Transfer deadline day was fairly quiet at Oxford today, with one player coming in and one player leaving. Incoming was Courtney Pitt, a left-winger from Portsmouth and a ready-made replacement for Andy Scott, who joined Orient yesterday. Pitt is 22 years old, and was an apprentice at Chelsea when Rix was a coach there. Rix  [ more ]

It’s a new-look United that will take to the pitch on Saturday, as top-of-the-table Doncaster Rovers come to town. The game will be Graham Rix’s first in charge as temporary manager, and United fans are eagerly waiting to see what formation, line-up, and tactics the former Portsmouth boss will choose. Most Oxford supporters would hope  [ more ]

he might be some time. In fact he has now joined Leyton Orient on a one year contract. Scott was originally going to join Orient until the end of the season, but because he was carrying a slight injury, and so wouldn’t have been able to play in their defeat against Lincoln, the move was  [ more ]

Oxford’s reserves this evening beat North Leigh in the semi-final of the Oxfordshire Senior Cup in Banbury. Two second-half goals from substitute Tom Winters were enough to end a stubborn resistance from the Oxon villagers, who probably had the better of the play but failed to create any real chances. The first half was an  [ more ]

The worst kept secret in football was finally confirmed this morning, with the announcement that Graham Rix has been appointed to manage Oxford United on a temporary basis. Rix has been scouting for Watford recently, but hasn’t had a proper job in football since his sacking by Portsmouth a couple of seasons ago. He has  [ more ]

United’s game at Mansfield was abandoned at half-time this afternoon, with the score at 0-0, due to high winds that, in the opinion of referee H. Webb made the game unplayable. He was apparently influenced by a Dean Whitehead free kick shortly before half-time, when Deano needed several attempts at placing the ball before it  [ more ]

Bristol Rovers have announced that their new manager is to be Ian Atkins from the start of next season. Atkins’s contract with United expires in the Summer, although there is an automatic one-year extension if Oxford are promoted. Atkins has been offered a two-year deal at the Memorial Ground, and Rovers’ chairman Geoff Dunford has  [ more ]

United visit Field Mill on Saturday in a game that could prove to be the fixture on which their whole season hangs. Mansfield are currently six points behind Oxford, but with two games in hand. A win would give the Us some much-needed breathing space, while a defeat would leave the way open for Mansfield,  [ more ]

United ended their run of six winless games with a comfortable win over an appalling Cheltenham side this evening. The narrowness of the 1-0 scoreline, gained thanks to an Andy Crosby penalty after 25 minutes awarded for something or other, shouldn’t detract from the fact that United dominated the game and Andy Woodman in goal  [ more ]

United welcome near(ish) neighbours Cheltenham Town to the KasStad tomorrow, hot on the heels of two successive defeats. Twelfth-placed Cheltenham, meanwhile, were only denied victory at top of the league Doncaster by a last minute equaliser on Saturday. United desperately need to win this match to restore confidence and get their promotion challenge back on  [ more ]