List of Oxford United F.C. players

For the current Oxford United first-team squad, see Oxford United F.C. § Current squad. For all players with a wikipedia article, see Category:Oxford United F.C. players.

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Ron Atkinson played a record 560 matches for Oxford United.

Oxford United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Oxford. As of the 2022–23 season, the team plays in the League One, which is the third level of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1893 as Headington before adding the suffix United six years later to become Headington United F.C. The club retained this name until 1960, when it was changed to Oxford United to give it a higher profile.[1] The club was elected into the Southern Football League in 1949, where they stayed until replacing Accrington Stanley in the Football League in 1962. The club spent 44 years in the Football League, reaching the First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season and spending three years in the top tier.[2] Oxford United spent four years in non-league football, before being promoted through the play-offs at the end of the 2009–10 season.

Ron Atkinson made 560 appearances, including 125 matches in the Southern League (a semi-professional league). John Shuker, the man who succeeded Atkinson as captain, made a total of 534 appearances with 478 in the Football League. He holds the club record for the most league appearances and the most overall appearances since 1962, when Oxford joined the Football League. Graham Atkinson holds the record for league goals scored with 97, as well as being the all-time top goalscorer, netting 107 times. Irish forward John Aldridge holds two records, the first being the most league goals scored in a season with 30, and the second the most goals scored in a season with 34. Both of these were set during the 1984–85 season, the year Oxford was promoted to the First Division. David Sloan made his international debut in 1968 for Northern Ireland, becoming the first of twenty players to receive an international cap while playing for the club.[3] Of the players in this list, 119 are from the United Kingdom, five from Ireland, and five are from the rest of the world.

List of players

The list comprises players with 100 or more appearances and those who have received international caps while at the club or hold a club record, since 1949 when the club turned professional. Appearances and goals are for matches in the Football League, Conference National, Southern League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League Group Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, Full Members' Cup, FA Trophy and Southern League Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Statistics correct as of 21 March 2021. Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.

  * International appearances while at club.
  Club record holder.
Name Nationality Position[A] Oxford United career[B] Appearances Goals Records Notes[C]
John Aldridge  Republic of Ireland* Forward 1984–1987 141 90 [E]
Chris Allen  England Midfielder 1991–1996 181 17 [4]
Jack Ansell  England Goalkeeper 1952–1955 149 0
Andre Arendse  South Africa* Goalkeeper 1999–2000 19 0 [D]
Jon Ashton  England Defender 2003–2006 103 1 [5]
Graham Atkinson  England Forward 1959–1974 398 107 [F][G]
Ron Atkinson  England Midfielder 1959–1971 560 21 [H]
Steve Aylott  England Defender 1971–1975 167 9
Shandon Baptiste  Grenada* Midfielder 2017–2020 43 5 [6]
Jim Barron  England Goalkeeper 1966–1970 165 0
Steve Basham  England Forward 2002–2007 187 49 [7]
Damian Batt  England Defender 2009–2013 181 3 [8]
Joey Beauchamp  England Midfielder 1989–1994
1995–2002		 429 78 [9]
Cyril Beavon  England Defender 1959–1969 464 11
Paul Berry  England Midfielder 1977–1982 121 20
Andy Bodel  Scotland Defender 1975–1980 141 11
Matthew Bound  England Defender 2001–2004 111 2 [10]
Cameron Brannagan  England Midfielder 2018– 131 14 [11]
Gary Briggs  England Defender 1978–1989 508 22
Max Briggs  England Midfielder 1974–1977 105 1
Kevin Brock  England Midfielder 1979–1987 305 32
Roy Burton  England Goalkeeper 1971–1982 447 0
Nigel Cassidy  England Forward 1970–1974 135 34
Jeremy Charles  Wales* Forward 1985–1986 56 16
Colin Clarke  Scotland Defender 1966–1978 497 26
Derek Clarke  England Forward 1970–1976 195 40
Ryan Clarke  England Goalkeeper 2009–2015 267 0 [12]
James Constable  England Forward 2008–2014 280 106 [13]
Jamie Cook  England Forward 1997–2000
2009–2010		 104 10 [D]
Bobby Craig  England Defender 1951–1955 189 10
Johnnie Crichton  England Defender 1951–1955 185 24
Andy Crosby  England Defender 2001–2004 122 13 [14]
Hugh Curran  Scotland Forward 1972–1978 121 43
Craig Davies  Wales* Forward 2004–2006 55 8 [D]
Geoff Denial  England Defender 1956–1962 194 51
Rob Dickie  England Defender 2018–2020 113 13 [15]
Bobby McDonald  Scotland Defender 1983–1987 125 21
Ben Duncan  England Forward 1950–1955 187 30
Colin Duncan  England Midfielder 1974–1980 207 7
John Durnin  England Midfielder 1989–1993 180 47 [16]
Simon Eastwood  England Goalkeeper 2016– 215 0 [17]
Matt Elliott  Scotland Defender 1993–1997 181 24 [I] [18]
Ceri Evans  New Zealand* Defender 1989–1993 130 3 [D]
John Evanson  England Forward 1966–1974 179 11
Harry Fearnley  England Goalkeeper 1963–1966 104 0
Marselino Ferdinan  Indonesia* Midfielder 2024– 0 0 [19]
David Fogg  England Defender 1976–1985 336 21
Peter Foley  England Forward 1975–1983 321 90
Bobby Ford  England Midfielder 1993–1997
2002–2003		 190 12 [20]
Mike Ford  England Defender 1988–1998
2000		 339 22 [21]
Luke Foster  England Defender 2007–2010 117 3 [D][22]
Steve Foster  England Defender 1989–1992 113 12 [23]
Martin Foyle  England Forward 1987–1991 151 44 [24]
Kevin Francis  Saint Kitts and Nevis* Forward 1998–2000 35 7 [D]
Ray Gaston  Northern Ireland* Forward 1968–1969 13 2
Adriel Jared George  Antigua and Barbuda* Midfielder 2014–2016 4 0 [25]
Phil Gilchrist  England Defender 1995–1999
2006–2007		 248 12 [26]
Martin Gray  England Midfielder 1996–1999 134 4 [27]
Phil Gray  Northern Ireland* Forward 2000–2002 48 13 [D]
Chris Hackett  England Midfielder 2000–2006 142 9 [16]
Rob Hall  England Forward 2011
2016–		 112 25 [28]
Billy Hamilton  Northern Ireland* Forward 1984–1987 41 20
Steve Hardwick  England Goalkeeper 1983–1988 196 0
Tony Harper  England Defender 1955–1959 136 6
Colin Harrington  England Midfielder 1963–1971 260 30
Trevor Hebberd  England Midfielder 1982–1988 326 43
James Henry  England Midfielder 2017– 174 44 [29]
Brian Houghton  England Forward 1961–1963 114 75
Ray Houghton  Republic of Ireland* Midfielder 1985–1987 105 14
Ernie Hudson  England Defender 1952–1957 109 1
Danny Hylton  England Forward 2014–2016 101 30 [30]
Billy Jeffrey  Scotland Midfielder 1973–1982 356 26
Nigel Jemson  England Forward 1996–1998
2000		 100 33 [31]
Mark Jones  England Midfielder 1980–1986 157 7
Tony Jones  England Midfielder 1959–1967 356 100
Alan Judge  England Goalkeeper 1985–1991
2003–2004		 102 0 [D]
Mick Kearns  Republic of Ireland* Goalkeeper 1969–1972 78 0
Paul Kee  Northern Ireland* Goalkeeper 1989–1993 64 0 [D]
Peter Knight  England Midfielder 1960–1964 200 33
Maurice Kyle  England Defender 1959–1969 448 4
David Langan  Republic of Ireland* Defender 1984–1987 136 3
George Lawrence  England Midfielder 1982–1984 101 27
Mickey Lewis  England Defender 1988–2000 350 7 [32]
Sam Long  England Defender 2012– 120 6 [33]
Johnny Love  England Midfielder 1955–1963 316 40
Dick Lucas  England Defender 1967–1975 219 4
John Lundstram  England Midfielder 2015–2017 104 4 [34]
Hugh McGrogan  England Midfielder 1975–1980 141 15
Jim Magilton  Northern Ireland* Midfielder 1990–1994 173 42 [35][36]
Stuart Massey  England Midfielder 1994–1998 129 13 [37]
Owen Medlock  England Goalkeeper 1959–1963 133 0
Andy Melville  Wales* Defender 1990–1993 159 15 [38][39]
Paul Moody  England Forward 1994–1997
2001–2002		 197 75 [D]
John Mousinho  England Defender 2017– 132 3 [40]
John Mullins  England Defender 2012–2016 149 9 [41]
Matt Murphy  England Midfielder 1993–2001 290 55 [42]
Curtis Nelson  England Defender 2016–2019 121 8 [43]
Callum O'Dowda  Republic of Ireland* Midfielder 2013–2016 106 14 [44]
Yemi Odubade  Nigeria Forward 2006–2009 130 31 [45]
David Penney  England Forward 1989–1994 129 16 [46]
Les Phillips  England Midfielder 1984–1993 224 15 [D]
Alfie Potter  England Midfielder 2009–2015 194 28 [47]
Paul Powell  England Midfielder 1995–2003 200 23 [48]
Pat Quartermain  England Defender 1955–1967 306 0
Barry Quinn  Republic of Ireland Midfielder 2004–2009 199 6 [49]
Frank Ramshaw  England Defender 1950–1958 358 1
Billy Rees  Wales Forward 1955–1959 122 58
Peter Rhoades-Brown  England Midfielder 1984–1988 142 16
Dave Roberts  Wales* Defender 1971–1975 176 8
Les Robinson  England Defender 1990–2000 459 6 [50]
Matthew Robinson  England Defender 2002–2006 192 4 [51]
Danny Rose  England Midfielder 2007–2008
2013–2016		 143 10 [52]
Josh Ruffels  England Various 2013– 307 21 [53]
David Rush  England Forward 1994–1996 110 24 [54]
Dean Saunders  Wales* Forward 1987–1988 73 33
Jason Seacole  England Midfielder 1976–1982 134 26
Liam Sercombe  England Midfielder 2015–2017 101 22 [55]
Malcolm Shotton  England Defender 1980–1987 338 15
John Shuker  England Forward 1962–1977 534 47 [J]
Paul Simpson  England Midfielder 1988–1992 168 50 [56]
Joe Skarz  England Defender 2015–2017 107 0 [57]
Ken Skeen  England Various 1967–1974 270 40
Neil Slatter  Wales* Defender 1985–1989 115 9
David Sloan  Northern Ireland* Forward 1968–1973 200 34 [K]
Gary Smart  England Defender 1988–1994 204 0 [D]
Dave Smith  England Midfielder 1994–1999 231 4 [58]
Jim Smith  England Midfielder 1949–1955 143 22
Tim Smithers  England Midfielder 1980–1983 124 7
Rodney Smithson  England Midfielder 1965–1974 180 6
Ronnie Steel  England Midfielder 1952–1955 130 32
Paul Tait  England Midfielder 1999–2002 105 3 [59]
Les Taylor  England Midfielder 1975–1980 239 16
Andy Thomas  England Midfielder 1981–1986 150 45
Cyril Toulouse  England Midfielder 1950–1954 152 20
John Trewick  England Midfielder 1984–1987 142 4
Billy Turley  England Goalkeeper 2005–2010 186 0 [D][22]
Paul Wanless  England Midfielder 1991–1995
2003–2005		 109 7 [60]
Mark Watson  Canada* Defender 1998–2000 69 0 [D]
Dean Windass  England Forward 1998–1999 38 18 [L] [61]
Andy Whing  England Midfielder 2011–2015 111 2 [62]
Dean Whitehead  England Midfielder 1999–2004 136 9 [63]
Phil Whitehead  England Goalkeeper 1993–1998 238 0 [64]
Gavin Whyte  Republic of Ireland* Defender 2018–2019 47 9 [65]
Alan Willey  England Forward 1961–1966 128 48
Andy Woodman  England Goalkeeper 2002–2004 112 0 [66]
Jake Wright  England Defender 2010–2016 281 0 [67][M]
Harry Yates  England Midfielder 1952–1955 103 54

Footnotes

A. ^ For a full description of positions see Association football positions.

B. ^ The dates for the career represent the first and last first team appearances. When there are two sets of dates, the second set represents a player's second spell at the club.

C. ^ Unless otherwise stated, appearances and goals taken from Howland, Andy and Roger (1989). Oxford United: A Complete Record (1893–1989). Breedon Books. ISBN 0-907969-52-6.

D. ^ Statistics taken from Brodetsky, Martin (2009). Oxford United, The Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-715-3.

E. ^ John Aldridge holds the club record for the most league goals scored in a season with 30, and the most goals scored in a season, 34, during the 1984–85 season.[68]

F. ^ Graham Atkinson holds the club record for the most goals scored with 107.[69]

G. ^ Graham Atkinson holds the club record for the most league goals scored with 97.[69]

H. ^ Ron Atkinson holds the club record for the most overall appearances in all competitions (including matches in the Southern League) with 560.[70]

I. ^ Matt Elliott holds the club record for the highest transfer fee received of £1,600,000 from Leicester City in 1997.[1]

J. ^ John Shuker holds the club record for the most league appearances, with 478, and the most overall appearances (excluding matches in the Southern League), with 534.[71]

K. ^ David Sloan was the first Oxford United player to play a full international, for Northern Ireland in 1968.[72]

L. ^ Dean Windass holds the club record for the highest transfer fee paid of £470,000 to Aberdeen in 1998.[73]

M. ^ Soccerbase does not include the three FA Trophy appearances.

References

General
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  • Brodetsky, Martin (2009). Oxford United: The Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-715-3.
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