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Surrender to the will of the wind

09 Saturday Feb 2013

Posted by laurencereade in O, T

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Andy Whing, ASM Stadium, Ben Thornton, berks and bucks fa, Chinnor, Deane Smalley, oxford united., Oxon Senior Cup, Simon Heslop, Thame

Wednesday 6th February 2013 ko 19.30

Oxfordshire Senior Cup Quarter-Final

OXFORD UNITED 1 (Smalley 69p)

CHINNOR 0

Att 151

Entry £5

Programme 50p

When you follow a League club, County Cup competitions tend to pass you by. That’s particularly the case in Oxfordshire, where there’s only one League Club, and some of the larger Non-League clubs are in the Berks and Bucks FA, as in this part of the world, football still follows pre-1974 county boundaries. Theoretically the ties still take precedence over league fixtures but the larger clubs have long since negotiated to play reserve teams, and away from any fixture clash. Continue reading →

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