NYD roundupNot many Division Three games survived the weather. Amongst those that did first placed Hartlepool consolidated their lead by beating second bottom Carlisle 2-1 after going a goal behind. Second placed Rushden also drew further away from Oxford hammering Shrewsbury 5-1 despite having a player sent off. Bury moved above Oxford after beating Hull  [ more ]

Diamonds trumpedUnited are now unbeaten in eight games following their 2-0 win at Rushden & Diamonds this afternoon. During that time they have only conceded two goals, one from a corner and one penalty, and have won seven of those eight. Dave Savage's nifty footwork and cool finish opened the scoring for the Yellows after  [ more ]

Rushing to IrthlingboroughUnited visit top of the table Rushden & Diamonds tomorrow, hoping against hope to extend their seven match unbeaten run. Rushden themselves haven't lost for the last eight league games and so both teams will be approaching the match with something akin to confidence.Oxford will be waiting to see whether midfielders James Hunt  [ more ]

Cherries squashedUnited ran up their best win of the season so far, putting three without reply past Bournemouth to extend the Us' unbeaten run to seven games, six of them victories. United were assisted somewhat by the dismissal after just 14 minutes of Bournemouth midfielder Marcus Browning for notching up two yellow cards in the  [ more ]

Boxing the CherriesBournemouth are the next visitors to Oxford, with United hoping to shake off the disappointment of dropping a couple of points to Exeter by giving the christmas revellers a barnstorming performance against one of the division's in-form teams. Of course, it may not happen. Dean Whitehead has now recovered from the injury he  [ more ]

Bound to pleaseUnited dropped two vital points against a lively Exeter side thanks to a very late penalty converted by Justin Walker. Oxford missed chance after chance, with Jefferson Louis, Steve Basham and James Hunt the main culprits, and Exeter were lucky to go in at the interval with the game goalless. United conceded their  [ more ]

Grecian holidayUnited entertain Exeter on Saturday hoping to make it six wins on the bounce (and of course six clean sheets in a row too). Last season Exeter beat United 2-1 at the KasStad, with United's goal a stunning 15 yard volley from Joey Beauchamp in his swansong. This season Oxford are a different proposition,  [ more ]

Bowled a yorkieYork City today went into voluntary administration and have been given just five weeks, until January 18th, to find a buyer. If no-one comes forward then the club will cease to exist. The club is losing £20,000 a week and the players are being paid by the PFA, with the non-playing staff only  [ more ]

Us step on the GasUnited extended their winning run to five games with a comfortable 2-0 victory at Bristol Rovers today. This was also the fifth consecutive game that Oxford kept a clean sheet, to leave Arsenal quaking in their (very expensive) boots. Matt Robinson opened the scoring with his first for the club after  [ more ]

Play it again, SamSam Ricketts has been recalled from his loan spell at Nuneaton Borough, because of United's depleted midfield, for the trip to Bristol Rovers on Saturday. With both Dave Savage and James Hunt suspended there is a shortage of available midfielders and so Ricketts has had the second month of his loan curtailed.Gas  [ more ]