Oxford City were well beaten by Buxton this afternoon as the rampant Bucks romped to a 7-0 win at the MGroup Stadium.

Two goals from Luke Brennan, and Johnny Johnston and one each from Connor Kirby, Keziah Martin  and Faisu Sangare eased the visitors home on a day that a City side reduced to ten when skipper Reece Fleet was sent off early in the second half, will want to forget.

City have had a season of having to overcome problems and today’s came in the first minute when Freddy Willcox, who has been excellent on loan from Cheltenham ,limped off after pulling up lame in a chase for the ball. The change affected the opening minutes and perhaps the entire outcome, although that's tenuous given the scoreline and Buxton's supremacy in front of goal.

Having looked comfortable for half an hour City somehow found themselves three goals down and out of the game before the break.

First, after 38 minutes a stray arm was struck as Canice Carroll challenged for a high ball with a Buxton forward clinging to him. Ref Allsop pointed to the spot and Brennan sent Walker sprawling the wrong way to make it 1-0.

City needed to hold tight but instead on 44 they were 2-0 down when Kirby let fly from 30 yards out and the ball ripped into the top corner for a spectacular second goal, then in the 49^th minutes of 48 Johnson found space and fired past Walker to stun the home fans and leave The Hoops with a mountain to climb after the break.

Without a rope or suitable equipment it turned out. First Brennan made it four when he clinically converted a Johnston cross to make it 4-0 and then the frustration got too much for Reece Fleet who lunged in on Tommy Elliott and was shown a red card

Sub Martin danced his way through for a brilliant fifth after just four minutes on the pitch, the excellent Johnston made it six and then fellow sub Sangare pinged the ball into the right hand top corner to make it seven and simply underline the gulf between the teams on the day.

City won't make excuses, they will instead lick their wounds, return to th4e training ground and work as hard as possible to erase this result and get back to winning ways as quickly as possible.

CITY

Walker, Drewe, Burley, Carroll, Willcox (Putman 3 (Scott 60), Coyle, Ashby, Fleet, Potter )Vaughan 77), Parker (Carbon 66), McEachran

SUBS

Jones,

Att: 652

Report by Chris Williams, pictures Mike Allen and Simon Godfrey