Tied with a Yellow ribbon The Rage Online readers Player of the Month for August was a dead heat between Richard Knight and Jon Richardson, both of whom received 34% of the vote. In third place was our old friend No-one, for whom 14% of you voted. Joey and Dean Whitehead each received 7% of [ more ]
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Tied with a Yellow ribbon
September 12, 2000United went back to the bottom of the league following swindon’s 1-0 win at Bristol City. At leas …
September 9, 2000United went back to the bottom of the league following swindon's 1-0 win at Bristol City. At least they only have one game in hand on us now. Bournemouth, also without a win this season, drew 1-1 at home to Port Vale to move two points clear of us. Former United triallist Stefan Thordarsson scored [ more ]
Down among the dead men
September 8, 2000Down among the dead men United lost 3-1 at Adams Park tonight. Wycombe, who went second as a result of this win, scored in the third minute through Adam Baird. Jermaine McSporran doubled their lead with nine minutes remaining, but Paul Taid scored his first Oxford goal in the 85th minute. A twice taken penalty [ more ]
Wells bells
September 6, 2000Wells bells Oxford City Council's planning committee has deferred until Friday at 9.30 the decision on whether or not to grant permission for the detailed consent of the leisure proposals at Minchery Farm. The reason for this is to allow millionaire landowner Les Wells to address the committee for five minutes with his comments following [ more ]
Frankly Worthingtonless
September 5, 2000Frankly Worthingtonless United lost 3-1 against Wolves at the Manor to lose their first round Worthington Cup tie 3-2 on aggregate. Jon Shepheard gave the U's the lead with his first goal for the club from a corner after 14 minutes but Wolves equalised through Carl Robinson three minutes into the second half. After they [ more ]
Back to work on Monday?
September 4, 2000Back to work on Monday? Firoz Kassam has stated that, should the planning committee approve detailed plans for the proposed leisure complex at Minchery Farm when it meets this Wednesday, he will give the go-ahead for Barr Construction to begin building work this Monday, 11th September. The most likely scenario from the committee is a [ more ]
A point at last
September 2, 2000A point at last United secured their first point of the season to lift them off the bottom of the table (above swindon) at home to Cambridge. The U's took the lead through a Lee Jarman strike from a Joey Beauchamp free kick after quarter of an hour. Cambridge equalised through Tom Youngs ten minutes [ more ]
Bits and pieces
September 1, 2000Bits and pieces ROS Rob Folland's Wales Under-21 side lost 4-1 in Belarus. This game means that Rob is unavailable for selection for tomorrow's match against Cambridge.Former United left-back Simon Marsh has joined Brentford on loan from Birmingham.Nuneaton Borough have rejected a £60,000 bid from Boston United for Mark McGregor.
Reserves don’t lose shock
August 30, 2000Reserves don't lose shock United's reserves this evening drew 2-2 with Wycombe reserves. Goals from Jamie Cook and Peter Fear earned the U's a valuable point, which the club will be seeking to transfer to the first team. Random gratuitous rumour time It's been a while since we've done one of these so now seems [ more ]
Pointless August
August 29, 2000Pointless August United lost 3-2 at Walsall after being twice ahead from two well-taken Joey Beauchamp strikes in the 3rd and 33rd minutes. Paul Hall scored the first equaliser after 15 minutes, and Jorge Leitao made it 2-2 shortly into the second half. United, playing 5-4-1 with Steve Anthrobus as the lone striker, brought in [ more ]