Jump to content
Wanderers Ways. Neil Thompson 1961-2021

Oxford (A)


burnden

Recommended Posts

That's our third win in three visits to Oxford. It was 2-4 under Parkinson in our promotion season in 16/17; it was 2-3 last year and today's win. We were due to play them on the last day of the season that was cut short because of the pandemic. 

... set me to thinking when we last lost in Oxford. Turns out it was a whole 39 years ago almost to the day. We got humped 5-0 in Div 3 by an Oxford side on its way to the title. Played in the city (at the old Manor Ground) three times in the 1990s - winning 1 and drawing 2 without conceding a goal. 

We often talk about our bogey grounds (nasty little example coming up on Tuesday), well Oxford is the opposite.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

9 minutes ago, paulhanley said:

That's our third win in three visits to Oxford. It was 2-4 under Parkinson in our promotion season in 16/17; it was 2-3 last year and today's win. We were due to play them on the last day of the season that was cut short because of the pandemic. 

... set me to thinking when we last lost in Oxford. Turns out it was a whole 39 years ago almost to the day. We got humped 5-0 in Div 3 by an Oxford side on its way to the title. Played in the city (at the old Manor Ground) three times in the 1990s - winning 1 and drawing 2 without conceding a goal. 

We often talk about our bogey grounds (nasty little example coming up on Tuesday), well Oxford is the opposite.

Im sure when we lost 5-0 Paul, we beat them at home in the same season?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Oxford were poor for the first 30 and there for the taking, but we didn't kick on after the goal.  MJ did well on the ground at the back, but couldn't get off the ground for anything in the air.  They may have had 20+ shots but few troubled Traf, they were mainly hit and hope types of shot, either straight at the keeper or wide.  Dempsey could have sealed 3 points late on but blazed over.   Few of the team looked knackered, Morley in particular.  Fresh legs needed for Tuesday.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

47 minutes ago, woolli said:

Im sure when we lost 5-0 Paul, we beat them at home in the same season?

I remember both games well, 1-0 at home (Chandler) in front of biggest home crowd of season on 27th Dec, 1 day after we won at Wigan (Chandler).  Aldridge scored his first Oxford goal in the 5-0 loss and ridiculous as it seems now we played the day after,  again v Wigan.  And no squad rotation in them days, fatigue and minor injuries hadn't been invented.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Tough watch but grinding out back to back wins at this stage is fantastic especially away. In terms of the match I thought we'd blitz them when we got the first early on as Oxford looked awful but we just kind of stopped playing from half an hour into the game & gave them a lot of confidence to come at us... luckily they couldn't finish their dinner. IMO our midfield three today were miles off it as soon as Oxford bypassed our front two's press they always had around 40 yards of open space to drive at our back 5 which had no protection. I know they're 20th but they did beat us 3-1 at our ground in the reverse fixture where we are usually formidable so it was always going to be a very tricky match realistically. 

Edited by Deanu
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just back, a long drag thanks to a cancelled train back & a nerve wracking 2nd half but the 3 points make it all worthwhile.

Johnston was our best player, MJ wasn't pretty but was effective, Morley, John & Dan N weren't so good ...........but as a team they battled well to hold on to the win. It's the kind of ground out win that successful seasons are built on.

EIEIEIfuckingO.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.