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LAST TIME OUT

League Oxford City (1) 2-0 (0) Bath City
Roundup Match Report for the linesman’s flag to save the home
from www. from www.bathcityfc.com side. Ten minutes later a great turn by
Tom Richards saw him fire narrowly over
thenationalleague.org.uk A free-kick in each half condemned City the bar.
Ebbsfleet United’s new era started to defeat in their opening Vanarama Oxford were now looking to slow
National League South game at Oxford
with a bang - they won 3-0 at City this evening. After a first half the game down at every opportunity,
Braintree. Ky Marsh-Brown scored lacking in quality from both sides, City through time-wasting and numerous fouls
a first half winner as Dartford improved after the break and came that a stronger referee would have taken
more decisive action against, and this
defeated Chelmsford City 1-0. close to levelling on several occasions tactic proved effective as City lost the
before Oxford secured the three points
Maidstone United are hoping for in stoppage time. It wasn’t until the 20th momentum they had generated. As they
a lot better this time around and minute that either keeper was called into threw more men forward, Oxford nearly
served notice of their intentions action, Oxford’s Dudzinski comfortably caught them on the break several times,
by beating Welling United 2-0. keeping out Tommy Conway’s low shot. Drewe firing over on 71 minutes then
Benyon twice forcing City into last-gasp
Scott Rendell got his first goal for Ryan Clarke had dealt well with a goalline clearances.
the Stones. number of testing crosses from the hosts, In between these escapes, Conway
but on 38 minutes he was powerless
There was an impressive win to stop Ashby’s arrow-like 18-yard forced Dudzinski into a fingertip save
for fancied Dorking, 3-0 at free-kick, after Jack Batten was harshly but this was the closest the Romans
Eastbourne, while Bath City fell to adjudged to have committed a foul would come to an equaliser despite
a 2-0 defeat at Oxford City. right on the edge of the box. An early several late corners. Then in the fifth
minute of stoppage, Ashby repeated
Basement boys last year goalmouth scramble in the Oxford box his first half trick, this time curling the
heralded the game opening up slightly
Hungerford seem to have learned and at 55 minutes, City produced the ball home from 20 yards, to cap a
their lesson from last time - they move of the match which saw Tom Smith disappointing evening for Jerry Gill’s
won 3-0 against Chippenham. fire home from Callum Evans cross only side.
Any other Line ups: Bath City: Clarke, Referee: Philip
business: Oxford City: Grant, Smith, Batten, Staynings (Wiltshire)
Ball, Artus, Evans,
Ben Dudzinski kept Dudzinski, Drewe, Hall, Harley, Richards, Attendance:
Behind closed doors
only the second-ever Ashby, Matsukaza, Conway, Leek
clean sheet in matches Oastler, Roberts, Fleet, Subs not used: James,
between the two clubs. Benyon, Coyle, Gubbins Henry, Pope, Watts,
Ryan Clarke kept the Substitutes: Bancroft, Bahadur
other at Twerton Park on Bradbury, Wright,
Easter Monday 2019. George, Naylor
This was the twelfth
match between Bath
City and Oxford City,
and just the third where
a side has won by more
than one goal.

ASHLEY DAVIS
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