Ex-Oxford United boss Robinson sacked after Wembley loss

Salford were comfortably beaten 3-0 by Notts County at Wembley to miss out on promotion to League One and a match with Matt Bloomfield’s Oxford in the third tier next season.

Alassana Jatta, Lucas Ness and Jodi Jones scored the goals to down the Ammie at Wembley.

Robinson led the club to a fourth-placed finish, narrowly missing out on third place and the automatic places by one point.

Salford City manager Karl Robinson after the Sky Bet League Two play-off final at Wembley Stadium, London (Image: Steven Paston/PA Wire)

City edged past Grimsby Town in the play-off semi-finals 4-3 on aggregate.

The defeat at Wembley last month was the second play-off final loss in Robinson’s managerial career after the 45-year-old suffered with the U’s in 2020.

United lost to Wycombe Wanderers, captained by current Oxford boss Bloomfield, in the League One play-off final in lockdown.

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Karl Robinson in charge of Oxford United (Image: David Fleming)

Joseph Jacobson scored the winner from the penalty spot after Mark Sykes had cancelled out Anthony Stewart’s ninth-minute opener for the Chairboys.

The U’s reached the play-offs again the following season but lost 6-3 on aggregate to Blackpool in the semi-final.

Robinson had arrived in OX4 in 2018 and left five years later in 2023 when he was dismissed following a run of eight games without a win.