Oxford City Stars suffered a double disaster in English National League South Division 1 with an 8-1 hammering at bottom club Bracknell Hornets followed by a 5-2 home defeat by lowly Slough Jets.

The weekend woe sees Stars drop to ninth and out of the play-off positions for the first time this season.

Oxford fell behind after four minutes of Saturday’s game at Bracknell, with Danny Hughes netting.

Tony Barclay doubled Hornets’ lead by firing the puck between Patrick Russell’s legs.

Hughes was then penalised for slashing, before Dale White shot from the blueline into the bottom left corner to reduce the deficit.

Dax Hedges was unlucky not to level the game a few seconds in the second period when he fired into the top right-hand corner, but the goal judge did not award it.

With time running out in the period, Bracknell struck twice through Ricky Rutherford and Alan Lack to make it 4-1.

Jacob Smith forced a great double save from the Hornets netminder in the third period, before Stars fell further behind when Michael Plenty dispatched a slapshot.

Oxford’s misery was complete as Barclay grabbed his second, and Hughes scored twice to complete his hat-trick.

Lee Featherstone and Chris Douglas returned from injury for Sunday’s clash.

But Stars were stunned as Slough scored twice in the first three minutes.

Jamie McIlroy pounced on a rebound and buried the puck, before Carl Thompson finished off a good move.

Oxford’s hopes of staging a comeback in the second period were dashed as Slough import and owner Zoran Kozic scored two powerplay goals.

In the third period, Stars’ Andy Cox was denied by one of the best saves seen at Oxpens Road all season by Ryan Bainborough.

Slough made it 5-0 through Luke Reynolds, but Jets then lined up with six players by accident, and Oxford made them pay with Shannon Taylor drilling the puck home.

Taylor struck again with three minutes to go, but the damage had been done.