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Robinson’s relief as he joins the 500 club

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The LeaguePaper Team
15 September 2019

By Peter Jones

KARL Robinson celebrated his 500th game as a manager with a vital win for his Oxford side as they saw off Tranmere.
It was only Oxford’s second league win of the campaign, and much-needed after a promising start to the campaign had started to go off the rails.
James Henry converted two penalties after Tariqe Fosu and then Shandon Baptiste were fouled, sandwiching a fine strike by Cameron Brannagan in the 70th minute.
Robinson said: “I was quite nervous before the game.
“It was a weird one because this is not about me.
I don’t like to be the centr...

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