Cambridge United 1 Oxford United 1

 Yesterday we returned to the Abbey for the second weekend in a row. It was a bit of a contrast with the game the weekend before when they took on Northampton in a friendly, as the Us returned to League 1 and took on Oxford who made the play-offs last year.

When you look around the budgets of a lot of the clubs in this league, you can see that it isn't going to be easy for Cambridge this season, but what we saw today was encouraging enough in front of a packed out Abbey. True, Oxford statistically had the better of the game having more shots and the lion's share of the possession, but the result was probably a fair reflection and when Cambridge found the equaliser it felt like they might push on to get a winner with the crowd behind them.

In the first half both sides had their chances, and Ironside and Tracey were busy up front for Cambridge without looking like scoring. The Cambridge defence looked a little shaky and I was less than impressed with George Williams at right back and it was him out of position and then not putting a tackle in that led to Oxford taking the lead through Steve Seddon just before halftime.

Cambridge came out firing in the second half though and Brophy and Hoolahan both looked busy, but it wasn't until the 78th penalty when Joe Ironside converted a penalty that Cambridge drew level. The final part of the time took place in driving rain with the Cambridge fans getting behind the team, but Oxford managed to weather both storms to take a point back home.







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