Oxford United 2-1 Ipswich Town: Bosses agree foggy match should have been abandoned

Thick fog covered the pitch at Kassam Stadium during Oxford United's match against Ipswich Town

Oxford United boss Karl Robinson and Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna agreed that Saturday's game should have been abandoned because of thick fog.

The Yellows claimed a 2-1 victory over third-placed Blues thanks to Cameron Brannagan's long-range screamer with seven minutes to go.

With conditions worsening, referee Bobby Madden had brought the two bosses together and informed them that if the game was abandoned after the 75th minute then the scoreline of 1-1 would have stood as the final result.

"At the end of the game it wasn't right to be playing in my opinion," McKenna said.

"We couldn't see the ball, we couldn't see the sidelines, the players were saying they couldn't see the ball on the pitch.

"At that stage the game was a little bit ridiculous."

Robinson echoed his counterpart's sentiments: "If we're being totally honest the game probably should have been called off but had it been we would have had a point.

"Once they realised that if the game was called off the result would stand and that might then not be good enough for them to get in the top two, they wanted to carry on.

"From my point of view it was maybe the wrong decision that ended up being the right decision."

Defeat left Ipswich seven points off second-placed Sheffield Wednesday and without a win in four league games.

Suriname international Yanic Wildschut scored his first Oxford goal in the 34th minute, dribbling past two defenders before prodding a shot under goalkeeper Christian Walton.

Town responded quickly, with left-back Leif Davis heading Marcus Harness' cross down past Simon Eastwood and into the bottom corner just four minutes later for his first professional goal.

Ipswich had good chances. Wes Burns drove against the top of the crossbar and George Hirst shot wide from a great position.

The fog worsened in the second half and spectators were left guessing at what was happening on the opposite side of the ground.

The contest was settled when Brannagan hammered in a right-footed winner from outside the box with seven minutes to go.

Match report supplied by PA Media.