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Player Minutes
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| Cameron McJannet | 2,180 |
| Harvey Rodgers | 2,061 |
| Christy Pym | 1,943 |
| George McEachran | 1,771 |
| Charles Vernam | 1,743 |
| Evan Khouri | 1,701 |
| Jaze Kabia | 1,675 |
| Tyrell Warren | 1,596 |
| Kieran Green | 1,551 |
| Darragh Burns | 1,251 |
| Reece Staunton | 1,143 |
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| Kassam Stadium! |
Oxford Preview
By: Richard Lord
Date: 24/11/2005
RUSSELL Slade will be hoping that his side will put the disappointment of losing their excellent away record at Wycombe last weekend and gain all three points at Oxford on Saturday.
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It's been ten years since Oxford won promotion from any league - that being their rise from what is now League One to the Championship as runners-up to Swindon. Since then it's been two relegations and little to cheer about, but the U's fans are keeping their fingers crossed this time around for a successful season. After winning just one of their opening eight league games, Brian Talbot's (left) men found a bit of form but that appears to have waned somewhat, in the light of one victory in their last seven league outings.
Oxford have some well-established lower league players in their squad. Goalkeeper Billy Turley has played most of his league football with Rushden, where he worked under his current manager. Defender Chris Willmott started out as a trainee at Luton but played many times for Wimbledon in their pre-Milton Keynes Dons days. Midfielder Stuart Gray is another player at the Kassam Stadium who has made the switch from Rushden. Tricky striker Eric Sabin (left) scored against the Mariners when he played for QPR, Steve Basham can be a handful on his day and well-travelled striker Lee Bradbury is a player to keep an eye on.
Steve Basham began his career at Southampton before joining Preston after two previous loan spells. He never quite managed to establish himself as a first team player while at Deep Dale and so made the switch south to Oxford in August 2002. The 5'11'' striker has a strike rate of around one goal every three starts, and recently scored a hat-trick in an FA Cup first round replay against Eastbourne.
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The Mariners have faced the U's 25 times and have won nine of the encounters, with Oxford winning ten and there being six draws. The two teams have never met in any cup competition. Grimsby have lost just two of the last 13 fixtures - and they both came in the same season (1996/7) when Town lost 2-0 at home and 3-2 away.
P 25 W 9 D 6 L 10 F 26 A 31 Oxford Head-to-Head (52nd on The Opposition Ladder)
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Grimsby were 1-0 down at half time but managed to turn things around in the second half to win the game 2-1. Matt Harrold equalised immediately after the break, and Andy Parkinson scored a fine goal to clinch victory.
Grimsby Team: Williams, McDermott, Whittle, Forbes, Bull, Pinault,
Coldicott, Fleming, Ramsden (Gritton 47), Harrold, Parkinson
Oxford Team: Tardif, Mackay (Wanless 81), Ashton, Robinson, Hackett, Quinn,
Raponi (Diaz 89), Corbo, Cominelli, Mooney, Basham (Davies 68) Attendance: 5,625 Â Â Â Report
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