FOUL have no Morrells Due to the possibility of the owners of Morrells taking out an injunction to prevent completion of the Minchery Farm stadium, due to it being within half a mile of the Blackbird pub which has a covenant on it preventing alcohol outlets being built within that distance, United supporters group FOUL  [ more ]

Canada earns a draw Former United target Carlo Corrazin scored the equalising goal as Canada drew 2-2 with Costa Rica in their opening game in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in San Diego. Corrazin had earlier equalised Costa Rica's opening goal with a penalty. Canada featured United's Mark Watson in their line-up. A match report can  [ more ]

First the good news… United achieved their fourth away league win of the season, and their first win of any kind since Boxing Day, at Adams Park today. Joey Beauchamp scored the 26th minute winner which moved Oxford out of the relegation zone and which means that United have now won more games away from  [ more ]

Smith Russells up a striker United have brought in 26 year old striker Craig Russell on loan from Manchester City. Russell, who is available on a free transfer, was formerly with Sunderland (under the management of Denis Smith, surprisingly) and moved to the Sky Blues in a swap for former swindon player Nicky Summerbee in  [ more ]

Reserves step on the Gas Oxford United reserves drew 1-1 at home to Bristol Rovers this evening. After a goalless first half United took the lead shortly into the second when Steve Anthrobus finished clinically from a first-time Chris Hackett cross. United dominated the remainder of the second half but were unable to add to  [ more ]

Gas bag U's target The Trinidad & Tobago international on trial at the Manor is named Kerwin Jemmott who plays for Joe Public FC and he is, apparently, a cultured left-footed midfielder. The other player to whom United were intending to offer a trial, Nigel Pierre, a big target man, has been snaffled by Bristol  [ more ]

Caribbean breakdown Apparently the anonymous Trinidadian, who is not required by the T&T squad for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in California if he has time to spend on trial in Oxford, only lasted for ten minutes in training before withdrawing with an injury. According to Denis Smith our unknown friend found the training and weather  [ more ]

Andre to stay away, wa-hey! South Africa reached the semi-finals of the African Nations Cup today after beating co-hosts Ghana 1-0 with a Nomvepe header. Andre Arendse gave a commanding performance for South Africa who will face the winners of the Nigeria v. Senegal match on Thursday February 10th. The shock news from this game  [ more ]

Orange crush Oxford lost 1-0 at home to relegation rivals Blackpool in Denis Smith's first game in charge of his former club. The Tangerines' scorer was John Murphy who headed home in the 18th minute. Peter Fear started the game in midfield with Paul Powell dropping back into defence in place of Jon Shepheard and  [ more ]

Land Deal signed at last At 12.18 this afternoon John Tanner and Firoz Kassam put pen to paper to sign the contract which transfers ownership of the land at Minchery Farm for the football stadium, hotel and leisure complex from the City Council to Firoka. This means that Kassam can now instruct the builders, Barr  [ more ]