New season draws closer Two more of United's opponents have been confirmed for next season as Hartlepool lost 3-1 at home to Blackpool (5-1 on aggregate) and Hull went down 2-0 at Orient (2-1 aggregate) in the Third Division play-offs.United right back John Robertson is on the verge of signing for Ayr United due to  [ more ]

Return of the Mac Neil McGowan has returned to Oxford in an attempt to boost his playing career again. He joined the rest of the United squad for their training yesterday following his end-of-season stint at Stranraer, where he scored a goal during his seven games as a midfielder.Also on trial with United was Tony  [ more ]

It's Wright v Kinnear According to reports Oxford and Luton are fighting over the signature of highly rated Telford United defender Simon Travis. The 23-year-old former Stockport wing-back is currently out of contract with Telford and has attracted the interest of both Joe Kinnear and Mark Wright, although he is currently in the final year  [ more ]

Old boys make the nets work In the real last Manor match, the Milk Cup reunion bash, the spoils were shared between Oxford and QPR. The final score was 4-4 although United should claim the moral victory as two of Rangers' goals were scored by Mike Ford and their fourth came from former Oxford star  [ more ]

Wright swoops, allegedly There are unconfirmed reports that Mark Wright has gone back to his previous club, Southport, to sign up four of their best players. Club captain Andy Gouck and leading scorer Ian Arnold head the list, with 24-year-old defenders Phil Bolland and Scott Guyett also reportedly Oxford-bound.Gouck, 28, formerly played for Rochdale whilst  [ more ]

Wright and McMinn in It was confirmed today that Mark Wright will be United's new manager, with his former Southport colleague Ted McMinn as his assistant. Wright was chosen ahead of John Aldridge and Steve Cotterill, who also applied for the post, but the former Oxford, Southampton, Derby and Liverpool (oh, and England) centre back  [ more ]

Kassam's playground Oxford United have informed the waiting masses that the official name for the new ground is to be the Kassam Stadium after, umm, club chairman Firoz Kassam. Presumably this exercise in megalomania is a result of an inability to find a corporate sponsor to invest untold millions in the ground rather than, as  [ more ]

United fell to their 33rd league defeat of the season, conceding their 100th goal in the process, going down 2-1 at Notts County. Typically United took the lead through the Rage On Sponsored Rob Folland, who followed in a Jamie Brooks shot in the 18th minute. David Joseph equalised in the 35th minute before a  [ more ]

Notts County preview Tomorrow United visit Meadow Lane for the last game of their worst ever season in a fixture rendered pointless (probably literally) due to both Oxford's and Notts County's status for next season already assured. Caretaker boss Mike Ford will probably stick with a youthful line-up, as indicated by his team selection for  [ more ]

Reserves go down at QPR United's reserves lost their final match of the season 3-2 at Loftus Road this afternoon. QPR were by far the better team and only the impressive keeping of Oxford's Richard Knight prevented QPR from winning by a greater margin.Rangers opened the scoring after 17 minutes through Ross Weare who beat  [ more ]