| RESULT | 2 - 0 to the Latics. |
| TEAM |
Robinson, Watson, Whelan, McGowan Lilley, Tait, Murphy, Powell Anthrobus, Jemson |
| SUBS | Cook (for Lilley, 62)
Shepheard (for McGowan, 62) - McGowan injured (broken leg) Abbey (for Anthrobus, 76) Knight, Whitehead (not used) |
| GOALS | 0-1 WHITEHALL (32) - A lucky deflection
off the wall sent Whitehall's free-kick past a wrongfooted Lundin.
0-2 WHITEHALL (88) - John Sheridan found Whitehall in the area, and he finished under Lundin from six yards. |
| PERFORMANCE | Jemmo's back, but we still can't score. But the U's dominated the match and were unlucky to lose. |
| MAN OF MATCH | Nigel JEMSON - Showed our front line how to be inventive. If only he had been on the end of some of the chances! |
| BOOKINGS | None. |
| ATTENDANCE | 4,780 - A small crowd at Boundary Park. |
| REFEREE | Fraser G Stretton (Nottingham) |
| REPORTS | Oxford sites
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More gloom at Boundary Park
Oxford continued their terrible record of never winning at Boundary
Park by going down 2-0 to
Oldham today, both goals from Steve Whitehall.
The U's started brightly and had the best of the opening exchanges
before a lucky goal from a
Steve Whitehall freekick set the pattern for what was to be
another disappointing trip to Oldham.
United looked good going forward early on and would have taken
the lead with better finishing.
Matt Murphy and Derek Lilley both tested Gary Kelly and Steve
Anthrobus also went close.
They were further boosted when Oldham lost top scorer Mark Allott
on 17 minutes with a
hamstring injury. Allott is one of manager Andy Ritchies key
players and one of the few he
believes can hold the ball up successfully.
Even with this boost the spell that Boundary Park seems to hold
over the U's could not be broken
and they must have known it wasn't their day again when a Whitehall
freekick on 33 minutes took
a wicked deflection with keeper Paul Lundin left going completely
the wrong way.
At the start of the second half Paul Powell had the chance to
draw Oxford level and then Jamie
Cook forced a good save from Kelly.
Oldham had their chances too in the second half however. Mathew
Tipton, who replaced Allott,
had a couple of efforts and Adams had a chance cleared off the
line.
And Steve Whitehall had a shot saved before firing in his second
of the afternoon in the 88th
minute.
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