Weatherstonegate Ross Weatherstone, and three of his friends, appeared in court in Reading today charged with threatening, abusive and insulting behaviour towards an Asian taxi driver in Upper Caversham. Allegedly the abuse was of a racist nature which can not be tolerated in society at all, in football in general and at Oxford United in  [ more ]

United lose crucial game Oxford came away from their crucial relegation clash at Cambridge pointless as first half goals from Trevor Benjamin and John Hansen allowed the other U's to leapfrog the real U's. Both goals followed defensive errors by United, the first when Matt Murphy headed the ball straight to Benjamin after just eight  [ more ]

Kassam pledges to stay at Oxford Following a meeting this morning between Firoz Kassam and Bob Block of Oxford City Council Kassam has stated that he intends to stay at Oxford and to try and help them out of the current crisis. A two-pronged approach is being taken with regard to the judicial review: on  [ more ]

Eddie's ready Transfer deadline day and not a single United player left the fold, despite numerous rumours concerning Paul Powell, Joey Beauchamp, Mark Watson and even Les Robinson. Instead our squad size increased by one as Oxford signed Eddie Newton, the former Chelsea midfielder, from Birmingham on a free transfer until the end of the  [ more ]

Powelly's Toon? The Newcastle Chronicle today confirmed rumours that Newcastle United have been keeping tabs on Paul Powell (Benson & Hedges?). The report states that head coach Mick Wadsworth was at Gigg Lane to watch Powelly in action following the Magpies being “very impressed” with him in the Notts County game. The report also states  [ more ]

Shakers rattled by Cook Oxford moved out of the relegation zone of Division Two following yet another away win, this time 2-1 at Bury where the U's have a poor record. Derek Lilley put United ahead after just nine minutes following good work from Jamie Cook and Oxford looked to have all three points until  [ more ]

Powell and Joey rumours start to fly As soon as a club, any club but in this case Oxford United, appears to be in financial difficulties there follows inevitably rumours about the best players being targets for sundry other clubs. This time round it's United's best current player, Paul Powell, and perennial transfer target, Joey  [ more ]

Fans unite to keep football alive The organisation fighting to Keep Barnet Alive (KBA) has organized a march through London in conjunction with Brighton fans. It is a keep football alive fans united march and supporters of Wycombe, Cambridge, Brentford, Chester, Enfield, Luton. Pompey, Palace and others will all be represented there. KBA have worked  [ more ]

U's lose again United went down again for their seventh defeat in the last eight home league fixtures as Notts County prevented a potential Oxford double, winning 3-2. Paul Powell opened the scoring for United after just seven minutes, but former Oxford striker Alex Dyer, now playing in defence for the Magpies, equalised from a  [ more ]

Judicial Review granted Justice Peter Hidden this morning announced that he was granting a Judicial Review into Oxford City Council's decision to grant planning permission for the multiplex cinema at Minchery Farm. A judicial review is a process whereby decisions made by bodies with powers delegated by parliament, such as local authorities, can have their  [ more ]