Aston la vistaTomorrow's visitors to the KasStad are Aston Villa, a small team from the outskirts of Walsall. One Villa web site is calling the Worthington Cup third round fixture “the biggest game of Villa's season”, but compared to their other opposition that's not unreasonable. The game is a complete sell out so, depending on  [ more ]

Reserves bashedUnited's reserve team lost 4-1 in a friendly against Reading at Didcot this afternoon. United's goal was scored by Dexter Blackstock. The game was called in order to give Steve Basham some extra match fitness, but was a bit of a damp squib from that point of view as Bash failed to play, following  [ more ]

United collapseOxford lost their second away game in succession at bottom of the table Carlisle, despite the home team having to play the last seventeen minutes with ten men, after Mark Summerbell was sent off for a second yellow card. The only goal of the game was scored by Brendan McGill after 33 minutes, although  [ more ]

Sam's still a UIt appears that we were a bit premature with our news yesterday that Sam Stockley had joined Colchester permanently, as he today returned to Oxford after the two clubs were unable to agree terms, much to Colchester's chagrin. It would seem that the two clubs were all set to sign the forms  [ more ]

Slack at MaccUnited went down 2-1 at Macclesfield to end their excellent unbeaten away record, although the game was not without controversy. Macc went ahead in the 66th minute when a Kyle Lightbourne shot took a deflection off a clearly offside Matthew Tipton, neither official realising what was going on. As United pushed forward looking  [ more ]

Macclesfield tomorrowUnited visit Moss Rose tomorrow night, where the club has a 100% record of success. Carrying an eight match unbeaten run away from home United need the points on their travels due to their appalling home form. Expect there to be one or two changes from Saturday's team against Shrewsbury. ROS Chris Hackett is  [ more ]

United not shrewd enoughOxford raced into a two goal lead this afternoon, but two defensive lapses allowed Shrewsbury to level the scores before half-time. Andy Scott shot United ahead in the seventh minute and then another well taken goal by Jefferson Louis in the sixteenth minute put the Us in the driving seat. However just  [ more ]

Turning of the ShrewsJemmo's back in town on Saturday, no doubt already anticipating with relish the chorus of boos and abuse he will receive from a United crowd that without fail doesn't learn its lessons. Let's hope that Oxford's new found defensive resilience (notable by its absence on Tuesday) will be able to cope with  [ more ]

Devastating blow to United's seasonUnited crashed out of the LDV Trophy at the first hurdle this evening, being hugely demoralised by Bournemouth who beat Oxford 3-2 at the Kassam Stadium. Steve Fletcher put the Cherries ahead in the 24th minute and ten minutes later James Hayter doubled their lead. Four minutes after that Stephen Purches  [ more ]

Leyland Daft TrophyUnited entertain Bournemouth at the KasStad tomorrow evening in a match that is almost certain to break the lowest attendance record for a competitive game at the ground, despite season ticket holders getting in free, kids getting in for a quid and other ticket prices reduced (although not by enough). The game is  [ more ]