The Oxford United Herald
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sam Long has been here 14 seasons
232 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Cameron Brannagan stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Cameron Brannagan and Oxford United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jamie Cumming 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.
Squad3 Aug 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Owen Dale attracts admirers
The name of Owen Dale has come up in conversations Oxford United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Oxford United and Jack Currie
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Oxford United, another week without a signature from Jack Currie.
In brief
- Market Nobody at Oxford United has picked up the phone to Cameron Brannagan
- Market No place for Simon Eastwood in the plan