2018–19 Oxford United F.C. season

Oxford United
2018–19 season
Chairman	Sumrith Thanakarnjanasuth
Head Coach	Karl Robinson
Stadium	Kassam Stadium
League One	12th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
EFL Trophy	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: James Henry (11); All: James Henry (15)
Highest home attendance	11,956 (v Manchester City, 25 September 2018)
Lowest home attendance	929 (v Northampton Town, 9 October 2018)
Average home league attendance	7,315
Biggest win	3–0 (thrice); (28 August 2018 at Newport County, EFL Cup R2); (27 October 2018 vs. Shrewsbury Town); (20 November 2018 at Forest Green Rovers, FA Cup)
Biggest defeat	0–4; (4 August 2018 at Barnsley)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was Oxford United's third consecutive season in League One and their 125th year in existence.^[1] 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	Ref.
1 July 2018	CM	Armani Little	Southampton	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2018	RB	Tony McMahon	Bradford City	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2018	RB	Cameron Norman	King's Lynn Town	Free transfer	^[4]
13 July 2018	RW	Gavin Whyte	Crusaders	Undisclosed	^[5]
18 July 2018	RW	Jamie Mackie	Queens Park Rangers	Free transfer	^[6]
7 August 2018	CF	Harvey Bradbury	Watford	Free transfer	^[7]
9 August 2018	DM	Jamie Hanson	Derby County	Undisclosed	^[8]
9 August 2018	DM	Dai Wai Tsun	Bury	Undisclosed	^[8]
13 August 2018	LB	Matthew Taylor	Derby County	Free transfer	^[9]
2 January 2019	CM	Mark Sykes	Glenavon	Undisclosed	^[10]
1 February 2019	CF	Jonte Smith	Lewes	Undisclosed	^[11]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CM	Josh Ashby	Oxford City	Released	^[12]^[13]
1 July 2018	CF	Kane Hemmings	Notts County	Undisclosed	^[14]
1 July 2018	CM	Ryan Ledson	Preston North End	Undisclosed	^[15]
1 July 2018	CB	Aaron Martin	Exeter City	Released	^[12]^[16]
1 July 2018	CF	Agon Mehmeti	Free agent	Released	^[12]
1 July 2018	CF	James Roberts	Free agent	Released	^[12]
1 July 2018	CM	Joe Rothwell	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	^[17]
1 July 2018	CF	Wes Thomas	Grimsby Town	Released	^[12]^[18]
1 July 2018	RB	Dwight Tiendalli	Free agent	Released	^[12]
1 July 2018	CB	Mike Williamson	Gateshead	Released	^[12]^[19]
9 August 2018	RB	Canice Carroll	Brentford	Undisclosed	^[20]
9 August 2018	LB	Ricardinho	FC Twente	Free transfer	^[21]
18 January 2019	RB	Cameron Norman	Walsall	Undisclosed	^[22]
28 February 2019	CM	Ivo Pękalski	Free agent	Mutual consent	^[23]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
1 July 2018	CM	Samir Carruthers	Sheffield United	31 May 2019	^[24]
2 July 2018	LB	Luke Garbutt	Everton	31 May 2019	^[25]
24 July 2018	AM	Marcus Browne	West Ham United	31 May 2019	^[26]
31 July 2018	CF	Sam Smith	Reading	29 December 2018	^[27]^[28]
9 August 2018	LW	Ricky Holmes	Sheffield United	21 January 2019	^[29]^[30]
13 August 2018	GK	Jonathan Mitchell	Derby County	January 2019	^[31]
2 January 2019	LW	Jordan Graham	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31 May 2019	^[32]
17 January 2019	DM	Ahmed Kashi	Troyes	31 May 2019	^[33]
31 January 2019	CF	Jerome Sinclair	Watford	31 May 2019	^[34]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref
1 July 2018	CB	Fiacre Kelleher	Macclesfield Town	31 May 2019	^[35]
18 July 2018	DM	Ivo Pękalski	Hamlstads	31 November 2018	^[36]
3 August 2018	AM	Malachi Napa	Macclesfield Town	January 2019	^[37]^[30]
17 August 2018	MF	Albie Hopkins	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	November 2018	^[38]^[39]
17 August 2018	CM	Armani Little	Woking	September 2018	^[38]
1 September 2018	FW	Dejon Noel-Williams	Chesham United	October 2018	^[40]
13 September 2018	FW	Harvey Bradbury	Woking	October 2018	^[41]
2 November 2018	CF	Brandon Taverner	Didcot Town	December 2018	^[42]
3 January 2019	RB	Tony McMahon	Scunthorpe United	31 May 2019	^[43]
4 January 2019	CM	Armani Little	Woking	31 May 2019	^[44]
4 January 2019	FW	Harvey Bradbury	Woking	31 May 2019	^[44]
12 January 2019	CM	James Cowan	Bracknell Town	Youth loan	^[45]
15 January 2019	CB	Charlie Raglan	Cheltenham Town	31 May 2019	^[46]
30 January 2019	DM	Dai Wai-tsun	FC Utrecht	31 May 2019	^[47]
1 March 2019	FW	Dejon Noel-Williams	Gloucester City	April 2019	^[48]
8 March 2019	CM	James Cowan	Gosport Borough	31 May 2019	^[49]

Competitions

Friendlies

On 10 May 2018, Oxford United announced a pre-season tour of the Republic of Ireland was to take place in July.^[50] Opponents Portmarnock, Longford Town and UCD were revealed four days later.^[51] Later that day, friendlies with Oxford City and Hampton & Richmond Borough were scheduled.^[52] On 16 May, the club announced a friendly with Milton Keynes Dons.^[53]

9 July 2018 Friendly	Portmarnock	0–1	Oxford United	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
19:15 BST		Report	Brannagan 22'	Stadium: Tolka Park

10 July 2018 Friendly	Longford Town	1–5	Oxford United	Longford, Republic of Ireland
19:45 BST	Dillon 33'	Report	McMahon 15' Obika 24', 58' Napa 55' Derry 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Strokestown Road

11 July 2018 Friendly	UCD	0–2	Oxford United	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
17:00 BST		Report	Obika 25' Garbutt 31'	Stadium: UCD Bowl

14 July 2018 Friendly	Oxford City	1–5	Oxford United	Marston
12:30 BST	Tshimanga 73' (pen.)		Obika 27', 48' Little 66', 70' Baptiste 67'	Stadium: Marsh Lane

14 July 2018 Friendly	Hampton & Richmond Borough	2–1	Oxford United	Hampton
16:00 BST	Johnson 23' Dickson 59'	Report	Noel-Williams 3'	Stadium: Beveree Stadium Attendance: 266

17 July 2018 Friendly	Aldershot Town	0–3	Oxford United	Aldershot
19:45 BST		Report	Nelson 39' Obika 40' Henry 66'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 703 (101 away)

18 July 2018 Friendly	Hungerford Town	2–3	Oxford United	Hungerford
19:30 BST	Bradbury 38' Triallist 88'	Report	Lopes 48' Triallist 76' Norman 90'	Stadium: Bulpit Lane

21 July 2018 Friendly	Oxford United	1–3	Crystal Palace	Oxford
15:00 BST	Obika 36'	Report	Zaha 56' Schlupp 61' Kaikai 87'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 3,479 (914 away)

24 July 2018 Friendly	Oxford United	4–3	Leeds United	Oxford
19:45 BST	Henry 7' 43' Hall 26' Obika 61'	Report	Roberts 53' Baker 63' J. Clarke 71'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 4,727 (1,336 away)

27 July 2018 Friendly	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Oxford United	Denbigh
19:45 BST	Agard 66'	Report		Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 2,294 (470 away)

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[54]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	15	15	16	58	64	−6	60	11	4	8	34	27	+7	4	11	8	24	37	−13

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

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League One fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[55]^[56]

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Barnsley	4–0	Oxford United	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Thiam 20', 29' Potts 77' Adeboyejo 89'	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,820 (1,279 away) Referee: Ross Joyce

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Oxford United	0–2	Fleetwood Town	Oxford
15:00 BST	Browne 70'	Report	Evans 34' Morgan 74' Burns 85' Madden 89' (pen) Hunter 90+5'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,689 (87 away) Referee: Ollie Yates

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3	Portsmouth	4–1	Oxford United	Milton
15:00 BST	Evans 48' Naylor 53' Dickie 56' (og) Lowe 65' 90+2' Thompson 90+6'	Report	Hanson 25' Brannagan 29' Baptiste 39' Whatmough 89' (og)	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,093 (1,312 away) Referee: Lee Swabey

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 4	Oxford United	2–3	Accrington Stanley	Oxford
19:45 BST	Whyte 27' Browne 57' 65' Brannagan 60' Norman 84'	Report	Brown 19' McConville 34' Norman 43' (og) Kee 62' 79' (pen) Clark 80' Sykes 90+2' Ripley 90+4'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,748 (118 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Oxford United	3–1	Burton Albion	Oxford
15:00 BST	Mousinho 18' Henry 50' Smith 54' Holmes 69' Norman 76' Nelson 80'	Report	Templeton 25' Sordell 39' Allen 71' 87' Brayford 81' Fraser 89'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,026 (382 away) Referee: Trevor Kettle

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Sunderland	1–1	Oxford United	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Maguire 12' Cattermole 14' Power 19' Gooch 22' Wyke 52' Oviedo 48' Love 75'	Report	Holmes 16' Brannagan 26' Ruffles 61' Baptiste 71'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 32,193 (1,280 away) Referee: Mark Heywood

9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) 7	Oxford United	1–2	Coventry City	Oxford
12:00 BST	Holmes 45+2' Obika 86'	Report	Shipley 12' Brown 13' Mousinho 64' (o.g.) Chaplin 81' (pen.) Clarke-Harris 87'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,519 (774 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8	Wycombe Wanderers	0–0	Oxford United	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Jacobson 71' Jombati 76' McCarthy 80' Gape 85'	Report	Baptiste 79' Mousinho 80'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 6,879 (1,816 away) Referee: David Webb

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Oxford United	1–2	Walsall	Oxford
15:00 BST	Mousinho 42' Henry 87' 90+1' Garbutt 90+3'	Report	Fitzwater 25' Ferrier 24' Dobson 52' Ismail 58' Gordon 60' Ginnelly 81' Cook 90+5'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,080 (658 away) Referee: Alan Young

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Oxford United	Norbiton
15:00 BST	Wagstaff 20' Pigott 32' Barcham 36' Purrington 55'	Report	Long 38' Brannagan 44'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,068 (618 away) Referee: Robert Lewis

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11	Oxford United	1–2	Luton Town	Oxford
19:45 BST	Holmes 48' Baptiste 28' 73' Hanson 76' McMahon 90+5' Brannagan 90+6'	Report	Collins 55' Stacey 66' Lee 76' Rea 82' Potts 90+8'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,769 (1,171 away) Referee: Michael Salisbury

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12	Southend United	0–0	Oxford United	Southend
15:00 BST	Demetriou 86'	Report	Mackie 81' Whyte 84'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,670 (436 away) Referee: Craig Hicks

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13) 13	Oxford United	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	Oxford
15:00 BST	Mackie 4', 79' Brannagan 30' Nelson 74'	Report	Songo'o 26' 81' Smith-Brown 43' O'Keefe 80'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,332 (1,285 away) Referee: Andy Woolmer

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 14	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Oxford United	Horfield
15:00 BST	Craig 16' Lockyer 21' Jakubiak 45'	Report	Browne 26' Mackie 41'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,506 (921 away) Referee: Tom Nield

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 15	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Oxford United	Charlton
19:45 BST	Taylor 25' (pen) Fosu-Henry 51'	Report	Nelson 34' Ruffles 45+1' Dickie 53' Whyte 71' Mackie 76'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 9,984 (538 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 16	Oxford United	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Oxford
15:00 BST	Ruffels 3' Whyte 14' Browne 86'	Report	Angol 51'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,697 (594 away) Referee: Martin Coy

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 17	Scunthorpe United	3–3	Oxford United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Lund 17' Goode 26', 66' Perch 57' Clarke 60' Thomas 64'	Report	Henry 8' Dickie 42' Brannagan 50', 63' Nelson 55' Hanson 87' McMahon 90' Mackie 90'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,665 (383 away) Referee: Paul Marsden

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17) 18	Oxford United	1–0	Gillingham	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Brannagan 40' Henry 59' (pen.) Browne 83' Bradbury 89'	Report	Zakuani 73'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,628 (521 away) Referee: Neil Hair

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 19	Bradford City	2–0	Oxford United	Bradford
15:00 GMT	O'Connor 19' Ball 25' Payne 28' Knight-Percival 87' Miller 90'	Report	Brannagan 17' Mousinho 75' Whyte 90+8' Smith 90+8'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 19,084 (812 away) Referee: Darren Drysdale

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 20	Oxford United	4–2	Rochdale	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Mackie 11' Henry 14' Browne 45+4' 52' 78'	Report	Henderson 30' Randall 36' Wilbraham 39' McNulty 48' Williams 55' Camps 69' McGahey 90+2'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,204 (139 away) Referee: Craig Hicks

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 21	Peterborough United	2–2	Oxford United	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Toney 10' Tafazolli 44' Woodyard 45+3' Ward 70' Dembélé 75'	Report	Mackie 33' Browne 36' Henry 42' 88' (pen) Nelson 84'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 7,027 (534 away) Referee: Charles Breakspear

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 22	Oxford United	2–0	Blackpool	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Browne 29' Henry 41'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,003 (294 away) Referee: Matt Donohue

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Oxford United	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Whiteman 20' (pen) Crawford 45' Butler 80' May 90'	Report	Dickie 9' Mousinho 45+2' Hanson 45+3' Ruffels 61' 90+7' Whyte 64'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,425 (470 away) Referee: Alan Young

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24	Oxford United	0–1	Southend United	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Dickie 45' Mackie 87'	Report	Bwomono 73' Kightly 79' Hyam 90+1' Cox 90+7'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,978 (604 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25	Oxford United	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Oxford
13:00 GMT		Report	Jakubiak 15', 63' Clarke 45+2' Kelly 83'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,135 (1,475 away) Referee: Graham Salisbury

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	Oxford United	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Sarcevic 9' 33' Lameiras 41' 67' Carey 78' Sawyer 86'	Report	Nelson 33' Brannagan 54' Dickie 59'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,223 (534 away) Referee: Brett Huxtable

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27	Fleetwood Town	2–2	Oxford United	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Burns 9' Madden 26'	Report	Henry 52' Mackie 64'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,789 Referee: Andy Haines

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 28	Oxford United	2–1	Portsmouth	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Brannagan 25' Henry 45'	Report	Pitman 64'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,202 (1,803 away) Referee: Chris Sarginson

29 January 2019 (2019-01-29) 29	Oxford United	2–2	Barnsley	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Ruffels 25' Mackie 48'	Report	Thiam 70' Moore 79'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,794 (657 away) Referee: Kevin Johnson

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 30	Burton Albion	0–0	Oxford United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Brayford 12' Templeton 51' Boyce 76' McFadzean 90+1'	Report	Mousinho 45+1'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,197 (844 away) Referee: Brett Huxtable

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 31	Oxford United	1–1	Sunderland	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Browne 87'	Report	Dunne 34'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 10,383 (1,808 away) Referee: Scott Oldham

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 32	Oxford United	0–1	Peterborough United	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Hanson 46' Dickie 70' Browne 90+4'	Report	White 8' Maddison 36' Toney 76' Woodyard 81'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,541 (490 away) Referee: Ross Joyce

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19) 33	Accrington Stanley	4–2	Oxford United	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Kee 36' Richards-Everton 39' McConville 57' 70' Clark 73' Armstrong 90+4'	Report	Brannagan 44' Garbutt 63' Mousinho 89'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,095 (311 away) Referee: Christopher Sarginson

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 34	Blackpool	0–1	Oxford United	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Tilt 36' Spearing 39' Heneghan 69'	Report	Graham 40' Sinclair 77' Ruffels 80'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,003 (818 away) Referee: Andy Haines

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 35	Oxford United	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Sinclair 65' 80'	Report	Thomas 90+2'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,237 (295 away) Referee: Michael Salisbury

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 36	Gillingham	1–0	Oxford United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Eaves 52' Fuller 87' Hanlan 89' O'Neill 90+2'	Report	Dickie 50'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,991 (656 away) Referee: Oliver Yates

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 37	Rochdale	0–0	Oxford United	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	McNulty 32'	Report	Dickie 46'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,331 (251 away) Referee: Anthony Backhouse

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 38	Oxford United	1–0	Bradford City	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Mackie 89' 90+4' Kashi 90+1'	Report	Ball 41' Akpan 84'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,681 (654 away) Referee: Andy Davies

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) 39	Coventry City	0–1	Oxford United	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Hiwula 41'	Report	Browne 45' Graham 45+2' Nelson 57' Garbutt 75'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 14,044 (2,007 away) Referee: Scott Oldham

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 40	Oxford United	2–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Sinclair 30' Ruffels 90+6'	Report	El-Abd 21' Jacobson 37'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,250 (1,716 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 41	Walsall	1–3	Oxford United	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Gordon 17' Cook 26' 90+4' Dobson 39'	Report	Kashi 16' 90+7' Dickie 21' Browne 45+8' Garbutt 63' Sinclair 90+5' 90+6' Graham 90+7'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,339 (1,462 away) Referee: David Webb

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 42	Oxford United	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Oxford
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,678 (1,301 away) Referee: Alan Young

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43	Oxford United	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Oxford
13:00 BST	Nelson 18' Garbutt 23' 81' Kashi 24' Eastwood 54' Brannagan 89'	Report	Taylor 5' (pen.) Bielik 66' Solly 74' Lapslie 88'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,680 (1,806 away) Referee: Darren Drysdale

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44	Shrewsbury Town	2–3	Oxford United	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Norburn 17' (pen.) Docherty 40'	Report	Whyte 6' 72' 78' Kashi 36'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 7,189 (901 away) Referee: Chris Sarginson

29 April 2019 (2019-04-29) 45	Oxford United	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Oxford
15:00 BST	Browne 13' 67' Henry 49' Nelson 71'	Report	Marquis 7' Downing 12' Jones 61' (o.g.) Blair 80' Kane 88'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,000 (709 away) Referee: Charles Breakspear

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 46	Luton Town	3–1	Oxford United	Luton
17:30 GMT	Moncur 3' 73' Lee 53'	Report	Garbutt 60'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,089 (1,025 away) Referee: Michael Salisbury

FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.^[57] The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November.^[58] The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.^[59]

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) First round	Oxford United	0–0	Forest Green Rovers	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Mousinho 52' McMahon 58'	Report	Winchester 60'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 3,933 (452 away) Referee: Nicholas Kinseley

20 November 2018 (2018-11-20) First round replay	Forest Green Rovers	0–3	Oxford United	Nailsworth
19:45 GMT	McGinley 26'	Report	Henry 36' Mackie 47' Brannagan 65' Browne 78'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,614 (509 away) Referee: Trevor Kettle

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) Second round	Plymouth Argyle	1–2	Oxford United	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Riley 35' Ness 41' Sarcevic 67' Smith-Brown 77'	Report	Henry 49' Brannagan 53' 67'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 5,984 (381 away) Referee: Peter Wright

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round	Brentford	1–0	Oxford United	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Maupay 80' (pen.)	Report	Mousinho 45+1' Nelson 61' Browne 90+5' Henry 90+7'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 6,106 (1,605 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.^[60] The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.^[61] 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.^[62]

13 August 2018 (2018-08-13) First round	Oxford United	2–0	Coventry City	Oxford
19:00 BST	Browne 39' Norman 45+1' Whyte 50'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 3,551 (1,003 away) Referee: James Linington

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second round	Newport County	0–3	Oxford United	Newport
19:45 BST	Cooper 45'	Report	Demetriou 2' (og) Baptiste 4' Hanson 78' Dickie 79' Garbutt 89' Whyte 90+1'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,228 (282 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

25 September 2018 Third round	Oxford United	0–3	Manchester City	Oxford
19:45 BST	Garbutt 37' Dickie 82'	Report	Jesus 36' Danilo 64' Mahrez 78' Foden 90+2'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,956 (1,247 away) Referee: Roger East

EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.^[63] The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November.^[64] On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday.^[65] The Quarter-final draw was made conducted on Sky Sports by Don Goodman and Thomas Frank on 10 January 2019.^[66]

Pos	Lge	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Oxford United (Q)	3	2	1	7	2	+5	6	Round 2
2	L2	Northampton Town (Q)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6	Round 2
3	L1	Wycombe Wanderers (E)	3	2	1	3	4	−1	6
4	ACA	Fulham U21 (E)	3	0	3	1	7	−6	0

First match(es) will be played: 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

5 September 2018 (2018-09-05) Group Stage	Oxford United	3–0	Fulham U21s	Oxford
19:45 BST	Smith 31' Holmes 58' Spasov 58' (pen)	Report	Stahl 50' Opoku 77' Jenz 85'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,116 (76 away) Referee: Craig Hicks

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Group Stage	Oxford United	1–2	Northampton Town	Oxford
19:45 BST	Henry 24' 27'	Report	Bowditch 27' O'Toole 27' 90+5' Pierre 27' 65' Facey 29' van Veen 32' 55'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 929 (117 away) Referee: Kevin Johnson

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) Group Stage	Wycombe Wanderers	0–3	Oxford United	High Wycombe
19:45 GMT	Fox 52' Thompson 69' McCarthy 72'	Report	Brannagan 1' Browne 31' Smith 53' 58'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,313 (289 away) Referee: Kevin Friend

18 December 2018 (2018-12-18) Second round	Oxford United	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Raglan 12' Smith 18' 89' McMahon 48'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,422 (131 away) Referee: Kevin Johnson

8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) Third round	Cheltenham Town	1–1 (1–4 p)	Oxford United	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Varney 39' Alcock 50' Dawson 64'	Report	Brannagan 36' 45+1'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,288 (332 away) Referee: Ollie Yates
	Penalties
	Thomas Clements Hussey		Mousinho Henry Graham Brannagan

22 January 2019 (2019-01-22) Quarter-final	Bury	5–2	Oxford United	Bury
19:45 GMT	Telford 16' Thompson 26' Moore 41' Mayor 55' 76'	Report	Henry 24' (pen.) Graham 37' Carruthers 51' Hanson 86'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,238 (101 away) Referee: Thomas Bramall

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 4 May 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		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: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

As of 4 May 2019

Place	Position	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
	MF	12	Ricky Holmes	3	0	0	1	4
	MF	14	Josh Ruffels	4	0	0	0	4
	DF	5	Curtis Nelson	4	0	0	0	4
	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
	DF	15	John Mousinho	2	0	0	0	2
	Own goal			1	0	1	0	2
15=	MF	11	Samir Carruthers	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	18	Jordan Graham	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	20	Jon Obika	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	22	Charlie Raglan	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	26	Shandon Baptiste	0	0	1	0	1
	DF	29	Tony McMahon	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	44	Slavi Spasov	0	0	0	1	1
TOTALS				55	5	5	13	78

Disciplinary record

As of 4 May 2019

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		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				92	5	7	0	5	1	6	0	111	6

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2018–19 Oxford United F.C. season

Contents

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

Competitions

Friendlies

League One

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Disciplinary record

References