ANOTHER old-school English football ground is no more – but Oxford United can look back at plenty of happy memories from Bootham Crescent.
York City’s 89-year-old stadium closed its doors last week without getting a proper send-off, after their Vanarama National League North game against AFC Fylde was postponed due to a coronavirus outbreak.
It has been one of United’s more successful destinations over the years, with ten wins and five draws in 22 visits.
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Their first trip came on October 26, 1962, the U’s first football league season, when Bud Houghton and Alan Willey secured a 2-1 success.
Meanwhile, United lost just two of their final ten games there.
The U’s defence put their bodies on the line in 2013 Picture: Gordon Clayton
Their last three visits were all in Sky Bet League Two, starting with a 0-0 draw under Chris Wilder four days before Christmas 2013.
Kemar Roofe scores Oxford United's winner in their final visit to Bootham Crescent Picture: Richard Parkes
In November 2014, 18-year-old striker James Roberts scored the only goal in a 1-0 win, before Danny Hylton and Kemar Roofe netted in a 2-1 victory early in the U’s 2015/16 promotion season ten months later.
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