Jack Shoemark Football is a funny old game. If it had been said that Oxford United would return from two trips to Yorkshire this week having conceded six goals and scoring only the one, it may have been considered that at least one of the performances would have been woeful. Infact, it has been quite  [ more ]

Dan Church Alan Hodgkinson is to retire at the age of 76. The goalkeeping coach will hang up his goalkeeping gloves after more than 60 years of fantastic service to professional football and will hand over responsibility to Wayne Brown. His duties were nationally recognised when Alan received an MBE in 2008 to commemorate his  [ more ]

Dan Church Oxford United have signed defender Daniel Boateng from Premier League side Arsenal on a youth loan agreement. The 19 year-old Ghanaian centre-half will spend four months at the Kassam Stadium before returning to Arsenal

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Paul Beasley Southend United With our lack of ability to beat the parked bus system, we were often found wanting at home last season, winning only 10 of the 23 games played at the Kasstad. There were also times when our opponents were just better than us. With four games to go Southend came, took  [ more ]

George Dugdale Oxford United 2 Plymouth Argyle 1 (Getty Images) Deane Smalley's quick-fire brace was enough for Oxford United to maintain their 100% record against Plymouth Argyle. The former Chesterfield striker, who endured a difficult first season at the club, opened the scoring from close range after good work from Sean Rigg and Tom Craddock.  [ more ]

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George Dugdale (Getty Images) Fine individual efforts from Jake Forster-Caskey and Alfie Potter gave Oxford United a comfortable opening day victory at Bristol Rovers. Brighton loanee Forster-Caskey curled home from the edge of the penalty area to give the visitors a deserved lead. Potter's solo-run and low finish doubled Oxford's advantage, whilst goalkeeper Ryan Clarke  [ more ]

George Dugdale A proficiency from 12 yards and a now familiar Ryan Clarke penalty save saw Oxford United through to the second round of the Capital One (League) Cup after a goalless draw with AFC Bournemouth. Chris Wilder opted to begin with the side that featured predominantly in the early part of pre-season. Captain Jake  [ more ]

Dan Church Oxford United have drawn Division Two outfit Leeds United in the second round of the Capital One Cup. The well-supported northerners will host United on Tuesday 28th August after United narrowly defeated AFC Bournemouth 5-3 on penalties last night (0-0 AET). Neil Warnock