As the Oxford Mail removes its reports, I took the liberty of making a copy.
Hope nobody minds!

Forest's late burst turns Cup tie upside down Oxford Utd 1, Nottingham For 3 By Jon Murray OXFORD United's hopes of getting the opportunity to avenge last season's controversial FA Cup exit by Chelsea were dashed in the cruellest manner possible at the Manor on Saturday. Paul Powell scored a brilliant solo goal to put them in front with 18 minutes of their third-round replay remaining. And with nine minutes left, they still looked to be heading to a fourth-round tie at Stamford Bridge as opponents Nottingham Forest struggled to find any way past Paul Lundin. But Chris Bart-Williams then struck a goal out of nothing for a spectacular equaliser, latching on to a clearance by Les Robinson to blast home a stunning 25-yard shot in off a post. And suddenly, in the next two minutes, United's world turned upside down. Bart-Williams played the ball through to substitute Dougie Freedman, who looked to be offside. Freedman ran on and was brought down by Lundin, and Essex referee Andy D'Urso pointed to the spot. Although the laws state the referee should send off a player who denies an opponent a clear goalscoring chance, how many times have we seen the goalkeeper escape with a yellow card on such occasions? Not this time. Mr D'Urso showed no leniency and, with United's players still protesting that Freedman had been offside, out came the red card. So United, who were in any case going to be down to only one keeper as from yesterday - because Andre Arendse was flying off to play for South Africa - will now be down to none in a fortnight's time when Lundin serves his suspension. Arendse's first task, after replacing sacrificial lamb Derek Lilley, was to face Bart-Williams from the penalty spot, but the former England Under 21 star sent him the wrong way. It was a treble hammer blow, all in the space of a few seconds. Despite being down to ten men, however, United threw on Kevin Francis and kept firing over crosses, and they so nearly conjured up an equaliser. Joey Beauchamp's corner was met well by Mark Watson, but the Canadian could only head straight at Dave Beasant. And straight from that corner, the U's were punished on the break. Freedman slipped a pass to substitute Alan Rogers, who cut in from the left and shot through Arendse's legs to make it 3-1. It was a final scoreline that was harsh in the extreme for second division Oxford. And Mickey Lewis's team were victims of their own success. For match-turner Bart-Williams began in the Forest back four and was only pushed up into midfield because he was finding life uncomfortable against big Steve Anthrobus. United's biggest gate of the season had seen the second division side more than holding their own against the two-times former European Cup winners. David Platt's men carved out three good goalscoring chances in the first half, but once they were going down the slope in the second, United too looked dangerous. For more than 45 minutes the football wasn't the best, but only Lundin's superb goalkeeping kept United on level terms. The Swedish keeper parried Kevin Dawson's header in the 16th minute and Andy Johnson saw his follow-up effort cleared off the line by Powell. Johnson blazed wide from a good position five minutes later, and eight minutes before the break, when Phil Whelan could only toe-poke the ball a few yards away at a clearance, Stern John struck a smart snap-shot which Lundin saved brilliantly with his outstretched left leg. United were enjoying a good amount of possession but whenever Beauchamp, Powell or Jamie Cook sent over a decent cross, there was no-one there to meet it. One did fall to Lilley, but he volleyed into the side-netting. After the break the U's seemed to step up a gear. Anthrobus was clear from a Lilley flick-on but was embarrassed by his lack of pace. Matt Murphy was outstanding in almost everything he did, but when Lilley cut the ball back to him after a good break on the right, Riccardo Scimeca made a great block. Powell set up Murphy for a shot from 12 yards which Beasant parried and then Jim Brennan completed the clearance. Many in the crowd must have been thinking about the likelihood of extra time when Beauchamp took a quick free-kick and Powell burst through the inside left channel past one, then another, then another before smashing a stunning shot high between Beasant and his near post. It was a goal that deserved to win any Cup-tie. And it would have won this one, but for Bart-Williams.  Story date: Monday 10 January Copyright 1999 Newsquest Media Group