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 Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 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 Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 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 Nationality Name From End date Ref. 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 Nationality Name To End date Ref 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

Results summary

Results by matchday

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.

Squad statistics Appearances and goals

Top scorers

PlacePositionNationNumberNameLeague OneFA CupLeague CupFL TrophyTotal1MF 17 James Henry 11 2 0 2 152=FW 10 Marcus Browne 6 1 1 1 9MF 16 Gavin Whyte 7 0 2 0 94FW 19 Jamie Mackie 5 1 0 1 75MF 8 Cameron Brannagan 3 1 0 2 66=FW 9 Jerome Sinclair 4 0 0 0 4MF 12 Ricky Holmes 3 0 0 1 4MF 14 Josh Ruffels 4 0 0 0 4DF 5 Curtis Nelson 4 0 0 0 4DF 3 Luke Garbutt 4 0 0 0 411FW 9 Sam Smith 0 0 0 3 312=DF 4 Robert Dickie 1 0 0 1 2DF 15 John Mousinho 2 0 0 0 2Own goal 1 0 1 0 215=MF 11 Samir Carruthers 0 0 0 1 1MF 18 Jordan Graham 1 0 0 0 1FW 20 Jon Obika 1 0 0 0 1DF 22 Charlie Raglan 0 0 0 1 1MF 26 Shandon Baptiste 0 0 1 0 1DF 29 Tony McMahon 0 0 0 1 1FW 44 Slavi Spasov 0 0 0 1 1TOTALS55551378

Disciplinary record

NumberNationPositionNameLeague OneFA CupLeague CupFL TrophyTotal1 GK Simon Eastwood 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 DF Cameron Norman 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 03 DF Luke Garbutt 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 04 DF Robert Dickie 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 05 DF Curtis Nelson 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 06 DF Jamie Hanson 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 18 MF Cameron Brannagan 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 09 FW Sam Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 09 FW Jerome Sinclair 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 010 MF Marcus Browne 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 112 MF Ricky Holmes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 014 MF Josh Ruffels 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 015 DF John Mousinho 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 016 MF Gavin Whyte 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 017 MF James Henry 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 018 MF Jordan Graham 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 019 FW Jamie Mackie 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 023 DF Sam Long 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 026 MF Shandon Baptiste 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 129 DF Tony McMahon 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 040 MF Ahmed Kashi 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 245 FW Harvey Bradbury 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS92 5 7 0 5 1 6 0 111 6

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