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 ]

Following in the footsteps of Rob Quinn and Dave Savage, former United loanee defender Christian Edwards has now joined Bristol Rovers from Nottingham Forest. It is clear that Ray Graydon’s ambition is to raise Rovers to the lofty heights of just above the relegation zone.

Former Wycombe defender Paul McCarthy has, as expected, signed a contract with United. The centre-back, who played four games for Oxford on loan at the end of last season, has signed a one year deal as United’s squad begins to take shape for next season.

Our sources have informed us that Steve Basham has signed a three month contract with United, but Bobby Ford has now left the club. This may or may not be accurate, but we have a naive, touching confidence with our Baywatch-style informant. As if this wasn’t enough the South Wales Evening Post reckons that transfer-listed  [ more ]