WINTER BREAK After a fortnight with no game I was mad for it. I need Oxford United. We’d been on a great run and with Beano having only one game of his scandalously unjust suspension to serve it should have been optimism all the way. GOAL DOWN BROWN But it wasn’t. There was a massive  [ more ]

Oxford United have extended the stay of defender Luke O’Brien until the end of the season. The 24-year-old left-back will remain at the Kassam Stadium until May after agreeing a contract extension. The former Bradford City full-back was initially brought in until January, mainly to cover the absence of Liam Davis due to a long-term  [ more ]

Oxford United goalkeeper Max Crocombe has been included in the New Zealand Under 20 World Cup Qualifying squad. Despite having not made his senior debut for the Us, the 19-year-old has been named amongst the 26-man shortlist for the Oceania Football Confederation tournament. The youngster, who signed a professional contract last year, has made numerous  [ more ]

Oxford United goalkeeper Ryan Clarke has been ruled out for up to 10 weeks. The Us fear the goalie could be sidelined for the rest of the season, after boss Chris Wilder revealed the 30 year-old requires double shoulder surgery. Wayne Brown deputised for the Yellows during their impressive 2-1 away victory at Bradford City  [ more ]

Paul Beasley Only the JPT The words on everyone’s lips at half – time were, “that was entertaining”. At only a tenner to get in that was possibly the best vfm we’ve had all season. I don’t know how a crowd of under 3,000, created one of the better recent atmospheres, but we did. Probably  [ more ]

  Bradford City 1 Oxford United 2 Jack Shoemark United made it four straight League Two victories after coming back from a goal down to beat Bradford City at the Coral Windows Stadium. Peter Leven continued his impressive record from the penalty spot with a last minute effort after Sean Rigg had drawn the U’s  [ more ]

Oxford United 3 Southend United 3 (Southend won 5-3 on penalties) George Dugdale Oxford United’s JPT run came to an end as Southend United proved the cooler from the spot after a highly entertaining draw. Barry Corr gave the visitors a lead, but goals from Tyrone Marsh and Tom Craddock gave United a half-time lead.  [ more ]

Dan Church Oxford United’s Sean Rigg and Chris Wilder have been nominated for individual nPower League Two awards. Winger Rigg and boss Wilder are shortlisted for the honour of player and manager of the month awards for December. Rigg, a summer signing from Port Vale, has contributed highly to United’s unbeaten run through the Christmas  [ more ]

Aston Tirrold 0 Raging Fever 6 Raging Fever started 2013 with a convincing win over Aston Tirrold thanks to five goals in the final thirty minutes of an entertaining contest. To describe the village green in Aston Tirrold as a field with a football pitch marked on is insulting to fields

Paul Beasley SUCCESS It’s now six league games since I said we needed six points from every nine. After three games we’d fallen just short with five points, but with the maximum return from the last three we’re now ahead of target with 14 from 18. So let’s sing it from the roof tops. Well  [ more ]