The Oxford United Herald
Squad16 Nov 2026
14 days out for Simon Eastwood after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Oxford United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Oxford United
Matías Contrera and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Matías Contrera
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Brian De Keersmaecker falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market16 Nov 2026
No place for Ole Romeny in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Ole Romeny has his answer from Oxford United; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
A reunion for Matt Ingram
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Hull City in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Will Vaulks has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Oxford United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Michał Helik knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Oxford United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes Sam Long a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Oxford United. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- Market Jamie Cumming linked with a move away
- Loan watch Owen Dale has made Newport County’s shirt his own
- Looking ahead Oxford United host Hull City