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No fireworks for Villa

October 9, 2002

No fireworks for VillaOxford's 3rd Round League Cup game against Aston Villa has been put back a day to Wednesday 6th November, making it the first major Wednesday game to be played at the Kassam Stadium. The reason behind it is because Villa have a Premiership game on the preceding Sunday, although why that should  more ]

Adi maybe?

October 8, 2002

Adi maybe?Adi Viveash today returned to Reading following the expiry of his one month loan deal. Viveash is still in discussions with both Reading and Oxford to try and sort out his future, but the ball is firmly in Oxford's court. Viveash himself has said that he has an open mind about what will happen  more ]

Remember that bitter taste of defeat?

October 5, 2002

Remember that bitter taste of defeat?United's seven match unbeaten run came to a crashing end at home to Scunthorpe today, courtesy of Assistant Referee I Ansell, who awarded the Iron a penalty after the ball struck the hand of James Hunt in the 58th minute. The resulting penalty was scored by Peter Beagrie, but it  more ]

McCaldon goes to Chester

October 4, 2002

McCaldon goes to ChesterUnited's second string goalkeeper has joined his defensive colleagues Phil Bolland, Scott Guyett and Wayne Hatswell up at Chester. His former manager Mark Wright has signed Eagle on a one month loan to cover for regular 'keeper Wayne Brown who is serving a three match ban for being sent off against Burton  more ]

Scunny preview

October 3, 2002

Scunny previewScunthorpe are United's next victims as they visit the KasStad this Saturday. Oxford's confidence will be sky-high after their win at the Valley on Tuesday, although Rage Online counsels caution and that United fans should not get too carried away with the inevitable euphoria. It is the bread and butter of the league that  more ]

Jefferson Starship

October 2, 2002

Jefferson StarshipJefferson Louis scored the winning spot-kick as United beat Charlton at the Valley 6-5 on penalties after the two sides drew 0-0 after extra time last night. Andy Crosby, James Hunt, Scott McNiven, Paul Powell and Matt Robinson had already scored from the penalty spot before Louis' dramatic winner, coming in sudden death after  more ]

Fever bows

October 1, 2002

Fever bowsBetter late than never, Jon Brown has sent us a match report of Raging Fever's game up in York:Raging Fever FC suffered their first defeat of the season on Saturday,going down 3-1 to a strong Yorkie Bars outfit. The game started slowly, not to mention half an hour late, with RF failing to get  more ]

Jomo joins

September 27, 2002

Jomo joins United were today poised to sign Cardiff City striker Kenyatta (Gavin) Gordon (right) on a one month loan. Manchester born Gordon joined Cardiff for £275,000 from Lincoln City in December 2000, but he has been plagued by injuries and poor form since signing for the Bluebirds, although he did score five in an  more ]

Stockley, Atkins and Waterman

September 26, 2002

Stockley, Atkins and WatermanSam Stockley has had his loan deal at Colchester extended by another month. Stockley's last game was due to be this Saturday against QPR, but United have agreed to allow Stockers to stay at Layer Road until the end of October. According to Hull City manager, Jan Molby, United boss Ian Atkins  more ]

Steeling in

September 25, 2002

Steeling inLee Steele made an instant impact for United's reserves this afternoon as he scored a hat-trick in a 3-2 win at Bristol City. Steele pounced on two errors from on-loan Aston Villa goalkeeper Boaz Myhill to give the Us a 2-0 half-time lead. He then scored with a quality finish just after the break  more ]