Oxford upsets odds
NZPA-Reuter London Oxford United wrote another remarkable chapter in its brief but glorious history when it upset all the odds by outplaying Queen’s Park Rangers to win the English Football League Cup final, 3-0, yesterday. Oxford, playing with an abandon rarely seen in cup finals, carried the play to its London oppon-
ents from the start and fully deserved its first big honour. Inspired by a masterly midfield performance by the unsung workhorse, Trevor Hebberd, Oxford made full use of Wembley’s wide open spaces to record the biggest winning margin in the final since 1962 - the year they were elected to the Football League.
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Press, 22 April 1986, Page 36
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