Save Oxford United  ->  Matches 00/01  ->  23 September 2000
Millwall (Away)

RESULT 5 - 0 to the Lions, and it could have been more..
TEAM
Knight
Robertson, Richardson, McGuckin, McGowan
Lilley, Tait, Murphy, Beauchamp
Omoyinmi, Anthrobus
SUBS Jarman (for McGuckin, 41)
Cook (for Omoyinmi, h/t)
Mike (for Anthrobus, h/t)
Fear, Glass (not used)
GOALS 0 - 1 Parkin (2) - Ifill easily beat McGowan and squared it to the unmarked Harris.
0 - 2 Harris (36) - Horrible aerial backpass from Rico, miskick from Knight, goal from Harris.
0 - 3 Harris (39) - Controlled a cross from Ifill, beat the defender, and slotted it past Knight.
0 - 4 Parkin (63) - Ifill (again) was the provider; the unmarked Parkin applied the finish.
0 - 5 Harris (68) - Oxford failed to clear Kinet's cross. Harris received it. 5-0. Easy.
PERFORMANCE This wasn't really football at all. Millwall scored at will, Oxford couldn't even pass.
MAN OF MATCH Nobody. Really, there was no Oxford player who merited an award. Joey was perhaps closest.
BOOKINGS Paul TAIT (52) - Unsporting behaviour.
Jon RICHARDSON (86) - Violent conduct. Part of a mass brawl in fact.
ATTENDANCE 8,565 - Some delirious, others not.
REFEREE Mick Fletcher (Warley) - Slightly fussy, but certainly not in any way to blame for the result!
REPORTS Oxford sites
From The Terrace
Official Site   ("Lions maul United")
OUFC Info Centre   ("Stuffed Again")
Rage Online   ("We all live in a Russian submarine")
Millwall sites
Millwall Online   ("On the other hand")
Official Site
Football sites
Football News
SoccerNet
Sportsline
TeamTalk   ("Hapless U's hit for five")
Newspapers
London Evening Standard
Oxford Mail   ("Lions rip U's apart")



TEAMTALK

Hapless U's hit for five

Millwall got their promotion campaign back on track with a 5-0 win over
Oxford inspired by hat-trick hero Neil Harris and on loan Sam Parkin.
Sam Parkin was given a start after joining the Lions on loan from Chelsea
and he responded with a brace, but was outshone by Neil Harris.
Parkin gave the Lions the lead in the opening two minutes when he exchanged
passes with Harris before slamming the ball home.
Millwall doubled their lead four minutes before the break after a bizarre
mistake from Oxford 'keeper Richard Knight who dropped the ball at the feet
of Neil Harris and the Lions striker stabbed the ball home to give
managerless Millwall a 2-0 half-time lead.
Harris then grabbed his sixth of the campiagn when he shot home from Matt
Lawrence's pass and the hapless Oxford reargurad were again at fault when
Sam Parkin burst clear to fire the ball home.
The scoring was completed five minutes later when Neil Harris secured the
match ball by emphatically thumping the ball home to send the Lions fans
home a happy bunch.


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