| RESULT | 1 - 1 - against the bottom side in the league this felt more like defeat. |
| TEAM |
Folland, Watson, Robinson, Whelan, Powell Fear, Murphy, Beauchamp Lilley, Lambert |
| SUBS | Abbey (for Lilley, 78)
Cook (for Lambert, 78) Lundin, McGowan, Weatherstone (not used) |
| GOALS | 1-0 LAMBERT (17 secs) -
Amazing start. Lambert controlled the ball, lifted it over the defender
and shot into the corner.
1-1 McGAVIN (33) - From a poorly defended corner, with Arendse rooted to his line, and McGavin pounced in the box. [0-0 MURPHY penalty hit bar (75) ] |
| PERFORMANCE | An excellent start, we played well until Col U equalised. Then it degenerated into a dire game between two inept teams. |
| MAN OF MATCH | Jamie LAMBERT - Played really excellently for the first 25 minutes.
Rob FOLLAND - Again impressed at wing-back. |
| BOOKINGS | None |
| ATTENDANCE | 4, 444 - Looks good numerically (all fours), but our crowds are generally getting lower. |
| REFEREE | P Rejer (Tipton) - Fairly terrible. Whistle happy - stopped the game at every opportunity. One awful assistant too. |
| REPORTS | Oxford sites
From The Terrace ("Lewis's honeymoon over")Colchester sites ColUWeb (Official Site)Football sites Football NewsNewspapers Colchester Evening Gazette ("Whitton waits on FA ruling") |
Early strike not enough
Oxford's goal on 17 seconds from Jamie Lambert wasn't enough as they
were held 1-1 by bottom club Colchester United at the Manor Ground.
The dream start came about thanks largely to Colchester's defence,
who hesitated when trying to deal with a long kick down field by Andre
Arendse and Lambert took full advantage by chesting down the ball before
firing a left foot drive past Colchester 'keeper Michael Brown.
However Colchester got back on level terms after 33 minutes, against
the run of play, after Oxford had dominated. A Karl Duguid corner was flicked
on before being headed in by Fabrice Richard for his first goal for the
club, although there was some confusion over who did get the final touch
as Steve McGavin may have a case to claim it for himself.
Despite some good pressure from Oxford in the second period they couldn't
break down Colchester's dogged defence and they had to make do with a point
which puts them on 12 points in a lowly 20th position.
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