Oxford United Ladies 2 Newcastle United Ladies 1

3:02pm Sunday 24th February 2013 in Sport Photograph of the Author By David Pritchard, Chief Sports Reporter covering Oxford United. Follow us on twitter: @oxfordmailoufc. Call me on 01865 425458

EARLY goals from Katie Stanley and Natasha Caswell saw Oxford United into the FA Women's Cup fifh round for the first time.

The ladies' debut at the Kassam Stadium got off to a flying start, when Caswell found Stanley, who superbly opened the scoring with a lob on eight minutes.

Caswell added a second goal with a low shot from the edge of the box inside the opening quarter of an hour.

Newcastle, who play their league football a division higher, were second best for the opening 45 minutes, but came alive after the interval.

Jess Havelock pulled a goal back six minutes after the restart to get them back in the game.

But the U's, marshalled by skipper Sahara Osborne-Ricketts, stood firm to keep out the visitors.

Dan Anderson, Lauren Allison and Holly Pickett all had chances to make it 3-1 late on, but it was not costly.

They can now look forward to the fifth round draw, when the Women's Super League sides enter the competition.

Oxford Utd: Cox, Chivers, Mobbs (Bennett 90), Osborne-Ricketts, Meade, Caswell, Beaver, Stanley, Pinker (Anderson 71), Pickett, Allison.

Unused subs: Smith, Coles, Currie.

Newcastle Utd: Wareham, Lock, Wilson, Armstring, Havelock, Purdham (Campion 85), Teasdale (Pyper 56), Potts, Frazer, Gardner, Crooks (Foster 72).

Unused subs: Sewell.

Attendance: 733.

Comments(9)

BigAlBiker says...
3:23pm Sun 24 Feb 13

Can we promote the ladies to the Saturday first team please, even take them to Gillingham this Tuesday as they seem to know how to play football and score a goal, on the same quagmire the men do.

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Manor Born says...
5:09pm Sun 24 Feb 13

Chris Wilder claims it's difficult to play football on that pitch. The ladies showed just how easy it is. Caswell & Osborne-Ricketts were outstanding with the former pulling the strings in midfield. She kept it simple when it was needed, but if she saw an opportunity to play a incisive through ball or cross-field pass, she made it count. Think she only gave the ball away 3 times the entire game.

The ladies kept it on the ground and put the men to shame. Bring on the next round. A joy to watch.

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NicolaJB says...
6:03pm Sun 24 Feb 13

Congratulations ladies for a richly deserved victory. Great performance in the first half with two superb goals. Newcastle were made to look second best until the second half when they briefly looked threatening. OULFC hit the bar twice in the second half and could've added to their lead. As has already been mention Caswell in midfield was absolutely fantastic and Osbourne-Ricketts at the back was outstanding. Good luck to the ladies in the next round!!!

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Caswell10 says...
7:21pm Sun 24 Feb 13

Thanks for your support guys, it means alot to the ladies team... Hope to see you all again soon.

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Beanofan says...
7:45pm Sun 24 Feb 13

I hope that they let the ladies play more games up at the Kassam. Would come and watch.

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martico1 says...
4:02pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Ashamed to say I let the cold deter me from being there for this fantastic victory. I will certainly be there for the Everton game if I possibly can be.
Whatever happens this is a magnificent achievement for the Ladies: let's have them all on the pitch at HT at the Rotherham game so that the get the plaudits they deserve!

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oxcidental says...
4:17pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Well done ladies !!!! You showed how it is possible to play passing football on the pitch even with its divots....We were somewhat surprised however having purchased two boxes for the game for twenty people it was not possible to buy a cup of tea/coffee,soft drink or food considering it was a 1.00pm kick off...Surely it was possible to advise us prior to the day so we could have made alternative arrangements..

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Doctor69 says...
4:50pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Surely the ladies must have launched it long tho? we all know you cannot play football on the pitch.....chris wilder said so, it must be true!!

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oxcidental says...
5:44pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Chris Wilder stated on the radio...he had brought QUALITY PLAYERS to the lclub......presumabl
y none of them signed for us but he enjoyed showing them around the club..........I think he needs treatment.,,,,He will lauch his own beer soon,,, HOOFMEISTER..a pale insipid brew with no head...Keep him and we will end up in the WILDER NESS !!!!!

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