FA Youth Cup:

Leyton Orient Youth 2, Oxford Utd Youth 1

Oxford United's promising run in the FA Youth Cup came to an end last night when they went down in the first round away to Leyton Orient.

But Darren Patterson's lads did not bow out without a battle and it was only a goal in the closing stages which proved their undoing.

United, who had got through three qualifying rounds to reach this stage, fell behind to an early goal from Ralph Sylvester in the fifth minute.

But they put that behind them and gave as good as they got to go in at the break trailing only 1-0.

Skipper Tommy Franklin (pictured) grabbed United's equaliser on 78 minutes, but it was Orient, managed by former U's striker Andy Scott, who snatched the winner in injury time through Tom Kemp.

The home side were then reduced to ten men through a sending-off, but United did not have enough time to make their superior numbers count.

Oxford Utd: Worrall, C Weedon, Franklin, Clarke, Albin (Gonzalez 69), Younie, Meade, Posey, Spilman (Benjamin HT), Anderson, Fisher.