| RESULT | 4 - 0 to Stoke. Time for Denis to go. Now. |
| TEAM |
Robertson, Richardson, McGuckin, McGowan Beauchamp, Tait, Whitehead, Murphy Anthrobus, Omoyinmi |
| SUBS | Folland (for McGowan, 15)
Jarman (for Murphy, h/t) Lilley (for Anthrobus, 64) Busby, Hackett (not used) |
| GOALS | 0 - 1 Thordarson (22) - Drilled it home
from 15 yards after being given too much space on the left.
0 - 2 Gudjonsson (32) - Close range goal from a left-wing cross from Tony Dorigo. 0 - 3 O'Connor (45) - Robinson hit the bar, and O'Connor headed the rebound over Glass. 0 - 4 Robinson (71) - Headed in after Glass had parried a powerful shot from Lightbourne. |
| PERFORMANCE | I gather it was easily the worst of the season. Dire. Terrible. Embarrassing. |
| MAN OF MATCH | Manny OMOYINMI - Rose slightly above the general malaise, but this is not saying much. |
| BOOKINGS | Jon RICHARDSON (32) - Foul.
Dean WHITEHEAD (50) - Foul. Ian McGUCKIN (72) - Foul. |
| ATTENDANCE | 9,600 - Presumably at least slightly affected by the fuel shortages. |
| REFEREE | Clive R Wilkes (Gloucester) |
| REPORTS | Oxford sites
From The TerraceStoke sites R.A.W. Stoke CityFootball sites Football 365 ("Potters run riot")Newspapers Oxford Mail ("Oxford 'reject' begins the rout") |
Promotion hopefuls
Stoke recorded their second home win in five days at the
expense of bottom-of-the-table
Oxford, running out 4-0 winners.
The Potters cruised
into a three goal first half lead and dominated the game for
long spells.
Stefan Thordarson
opened City's account in the 20th minute when he took
advantage of space
on the left to drill a shot underneath Jimmy Glass in the
Oxford goal.
Stoke doubled their
advantage ten minutes later when Tony Dorigo's cross
was flicked home by
Bjarni Gudjonsson and then made it three when James
O'Connor headed home
after Marvin Robinson's effort rebounded back off the
bar.
And the Potters added
a fourth midway through the second half when
Robinson, making his
debut for Stoke after signing on loan from Derby, headed
home from a deep cross.
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