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games but they've scored more goals than us this season so we'll have our work cut out to stop them. It seems that Maguire will be back in the squad and he's of course crucial but I imagine we'll have the same starting line-up as on Tuesday. I'll be setting off in half an hour to catch the train from Paddington for a couple of pre-match drinks with an old mate Anth who lives in the Oxford area. Match prediction: 2- 1 to us.
The storm was really starting to kick in when I got to Oxford so we took shelter in a posh bar by the canal. It was the kind of place where they give you the change on a little tray and expect a tip. After a Guinness or two we hopped on a bus to the ground availing ourselves of our Freedom Passes – there are a few benefits to getting old. When we arrived, we had to do a complete circumnavigation of the stadium in heavy rain because the jobsworths wouldn't let us through a gate that they'd just opened anyway. We took our seats amid the familiar faces of the London Branch and awaited developments. We had great seats in Row BB and right in the middle of the stand. As there's only three sides to the stadium it allowed a very cold wind to blast from our right hand side.
Maguire was starting and the side was unchanged, as expected. We didn't have to wait long for some action as after two minutes we won a corner on the left and from Maguire's kick it was headed into the net to put us ahead. As often there was confusion among the fans as to who'd actually scored it and at first the word was Wallis but later it was said to be an
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