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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ]

In briefTonight Wrexham won 1-0 at Darlington to move up to third place in Division Three. Darlo were also defeated by Marco Gabbiadini, who turned down an approach from the Quakers to move from Northampton Town.Mark Stein scored a third minute goal to give Dagenham & Redbridge a 1-0 win at Margate. Howard Forinton scored  [ more ]

Cusacked!At the end of last week former United striker Nick Cusack was given his cards at Swansea, to be replaced by Brian Flynn. Swansea are bottom of the league and this is a desperate measure by the club to avoid non-league football at the Vetch next season. Unfortunately we are unable to wish them luck,  [ more ]