Jake Evans

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Oxford United
16 Mar 2027
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Marked for Jake Evans

31 Edition

The Oxford United Herald

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad1 Mar 2027

Jamie Cumming keeps Oxford United in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Sam Long has been here 14 seasons

239 appearances across 14 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.

Market1 Mar 2027

Jack Currie puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Oxford United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Tempers go at Oxford United

Jamie Cumming was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Matías Contrera wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Oxford United know it.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

No hiding place for Nilson Angulo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nilson Angulo, and the manager let it.

Match27 Feb 2027

Millwall take the points off Oxford United

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

Oliver Lawrence faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Oliver Lawrence after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Player ratings1 Mar 2027

One moment undoes Ruben Roosken

There was one mistake and it ended in the net. Defenders are judged on the worst thing they did rather than on the eighty-nine minutes either side of it, which is unfair and is also the job.

In brief

Back issues
25 Edition

The Oxford United Herald

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match16 Jan 2027

No end in sight to Oxford United's wait for a win

16 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Oxford United has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Jamie Cumming keeps Oxford United in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market18 Jan 2027

Stanley Mills hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oxford United can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

Cameron Brannagan pops up at the right end — 7.98

7.98, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Market18 Jan 2027

Oxford United say no — this time

The offer from Walsall for Stanley Mills was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market18 Jan 2027

Oxford United get their man

The chase for Tommy Simkin ended with $920.0K changing hands and Stoke City out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Transfer targets18 Jan 2027

Dan Scarr due for a Oxford United medical

Everything agreed with Wrexham, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad18 Jan 2027

A falling-out at Oxford United

Marcos Gómez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match12 Jan 2027

Oxford United come up short against Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

24 Edition

The Leicester City Courier

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

Leicester City make their move for Amadou Onana

$18.9M on the table at Aston Villa. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Market11 Jan 2027

Jake Evans hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Leicester City can pretend not to have heard.

Market11 Jan 2027

Leicester City turn down Plymouth Argyle for Abdul Fatawu

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings11 Jan 2027

A defender's goal wins it for Leicester City — 7.74

1 for Oliver Skipp, marked 7.74, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Squad11 Jan 2027

The step up is real for Jake Evans

At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Market11 Jan 2027

Stockport County join the queue for Stephy Mavididi

Add another name to the list: Stockport County have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Stephy Mavididi. The answer from Leicester City has not changed — yet.

Boardroom11 Jan 2027

Ellery Balcombe will join Leicester City for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Ellery Balcombe has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Leicester City have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

Leicester City rebuffed over Gavin Bazunu

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Newcastle United have kept their man, and Leicester City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match9 Jan 2027

Oliver Skipp sends Leicester City past Portsmouth

It finished 2‑1, and it was Oliver Skipp’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Leicester City.

In brief

24 Edition

The Oxford United Herald

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match9 Jan 2027

The wait goes on for Oxford United

14 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Jamie Cumming keeps Oxford United in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market11 Jan 2027

Ole Romeny puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Oxford United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

Fee done, terms next for Jake Evans

Oxford United and Leicester City have settled on $410.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

Tommy Simkin due for a Oxford United medical

Everything agreed with Stoke City, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Market11 Jan 2027

Cardiff City come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Oxford United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Marcos Gómez in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Oxford United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match9 Jan 2027

Tyler Goodrham among the goals in a wild afternoon

6 goals in one match, Tyler Goodrham on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Oxford United and Middlesbrough.

Squad11 Jan 2027

James Golding is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

In brief