Fit for a king United have brought in professional athlete John Regis to give the players some much needed fitness training. Regis, cousin of former player Cyrille, will work with the players to improve their overall fitness levels, although it's not clear for how long he will be involved with the club. Meanwhile there is  [ more ]

Swans vetched United gained their first away points, and only their second win, of the season at Swansea yesterday. The Swans took the lead in the 12th minute through Steve Watkins, but five minutes later Joey Beauchamp equalised with a spectacular 30 yard shot. Oxford scored the winner in the 34th minute when Keith Andrews  [ more ]

Three to get ready United have signed three new players ready for the trip to Swansea on Saturday. Midfielder Keith Andrews joins on a one-month loan from Wolves, although it is not planned that this will be turned into a permanent move; 32 year old Northern Ireland international striker Phil Gray has joined on a  [ more ]

Apologies for no update yesterday, but sometimes even we web editors need to have a life. Wins for United shock Following the Youth Team's 6-0 win over Bury Town yesterday in the FA Youth Cup (goals from Chris Hackett, Jamie Brookes, Dwight Campioli, Jorden Holder and two from Adam Garner on his debut) the reserves  [ more ]

U's gassed United went down to their fourth consecutive defeat, and their ninth game in succession without a win, as a Steve Foster goal after 17 mintues gave Bristol Rovers a 1-0 win at the Manor. United, playing with four at the back, saw Paul Powell returning from injury to replace Neil McGowan at left  [ more ]

Team speculation David Kemp could be bringing a footballing revolution to Oxford United, with reports suggesting that the team might line up in a 4-4-2 formation. There has been no definite team news yet, with Kemp saying that there is no-one definitely in the team, and no-one definitely out of it either. There is a  [ more ]

Banger goes off Former United striker Nicky Banger has joined third division Scunthorpe United on loan from Dundee where, surprisingly, he has failed to set the Scottish Premiership alight.

Ring the bells for the Kemp analogy David Kemp, formerly assistant manager at Portsmouth and Crystal Palace, has been appointed United boss on the recommendation of Joe Kinnear, who has joined the board as Director of Football on a full time basis until the end of the season at least. In a press conference held  [ more ]

All quiet on the Minchery front There was movement of sorts up at Minchery Farm today, although after all our expectations it was something of an anti-climax. Essentially Birse took delivery of a couple of new portakabins, all the ones currently on site still being owned by Barr, who are responsible for the perimeter fencing,  [ more ]

Oh tish, Reading United went down to their eighth consecutive away defeat at the Madejski Stadium 4-3 this afternoon, despite leading 3-2 with ten minutes to go. Reading opened the scoring with a Darren Caskey penalty, harshly awarded against Lee Jarman after 28 minutes, but Derek Lilley equalised five minutes from the end of the  [ more ]