Oxford United v Chesterfield - updates (From Oxford Mail)
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Oxford United v Chesterfield - updates
Updated 5:53pm Saturday 16th March 2013 in Sport
By David Pritchard, Chief Sports Reporter covering Oxford United. Follow us on twitter: @oxfordmailoufc. Call me on 01865 425458
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- Oxford United (9th) v Chesterfield (12th)
- U's looking for a sixth win in eight games
- Chesterfield need a victory to keep slim play-off hopes alive
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5:53pm
That's it from #oufc for now. We'll be back tomorrow for the ladies' big clash with Everton. 4pm kick-off.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
5:49pm
Updated League Two table, #oufc down one place to 10th: http://t.co/J5efTUeDuB
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
5:48pm
@OxfordMailOUFC: Batt: "They had one chance and took it, we had many and didn't take them. It's a very disappointing game." #storyofseason
— @richjwillis 16 March 2013
5:42pm
Batt: "They had one chance and took it, we had many and didn't take them. It's a very disappointing game."
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
5:42pm
Whing: "I'm absolutely gutted. It was a sloppy goal to concede, we carved them open so many times and we should've been out of sight." #oufc
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
5:39pm
#inwilderwerust @OxfordMailOUFC @bbcoxfordsport
— @james_sherriff 16 March 2013
5:39pm
@OxfordMailOUFC think there is a distinct lack of self belief
— @JamesAPittaway 16 March 2013
5:38pm
Wilder: "We should have been 5-1 up at half time. The game should have been put to be and we have nobody else to blame apart from ourselves"
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
5:38pm
Oxford United 0 Chesterfield 1 (Richards 5): OXFORD United's momentum was halted as they were unable to recove... http://t.co/UcurAWP4Sg
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
4:55pm
FT: #oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 No way back for United, who were poor after the break.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
4:50pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Worley on for Raynes and he's going up front.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
4:42pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Craddock tests Lee with a low shot, but the keeper is equal to it.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
4:31pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Visitors have the ball in the net, but it's ruled out for offside.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
4:30pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 We've got 20 mins left, can United find a way back into the game? It's been a bit too panicky since ht.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
4:18pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Craddock on for Rigg. Smalley goes RW, Potter goes LW.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
4:16pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Smalley spins in the box, has a shot saved. He might have gone down though, there was one silly lunge.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
4:05pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 The second half is under way, no changes.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:52pm
HT: #oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Early goal from the visitors but United have been on top since. Big chance for Smalley just before ht.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:52pm
@OxfordMailOUFC Wouldn't have trusted Smalley or Constable with that chance. Craddock would have scored
— @petechilton 16 March 2013
3:48pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Best chance of the half as Davies' ball isn't cut out, falls to Smalley 1-on-1 but Lee blocks.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:45pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Potter has a shot blocked by Cooper, corner flies across goal but no-one can get a touch.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:42pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Ball breaks to Rigg on the edge of the box but his shot is wild and wide.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:40pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Couple of corners from United. Whing has a header on target, but no power.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:32pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Raynes gives away a fk. Townsend curls it just over, clipped the roof of the net.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:30pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Batt robs Whitaker (on for Smith), but his low cross just misses Smalley.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:30pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Smalley booked for hauling Smith off the pitch. The LB was delaying the game, so DS took it into his own hands.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:25pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 So close as Rigg's cross causes problems. Potter's header is blocked, as is Smalley's follow-up.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:23pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Rigg swings in a corner, Smalley heads wide.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:19pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Davis and Smalley combine well. Davis fizzes a first time cross into the box, just ahead of Constable.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:17pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 High cross from Rigg spilled by Lee, but Chesterfield scramble a clearance.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:09pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 Davies in pain after a challenge with Richards. Think he'll be OK to continue.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:07pm
GOAL! #oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 1 (Richards 5) Early breakthrough and not great defending from United, allowing Richards to slot home.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:05pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 0 Good noise from the home fans so far. Helped by Chesterfield's corner taker slipping over.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:01pm
#oufc 0 #chesterfieldfc 0 Off we go, United playing towards the Oxford Mail Stand in the first half.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
3:00pm
#oufc v #chesterfieldfc, let's do this... http://t.co/pN6q4QTjjA
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:56pm
@OxfordMailOUFC the usual for me 2-1 Us
— @mincheryfarmer 16 March 2013
2:55pm
Less than ten mins to kick-off here and the teams are heading back to the changing room. #oufc
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:46pm
@OxfordMailOUFC don't care if we play well, don't care who scores just care if we win...and we will! #COYY
— @realpaulhawtin 16 March 2013
2:46pm
Liam Davis will need to be on it today. He's up against highly-rated Tendayi Darikwa, who was rumoured to be interesting Everton in Jan.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:45pm
The ground staff have spent plenty of time working on the goal at the car park end. Hopefully there will be no net issues today. #oufc
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:38pm
If #oufc win today they will have 17 for the league season, the same as they managed in the whole of the last campaign.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:36pm
Two ex-Spireites in the #oufc XI. Smalley scored 12 goals in their 10/11 title-winning side, Whing had a loan spell in 09/10.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:36pm
Two changes to the Chesterfield XI which beat B Rov 2-0 last weekend. Darikwa and Richards in for Gnanduillet and Lester. #oufc
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:36pm
@OxfordMailOUFC 2-1 United. Beano and Potter
— @taxiforjacko 16 March 2013
2:29pm
@OxfordMailOUFC yeah, we have to look at others around us. Exeter could slip up today, but Fleetwood at Plym looks unlikely
— @Purple_monk 16 March 2013
2:28pm
Chesterfield subs v #oufc: Barrington, Clark, Henshaw, Lester, Whitaker, Randall, Talbot
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:28pm
Chesterfield XI vs #oufc: Lee, Brindley, Trotman, Cooper, Smith, Darikwa, Hird, Togwell, Townsend, O'Shea, Richards
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:28pm
@Purple_monk Impressive prediction-ing. It's that time of year when you start looking at all sorts of results.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:25pm
@OxfordMailOUFC going for a 1-1 draw, while a result goes our way with Exeter losing, but Fleetwood winning
— @Purple_monk 16 March 2013
2:20pm
More rainbow action at #oufc. Think I've found some new laptop wallpaper. http://t.co/xUXqTlIdSg
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:18pm
Check this out. A rainbow at #oufc, dare I suggest there's a pot of goal at either end? Oh, go on then. http://t.co/2rCFWQT59b
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:15pm
@OxfordMailOUFC im going for a confident 3-0 with beano rigg and Wright scoring
— @MylesTarry 16 March 2013
2:15pm
@OxfordMailOUFC #OUFC just need to do whatever it takes to get the win. It doesn't matter if it's ugly or boring just need to win. #playoffs
— @Andy_Hawkes 16 March 2013
2:15pm
Rain hammering down here, looks like it's only a shower. The pitch looks heavy though... #oufc http://t.co/W3MjMvnJ6H
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:15pm
@OxfordMailOUFC 2-0 Oxford, Beano and Whing, Yes Whing!
— @AshleyHall07 16 March 2013
2:12pm
@OxfordMailOUFC 4-0 Chesterfield, Oxford are poor.
— @JoshAFCBHall 16 March 2013
2:12pm
@OxfordMailOUFC 1-1
— @MattDodd9 16 March 2013
2:12pm
What are your score predictions? Both sides really need all 3pts, a draw isn't too much use this afternoon. #oufc
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:07pm
Brown is the back-up keeper with Crocombe on international duty with NZ. No room on the bench for fit-again Pittman. #oufc
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:06pm
Two changes to the #oufc XI. Davis in for O'Brien, Smalley in for Parker, so Potter shifts out to the right flank.
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:05pm
#oufc subs v Chesterfield: Brown, Duberry, Heslop, Worley, O'Brien, Parker, Craddock
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:05pm
#oufc XI v Chesterfield: McCormick, Batt, Raynes, Wright, Davis, Potter, Wing, Davies, Rigg, Constable, Smalley
— @OxfordMailOUFC 16 March 2013
2:02pm
Good afternoon and welcome to yet another big game for Oxford United.
Chris Wilder's in-form U's will be looking to pick up where they left off on Tuesday night, when Michael Raynes netted a 95th-minute winner against Barnet.
Another victory would keep them firmly in the chase for the play-offs, but Chesterfield still fancy a late push themselves. A draw isn't really good enough for either, so it should be an interesting game.
As always you can get in touch by tweeting @oxfordmailoufc or by posting a comment below.
