The 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 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 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 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 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 ]

On 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 ]

Wrexham here we come Full of optimism from the hard-earned point at Bristol, United travel to Wrexham with no new selection worries after Saturday's exertions. Wrexham, who beat Northampton 3-0, have Craig Faulconbridge suspended. Whether or not David Kemp fields the same team, or indeed the same formation, as Saturday presumably depends on whether he  [ more ]

Popular Smith? Relatively speaking anyway, Denis Smith is preferred by 41% of voters as their choice for current United manager in the most popular Rage Online poll yet. Admittedly the choices were restricted to United's three least popular managers of the last decade, but it says something for current incumbent David Kemp, who received 17%  [ more ]

Ashton Fate? United travel to Bristol City tomorrow with three changes enforced on the side that performed so dismally at home to Millwall last week, although arguably only one of those changes will weaken the side. That is Chris Hackett's omission, this being the first of the three games for which he is suspended following  [ more ]

Cutlery back in the draw As reported earlier Neil Cutler has returned to Aston Villa after two months on loan at United, during which he failed to keep a single clean sheet, he failed to impress the United supporters and he twice made obscene gestures or comments to the Oxford fans. Whether Cutler's loan spell  [ more ]