MATCH REPORT

Sports finally travelled to Banbury United at the third attempt to play their Oxfordshire FA Senior Cup fixture.

The hosts clearly had injuries within their squad with regular keeper Jack Harding up front and goalkeeper coach Liam Shea in goal. However they still had plenty of quality and National League experience in their team.

Banbury took the lead early on after good work down the left and a finish at the near post. It was soon 2-0 after an excellent long range curled effort.

In the second half Sports got one back as the fog rolled in with James Watts finishing a good move down the right hand side. Jack Harding the scored from a scramble to make it 3-1. As the fog got worse Sports dominated the game as Banburys inuries told. Leam Howards finished well after beating his man. Jack Fountian then hit the bar before Fountain made a run through the defence to equlise with minutes left.

Banbury at this point were down to 10 with a player going off injured and having no subs to call upon.

The referee blew the whistle for the end of 90 minutes. The Banbury management then decided to withdraw from the competition rather than play the extra 30 minutes due to player welfare.

A bizarre end to the game but nothing can take away the effort shown by Sharman and squad as they progress into the next round