POSH away
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:28 am
Out of form United travel to London Road or the recently named Abax Stadium
to take on Peterborough United. United won 2-1 at the Posh last March
after two home defeats to Bristol Rovers and Sheffield United.
I thought I would compare the sides that played that day:
U'S: Eastwood; Edwards (now Bury), Dunkley (now Wigan), Nelson, Johnson (now Middlesbrough)
Maguire (now Bury), Ledson, Lundstram (now Sheffield Utd), Hall, McAleny (now Fleetwood),
Hemmings (now Mansfield).
Subs: Stevens, Ribeiro, Skarz, Martinez, Sercombe, Ruffels, Rothwell
POSH: Luke McGhee (now Portsmouth); Michael Smith (now Hearts), Jack Baldwin, Ryan Tafazolli,
Andrew Hughes, Michael Bostwick (now Lincoln), Forrester, Da Silva Lopes,Taylor (now Bradford),
Craig Mackail Smith (now Wycombe), Tom Nichols (now Bristol R).
Subs: Mark Tyler, Anthony Grant, Martin Samuelsen, Harry Anderson (now Lincoln),
Brad Inman (now Rochdale), Junior Morias and Jerome Binnom-Williams (now Chesterfield).
So only four players who started remain at Oxford and five for Peterborough and illustrates how quickly
squads can be turned over in these times.
Oxford need to recover from their recent travails and put in a solid performance.
Posh are set to be without key players Gwion Edwards and Junior Morias through injury.
Combative midfielder Anthony Grant returns from a one match ban.
LAST TIME OUT:
Posh were surprisingly beaten 3-2 at Boundary park, Oldham.
U's were beaten 3-0 at Gigg Lane, Bury.
HEAD TO HEAD:
Oxford wins 15
Posh wins 11
Draws 6
PLAYED FOR BOTH:
Midfielder Gordon Hodgson joined Posh from Oxford in 1980.
Jon Obika had a loan spell at Posh in 2011 from Tottenham.
Others include Joe Cooke, Francis Green, David Langan, David Oldfield,
Alfie Potter, Nick Cusack, Keith Cassells and Andy Woodman.
ONE TO WATCH: Jack Marriott - a goalscorer.