| RESULT | 1 - 0 to the Bristol Robins. It's the Wiltshire ones up next... |
| TEAM |
Robertson, Jarman, Richardson, Ford Omoyinmi, Tait, Murphy, Beauchamp Lilley, Mike |
| SUBS | Cook (for Omoyinmi, 64)
Fear (for Tait, 78) Anthrobus, Glass, McGowan (not used) |
| GOALS | 0 - 1 Murray (10) - The unmarked Murray collected Thorpe's through ball, and slipped it past the onrushing Knight. |
| PERFORMANCE | The U's matched a poor Bristol City side, but still looked very shaky in defence (and still lost...) |
| MAN OF MATCH | Dean WHITEHEAD - Shows a lot of promise; it's sad that he has to play in such a low class midfield. |
| BOOKINGS | Dean WHITEHEAD (33) - Foul. Sparked off a brawl, in fact.
Mike FORD (33) - Dissent. Residue of the brawl. Peter FEAR (90) - Foul. |
| SENDINGS OFF | Bristol City's Darren Dunning was shown the red card - for two bookings - right at the death (90). |
| ATTENDANCE | 5,308 - Saved by the large Bristol contingent. The home terraces were very bare. |
| REFEREE | Michael J Jones (Chester) - Not particularly great, with some mysterious decisions at times. |
| REPORTS | Oxford sites
From The TerraceBristol City sites BristolCityNet ("Finally City win")Football sites Football NewsNewspapers Bristol Evening Post ("Memories of happy days as City end their League famine") |
Oxford rock bottom after City defeat
Oxford
fans demonstrated against boss Denis Smith after United slipped to a 1-0
defeat at
home to
Bristol City, courtesy of a Scott Murray goal.
Murray
won a match of few chances in the battle of the two clubs at the bottom
of Division
Two with
a good goal in the 10th minute, running onto a pass from Tony Thorpe and
steering
his shot in off the far post.
Mickey
Bell also went close with a volley as the Robins dominated the early exchanges.
Manny
Omoyimni had Oxford's best chance of the half, when he collected a loose
ball
inside
the penalty area, but his shot on the turn went wide.
The second
half started with United attacking down the slope towards their home fans,
and although
they began to exert more pressure on the City goal they found it hard to
break
down some staunch defending.
United's
best chance of the half came with Manny Omoyimni having a fierce drive
well
saved
by Steve Phillips.
City survived
the late dismissal of Darren Dunning for a second bookable offence, but
held on
to record their second away win of the season and leave Oxford rock bottom
of
Division
Two.
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