Arsenal's FA Cup success over Oxford United on Monday evening saw them end a long 39-year hoodoo by securing their first ever away victory over the U’s in their history.
Ahead of the meeting, the League One side were among just two clubs that the Gunners had not beaten away in a minimum of four attempts. The North Londoners found themselves on the end of a 3-2 League Cup defeat the first time that they came together away from either Highbury or the Emirates Stadium and followed that up with a 3-0 loss in Division One just under two years later.
The sides then clashed again in Oxford in 1987 and 1988 with both games ending in a 0-0 stalemate - each face-off being in league action. It looked as though Monday’s FA Cup meeting was set to be heading that way with the Gunners having produced a disappointing first-half showing at the Kassam Stadium.
