{"id":637584,"date":"2024-03-17T16:04:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T20:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=637584"},"modified":"2024-03-17T16:04:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T20:04:14","slug":"oxford-united-weekly-bolton-port-vale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/17\/oxford-united-weekly-bolton-port-vale\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford United Weekly Round-Up: Bolton Battering and Port Vale Pushover"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was certainly and up and down week for Oxford United<\/a>, with the U’s getting thumped at Bolton before winning at Port Vale.<\/p>\n

Oxford United Weekly Round-Up: Battered at Bolton Before Port Vale Punishment<\/h2>\n

Buckingham on McGuane Contract<\/h3>\n

Oxford midfielder Marcus McGuane is out of contract in the summer and Des Buckingham has confirmed that conversations are yet to take place.<\/p>\n

However, it is believed the club have an option for an additional 12 months, which is important as the midfielder has become a key part of the squad, making 40 appearances this season.<\/p>\n

Asked about McGuane\u2019s deal,\u00a0Buckingham said:<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s nothing we\u2019ve spoken directly to Marcus about, as of yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s in the starting XI for a reason and it\u2019s important he continues to perform, and if he does that, he\u2019ll put himself in a very strong position.\u201d<\/p>\n

Battered at Bolton<\/h3>\n

Oxford’s promotion hopes took a huge blow when they lost 5-0 on the road at Bolton on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

A decent striker and a comedic defensive error saw the Trotters head into half time with a two goal lead.<\/p>\n

The U’s struggled to get into the game and failed to hit a shot on target, but conceded a further three second half goals.<\/p>\n

Lincoln Rearranged<\/h3>\n

Oxford’s home match against Lincoln has been rescheduled due to international call ups.<\/p>\n

The game was originally due to take place on Saturday, March 23 but has been moved to Tuesday, April 16.<\/p>\n

The U’s won the reverse fixture 2-0 at Sincil Bank back in October.<\/p>\n

International Call-Ups<\/h3>\n

Ciaron Brown, Fin Stevens and Greg Leigh have all been called up for international duty.<\/p>\n

Brown has been selected for the Northern Ireland squad ahead of their friendlies against Romania in Bucharest on Friday, March 22, and Scotland on Tuesday, March 26 at Hampden Park.<\/p>\n

Stevens has been recalled for the Wales U21 squad and could face Lithuania in their UEFA U21 EURO 2025 Qualifier before a friendly match in Turkey against Morocco.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Leigh has been selected for the Jamaica squad that will face the USA in their CONCACAF Nations League semi-final.<\/p>\n

Win Over Port Vale<\/h3>\n

Oxford bounced back from their heavy defeat at Bolton with a 2-0 win over strugglers, Port Vale.<\/p>\n

Ciaron Brown gave Oxford the lead from a corner on 16 minutes before Josh Murphy bent a second goal in just four minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n

Results elsewhere in League One meant the U’s moved back into the top six .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was certainly and up and down week for Oxford United, with the U’s getting thumped at Bolton before winning at Port Vale. Oxford United Weekly Round-Up: Battered at Bolton Before Port Vale Punishment Buckingham on McGuane Contract Oxford midfielder Marcus McGuane is out of contract in the summer and Des Buckingham has confirmed that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":637586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8430,32,34],"tags":[113,509],"class_list":["post-637584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-league-football","category-league12","tag-bolton-wanderers","tag-port-vale"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}