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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: The Kassam Stadium
  • Attendance: 5084
  • Referee: Booth, R

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90mins

Ian Ross is being taken off, Austin McCann has come on in his place.

90mins

Brad Maylett is being taken off, Simon Rusk has come on in his place.

88mins

Ian Ross is booked for timewasting.

82mins

Boston are replacing Lawrie Dudfield with Jason Lee.

69mins

Matt Robinson is booked for unsporting behaviour.

61mins

Steve Basham is replaced by Craig Davies.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, October 22nd, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Boston United extended their unbeaten record to a club record ten games but came away from the Kassam Stadium disappointed not to have taken all three points following a 0-0 draw against Oxford United.

Centre-back Ben Futcher's header at a corner four minutes from time was nodded ff the line by Matt Robinson.

And the Pilgrims had been much the better team in the first half of a game that was a dreadful spectacle for the 5,000 fans.

The two sides largely cancelled each other out, so there were only three shots on goal in the entire 90 minutes.

But Boston went close on two occasions before the break. Stuart Talbot sent a dipping volley just over the bar from the edge of the box and Chris Holland brought a fine save from Billy Turley with a 20-yard shot through a crowd of players.

Oxford took 73 minutes to muster their first shot on target, from Wales international Craig Davies, who came off the bench to breathe some life into the home attack. Eric Sabin then almost turned in Davies's cross from the bye-line.

Oxford's ball from the back to the forwards was woeful at times, but home fans were more upset at Boston's time-wasting tactics in the final 20 minutes.

Midfielder Ian Ross was booked for deliberately walking slowly over to take a corner, and manager Steve Evans was barracked for his late substitutions, which also used up time.

Oxford United

Boston United

Corners

46

Fouls

1310

Goal attempts

21

Shots off target

10

Offsides

12

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