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Football match delayed as floodlights catch fire

Football match delayed as floodlights catch fire
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14th February 2021
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The Oxford-Wigan game had already been twice delayed and put back more than 24 hours by the freezing weather before the fire
The Oxford-Wigan game had already been twice delayed and put back more than 24 hours by the freezing weather before the fire

Elliott Moore hit Oxford United’s late winner to settle a dramatic League One game with Wigan Athletic delayed for almost an hour by a half-time floodlight fire at the Kassam Stadium.

The game was goalless when the ground had to be evacuated while the fire brigade attended a fire in one of the floodlights.

After the game got back under way at 17:45 GMT, there were three goals.

Callum Lang put Wigan ahead before Sam Winnall and Moore turned it round.

“We were coming out for the second half and you could smell burning through the air vents and we were told to quickly evacuate the building,” said U’s boss Karl Robinson.

“There was a leak up in one of the rooms, which contributes to the floodlights and that’s where the burning was coming from.”

Oxford United v Wigan Athletic was goalless prior to the delay due to a fire in one of the floodlights at the Kassam Stadium
Oxford United v Wigan Athletic was goalless prior to the delay due to a fire in one of the floodlights at the Kassam Stadium

The match had already been delayed by 24 hours because of the freezing weather, before then being put back further to a 16:00 GMT kick-off, to allow the pitch further time to thaw and give the game a better chance of taking place.

After a brief delay, players and staff were allowed to re-enter the stadium, which is also a local Covid-19 vaccination hub.

“It’s another strange scenario that has been put in front of us,” added Robinson. “The most important thing is that the vaccinations carry on as football is secondary to some things going on right now.”

When the game did get back under way, Robinson’s men did enough to climb three places in the table as they extended their recent run to just one defeat in 16 games.

Lang fired the Latics in front in the 57th minute with a smart turn-and-finish from George Johnston’s pass.

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But Winnall levelled on 72 minutes with a downward header at the far post from Brandon Barker’s pinpoint cross.

Centre-back Moore then bundled in the winner seven minutes from time, stabbing home from four yards after getting his head to Mark Sykes’ cross.

Line-ups

Oxford Utd

Formation 4-3-3

13Stevens


14Forde5Moore22Atkinson3Ruffels

28Kelly6Gorrin8Brannagan

10Sykes11Winnall30Barker

  • 13Stevens
  • 14Forde
  • 5Moore
  • 22Atkinson
  • 3Ruffels
  • 28KellySubstituted forLeeat 68′minutes
  • 6GorrinSubstituted forShodipoat 68′minutes
  • 8Brannagan
  • 10SykesSubstituted forGraysonat 87′minutes
  • 11WinnallSubstituted forTaylorat 81′minutes
  • 30BarkerSubstituted forHansonat 87′minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Eastwood
  • 7Hall
  • 9Taylor
  • 20Hanson
  • 24Grayson
  • 25Shodipo
  • 27Lee

Wigan

Formation 5-4-1

1Jones

2Darikwa14Wootton4Tilt5Johnston34Robinson

10Keane12Ojo23Merrie30Aasgaard

9Lang

  • 1Jones
  • 2Darikwa
  • 14Wootton
  • 4Tilt
  • 5JohnstonSubstituted forCloughat 86′minutes
  • 34Robinson
  • 10KeaneSubstituted forSolomon-Otaborat 86′minutes
  • 12Ojo
  • 23Merrie
  • 30AasgaardSubstituted forGardnerat 78′minutes
  • 9LangSubstituted forDodooat 69′minutes

Substitutes

  • 6Whelan
  • 7Clough
  • 15Gardner
  • 17Solomon-Otabor
  • 20Dodoo
  • 24Perry
  • 25Evans

Referee:
Brett Huxtable

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