United visit 7th-placed Southend on Saturday hoping to capitalise on the euphoria surrounding the club ending its run of five league defeats. Many supporters feel that the single-goal victory over Cheltenham at the KasStad on Saturday has heralded a reversal of fortunes for the Us. We hope they’re right, but we suspect that they might  [ more ]

There are two OxVox events this week and next, on November 4th and 12th. This Thursday, November 4th, OxVox, Oxford United’s independent supporters trust, will be holding one of their popular quiz nights at the Priory & ? pub adjacent to the Kassam Stadium, starting at 7.30 prompt. All are welcome and teams of 2,  [ more ]

United have been drawn away at Rochdale in the first round of the FA Cup. The game will be played in two weeks, on Saturday 13th November, unless it’s moved to be on the telly, which we somehow doubt. With Rochdale coming to the KasStad to play United in the league the following Saturday, this  [ more ]

An excellent header by Tommy Mooney, in the last minute of the first half, was enough to win this game for United, who dominated possession and fully deserved their first win since 25 September, against Bury. Lee Bradbury had already come close to breaking the deadlock for the Us, but his low shot was well  [ more ]

Cheltenham Town come to visit tomorrow as Oxford bid to turn round their poor run of recent form that has seen them lose their last five league games, including the last two at home. There is some positive news for the Us, as the last two performances, at Northampton and at Macclesfield, have shown signs  [ more ]

Jamie Brooks showed that he is almost ready for a first-team place with two excellent goals at Northampton in this afternoon’s reserve match at Sixfields. Northampton took the lead through Martin Reeves midway through the first half, and it was the Cobblers who mounted most of the pressure, although United also had chances. Brooks equalised  [ more ]

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 ]