Amine Karam, who has put in a couple of excellent performances for United’s reserves, has signed a one-month contract at the club, allowing him to be considered for the first team. The French winger has displayed some dazzling skills in his two appearances at Court Place Farm, and is surely destined to be a star. [ more ]
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March 21, 2005Basham brace bashes Boston
March 19, 2005Two goals from in-form striker Steve Basham were enough to see United beat Boston at the KasStad this afternoon in a game that resembled a mid-table, end-of-season, Division Four fixture, which is exactly what it was. In the 20th minute Basham was set free by Tommy Mooney, but shot over when well placed. Ten minutes [ more ]
Ready for the tea party
March 18, 2005Boston United are the visitors to the KasStad tomorrow, hoping to consolidate their play-off challenge following their 4-0 win over Notts County on Tuesday. United, despite winning at Mansfield last weekend, and having a game in hand on most of their rivals, have only pride, contracts, and professional obligation to play for, although none of [ more ]
Raponi wraps it up
March 15, 2005United breezed into the Oxfordshire Senior Cup final this evening with a convincing win over Thame United at Court Place Farm, despite going a goal down. The final scoreline could have been more convincing than 5-2, but some wayward finishing from United’s forward, plus some desperate defending from the Thame defence, kept the score down. [ more ]
Clearing the Mansfield
March 12, 2005A reconstituted United strikeforce carved up the Mansfield defence as the Us swept to a deserved win, that should have been even more emphatic. Indeed, but for a rash tackle by Jon Ashton in stoppage time to concede a penalty, converted by Colin Larkin, Oxford might even have achieved that rarest of very rare things: [ more ]
Negotiating the Mansfield
March 12, 2005A reconstituted United strikeforce carved up the Mansfield defence as the Us swept to a deserved win, that should have been even more emphatic. Indeed, but for a rash tackle by Jon Ashton in stoppage time to concede a penalty, converted by Colin Larkin, Oxford might even have achieved that rarest of very rare things: [ more ]
Waiting for the Mansfield
March 11, 2005United travel to Field Mill tomorrow to take on Mansfield in a fixture that has lost its importance for the Yellows, and is of no significance to Oxford either. United will be keen to reverse recent fortunes, which has seen them lose four of their last five games, and individual players will have the desire [ more ]
Yet another depressing defeat for the Fever
March 8, 2005On Saturday Raging Fever lined up against Grimsby fans to see if we could put together a winning run. Under the cosh early on from Grimsby pressure, the Fever managed to create a number of decent attacks, mainly through the ability and passing skills of Gary Neville in centre midfield. However, as we were lacking [ more ]
Get Carterton
March 8, 2005Oxford United strolled into the semi-finals of the Oxfordshire Senior Cup this evening, seeing off a determined challenge from Carterton. The game started brightly, and Oxford were quick to stamp their authority on the game, and Carterton rarely troubled Bradie Clarke in the Oxford goal. United took the lead after just nine minutes, as Danny [ more ]
Quizlings
March 7, 2005At the OxVox quiz night, held at the Priory and ? this evening, the Rage On team lost its crown. The reigning champions put on a good showing to come second of the seven teams, but lost by just three points to the night’s winning team. It was a team representing Oxford United who somehow [ more ]