# 2018–19 Cambridge United F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Cambridge United's 107th season in their history, their 40th in the Football League, and their fifth consecutive season in League Two. Along with League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Louis John | Sutton United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | Reggie Lambe | Carlisle United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | George Taft | Mansfield Town | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Medy Elito | Barnet | Released | |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Uche Ikpeazu | Heart of Midlothian | Free transfer | |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Leon Legge | Port Vale | Free transfer | |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | Piero Mingoia | Accrington Stanley | Released | |
| 2 January 2019 | CF | Barry Corr | Free agent | Released | |
| 31 January 2019 | RW | Ade Azeez | Newport County | Undisclosed | P |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 11 January 2019 | CF | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | Aston Villa | 31 May 2019 |
| 25 January 2019 | CF | Alex Jones | Bradford City | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | LB | Hayden Coulson | Middlesbrough | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CM | Jake Doyle-Hayes | Aston Villa | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 3 August 2018 | CF | Matthew Foy | Chelmsford City | 31 August 2018 |
| 7 August 2018 | GK | Finlay Iron | St Neots Town | September 2018 |
| 10 August 2018 | CM | Lee Watkins | Mildenhall Town | September 2018 |
| 31 August 2018 | CF | Matthew Foy | Kettering Town | September 2018 |
| 28 September 2018 | DM | Sam Squire | Needham Market | October 2018 |
| 13 November 2018 | CF | Tom Knowles | Hemel Hempstead Town | January 2019 |
| 16 January 2019 | FW | Sam Bennett | Mildenhall Town | February 2019 |
| 18 January 2019 | RB | Leon Davies | Bath City | February 2019 |
| 18 January 2019 | CB | Sam Goode | Haverhill Rovers | Work experience |
| 18 January 2019 | CF | Tom Knowles | Kettering Town | February 2019 |
| 18 January 2019 | FW | Joe Neal | Royston Town | Work experience |
| 18 January 2019 | MF | Ben Worman | Bishop's Stortford | March 2019 |

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

Cambridge United announced they will face ten different opponents during their pre-season schedule. A scheduled friendly match with Billericay Town on 20 July was later cancelled.

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 53 | |
| 20 | Port Vale | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 49 | |
| 21 | Cambridge United | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 47 | |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 74 | −26 | 44 | |
| 23 | Notts County (R) | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 84 | −36 | 41 | Relegation to the National League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2019. Source: BBC

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 22 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.

### EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced. The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Cambridge United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Southend United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Colchester United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Southampton U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |