Bring 'em on!It's them! United have been drawn to play against arch-enemies swindon town at the KasStad in the second round of the FA Cup. The tie probably comes as town are at their lowest ebb for some time, giving United supporters real hope that we can beat them. Unfortunately United are on a hiding  [ more ]

United go throughA 22nd minute goal from David Oldfield, his first for the club, was enough to see Oxford United into tomorrow's draw for the FA Cup second round. Oldfield struck with a spectacular 15 yard overhead kick for the only goal of the game, although Steve Basham should earlier have put United ahead with  [ more ]

CliffhangerUnited visit Dover in the first round of the FA Cup this Saturday in a rematch of the same stage in the 1981/82 tournament. United won 2-0 on that occasion and would be very happy for a repeat scoreline this season. That was also the last time that Dover faced league opposition in the Cup  [ more ]

We've no AdiAdi Viveash has returned to Reading as his second loan spell at Oxford has come to an end. In theory he could have played this Saturday at Dover but Reading, in an attempt to force United's hand to take Viveash permanently, have not given him permission to play, thus ending the loan slightly  [ more ]

Dale bashedUnited produced one of their best home performances of the season today as they beat Paul Simpson's Rochdale 2-0 with a goal in each half. After just 17 minutes James Hunt put Oxford ahead with a sweetly struck shot from twelve yards and United rode out the first half quite comfortably. Steve Basham then  [ more ]

Stockley's a U againSam Stockley's on-off transfer to Colchester has finally gone ahead, finalised just one minute before the deadline allowing him to play tomorrow. There was originally a dispute between the two clubs over a sell-on clause in Stockley's contract, with Colchester refusing to countenance one, but apparently United secretary Mick Brown stepped in  [ more ]

Hasta la VillaThree goals in the last sixteen minutes saw the Premiership side deservedly beat United tonight, although the scoreline more than flattered them. In the first half United were the equals of Villa, and although not as lively in the second half it was United who had the better chance when a scramble in  [ more ]

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 ]