Championship boss rushed home after receiving medical attention with players worried

Oxford United earned a gully against Derby Count successful the Championship but manager Des Buckingham took unwell astatine the Kassam Stadium and required attraction from the nine doctor

Oxford United stars were near shocked and upset arsenic brag Des Buckingham received aesculapian attraction earlier rapidly being sent location pursuing his side's gully against Derby County.

U's adjunct Craig Short was near to behaviour media obligations post-match astatine the Kassam Stadium aft Buckingham had endured dizziness passim the 2nd fractional of the Championship clash. The 39-year-old, who guided the Yellows to promotion from League One past term, could scarcely shingle astatine hands astatine afloat clip and was treated by the club's doctor.

Short admitted that the players were taken aback erstwhile informed what had unfolded with their manager.

Buckingham's adjunct said: "He was feeling dizzy successful the past fractional an hr and kept walking from transportation broadside to the dugout. He spent immoderate clip holding onto the rails by the dugout talking to the nine doc and told maine helium could conscionable astir shingle hands astatine the end."

"The doc is treating him present and we consciousness it is astir apt champion that helium gets disconnected location arsenic rapidly arsenic possible. The players were each a spot shocked and upset erstwhile we told them."

“I asked what helium ate contiguous and helium said mean pre-match," Short added. "It came connected each of a abrupt and helium went to the doc consecutive away. Hopefully he’s okay, that’s the astir important thing.”

United maintained their unbeaten location grounds but volition beryllium frustrated to person drawn a 5th lucifer successful a enactment aft Tottenham loanee Dane Scarlett opened the scoring. The location broadside were incapable to bent onto their pb and erstwhile Cardiff City winger Nathaniel Mendez-Laing equalised for the Rams successful the 2nd period.

The U's stay 10th successful the Championship aft achieving promotion, with Derby sitting 12th. Fellow promoted broadside Portsmouth person recovered the accommodation much hard and prevarication bottommost of the part with conscionable 1 triumph from 11 games.

Short was nevertheless frustrated to person dropped the points. He said: “I thought we played immoderate fantabulous shot successful the archetypal fractional and looked precise composed and successful control.

“We started to conflict erstwhile it got a spot much direct, and it became a spot of a combat game. The past fractional an hr was a spot of a combat crippled and a spot chaotic.

“You suffer a spot of power and a spot of your structure, but determination were inactive immoderate bully performances. The affirmative broadside is we’re going into November with an unbeaten location record. We privation to commencement picking up wins, of people we do, but this was astir apt a crippled wherever we’ve thrown 2 points away.”

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