Alsop's anotherFollowing swiftly on from Derek Townsley, the similarly sized Julian Alsop signed for the Us today, also on a two year contract. Alsop spent three years at Cheltenham and before that was at Swansea. His arrival, along with Townsley, surely indicates that Ian Atkins is not yet ready to adopt a short passing game.  [ more ]

Townsley signsDerek Townsley today signed a two year contract to make him Ian Atkins' first signing of the new season. Townsley, at 6'5″, becomes United's tallest player since Kevin Francis and gives a clear signal as to the type of football we can expect United to be playing next season (a la Ben Futcher at  [ more ]

Townsley in the frameOxford United are on the verge of signing Derek Townsley, who is currently out of contract from Hibernian. Townsley is 6'5″ and 30 years old, and is generally a right-sided midfielder although he also plays in defence on occasion. He has turned down interest from Aberdeen and Falkirk because of his desire  [ more ]

Scott signs onStriker Andy Scott has become the first of United's out of contract players to sign a new contract with the club. The Us' leading scorer last season has signed a one year deal with an option to extend, despite being offered a significantly lower deal than he has been on since signing from  [ more ]

One of United’s other out of contract players, Dave Savage, may not be following Scott’s example. Savage is at the centre of the row between Firoz Kassam and Jon Murray and is rumoured to be disaffected, despite winning the Supporters Player of the Season award last season. He has already been tenuously linked with a  [ more ]

Jonah's a gonnerMark Jones, director of Oxford United's soccer courses, has left the club. The official reason is to spend more time doing up his new house. The club has pledged that the courses will continue, which is good news for this web editor's four year old, but if United continues to shed staff at  [ more ]

There will be an opportunity to question Firoz Kassam and Ian Atkins at the next open forum at the Kassam Stadium. This will take place on Thursday June 26th and will hopefully be a no holds barred session where issues can be raised with those in charge at United. Presumably the Oxford Mail will not  [ more ]

Crosby winsUnited skipper Andy Crosby has been given a resounding thumbs up by readers of Rage Online, who have voted the Sportswriters Player of the Year to become the Rage Online Player of the Season. Crosby received 32% of the vote in one of our most popular polls yet, easily beating second-placed Dave Savage, the  [ more ]

Tickets on themselvesOxford United today announced season ticket prices for next season. Good news: prices have been frozen for a second successive season; bad news: United's first home cup game is no longer included in the package, so prices have gone up by over 4% in real terms. Good news: season tickets can again be  [ more ]

Firoz soothes Savage's breastFiroz Kassam today denied reports that Dave Savage, supporters' Player of the Season, has not been offered a new contract after speaking to the Oxford Mail about his situation last month. Savage told the newspaper that he was disappointed that he hadn't been offered a new contract, despite being promised that something  [ more ]