Oxfordshire Senior League

Ben Turner Cup

Quarter Final

Saturday 19th February 2022

Kick Off 14.00 Actual 14.01

Oxford Irish Athletic 2 Garsington 4, attendance 22

7’ 0-1

33’ 1-1

44’ 1-2

51’ 1-3

56’ 2-3

81’ 2-4

@ The Oxford Academy, 3G Pitch

Sandy Lane West

Littlemore

Oxford

OX4 6JZ

No Admission or Programme.

I had decided early on that I wasn’t going to risk a late call off on a grass pitch this afternoon, so played safe by choosing an easy 3G option. It isn’t something that I’m too keen on for a Saturday afternoon, but this cup tie had caught my eye before I knew that they were playing the game here, as the F.A. Full Time website shows the wrong venue, but the club did tweet the correct ground and it was a ground move that had gone under the radar, as they have played quite a few games here already this season.

The match was 7th in Division 1 versus 9th in the Premier Division. Garsington went ahead early on, sliding in the opener at the far post, before seeing a header come back off the post that could have doubled their lead. Irish levelled just after the half hour mark, with Garsington missing the chance to regain the lead within a minute, seeing a penalty saved, but they did regain the lead a minute before halftime, with a cracking finish into the top corner. The visitors went 1-3 up six minutes into the second half and it looked like they were heading for a comfortable win, but a mistake by the ’keeper, trying to clear a through ball, saw the striker roll the ball into the empty net to pull it back to 2-3. Garsington finally killed the game off nine minutes from time, when a diagonal ball from the right was smashed into the roof of the net to make it 2-4.

The cage has a spectator viewing area along three quarters of one side.