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John McCormick writes: I definitely haven’t seen Oxford at the Stadium of Light and I don’t think I’ve ever seen them at Roker, I certainly have no memory of them playing us there. It wasn’t until 1973 that I got to see them and that was at the Manor Ground. Our cup-winning team played, Dennis Tueart scored the only goal after 3 minutes and we held out for the remaining 87 to gain our second win of the season and finish the month unbeaten.
You can see what a good goal it was at the bottom of the page but don’t miss Pete Sixsmith to get to it. We had played Oxford in the previous three seasons but I was away, which is why I think I missed them. Pete was a lot nearer and went.
Not that that was the first time he’d seen them. Over to the master: