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Oxford City 2-4 Leicester City: Hoops put up brave fight against former Premier League champions

Ross Jenkins hailed the efforts of his Oxford City troops as they took League One big guns Leicester City in a Friday night feast of entertainment at the MGroup Stadium.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
8 November 2026

By Neil Harvey

OXFORD CITY 2
Pollock 31, Ashby 62

LEICESTER 4
Page 16, Riis 53, Doyle 59, Watson 82
Ross Jenkins hailed the efforts of his Oxford City troops as they took League One big guns Leicester City in a Friday night feast of entertainment at the MGroup Stadium.
Sixty four places separated he 2021 winners and the Nationa League North Hoops, but Jenkins’ men put up an almighty fight to rattle Russell Martin’s Foxes.
Leicester fan Scott Pollock scored direct from a corner to cancel out Louis Page’s thumping opener in the first half.
Emil Riis and Kamari Doyle then made it 3-1 to Lei...

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