Record breakers Our thanks to contributor Andy Howland for the statistical information in this little look at the records that United are on course for breaking this season.Details of the worst performances by teams in our Division (Third Division 1958-92, Second Division 1992-2000): no club played as many as 46 League games until 1950-51 and [ more ]
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March 18, 2001Wells on?
March 17, 2001Wells on? According to Les Wells he and Firoz Kassam had agreed terms for Wells' land at Minchery Farm in return for Wells dropping his two legal actions. The deal needed to be ratified by Oxford City Council for it to work as the legal cases are actually between Wells and the Council. Wells claimed [ more ]
Luton tomorrow
March 16, 2001Luton tomorrow United travel to Kenilworth Road tomorrow to face one of the few teams unable to do the double over them, thanks to the 0-0 draw at the Manor on 17th October. United have Chris Hackett back from suspension and Andy Scott recovered from the injury he picked up at Wrexham so there is [ more ]
Raising the roof
March 15, 2001Raising the roof Following an inspection of the Minchery Farm site this morning by our intrepid reporter, Rage Online can reveal that 90% of the South Stand roof cladding and 50% of the West Stand is in place. All of the terrace blocks in the North Stand are in position. There seems to be plenty [ more ]
The Call Up
March 13, 2001The Call Up United striker Phil Gray has been called up to the Northern Ireland squad for their forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against the Czech Republic in Ballymena on March 23rd and against Bulgaria in Sofia on March 27th. This means he will miss United's games at home to Rotherham and away at Cambridge United. [ more ]
Reading between the lines
March 12, 2001Reading between the lines The United malaise struck the reserves this afternoon as they went down 2-0 at Reading, who scored through Darius Henderson and Keith Jones. Morons Apparently the police have positively identified some of those responsible for throwing missiles onto the pitch at Saturday's match. Rage Online trusts that, if those arrested are [ more ]
Hiss, Boo, and Kempout
March 10, 2001Hiss, Boo, and Kempout Another home defeat, this time 2-0, leaves United 22 points from safety with 36 points left to play for. The starting eleven was only different from Wrexham by the inclusion of Steve Anthrobus for the injured Andy Scott, although the U's were reduced to nine men with the dismissals of Dean [ more ]
Tomorrow is the game that most United supporters want to win over all others. Never mind that the …
March 9, 2001Tomorrow is the game that most United supporters want to win over all others. Never mind that the U's are going down without a fight, if we can beat swindon the pill won't seem quite as bitter. If as a result of their defeat those red red robins go bob bob bobbing into the third [ more ]
Doom approaches day by day
March 8, 2001Doom approaches day by day Following Port Vale's 1-0 victory at Colchester last night United are now 20 points below the fifth from bottom team (swindon). With a maximum 39 points available to United from their remaining 13 games there remains a very slight possibility that the U's may yet stay up. Of course, realistically, [ more ]
United lose again shock
March 6, 2001On This Day March 7th 1992 was the date that United welcomed swindon to the Manor, and welcoming it was as the U's ran out 5-3 winners. Two goals each from Joey Beauchamp and John Durnin were complemented by a Jim Magilton penalty. The attendance was 7,995. In 1998 United won 2-0 at Maine Road, [ more ]