| RESULT | 2 - 1 (AET) to the undeserving Oxford boys. |
| TEAM |
Robinson, Davis, Watson, Whelan, Powell Tait, Murphy, Beauchamp Anthrobus, Lilley |
| SUBS | Folland (for Tait, h/t)
Cook (for Powell, 77) Lambert (for Lilley, 83) Arendse, Weatherstone R (not used) |
| GOALS | 1-0 JAGIELKA (27) - Ran in to head home
from Michael Brown's pass.
1-1 MURPHY (90) - Joey's free kick hit the wall, and rebounded to Murphy at close range. 2-1 MURPHY (117) - Lambert's excellent cross was headed across by the Bus, and Murphy headed in. |
| PERFORMANCE | Shrewsbury were robbed. Oxford played badly in the first half, terribly in the second, and got lucky. |
| MAN OF MATCH | Derek LILLEY - Intelligent runs, crisp passes. Where were his team-mates? |
| NOT MAN OF MATCH | Les ROBINSON - It's time the captaincy was relinquished, and the player dropped. |
| BOOKINGS | Steve DAVIS (40)
Steve ANTHROBUS (41) |
| ATTENDANCE | 4,096 - Impressively high I thought. Shrewsbury brought more than Bury did recently. |
| REFEREE | T. Jones (Barrow) - Reasonable. |
| REPORTS | Oxford sites
Official Site ("United oh so fortunate")Shrewsbury sites ShrewsWebFootball sites Football NewsNewspapers Express |
Murphy the saviour
Two goals by Matt Murphy was just enough to see Oxford through to the
3rd round of the FA Cup as they overcame Shrewsbury 2-1 in extra-time.
The vistors took the lead on 27 minutes when Jakielka's header from
a tight angle looped over Paul Lundin and nestled in the back of the net.
But Murphy struck in the last minute of normal time and again in extra
time to see Oxford through were they will meet Nottingham Forest at the
City Ground on Friday 10th December.
It seemed as though Oxford would be going into the lucky loser draw
on Wednesday but Murphy latched on to a Beauchamp cross at the death to
volley home the crucial equaliser.
Murphy capped a great night by lashing home the winner with just three
minutes of extra time remaining.
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