Due to there not being a game this weekend, United entertained a local non-league side in a meaningless friendly fixture at the KasStad this afternoon. The game was behind closed doors, meaning that the players had to take to the field through an open window. As it happened the opposition scraped a lucky 1-0 win  [ more ]

United chairman Firoz Kassam has finally come out with his announcement about the club’s future. He has stated that he is not going to sell and that he is going to move the club and other associated businesses forward. According to Kassam he “had one serious offer from an outside source and one discussion with  [ more ]

Hot on the heels of the news that Dean Whitehead has been offered a two-year extension to his contract, which he has yet to sign, comes a story that Jamie Brooks has been offered an additional year to his. Brooks’s contract, like many other players at the club, expires at the end of this season  [ more ]

United’s reserves this afternoon beat Rushden’s second string 1-0 at Nene Park. Both sides featured many first teamers, and United triumphed after Chris Hackett and Jefferson Louis combined to set up Manny Omoyinmi after 25 minutes. Lee Steele played for an hour and there were also run outs for Dave Waterman, Paul McCarthy, Matt Bound  [ more ]

United won 2-1 at Rochdale this afternoon, for the first time ever, to consolidate their position at the top of Division Three, and with no league games next week the Us will stay in pole position until mid-December at least. Steve Basham opened the scoring with his eleventh goal of the season after half an  [ more ]

United, who are top of the table, visit Rochdale on Saturday in an attempt to consolidate their position at the top of the table. Top of the table United will almost certainly be without Scott McNiven, stretchered off last Saturday after twisting his ankle, and ROS Chris Hackett or Dave Waterman stand by to replace  [ more ]

United’s reserves drew 1-1 at Bournemouth this afternoon in a game that was notable mainly for Lee Steele’s return to action. Jefferson Louis put United ahead after quarter of an hour, but James Stokoe equalised for the Cherries fifteen minutes later. In addition to Steele playing the first 45 minutes, Jamie Brooks again played for  [ more ]

Southend United have approached Oxford for permission to talk to Ian Atkins with a view to persuading him to become their new manager. Firoz Kassam denied them permission to talk to him. This evening there was a behind-closed-doors meeting involving Kassam, Atkins and club secretary Mick Brown. Although the discussions were confidential and any reportage  [ more ]

United had an eventually comfortable win over Macclesfield yesterday, although they made heavy weather of the first twenty minutes after going behind to Chris Priest’s fourth minute strike. A minute earlier Paul Wanless had seen his strike from the edge of the area hit the inside of the post before rolling along the goal-line. After  [ more ]

Yes, it’s the same headline as we used last year for the same fixture, which both demonstrates a lack of imagination on our part and our maxim that if it works, sod it. Hopefully it’s not a headline we’ll ever need to use again. It heralds the visit to Oxford of Macclesfield Town, who bring  [ more ]