We heard a whisperA source that could be described as reliable suggests that United might be about to sign Julian Alsop from Cheltenham. Alsop had a reasonable scoring record at Swansea, where he was a fans' favourite, but hasn't figured so high in the scoring charts in Gloucestershire.Son of pre-season friendlyAt Court Place Farm this  [ more ]

Queues bluesRepercussions continue from SaturdayOn the Rage Online E'd Back page you can find an email from Abid concerning a worrying problem he encountered at the Rochdale match on Saturday, a problem that has previously not been highlighted elsewhere. In addition there have been many other complaints about a number of other issues.Some of these  [ more ]

Yellow Fever gives RO the trotsParity in the Fanzine matchesOn Saturday morning a capacity crowd of five (including a baby in a pushchair) witnessed Yellow Fever exact revenge for their defeat at the end of last season by Rage On. YF stormed into a 3-0 half-time lead and then increased their advantage by adding another  [ more ]

Gissa Malessa'Keeper signsOxford United this morning signed former Bristol City goalkeeper Tony Malessa. With youth team goalie Phil Wilson injured United had no cover for Richard Knight and so Mark Wright acted quickly to bring in Malessa, who impressed Wright when playing for Woking against the U's. Malessa also played the full game for United  [ more ]

On our uppersSouth Stand Upper Tier gets certificateThe upper tier of the South Stand, closed for the Palace friendly last weekend, was today granted a full safety certificate meaning that it will be fully open for the visit of Rochdale on Saturday. In addition the restaurant and bars will be open before the Rochdale. The  [ more ]

Hours from Moody?New signings imminentAssistant manager Ted McMinn stated today that United would have two new signings “within 24 hours”, which by our reckoning means there's only about 14 hours to go! McMinn refused to be drawn as to the identity of the new players, but the rumours about Paul Moody are, if anything, even  [ more ]

In the Moood to party!Moody rumours unconfirmedThose Paul Moody rumours, reported somewhat scathingly yesterday, refuse to go away, and Oxford United haven't helped. Normally speculation of this sort is laughingly dismissed by the club with some caustic and sarcastic comment to help them on their way, but when questioned about Paul Moody United refused to  [ more ]

SavagedMidfielder due to signNorthampton Town midfielder Dave Savage, available on a Bosman transfer, is due to sign a contract with United tomorrow morning. Savage played against Palace on Saturday and had a reasonably good game alongside Martin Thomas and Paul Tait. Reports suggest that he is to be offered a permanent contract, but we suspect  [ more ]

Time to party!United 1 Palace 1 (U's win 5-4 on penalties)The first game at the new stadium ended in stalemate as United held first division Palace to a draw, United's goal being scored by local lad Paul Powell in first half stoppage time. In the resulting penalty shoot-out for the Bill Halsey Memorial Trophy Palace  [ more ]

Most systems go!Safety certificate grantedUnited were granted their interim safety certificate for the new stadium this afternoon, meaning that the friendly against Crystal Palace can go ahead as planned tomorrow. The upper tier of the South Stand will still be closed, meaning a capacity of just under 10,000, but all the toilet and refreshment facilities  [ more ]