From near and Farsley

From the Rage Online newsdesk Friday, April 11th, 2008  

Oxford United play their penultimate home game of the season tomorrow, when relegation-threatened Farsley Celtic come to town. United won the away fixture, somewhere between Leeds and Bradford, thanks to a Phil Trainer goal, and Darren Patterson will be looking for his side to complete the double to finish the season on a high. [@news]2203[/@news][@opponent]farsley celtic[/@opponent][@connection]farsley celtic[/@connection]United have nothing left to play for now, as defeat at Torquay United on Tuesday ended any mathematical chance the Us had of making the play offs. However, there is the old chestnut of pride in the shirt, not to mention future season ticket sales, and so we would expect the Oxford players to be giving it some tomorrow.

Oxford will still be able to pick Luke Foster, whose two-game ban doesn't come into effect until Tuesday night's match at York City. There are injury worries over Craig McAllister and Barry Quinn, both of whom got knocks at Torquay and who missed training in midweek, but who should both be available for tomorrow. That means that, forgotten man Chris Willmott excepted, Patterson should have a full squad to pick from.

Farsley are suffering from a bit of an injury crisis following their surprise 2-1 home defeat to relegated Droyslden on Tuesday. Manager John Deacey has claimed that they've only got 15 fit players, and so could find themselves without a full complement of substitutes tomorrow. Celtic are currently in 18th place, two points better off than 21st-placed Weymouth. Altrincham look likely to join Stafford Rangers and Droylsden in Conference North next season, but Farsley are in a battle with Weymouth, administratively stricken Halifax Town, and revivalists Northwich Victoria to avoid the other relegation place. Rage Online, our confidence shattered over recent predictions, still haven't learnt our lesson, and we're going to go for a 2-0 home win. Why? Probably just stupidity.

This entry was posted on Friday, April 11th, 2008 at 12:00 am and appears under 2008, News Items.

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