Oxford University Association Football Club

Favourites through to quarters

With LMH having won 5 of their six matches this season, including a 2-0 win over Lincoln in the league, they certainly entered into this cuppers clash as favourites. LMH captain Simon Lewis was unavailable after getting injured during an epic battle with Balliol earlier in the week, and so with Dom Rae absent attending a careers function, LMH took on an even more Chunderous nature than usual. Welcoming Joe Wellington and Jim Allchin into the side meant that the front six all heralded from that talismanic tower block named after the fine Lucy Sutherland.

The LMH side sounded chirpy at kick off, but their football was woeful. An extremely poor 20 minuted of football ensued, with neither side managing to string more that one pass together. Lincloln started to come into the game with some ... (more)

Oxford back to winning ways against Warwick

Oxford put the disappointment of the previous two weeks behind them with a convincing victory against bottom of the table Warwick 1sts. After losing and drawing to Nottingham 1sts and 2nds respectively over the past two weeks, the Blues were looking to revitalise their league form, and started at a high tempo. Indeed they took the lead after just two minutes, Lucian Weston winning a 50:50 challenge before sliding the ball between the centre-back and full-back for Alex Toogood. The finish was exemplary and despite the protestations of the Warwick back line for a suspected handball, the goal was given, providing the ideal start for Oxford. The game continued at the same high tempo, but the pitch was not conducive to one-touch football, and despite glimpses of quality football, Oxford struggl... (more)

Oxford labour to disappointing draw

Oxford were left to rue missed chances as Nottingham 2nds gained a hard-fought point against the current league champions. The Blues could feel hard done by, a dubious penalty decision providing the opportunity for Nottingham to level the game, but poor ball retention was key to the inability of the Oxford side to finish the game off well before the equaliser.
The Oxford side saw two changes to the starting line-up from last week, Sam Hall and Thomas Massey both picked up injuries during the week, and were duly replaced the Lucian Weston and Toby Hodgson respectively. The Blues started brightly, with both full-backs, Squires and Farr, finding plenty of time on the ball from which to build attacks. However, it was from a Nottingham corner that Oxford opened the scoring, Toogood picking u... (more)