More news from Brackley and elsewhere It has been confirmed that the “mystery goalkeeper” who came on for Richard Knight in the second half last night was in fact former Luton 'keeper Nathan Abbey, who is on trial for the U's. Abbey had a big falling out with some sections of the United crowd due  [ more ]

U's start with a win Brackley Town 0 Oxford United 2Joey Beauchamp and Andy Scott scored either side of half-time for United in wet and windy conditions in Northants tonight. Beauchamp's goal came from following up a Phil Gray missed penalty whilst Scott scored with a tap-in after good work from Jamie Brookes. Brackley also  [ more ]

Oxford, united Oxford United are to play all their home reserve matches at Oxford City's Court Place Farm next season, starting with swindon on Wednesday 29th August. Unfortunately all the games are scheduled for 2.00pm on Wednesday afternoons, meaning that attendances will be, at best, sparse. This decision has to be ratified by the Avon  [ more ]

Dreyer's prayer to be a player scotched by nay sayers According to today's Oxford Mail John Dreyer's attempts to be signed by United have been halted by the club's board which believes, not unreasonably, that the squad's current number of defenders is quite sufficient. Apparently if one of the large contingent of back-players “breaks down”  [ more ]

Something for the weekend Here are a few little snippets to keep you going:Former United striker Mark Stein has just been signed by Ajax Cape Town. They were trying to get Tony Cottee, who apparently had better offers.Neil Ruddock is now being linked with a move to Wycombe, whose manager, Lawrie Sanchez, said “Ruddock is  [ more ]

Random snippets According to just about every source Sam Stockley has now signed for United for a deal estimated to be worth around £150,000. Stockley had joined the rest of the squad, plus John Dreyer, for training at HMS Collingwood and showed himself to be one of the fittest of the bunch.Due to the delay  [ more ]

A done deal? United boss Mark Wright is insisting that the signing of Barnet defender Sam Stockley is “a done deal” despite the fact that he has yet to sign a contract with the club. Apparently all the terms and conditions of the deal have been agreed and Stockley is expected to put pen to  [ more ]

Transfers latest(ish) Sam Stockley's transfer, which has been held up whilst the player and his agent sort out some last minute dramas with Barnet is still on. According to Bees administrators “everything was sorted out last night and the paperwork should be completed today”. Stockley looks set to be the fourth defender to sign this  [ more ]

No Kassam charity The proposed match in aid of Comic Relief between an Eastenders XI and a BBC Celebrity XI, due to be played on Sunday August 5th, has been postponed for “unforeseen circumstances”. This might mean that they are concerned with how the new pitch would take a second match the day after the  [ more ]

Minton leaves a hole According to today's Oxford Mail United missed out on bringing midfielder Jeff Minton to Oxford, despite director Bill Smith's understanding that the deal was done. According to Smith even Minton's agent was surprised that the former Rotherham player failed to sign a contract. Most recently Minton was signed by Leyton Orient  [ more ]