Kinnear ain't 'kin 'ere! Joe Kinnear's first day on the job turned out to be something of an anti-climax as it was revealed on Radio Oxford that he won't actually be taking up his position at the club until tomorrow. He will arrive at the Manor prior to the Wigan game, meet up with Mike  [ more ]

Rotherham bother 'em United went down to their eighth successive away League defeat (all seven for this season), 3-1 at Millmoor yesterday. United's goal was a scorching Derek Lilley volley to bring the U's back into the game when they were already 2-0 down following goals from Paul Warne and Kevin Watson. Warne scored again  [ more ]

Squaddies A squad of 17 is travelling up to South Yorkshire for tomorrow's clash against Rotherham at Millmoor. It is the same sixteen that featured against Luton, less Paul Tait who broke his leg, but plus the Weatherstone brothers, Ross and Simon. Also called up is Matt Murphy, who scored twice for the reserves this  [ more ]

Minchery is go! Work to start on October 30th In a statement read out this morning Firoz Kassam announced that he has signed a contract with Birse Stadia for them to complete the Minchery Farm stadium in time for the start of next season at a cost of £15 million. Birse took possession of the  [ more ]

Tait's unlucky break Paul Tait's injury is worse than at first feared, and it appears that he has a hairline fracture of his tibula. This means that, just as he is starting to play his best football since arriving from Birmingham, he faces another lengthy spell on the sidelines. Tait joins Paul Powell and Rage  [ more ]

Shooting blanks Oxford and Luton fought out a goalless draw at the Manor tonight; a point which leaves the U's still rooted to the foot of the table. Andy Linighan made his debut for United to become the club's oldest ever player, replacing Matt Murphy from Saturday's starting line-up in the centre of a five-man  [ more ]

Linighan joins United Oxford have signed Andy Linighan until the end of the season and he is likely to make his debut in defence tomorrow against Luton. If he does play Linighan will be the oldest player ever to have donned a Yellow shirt, even older than Mickey Lewis or Mike Ford. Linighan was Crystal  [ more ]

United lost again, this time to Wrexham by the odd goal in seven. Paul Tait scored his first goal at the Manor after 7 minutes to give the U's the lead before Darren Ferguson levelled direct from a free kick. In the second half Mark McGregor put Wrexham ahead and Martyn Chalk extended their lead  [ more ]

Pompey for the Guy Guy Whittingham has returned to Portsmouth, having been recalled from his loan prematurely. The reason being that Portsmouth manager Tony Pulis has been given four months leave to pursue his court action against Gillingham for wrongful dismissal. In Pulis's stead they have appointed Steve Claridge as caretaker boss and he wants  [ more ]

A big fat No! Following further discussions between Firoz Kassam and Steve Cotterill the Cheltenham boss has turned down the option of a move to United. It is believed that Kassam offered Cotterill double his current salary, £1 million to spend on new players plus a hefty bonus if he kept United up this season.  [ more ]