The Oxford United Herald
Squad31 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Mark Harris
57 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Oxford United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Oxford United agree $6.3M for Danny McNamara
The clubs have shaken hands with Millwall; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Market31 Aug 2026
Jamie McDonnell agrees terms with Newcastle Jets
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Oxford United people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market31 Aug 2026
Siriki Dembélé 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 The request is on a desk at Oxford United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
Oxford United turn down Blackburn Rovers for Stanley Mills
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Oxford United go back to the board over Abdoullah Ba
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $4.9M — a club that wants Abdoullah Ba enough to be asked twice.
Match29 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Oxford United
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Oxford United are no longer polite ones.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Oxford United rebuffed over Chico da Costa
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Cruzeiro have kept their man, and Oxford United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Oxford United
Brian De Keersmaecker 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Jack Currie was the difference for Oxford United
- The dugout Half-satisfied: David Barnes on the draw
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Matt Ingram