Oxford City 4 – 1 Farsley Celtic: Oxford City Back in Business after 3-Game Losing Streak

Oxford City managed to redeem themselves with an impressive win after a long bout of losses and draws from their previous four matches.

Oxford City broke free from the relegation zone, putting themselves up to 19^th in the National League North table, now rivalling Warrington at 21 points, having both played 20 matches in the tournament so far.

With the home advantage at the Court Place Farm Football Ground in Oxford with 389 people in attendance, Oxford City managed to dominate the game and win by a landslide, with the pressure of the end of season relegation clearly catching up. With another 28 matches left in the season both teams are fighting to move up the table before it’s too late, with Curzon Ashton sitting firmly in the top spot with 36 points. 

Ross Jenkins and his team managed to concede a goal just seven minutes into the game with forward Corie Andrews smashing the ball from the six-yard box into the bottom left of the goal, bypassing straight through the clutches of Farsley’s keeper Kieran Flavell. 

From that moment on it was wall to wall success for Oxford City playing a balanced game of two goals either side of half time. After Andrews’ success midfielder Josh Ashby put another ball to the back of the net in the 33^rd minute, rolling the ball into the bottom right from outside the penalty box.

After City coasted through the first half of the game, Farsley’s manager Pav Singh made three changes to his squad to try and turn the game around, but it was too late for the Northern team. 

The 56^th minute saw Oxford City’s Zac McEachran battle against Farsley’s Cole Hyde end on the ground, quickly redeemed by Tom Scott who snatched the ball and put it in the bottom left of the goal with ease. 

Oxford City’s Ashby went in for goal number two on the 67^th minute with an attempted cross from the corner of the penalty box but was out of luck this time hitting the post instead.

3 – 0 up with just 20 minutes left, Oxford City’s Zac McEachran decided it wasn’t over yet, after being chased down the pitch by three players he managed to manoeuvre through and crash the ball into the middle of the goal; at this point it was looking an inevitable win for Oxford City who managed to resurge after their three-game losing streak. 

Farsley’s Aaron Pickles decided he could not finish the game before conceding at least one goal for his team; after having the ball crossed to him by teammate Cole Hyde, he managed to perform the perfect header into the far corner of the goal. But being 94 minutes in and already in over-time it was too late to turn the game around.

The win for Oxford City has put them out of their losing slump, while Pav Singh and his team at Farley Celtic fall to 20^th on the league table, on the very brink of being in the relegation zone having now lost their last four games.