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Signings were Darren's downfall
8:43pm Monday 1st December 2008
Darren Patterson got the boot not just because results had been way below expectations, but because most of the players who had failed to deliver were his very own signings, writes JON MURRAY.
Comments (0)Patterson is sacked
6:30am Monday 1st December 2008
DARREN Patterson was dismissed last night as Oxford United's manager.
Turley - Players must take blame
1:10am Monday 1st December 2008
STAND-IN captain Billy Turley said he and all the Oxford United players should take responsibility for Darren Patterson's dismissal.
PATTERSON SACKED
7:49pm Sunday 30th November 2008
Oxford United manager Darren Patterson has been sacked.
Hargreaves delight at ‘spirited’ victory
7:21pm Sunday 30th November 2008
Torquay's former Oxford United captain Chris Hargreaves described the Gulls' second-round triumph as "a great win", writes JON MURRAY.
'Sending off was no help' - Carruthers
7:24pm Sunday 30th November 2008
Chris Carruthers admitted the red card dished out to Torquay winger Roscoe DSane didn't help Oxford United at all as they bowed out of the FA Cup on Saturday.
Burton go clear at top with win
7:20pm Sunday 30th November 2008
Burton moved three points clear at the top of the Blue Square Premier table with a 2-0 victory over Eastbourne Borough on Saturday.
Torquay Utd 2, Oxford Utd 0 (29/11)
5:05pm Saturday 29th November 2008
Oxford United's FA Cup dream died at Plainmoor on Saturday when they crashed out in the second round to ten-man Torquay.
Foster gives U's cup tonic
7:30am Saturday 29th November 2008
Oxford United have been given a big boost for today's FA Cup clash with centre back Luke Foster making the trip to Torquay.
FOOTBALL: Third round draw
8:07pm Friday 28th November 2008
The draw for the third round of the FA Cup takes place live on ITV at 2.15pm on Sunday.
Subaru gear up for Wales Rally GB
2:51pm Friday 28th November 2008
Just a few hours south of the Subaru World Rally Team’s headquarters in Banbury, the gravel roads of Wales Rally GB will be the scene of the finale of the 2008 World Rally Championship season from December 4-7.
United's cup fever
6:10am Friday 28th November 2008
OXFORD United's FA Cup preparations have been hit by a virus in the camp.
CRICKET: Cherwell crisis over Kidlington
11:40pm Thursday 27th November 2008
THE Oxford Times Cherwell League was plunged into crisis last night as clubs rebelled over a controversial proposal to throw out Kidlington CC.
Yemi puts in a great shift
5:24pm Thursday 27th November 2008
YEMI Odubade was a shining example to his teammates with his energy and workrate in Tuesday night’s 1-0 win over Kidderminster.
Riviera revisited
5:25pm Thursday 27th November 2008
Tomorrow's the second time Oxford have visited Plainmoor in the FA Cup.
Patto's enigmas can clip Gulls' wings
5:28pm Thursday 27th November 2008
No-one on either side, will need any extra motivation tomorrow when Oxford United take on Torquay in their biggest game of the season so far.
United's strange home and away episode
5:15pm Thursday 27th November 2008
How can a team be so strong at home and so feeble away, when they visit the so-called smaller clubs?
U's stay with Groves's folks
5:19pm Thursday 27th November 2008
Oxford United will again be staying at the Torquay hotel owned by the parents of their young midfielder Richard Groves.
Torquay are odds on for tie
5:19pm Thursday 27th November 2008
Bookies make Torquay strong favourites, listing them at 4-7 to win in 90 minutes, with Oxford 9-2 and the draw 5-2.
United holing out for charity
5:12pm Thursday 27th November 2008
Oxford United director and former manager, Jim Smith, plus players Alex Fisher and Matt Day are pictured taking a break from practising at Frilford Heath on Wednesday at the launch of their golf day and charity dinner.
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The Mole and Chicken, Easington, near Thame
One of the pictures on this page gives a good impression of the delights to be enjoyed at the Mole and Chicken on one of those sunny days that now seem as far as can be from our present situation.
Early taste of Christmas wine
Next week is The Oxford Times Wine Club Christmas Tasting and, with just four weeks to go until Christmas Day, it is an excellent opportunity to sample a specially-selected range of wines for the festive season.
Dylan Moran: New Theatre, Oxford
‘I was the first person to discover that if you infected a person with Marmite, he would stand up and bark at the moon.” “Everybody under the age of 35 has the intelligence of raspberry jam.” “Children can hear vegetables hiding.”
Sleeping Beauty, Chipping Norton Theatre
There’s nothing King Couer-de-Loup likes more than a good battle: “We’ll march on King Florizel’s wet and wicked army,” he proclaims. His Queen is not so sure, however. She would rather her husband stayed around: there’s the christening of their daughter Princess Aurora to arrange for a start. And he certainly can’t go out and fight looking like that: “Your chain mail’s got a ladder in it,” she wails.
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