# 2018–19 Oxford United F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Oxford United's third consecutive season in League One and their 125th year in existence. As well as competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Armani Little | Southampton | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Tony McMahon | Bradford City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Cameron Norman | King's Lynn Town | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2018 | RW | Gavin Whyte | Crusaders | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2018 | RW | Jamie Mackie | Queens Park Rangers | Free transfer |
| 7 August 2018 | CF | Harvey Bradbury | Watford | Free transfer |
| 9 August 2018 | DM | Jamie Hanson | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2018 | DM | Dai Wai Tsun | Bury | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2018 | LB | Matthew Taylor | Derby County | Free transfer |
| 2 January 2019 | CM | Mark Sykes | Glenavon | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2019 | CF | Jonte Smith | Lewes | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Josh Ashby | Oxford City | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Kane Hemmings | Notts County | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Ryan Ledson | Preston North End | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Aaron Martin | Exeter City | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Agon Mehmeti | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | James Roberts | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Joe Rothwell | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Wes Thomas | Grimsby Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Dwight Tiendalli | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Mike Williamson | Gateshead | Released |
| 9 August 2018 | RB | Canice Carroll | Brentford | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2018 | LB | Ricardinho | FC Twente | Free transfer |
| 18 January 2019 | RB | Cameron Norman | Walsall | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2019 | CM | Ivo Pękalski | Free agent | Mutual consent |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Samir Carruthers | Sheffield United | 31 May 2019 |
| 2 July 2018 | LB | Luke Garbutt | Everton | 31 May 2019 |
| 24 July 2018 | AM | Marcus Browne | West Ham United | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 July 2018 | CF | Sam Smith | Reading | 29 December 2018 |
| 9 August 2018 | LW | Ricky Holmes | Sheffield United | 21 January 2019 |
| 13 August 2018 | GK | Jonathan Mitchell | Derby County | January 2019 |
| 2 January 2019 | LW | Jordan Graham | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 May 2019 |
| 17 January 2019 | DM | Ahmed Kashi | Troyes | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Jerome Sinclair | Watford | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Fiacre Kelleher | Macclesfield Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 18 July 2018 | DM | Ivo Pękalski | Hamlstads | 31 November 2018 |
| 3 August 2018 | AM | Malachi Napa | Macclesfield Town | January 2019 |
| 17 August 2018 | MF | Albie Hopkins | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | November 2018 |
| 17 August 2018 | CM | Armani Little | Woking | September 2018 |
| 1 September 2018 | FW | Dejon Noel-Williams | Chesham United | October 2018 |
| 13 September 2018 | FW | Harvey Bradbury | Woking | October 2018 |
| 2 November 2018 | CF | Brandon Taverner | Didcot Town | December 2018 |
| 3 January 2019 | RB | Tony McMahon | Scunthorpe United | 31 May 2019 |
| 4 January 2019 | CM | Armani Little | Woking | 31 May 2019 |
| 4 January 2019 | FW | Harvey Bradbury | Woking | 31 May 2019 |
| 12 January 2019 | CM | James Cowan | Bracknell Town | Youth loan |
| 15 January 2019 | CB | Charlie Raglan | Cheltenham Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 30 January 2019 | DM | Dai Wai-tsun | FC Utrecht | 31 May 2019 |
| 1 March 2019 | FW | Dejon Noel-Williams | Gloucester City | April 2019 |
| 8 March 2019 | CM | James Cowan | Gosport Borough | 31 May 2019 |

## Competitions
### Friendlies

On 10 May 2018, Oxford United announced a pre-season tour of Ireland was to take place in July. Opponents Portmarnock, Longford Town and UCD were revealed four days later. Later that day, friendlies with Oxford City and Hampton & Richmond Borough were scheduled. On 16 May, the club announced a friendly with Milton Keynes Dons.

### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Blackpool | 46 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 62 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 61 |
| 12 | Oxford United | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 60 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 61 | 72 | −11 | 55 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 55 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League One 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. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November. The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam. The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August. The third-round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott, handing Oxford a home tie against defending Premiership champions Manchester City.

### 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. On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday. The Quarter-final draw was made conducted on Sky Sports by Don Goodman and Thomas Frank on 10 January 2019.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Oxford United (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Northampton Town (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Wycombe Wanderers (E) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | ACA | Fulham U21 (E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 4 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Simon Eastwood | 41 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Cameron Norman | 12 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Luke Garbutt | 36 | 4 | 18+7 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Robert Dickie | 48 | 1 | 35+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Curtis Nelson | 54 | 4 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Jamie Hanson | 40 | 0 | 21+8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Robert Hall | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Cameron Brannagan | 52 | 6 | 39+1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Sam Smith | 23 | 3 | 5+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Jerome Sinclair | 16 | 4 | 10+6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Marcus Browne | 43 | 10 | 25+8 | 7 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | EIR | Samir Carruthers | 11 | 1 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Ricky Holmes | 19 | 4 | 13+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Scott Shearer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Josh Ruffels | 51 | 4 | 39+4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | John Mousinho | 42 | 2 | 31+3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NIR | Gavin Whyte | 45 | 9 | 28+6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | James Henry | 55 | 15 | 38+5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jordan Graham | 19 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Jamie Mackie | 47 | 6 | 28+13 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Jon Obika | 16 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Charlie Raglan | 5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Sam Long | 26 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NIR | Mark Sykes | 11 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GRN | Shandon Baptiste | 14 | 1 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ENG | Jack Stevens | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Tony McMahon | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Armani Little | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | WAL | Aaron Heap | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | BER | Jonte Smith | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ALG | Ahmed Kashi | 11 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Jonathan Mitchell | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | ENG | Owen James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | ENG | Fábio Lopes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | BUL | Slavi Spasov | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 45 | FW | ENG | Harvey Bradbury | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | ENG | Nico Jones | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
* Source:

## Top scorers

    As of 4 May 2019
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 17 | James Henry | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2= | FW | | 10 | Marcus Browne | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2= | MF | | 16 | Gavin Whyte | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | | 19 | Jamie Mackie | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | | 8 | Cameron Brannagan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6= | FW | | 9 | Jerome Sinclair | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6= | MF | | 12 | Ricky Holmes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6= | MF | | 14 | Josh Ruffels | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6= | DF | | 5 | Curtis Nelson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6= | DF | | 3 | Luke Garbutt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | | 9 | Sam Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12= | DF | | 4 | Robert Dickie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12= | DF | | 15 | John Mousinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12= | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15= | MF | | 11 | Samir Carruthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15= | MF | | 18 | Jordan Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15= | FW | | 20 | Jon Obika | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15= | DF | | 22 | Charlie Raglan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15= | MF | | 26 | Shandon Baptiste | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15= | DF | | 29 | Tony McMahon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15= | FW | | 44 | Slavi Spasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 55 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 78 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 4 May 2019
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Simon Eastwood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | | DF | Cameron Norman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Luke Garbutt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Robert Dickie | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Curtis Nelson | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Jamie Hanson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Cameron Brannagan | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Sam Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Jerome Sinclair | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Marcus Browne | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 12 | | MF | Ricky Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Josh Ruffels | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | | DF | John Mousinho | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | | MF | Gavin Whyte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | James Henry | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Jordan Graham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | Jamie Mackie | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Sam Long | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | | MF | Shandon Baptiste | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | | DF | Tony McMahon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | | MF | Ahmed Kashi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | | FW | Harvey Bradbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 92 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 111 | 6 |