Last night, Cherwell District Council gave Oxford United an early birthday present. The CDC voted 14-1 (with three notable abstentions) to grant the club planning permission for its proposed 16,000-capacity stadium at the Triangle: a haggard piece of land between north Oxford and Kidlington currently used to grow willow for fencing. While this is the  [ more ]

Oxford United 1 Colchester United 0 Line-up and stats: https://rageonline.co.uk/mainpage/fixture/2025-08-12/ Well, I said in my match preview that we would probably scrape our way through the first round and it wouldn’t be pretty, and I was right. Fielding a changed – but still relatively strong – side, United did just enough to ensure that they  [ more ]

It’s Oxford United’s favourite competition on Tuesday night, with the visit of Colchester United to Grenoble Road for a League Cup first round tie. There’s lots to debate around this one – United need to show some sort of response to Saturday’s defeat by Portsmouth, but on the other hand they can ill afford to  [ more ]

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 ]