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Barry Corr, central midfielder, Daniel Bentley, Football League Trophy, JPT, Luke O'Brien, michael duberry, oxford mail, oxford united., Paul Smith, ryan clarke, Sean Clohessy, sean rigg, Southend United, Tom Craddock, Tony Capaldi, tyrone marsh
Tuesday 8th January 2013 ko 19.45
Football League Trophy Southern Area Semi-Final
OXFORD UNITED 3 (Marsh 15 Craddock 31 Rigg 89)
SOUTHEND UNITED 3 (Corr 6 59 Clohessy 55)
No Extra Time Southend won 5-3 on penalties
Att 2,882 (356 away)
Entry £10
Programme £2 (reduced size) including Oxford Mail
I wonder where in this competition the Wembley Care Point exists. Many clubs enter this competition saying “There’s a Wembley Final at the end of this,” but don’t really mean it, and a near-reserve team plays in front of a couple of thousand spectators paying reduced price tickets. Yesterday’s game proves the point, about half the normal attendance, even when offered cheap tickets. So Southend find themselves just a double-legged semi-final away from Wembley, but despite Oxford playing Continue reading
