After going 2-0 down, Oxford City responded with a brilliant comeback to become eventual 4-2 winners as goals from Oastler and Benyon were on either side of a Bancroft brace.
The Hoops had two great opportunities within the first ten minutes. The first chance came in the fourth minute as some intricate passing play between Bradbury and Coyle saw the latter have a low shot excellently saved by the legs of Miles. The second followed a few minutes after as Roberts’ looping cross just missed the leaping head of Bradbury.
Haringey took the lead almost immediately after, as a free-kick from midfield wasn’t properly cleared by the City defence and Claudiu Vilcu volleyed the ball home through a crowd of bodies.
They doubled their lead not 10 minutes later as in the 18th minute, Bawling ran down the left wing and slotted past Dudzinski to put Haringey in control of the tie.
Just before half-time, an Ashby corner was met by a powerful header from Oastler and Miles was helpless as he could only watch the ball fly into the top of the net.
After the half-time break, Bancroft was played through on goal by Roberts but was just beaten to the ball by a sprawling Miles as City pressed for the equaliser.
In the 67th minute, Fleet picked out Bancroft with a drilled pass and the number 12 beat the offside trap before firing powerfully past Miles to tie the game up 2-2.
Four minutes later, a loose pass from Vilcu saw Benyon nip in and play Bancroft in on goal and the substitute scored his second of the game as he calmly rolled the ball under the outstretched leg of Miles to give the Hoops the lead for the first time as they went 3-2 up.
Drewe kept the lead intact as he somehow managed to make another incredible goal line clearance as he threw his body on the line to block Bawling’s shot.
Bancroft then chased a long ball down the right wing and with just Miles to beat, the striker selflessly squared the ball to Benyon who slotted home to give Oxford a stronger grip on the game as they extended their lead to 4-2.
Coyle did really well to wiggle into some space after some good passing play between him and Fleet but his shot crashed off the post and Bancroft was offside when he tapped home the rebound.
City defended valiantly for the last 10 minutes and managed to see out the game to book their first ever tie in the 5th round of the FA Trophy.
