OXFORD UNITED 0 PORTSMOUTH 1 Well that was a disappointing way to start the season, although I don’t go along with all the doom and gloom that has been spouted by a few fans. But for a couple of (very) dodgy penalty decisions not going Oxford’s way, this could easily have ended in a draw  [ more ]

The new season starts tomorrow with a home game against United’s most frequent opponent, Portsmouth. This will be the 79th time Oxford have played Pompey in all competitions, with United winning 23 of the previous 78 games and Portsmouth with slightly the better record, having won 29. Click HERE to see our record against the  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 2025/26 – WHAT’S AHEAD? Pre-season Friendlies… …are not something I get very excited about although I am interested to know which players the manager is picking and how new additions fit in. I’ve been to Dublin and Glasgow in recent years but won’t venture much further afield. I have great admiration for those  [ more ]

So, United’s pre-season campaign concluded this afternoon with a win over Malaga. Lovely town and a decent following too. From the three home games (didn’t go to Mansfield or Indonesia so won’t comment) I think we saw a decent progression. From a flat, disappointing performance against Bristol Rovers, to a far better but still flawed  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 2025/26 – PORT FC by Mark Gelder Oxford United were comfortably through to the Sunday final of Piala Presiden 2025, the President’s cup.  Our opponents were to be Thai team Port FC, the other invited side in the tournament.   I had now moved from my hotel near the station to the Mercure hotel  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 2025/26 – No.2: AREMA FC by MARK GELDER Our second match was against Arema FC, who finished 10th of 18 in the league last season, and were in the President’s Cup as defending champions.   After a couple of days in Jakarta, I headed across to Bandung on the Tuesday, some 80 miles south-west,  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 2025/26 – No.1: INDONESIA ALL STARS For many years now whenever each season ends, I question whether I’ll carry on writing FVs for the following campaign. That’s mostly down to how much time it takes. I’ve always, up until now, come back somewhat refreshed and gone for it again. However last season I  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.50: SWANSEA AWAY SWANSEA CITY 3 OXFORD UNITED 3 Well, here we are again at the end of another season. They come and go so quickly. This one seems to have been relentless, yet we’ve only played 49 competitive games (a nice round 50 FVs because I covered the friendly v  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW: 24/25 – No.49: SUNDERLAND AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 2 SUNDERLAND 0 So we’ve made it to safety with one game to go. It’s been emotional. Saturday was very emotional. There have been times this season when we’ve played badly enough to deserve to go down but we only glance relatively briefly at how  [ more ]

CARDIFF CITY 1 OXFORD UNITED 1 The Match Most important game of the season. Worst performance of the season. Best goal of the season. You thought the last FV was a short one, well I could quite easily leave this one as the shortest ever and stop now but I’m not going to because it  [ more ]