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RESULTS: September 12-13

FOOTBALL BLUE SQUARE PREMIER Wrexham 0, Oxford Utd 1. FA CUP 1st qualifying round: Didcot Tn 5, Shrivenham 0; Highworth Tn 0, Abingdon Utd 3; Mangotsfield Tn 3, Wantage Tn 0; Oxford C 4, Kidlington 2; Shortwood Utd 3, Witney Utd 3; Thame Utd 0, Burnham

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Kidlington Vs Cropredy

An equally contested game with Kidlington taking the lead in the first half. Cropredy fought back in the second period to equalise. The visitors then pushed on and got the winner. Final score 1-2

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Headingon Sharks 2 Wantage Concords 1

In a close game Sharks came from behind to record their first win of the season. Wantage started the stonger team and were rewarded when Arthur Tilly cooly finished after rounding the keeper. The Sharks gradually came into the game and just before half

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FOOTBALL: Striker kills off bold Kidlington

Oxford City 4 (Baird 33, 76, 78, Brooks 50) Kidlington 2 (Baker 40, 47) Andy Baird struck two late goals to complete a hat-trick and help Oxford City to end Kidlington’s brave challenge in a rousing derby clash at Court Place Farm on Saturday. The

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FOTTBALL: Mills brace sets up easy victory

Highworth 0 Abingdon Utd 3 (Mills 16, 27, Beechers 37) John Mills kept up his sensation striking form with a double as Abingdon breezed past their former Hellenic League rivals. Mills, who had struck five goals in the Southern League game against

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FOOTBALL: It’s a cruise as Didcot settle it in the first half

Didcot Tn 5 (Hope 5, 83, Draycott 11, Stanley 45, Hartley 81) Shrivenham 0 Didcot claimed their first win of the season, and with it also scored their first goals at home, with a resounding victory against Hellenic League side Shrivenham. The outcome

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FOOTBALL: Thame pay for mistakes

Thame Utd 0 Burnham 2 (Papali 6), Saunders 16 Two defensive errors cost Thame as they slipped to defeat against their unbeaten Southern League Division 1 South & East opponents in the FA Cup 1st qualifying round. However, Burnham’s opening goal in

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FOOTBALL: North Leigh beaten by late penalty

Cirencester Tn 2 (Brown 22, Griffin 90 pen) North Leigh 1 (Dodds 83) A stoppage-time penalty denied North Leigh a replay after they battled back to level thanks to a Karl Dodds header yesterday. The home side went ahead on 22 minutes as Carl Brown

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FOOTBALL: Banbury owe it to Murrell

Banbury Utd 0 Chippenham 0 Keeper Joe Murrell ensured Banbury’s sixth draw in eight outings this season in the FA Cup 1st qualifying round, which means that this evenly-contested tie will be settled at Chippenham tomorrow. The

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FOOTBALL: Wantage outmuscled

Mangotsfield Utd 3 (Trought 10, 18, Posser 67) Wantage Tn 0 Wantage were overpowered by a physically stronger and generally more robust Mangotsfield team in the FA Cup 1st qualifying round The Southern League Division 1 South & West hosts took the

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Ardington B vs Didcot Casuals U10 Green: Didcot secure victory in last minute

Didcot Casuals snatched victory in the last minute in a very close match at Ardington. Under perfect playing conditions, Ardington had the better of the first half and scored the first goal with a well struck free kick. Some great goalkeeping from

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FOOTBALL: Gritty Witney earn a replay

Shortwood Utd 3 (Bennyworth 10, Matt Green 27, 87)) Witney Utd 3 (Thompson 45 , Johnson 57, Mills 83) Witney showed great spirit as they fought back from 2-0 down in the FA Cup !st qualifying round to draw a thunderous cup tie 3-3 at

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FOOTBALL: Bicester fall apart

Bicester Tn 2 (Blenford 30, Oakey 32) Oxford C Nomads 7 (D Thomas 16, Ferreira 40, Moses 45, 49, Jones 48, Knight 58, J Thomas 70) Bicester pressed the self-destruct button to crash to a heavy FTL Futbol Hellenic league Premier Division

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Quarry Rovers 2 Goring 3

This was a great game played by two well matched teams. Quarry took the lead through a wonderful volley by Arthur Galley.Goring fought back well and their mounting pressure resulted in a deserved equaliser. There were a number of chances

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Kinniburgh must learn from error

Oxford United’s management team say they hope Steven Kinniburgh will learn from the red card he received in Saturday’s 1-0 win at Wrexham. The 20-year-old left back was dismissed five minutes from time for a second yellow card, just five minutes after

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GORING ROBINS 0 KENNINGTON ATHLETIC 2

This was a good game of football between two evenly matched teams. The first 15 mins was evenly matched until Kennington broke threw the defence with some nice passing and Thomas Briggs slided the ball passed the Goring keeper to make it 1.0

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Hold the preaching

Why do they do it? I mean, in addition to being PAINFULLY EMBARRASSING, their actions, however well-intentioned, can’t help but damage their cause. After all, how likely are you to be converted by someone standing in Cornmarket, bible in hand, shouting

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Tackling deficit means serious tax rises or spending cuts

I imagine readers would be nodding off very quickly if I spent a lot of time highlighting all the flaws in Chris Robins letter (Oxford Mail, September 9), so let me focus on the only part where he has attempted to put some figures down. According to

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Sex abuse ruined his life

I AM the live-in carer of an elderly man, whose life has been ruined from beginning to end through sexual abuse from foster parents, who not only sexually abused him from the age of six but who also were members of an occult coven on a remote farm in

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Market is hit for short term gain

AS a former proprietor of a long-established family business in the Covered Market can I bring a sense of proportion and realism to the issue of the rent hike (Oxford Mail, August 18). There seems to be a notion among officials that it is only public

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Rappers prove a big Leys fair hit

YOUNG hip-hop danc-ers and rappers wowed Blackbird Leys at the estate’s annual community fair. Youngsters from KC’s School of Dance and Leys CDI Crew stole the show demonstrating incredible skills before huge crowds on Saturday. Organisers

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No mystery over disappearing dawn chorus

I WAS interested to read the letters regarding the disappearance of the dawn chorus and general singing from our wild birds. I’m sure it has nothing to do with magpies or any other nefarious activity. Birds just do not sing when they are moulting –

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U13 Div A – Didcot Town Youth A U13 v AFC Newbury U13

Goalscorers – Jack Barrett (2), Kieron Conway (25) If Newbury though that last week’s outing to Wantage was going to set the scene for the rest of their season, they were sadly mistaken. Didcot put up a spirited performance that equalled the

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Jake memorial match 'a wonderful tribute'

HIS unshakeable courage and beaming smile endeared Jake Spicer to many people before he lost his battle with cancer in July. More than 500 friends and family from his home neighbourhood of Blackbird Leys celebrated the life of the 15-year-old on Saturday

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New term fears over swine flu

OXFORD’S two universities are preparing for a predicted resurgence of swine flu as thousands of students return to the city. There were fears the universities would have to delay term starts due to the risk of students spreading the disease by living

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Hospice opens its doors for a day

VISITORS glimpsed the care given to children and young adults with life-shortening illnesses at a hospice open day on Saturday. Helen and Douglas House, in East Oxford, opened its doors to the public to see some of the 400 volunteers who help keep the

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KENNINGTON 0 TOWER HILL 3

Tower Hill pushed right from the start and were unlucky not to take an early lead with Daniel Bullock, Luke Bolley and Jamie Harris all coming close. Kennington then had their chance for a goal but were unlucky with their effort. In a well

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Marston Saints V Didcot Town B

Blue League U10's Marston Saints came out on top in a hard fought home game against a determined Didcot. Leo Galpin opened the scoring with a fine left footed shot in the first half,with Marston striker James Strange adding a well deserved

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Woman sets up help group

A MUM of seven has launched a support group for isolated women struggling in the community. Every Voice Equal (EVE) is the brainchild of grandmother Anji Hall, from Heyford Park, near Bicester. The 49-year-old wanted to do something for women in her

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Hanney Youth 6 Grove Challengers 2

Result from OMBL under 13's D league. Hanney Youth 6 Grove Challengers 2 Hanney Goal scorers: Jonny Clinker 2 , Philip Webster, Harry Andrew (pen), Marc King, Ben Barnard. Grove Goal scorers: Daniel Caldicott, Ryan Otterway. A

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BOTLEY v CHALGROVE

A good game from Chalgrove saw them overcome Botley 9 goals to 4. Charlgrove goal scorers were Sam Drake (1) Joe Croxford (2) Luke Davis (3) Kieran Clifton (1) & Benedict Diment(2) Goals for Botley came from Elliston Coble (2) Kyle Howkins (1) & Brandon

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HSFC 7 vs Stanford Youth 1

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Hope despite fireworks display's cancellation

THE organiser of Abingdon’s largest fireworks display hopes this year’s cancellation will just be a one-off. The Oxford Mail revealed on Tuesday that Julian Annells – organiser of the Abingdon Firework Display – was citing the problem of some people

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Two arrested at Oxford Airport protest

TWO protesters were arrested for trespassing in a failed attempt to shut down Oxford airport. Campaigners from Climate Rush had claimed up to 120 people were going “cause havoc” to close the airport in Kidlington in a protest against the airport

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Scales of Justice

A round-up of recent sentencings at Oxfordshire's magistrates' courts DIDCOT * Andrew Woolford, 26, of Hadland Road, Abingdon, admitted being drunk and disorderly in a public place in Oxford, on March 1. Given a six-month conditional

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'Donors saved me after horror smash'

THE sole survivor of a crash that killed four of his friends is giving his backing to our Gift Of Life campaign. The Oxford Mail has teamed up with the National Blood Service and launched a campaign to sign up 1,000 new blood donors to help stock up

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Woman stumped over trees' demise

OXFORD City Council has apologised for failing to tell a woman why they chopped down two mature trees outside her home. The 40ft specimens were felled in Blay Close, Blackbird Leys, on Wednesday after the city council declared them diseased. However

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Kids go wild for new nature shelter

SCHOOLCHILDREN who won a free revamp in courtesy of the Oxford Mail and Leadbitter, are busy exploring their “posh” new nature and bird hide after its grand unveiling. We launched the School Build Save Our Schools competition to offer one lucky school

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Under 11 St's go marching on!

it was a hard fought game that saw St Edmunds come out on top in the end. Bupe Mutamba carried on his goal scoring spree from last week netting in the first 10 minutes. An equaliser from Steventon's Callum Kirby put St Edmunds under pressure, but some

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Under 12 A League - St Edmunds 3 Oxford Blackbirds 1

Oxford Blackbirds took the lead in the first minute through a long range free kick from Bradley Herman. It remained one nil until 10 minutes into the second half when Joe Bates finished well from the left to level the scores. St Edmunds then became

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MoD under fire for state of RAF Bicester

THE MoD has come under fire for the poor state of repair of buildings at the country’s best preserved pre-Second World War bomber airfield. A report by Cherwell District Council accused the Ministry of Defence of neglect over the state of buildings at

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Brawn score one-two at Monza

The fight for this year's Formula One world title is effectively a two-man battle after Rubens Barrichello led home a Brawn GP one-two at the Italian Grand Prix. In taking his second win of the season and 11th of his career, the 37-year-old Brazilian

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The Under 11 St's go marching on

it was a hard fought game that saw St Edmunds come out on top in the end. Bupe Mutamba carried on his goal scoring spree from last week netting in the first 10 minutes. An equaliser from Steventon's Callum Kirby put St Edmunds under pressure, but

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St Edmunds 1 v Summertown 0

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Wantage Concords v Cholsey Blue birds Under 11s C-League

A David Robins 5 timer helped wantage secure all 3 points against a newly put together cholsey side. Wantages other goals coming from James Webster,Lewis Collins,Will Peck and Ryan Craze one a piece Wantage went into halftime 6.0 up but to there credit

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Kidlington and Didcot share the spoils in 8 goal thriller

Didcot settled quickly in their first game of the season taking the lead three times during an eventful first half at Stratfield Brake. Kidlington must take credit from coming back from each setback to level things up and the sides went in even

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Abingdon Youth 5- 0 Oxford City Colts

Abingdon Youth welcomed Oxford City Colts on a warm Sunday morning. Oxford City Colts started well for the first 5 minutes until James Pearce-Shaw was brought down in the box by the advancing Oxford City Colts keeper. Harry Johnson blasted

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Kidlington Youth 4 - Didcot Town B 3

Kidlington Youth kept their unbeaten start going by beating Didcot Town Youth B 4-3 in a hard but fair game. Didcot took the lead again the run of play, but Kidlington equalised through Zach Oretagu and then went 2-1 in front through Henry

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Airport protest fails to take off

CLIMATE change protesters failed to shut down Oxford Airport yesterday. More than 20 police officers were on hand to stop about 40 protesters entering the airport at Kidlington. The protesters are angry at the airport's expansion plans

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AFC Brightwell Youth win South Oxfordshire Derby!

AFC Brightwell Youth, picked up all 3 points against a spirited AFC Henley side at, a sun drenched Black Cats Park. Henley started the brighter though and were one ahead shortly after the kick off, when the lively Liam Painter latched onto

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£50m Marriotts development nears completion

THESE are the latest glimpses of work going on at Witney’s Marriotts Close development. As the pictures show, work has mostly finished on building the units, and shopfitters are moving in to finalise the internal fixtures. Debenhams

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Royal Mail hits back over backlog

Royal Mail has defended itself against suggestions it was failing to cope with the strain on services caused by an ongoing industrial dispute. Pictures of mail strewn across the pavement were taken by a customer who had visited a sorting office

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Ardington & Lockinge V Berinsfield - Under 9's - Yellow League

First shot of the game came in the second minute when Ardington's Jaden Wilkins forced a good save from the Berinsfield goal keeper. Ardington took the lead a minute later when Jaden intercepted a goal kick and shot from the outside penalty area

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Loo closure will cause wee spot of bother

CLOSING toilets in Oxford in a bid to save cash is a “knee-jerk” reaction which will lead to people urinating in the street, a parish councillor has claimed. Oxford City Council is looking to save £50,000 a year by closing up to seven of the city’s 26