# 2012–13 Oxford United F.C. season

Oxford United F.C. season 2012–13 was the club's third season in League Two after returning from the Conference. Oxford United had finished 9th in League Two in 2011–12 and failed to improve on this position in 2012–13. The club's opening nine league fixtures, consisting of three wins followed by six defeats, set the tone of a campaign in which the club were never serious contenders for a playoff place and which alternated between winning and losing streaks; a case in point was the three-game run of victories at the end of the season after the possibility of promotion had disappeared, which put a somewhat flattering gloss on Oxford's final position. They were knocked out by higher-division opposition in the early rounds of both the FA Cup and League Cup (including elimination at the hands of Sheffield United from the former competition for the second year in succession), but reached the Area Semi-final of the Football League Trophy and won the Oxfordshire Senior Cup.
It was the club's first season under the chairmanship of owner Ian Lenagan, who had taken over from Kelvin Thomas in the previous close season. James Constable finished the season as overall top scorer for the fifth consecutive season with 14 goals (9 in the league), while Alfie Potter and Tom Craddock jointly topped the list of League scorers, with 10 League goals apiece. During the season, veteran defender Michael Duberry overtook the club record for the oldest first-team outfield player, his final appearance coming in the last game of the season against Accrington Stanley at the age of 37 years and 195 days.
It was the club's 119th year in existence, their 113th of competitive football and their 64th since turning professional. This article covers the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.

## Team kit

The previous season was the last in a three-year deal with Nike Inour kit. The club's main sponsor for the 2012–13 season was Bridle Insurance, an Oxfordshire-based insurance company.
| Home colours | Away colours | Home goalkeeper |

## Match fixtures and results
### League Two

For more information on this season's Football League Two, see 2012–13 Football League Two. Oxford United's home games are played at the Kassam Stadium.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Bradford City (O, P) | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 69 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Chesterfield | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 67 | |
| 9 | Oxford United | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 65 | |
| 10 | Exeter City | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 64 | |
| 11 | Southend United | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 61 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 April 2013. Source: BBC Sport

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 |

### Oxfordshire Senior Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 27 April 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | JP Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Ryan Clarke | 34 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Damian Batt | 45 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Sean McGinty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Michael Raynes | 46 | 2 | 36+2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Michael Duberry | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Jake Wright | 51 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NIR | Adam Chapman | 34 | 1 | 22+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Simon Heslop | 30 | 1 | 14+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | James Constable | 44 | 14 | 29+8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Deane Smalley | 28 | 5 | 16+10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Jon-Paul Pittman | 17 | 3 | 2+11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Sean Rigg | 53 | 7 | 41+3 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Alfie Potter | 52 | 11 | 39+4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Andy Whing | 25 | 2 | 19+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NIR | Tony Capaldi | 37 | 0 | 24+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jake Forster-Caskey | 20 | 3 | 13+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Justin Richards | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Lee Cox | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Lewis Montrose | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Peter Leven | 25 | 6 | 16+4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Wayne Brown | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Harry Worley | 11 | 2 | 2+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | WAL | Alex Evans | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Luke O'Brien | 17 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ENG | Luke McCormick | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ATG | Josh Parker | 15 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Liam Davis | 29 | 1 | 21+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Scott Davies | 12 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Tyrone Marsh | 6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Tom Craddock | 37 | 12 | 22+9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Sam Long | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | NZL | Max Crocombe | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | DF | GHA | Daniel Boateng | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| – | DF | ENG | John Mullins | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Top scorers

    As of 27 April 2013
| Place | Position | Number | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | James Constable | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | 29 | Tom Craddock | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 15 | Alfie Potter | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | MF | 14 | Sean Rigg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Peter Leven | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | 10 | Deane Smalley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 18 | Jake Forster-Caskey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | FW | 11 | Jon-Paul Pittman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 25 | John Mullins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | 4 | Michael Raynes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | 16 | Andy Whing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | 22 | Harry Worley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 2 | Damien Batt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 7 | Adam Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 27 | Scott Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 26 | Liam Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 8 | Simon Heslop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 28 | Tyrone Marsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 59 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 75 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 27 April 2013
| Number | Position | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | JP Trophy | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ryan Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Damian Batt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Michael Raynes | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Michael Duberry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Jake Wright | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Adam Chapman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Simon Heslop | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | James Constable | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Deane Smalley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Sean Rigg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Alfie Potter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Andy Whing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Tony Capaldi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| – | MF | Jake Forster-Caskey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Justin Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Lee Cox | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Lewis Montrose | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Peter Leven | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Wayne Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Harry Worley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Josh Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Liam Davis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Tom Craddock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 58 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 4 |

## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous Club | Fee | Ref. |
| 11 July 2012 | DF | Michael Raynes | Free agent | Free | |
| 13 August 2012 | DF | Alex Evans | Free agent | Free | |
| 21 December 2012 | FW | Josh Parker | Free agent | Free | |
| 1 February 2013 | GK | Luke McCormick | Truro City | undisclosed | |
| 1 February 2013 | FW | Justin Richards | Burton Albion | undisclosed | |
| 1 March 2013 | FW | Scott Davies | Free agent | undisclosed | |
| 13 June 2013 | DF | David Hunt | Crawley Town | Free | |
| 13 June 2013 | MF | Danny Rose | Fleetwood Town | Free | |
| 14 June 2013 | MF | Josh Shama | Unattached | | |
| 27 June 2013 | FW | Dave Kitson | Sheffield United | Free | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 9 May 2013 | GK | Luke McCormick | Plymouth Argyle | Free | |
| 12 May 2013 | FW | Tom Craddock | Portsmouth | Free | |
| 21 May 2013 | MF | Simon Heslop | Stevenage | Free | |
| 5 June 2013 | MF | Adam Chapman | Newport County | undisclosed | |
| 20 June 2013 | FW | Justin Richards | Tamworth | Free | |
| 21 June 2013 | DF | Harry Worley | Newport County | Free | |
| 27 June 2013 | FW | Jon-Paul Pittman | Wycombe Wanderers | Free | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 6 July 2012 | MF | Jake Forster-Caskey | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 January 2013 | |
| 17 July 2012 | DF | Sean McGinty | Manchester United | 13 September 2012 | |
| 20 July 2012 | MF | Lee Cox | Swindon Town | 20 January 2013 | |
| 28 August 2012 | DF | Daniel Boateng | Arsenal | 28 January 2013 | |
| 5 October 2012 | DF | John Mullins | Rotherham United | 21 November 2012 | |
| 4 January 2013 | FW | Justin Richards | Burton Albion | one month | |
| 4 January 2013 | MF | Lewis Montrose | Gillingham | end of season | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 1 February 2013 | FW | Tyrone Marsh | Staines Town | end of season | |
| 6 March 2013 | MF | Adam Chapman | Mansfield Town | end of season | |