In the morning Raging Fever played host to a Carlisle supporters’ team. Not that they had travelled the length of the country to play us, as they were London-based supporters of the Cumbrians. The game started well for Fever, as the Oxford supporters breezed into a 2-0 lead. First Stevie scored his first goal for [ more ]
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Fevered draw
December 13, 2003Bottom to top
December 11, 2003The League’s bottom club, Carlisle, visit the Third Division’s top team (that’s United, by the way) this Saturday. Carlisle have just five points, 36 fewer than Oxford, of which only one has been won away (a 2-2 draw at second from bottom Southend). United have failed to lose at home so far, and have only [ more ]
Brooks gains his Maidenhead
December 11, 2003Jamie Brooks has now officially signed the one year extension to his contract that he was offered last week. This sees the unlucky wunderkind remain at the KasStad until the end of next season and allows him an opportunity to fight for his first team place, so cruelly denied him by his contracting Guillame-Barre syndrome. [ more ]
Walking in a Winters wonderland
December 8, 2003United’s reserves tonight thrashed swindon’s lot 3-0, all three goals coming in a memorable second half. Oxford’s line-up included ROS Chris Hackett, Derek Townsley and Danny Brown in midfield, as well as Lee Steele, Manny Omoyinmi and Jefferson Louis exactly one year to the day since Louis’ header beat the same opposition in the FA [ more ]
Footyless Saturday
December 6, 2003Although there were no games of any importance today, it’s worth noting that Hull City beat Bury 2-0 to go back up to second in the Third, leaving Bury in 12th position. Bury are still one place behind York, who lost 3-0 at Darlington, allowing the Quakers to move up to fourth from bottom. In [ more ]
No game, some shame
December 5, 2003Due 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 ]
Kas static
December 4, 2003United 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 ]
Expanding contracts
December 3, 2003Hot 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 ]
Manny shines at Diamonds
December 2, 2003United’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 ]
Dale of cheers
November 29, 2003United 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 ]