JON Townsend was sent off for a second bookable offence as an indisciplined Oxford United Youth crashed out of the Southern Junior Floodlit Cup 3-1 at Cardiff City last night.
United's Ross Weatherstone, Jon Shepheard and Ben Henshaw were also booked in the first-round tie.
Chris Hackett scored an 88th-minute consolation for United after Robert Earnshaw had hit a hat-trick for City.
United Youth: Simms, R Weatherstone, Ricketts, Shepheard, King, Davies, Brennan, D Whitehead, Townsend, Nix, Henshaw, McIntosh, Brookes, Bennett, Hackett, Hamp.
SOME of the United youth team players will turn out in Oxford Reserves' Avon Insurance Combination game against Crystal Palace Res at the Manor tonight (7.30).
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