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 ]

The Land Deal WILL happen Rage Online has learned from sources both within the City Council and at the football club that the land deal will be signed tomorrow. Both parties declared that this is definitely going to happen. The delay was caused by the Council's solicitors wanting to negotiate on certain clauses. This effectively  [ more ]

Land deal – another deadline passes The elusive land deal, which was due to be signed today to pass the land from the City Council to Firoz Kassam, has still not been signed. Despite all the clauses in the deal having been accepted by both parties the deal still hasn't been finalised. City Council leader  [ more ]

Aldo dies in car crash Rage Online is distraught to announce that former United striker Martin Aldridge died today following a car crash yesterday. Aldridge was currently on loan at Rushden & Diamonds from Blackpool and will be fondly remembered by United supporters for his hat-trick against Sheffield United (leading Denis Smith to drop him)  [ more ]

Close to the edge at Boundary Park United's decline continues, this time a 2-0 defeat at Oldham pushing the club back into the second division relegation zone. The Latics' Steve Whitehall scored both goals, the first with a deflected shot from a free kick and the second following a defensive error from the normally reliable  [ more ]

Barr to build Minchery Now that the secret is out in the public domain Rage Online can confirm what we've been hinting at in these reports for the last few weeks – the construction company which is in negotiations to complete the stadium at Minchery Farm is Barr Limited, based in Ayr, Scotland (rumours that  [ more ]

The wait goes on… And so the land deal remains unsigned, despite assurances from all involved that it would be cleared up this week. It appears that the delay is due to a combination of factors, of which the City Council's inability to pay Thames Water the money they are owed for the breach of  [ more ]

Anything the first team can do… Oxford United reserves went to Loftus Road this afternoon and were totally outclassed by a strong QPR side, losing 5-0. Iain Dowie put Rangers ahead from a cross by Tony Scully, who also created a goal for Richard Graham and scored twice himself, first with a fine solo effort  [ more ]