Graham Rix had an unhappy birthday at Macclesfield this afternoon, as the Silkmen won 1-0 despite a vastly improved performance from the Yellows. With United on top, and Alan Fettis having done well to deny Tommy Mooney, a long-range shot from Mike Sheron five minutes into the second half condemned the Us to their fifth  [ more ]

Ahead of tomorrow’s match at Macclesfield, United have brought in Crystal Palace defender Sam Togwell on a one-month loan deal. Togwell has made just one appearance for Palace, and was on the verge of their first team before breaking his leg two seasons ago. Togwell’s 20th birthday was just over a week ago, and what  [ more ]

It’s off to Macclesfield on Saturday for United, as the Us bid to end a run of four successive defeats and climb out of the relegation mire. Firoz Kassam has expressed his dissatisfaction with United’s current poor form, saying on Radio Oxford that if things haven’t turned around after the next two games (against Macclesfield  [ more ]

Another game, another defeat, as United went down to a late Scott McGleish strike at Northampton Town this evening. Oxford put in a far better performance than against Lincoln on Saturday, but still failed to seriously test loanee keeper Paul Rachubka. On the other hand, Chris Tardif and then Simon Cox both found themselves with  [ more ]

Oxford travel to Northampton tomorrow evening desperately hoping to bring an end to their current dismal run. United have only one away win this season; indeed, only one away win this calendar year. Northampton have struggled at home this season, with only two wins at Sixfields, although they did win at Cambridge on Friday, and  [ more ]

Raging Fever stormed to victory this morning over their dazed and confused counterparts from Lincoln, for their first win of the season. Fever started brightly and had the better of the first half. Gary Butler didn’t have a shot to save in the first period, and Fever went in at the break 3-0 up, thanks  [ more ]

After going for ten home league games unbeaten since March, United suffered their second consecutive reverse at the KasStad this afternoon, as Lincoln ran out deserved 1-0 winners. The Red Imps had four goals disallowed, two for offside, two for fouls on Chris Tardif, before Francis Green eventually put them ahead on the stroke of  [ more ]

Lincoln City are tomorrow’s visitors to the KasStad, as United hope to overturn their recent poor run of form and crawl out of the bottom half of the bottom division. Oxford will still be without Tom Winters, Jon Ashton, Danny Brown and Julian Alsop, but Mark Rawle and Barry Quinn could find themselves in the  [ more ]

United’s reserve game against the Franchise monsters, due to be played at Court Place Farm this afternoon, was abandoned at half-time because of a waterlogged pitch. The score when the match was called off was 1-1, Danny Morgan having put the Us ahead only for Richard Paquette to equalise for the evil ones. As well  [ more ]

United went down to their first home league defeat since March 6th, when Huddersfield came to town, and their first since Graham Rix took over, as Darlington came from behind to win 2-1. Oxford took the lead right at the end of a somewhat torpid first half, David Woozley heading home a Chris Hackett corner,  [ more ]