Former United reserve superscorer Norman Sylla yesterday joined Havant And Waterlooville on a two year contract. Havant play in the Doc Martens Southern League Premier Division, a step up from Eastern Division Banbury United. Havant made 41 goal Sylla a very good offer, having watched the French striker for some time, and have persuaded him  [ more ]

Reserve defender Simon King has today joined Barnet on a free transfer. King has signed a one year contract with the Conference side in a deal that leaves United desperately short of defensive cover, coming the day after Sam Ricketts joined Telford. Although only 20 King was the regular captain of the reserves last season  [ more ]

Oxford United have announced that this season they will be entering a team to play in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup. The last time United competed in this tournament was in 1992/3, but since then United managers have seen the Cup as an irrelevance and an opportunity for injuries. Ian Atkins, however, sees it as a  [ more ]

After months of prevaricating and rumours linking him with a move to Wycombe Wanderers, Steve Basham today signed a new contract with Oxford. It is unclear how long the contract is for, but the implication from the official web site is that it is for one year, as it says “Basham has agreed to join  [ more ]

United utility player Sam Ricketts is on the verge of joining Telford United on a free transfer. Rickett’s has apparently agreed personal terms with the Conference club and looks likely to complete the move tomorrow. Ricketts has been at United for twelve years, but has found first team opportunities extremely limited. The move to Telford,  [ more ]

Bobby Ford will almost certainly not be a United player next season. Having been offered a one year contract, which he failed to sign, the terms were allegedly reduced to a month by month deal which seems to have forced the popular midfielder out of the club. Rumours suggest that he is prepared to take  [ more ]

Meanwhile, it seems that one midfielder is lost and three more come along to replace him. Following previous rumours about Darlington’s Neil Maddison and Swansea’s Andrew Mumford, it appears that former Barnet and Orient midfielder Danny Brown is currently having a trial with Oxford. Apparently Ian Atkins has long admired (where have we heard that  [ more ]

Those lovely chaps at OxVox have announced a new competition for us all to enter. With the full support of Firoz Kassam, OxVox plans to use the Executive Boxes at the new Stadium to celebrate great names from the history of Oxford United. Each box will have a plaque displayed to commemorate a club employee  [ more ]

With only eight days to the first pre-season friendly the rumour-mill is hotting up. Fresh from the pages of the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette comes a story linking United with midfielder Neil Maddison. Maddison has played for Southampton and Middlesbrough, as well as his current club, Darlington and is 33 years old. At only 5’10”, though,  [ more ]

The Football League has acceded to United’s request to switch their midweek home games from Tuesday to Wednesday evenings. The first match affected will be the home game against Torquay United, which moves from September 30th to October 1st. In March the York City game will now take place on the 3rd and the clash  [ more ]