Joe Kinnear, the man brought in to save Oxford United from relegation but who quit after 101 days to join rivals Luton Town, will meet his old club in the third division next season.

Luton Town join United in Division 3 after losing 1-0 at home to promotion-chasing Rotherham last night.

And to make it a miserable evening for the Hatters, Kinnear was dismissed to the stand by referee Paul Armstrong after disputing Rotherham's winner.

Kinnear came to the Manor as general manager in October at the request of chairman Firoz Kassam, but shocked United fans by leaving on February for "health reasons".

Meanwhile, David Kemp says his Oxford United team are so ravaged by injuries, he has no idea at this stage what team he can put out for the final Saturday match at the Manor against Swansea.

United's manager was without Robert Quinn, Paul Tait and Chris Hackett for last weekend's Division 2 game at Bristol Rovers, while Phil Gray and Paul Powell were on the bench because they were carrying injuries or lacking match fitness.

The team have been playing Saturday and Tuesday for four weeks and with this being their first free midweek for a month, Kemp decided to give his weary warriors Monday and Tuesday off.

They were set to return to training today, but Kemp admitted last night: "I honestly don't know what kind of team I'm going to be able to put out on Saturday.

"We're resting the players as much as we can. You've got to take a common sense approach. We've got so many people either injured or playing with injuries.

"I won't name them because I don't want to tell the opposition which of our players are playing with injuries - but there are a few, I can tell you. We've had a lot of players going out there when they're nowhere near fit, but we've got such a skeleton squad, we haven't had any choice."

Kemp said that, in addition to those already sidelined, defender Jon Richardson looks "a major doubt" for Swansea's visit to the Manor after he injured his leg while scoring the U's opening goal in their 6-2 defeat at the Memorial Ground.

Swansea's visit marks the end of an era. It is the final Saturday home game in the club's 76-year history at the Manor Ground.

Meanwhile, in a bid to get a capacity home crowd for next Tuesday's final game at the Manor, against Port Vale, United have reversed a previous decision not to take telephone bookings for tickets for the match. However, it remains all-ticket.

Vale, managed by former United boss Brian Horton, had their match at Bristol Rovers last night postponed after heavy rain.

It was a blow to Rovers in their bid to avoid relegation and finish above Swindon and Cambridge, after their confidence had been lifted by their big win over Oxford.

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