United started their first Conference campaign with a win against Halifax Town, widely tipped to be one of the title challengers this season. Oxford won 2-0 thanks to a 16th minute Rob Duffy penalty, and a 30-yard wonder strike by Andy Burgess, 20 minutes from the end. This was a tough test with which to  [ more ]

Oxford United’s first game as a Conference club is tomorrow, when Halifax Town visit the United Stadium to kick off the new season. This is the third time in seven years that the Us have started a new season in the division below their previous one, and each one has had United supporters optimistically predicting  [ more ]

United’s final pre-season friendly saw the reserves beat Oxford City 3-1 at Court Place Farm, in a rearranged game following a washout first time around. The two first-team players who played, Chris Willmott and Steve Basham, both got on the scoresheet, with Billy Beechers also finding the net. Lewis Craker put City ahead after about  [ more ]

United lost their last first-team friendly 4-1 last night, to a strong Manchester United side. The Reds were 3-0 up after 17 minutes, but United rallied and pulled a goal back just before the half-hour, before the away side finished off the game in the second half. United started with their likely starting eleven for  [ more ]

Yemi Odubade scored a hat-trick this afternoon, as an Oxford United XI won 5-0 at Abingdon Town, of the Hellenic League Premier Division. Oxford, resplendent in their very smart all-white away kit, featured a reasonably strong side, consisting of a mixture of first-team regulars and youth players. Chris Tardif, who didn’t feature in last night’s  [ more ]

Raging Fever’s pre-season games concluded this morning, with a hard-fought 4-4 draw against Feltham Cowboys, from South London. The Feltham boys came along specially for this game, thanks to their Oxford-supporting goalie for the day, Steve. The game was played in a friendly spirit, and was a pleasure to play, so thanks to the opposition  [ more ]

Oxford’s penultimate home pre-season friendly, against Premiership side Portsmouth, ended goalless tonight, and gave United good cause for some cautious optimism, with the start of the new season just over a week away. Pompey fielded a more or less full strength side, but Oxford defended well, and even caused the south-coast side a few problems  [ more ]

Promising left winger Tom Winters was today released by Oxford United, despite having almost a month left on his three-month contract. The club released Winters now to give the former youth-team player the chance to find another club before the transfer deadline kicks in. Winters made just one full first-team appearance, against Exeter City in  [ more ]

Oxford United’s reserves were heavily beaten by Southern League Premier Division outfit Banbury United at the Spencer Stadium this evening. The 3-0 scoreline was a fair reflection of the game, which the home side dominated for the last hour. The heavy rain that fell before, during, and after the game made the conditions slippery, and  [ more ]