With the season drawing rapidly to a close, and the games coming thick and fast, this Easter weekend is often seen as make or break time for many teams. However, for United the season broke back in October, and everything since has been remedial action. Next up it’s Leyton Orient, and while it’s still mathematically  [ more ]

There were three fourth division games played this afternoon. Yeovil extended their lead at the top to four points with a 2-1 win at Boston. The most significant aspect of this result is that the Pilgrims don’t go above Oxford, so United remain in the top half of the table. Surprise result of the day  [ more ]

United travel up to North Lincolnshire tonight to take on second-placed Scunthorpe United. Scunny will go top if they win, at least until Yeovil play at Boston tomorrow. Oxford have won their last two games, while Scunthorpe are unbeaten in three matches. If Oxford are to actually achieve anything approaching the miracle of the play-offs  [ more ]

Scunthorpe once again proved to be United’s bogey team, as Ian Barraclough scored a last minute goal to deny the Us a hard-earned win. Oxford were under the cosh for much of the game, but they defended resiliently and soaked up everything the Iron threw at them. United took an unlikely lead in the 32nd  [ more ]

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 ]

Two 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 ]

Boston 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 ]

United 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 ]

A 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 ]

A 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 ]