List of Oxford United F.C. players

Ron Atkinson played a record 560 matches for Oxford United.

Oxford United F.C. is an English professional association football club based in Oxford. As of the 2015–16 season, the team plays in the League Two, which is the fourth 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 fourteen 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 6 December 2015. 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]
Aldridge, JohnJohn Aldridge	Ireland*	Forward	1984–1987	141	90	^[E]
Allen, ChrisChris Allen	England	Midfielder	1991–1996	181	17		[4]
Ansell, JackJack Ansell	England	Goalkeeper	1952–1955	149	0
Arendse, AndreAndre Arendse	South Africa*	Goalkeeper	1999–2000	19	0		^[D]
Ashton, JonJon Ashton	England	Defender	2003–2006	103	1		[5]
Atkinson, GrahamGraham Atkinson	England	Forward	1959–1974	398	107	^[F]^[G]
Atkinson, RonRon Atkinson	England	Midfielder	1959–1971	560	21	^[H]
Aylott, SteveSteve Aylott	England	Defender	1971–1975	167	9
Barron, JimJim Barron	England	Goalkeeper	1966–1970	165	0
Basham, SteveSteve Basham	England	Forward	2002–2007	187	49		[6]
Batt, DamianDamian Batt	England	Defender	2009–2013	181	3		[7]
Beauchamp, JoeyJoey Beauchamp	England	Midfielder	1989–1994 1995–2002	429	78		[8]
Beavon, CyrilCyril Beavon	England	Defender	1959–1969	464	11
Berry, PaulPaul Berry	England	Midfielder	1977–1982	121	20
Bodel, AndyAndy Bodel	Scotland	Defender	1975–1980	141	11
Bound, MatthewMatthew Bound	England	Defender	2001–2004	111	2		[9]
Briggs, GaryGary Briggs	England	Defender	1978–1989	508	22
Briggs, MaxMax Briggs	England	Midfielder	1974–1977	105	1
Brock, KevinKevin Brock	England	Midfielder	1979–1987	305	32
Burton, RoyRoy Burton	England	Goalkeeper	1971–1982	447	0
Cassidy, NigelNigel Cassidy	England	Forward	1970–1974	135	34
Charles, JeremyJeremy Charles	Wales*	Forward	1985–1986	56	16
Clarke, ColinColin Clarke	Scotland	Defender	1966–1978	497	26
Clarke, DerekDerek Clarke	England	Forward	1970–1976	195	40
Clarke, RyanRyan Clarke	England	Goalkeeper	2009–2015	267	0		[10]
Constable, JamesJames Constable	England	Forward	2008–2014	280	106		[11]
Cook, JamieJamie Cook	England	Forward	1997–2000 2009–2010	104	10		^[D]
Craig, BobbyBobby Craig	England	Defender	1951–1955	189	10
Crichton, JohnnieJohnnie Crichton	England	Defender	1951–1955	185	24
Crosby, AndyAndy Crosby	England	Defender	2001–2004	122	13		[12]
Curran, HughHugh Curran	Scotland	Forward	1972–1978	121	43
Davies, CraigCraig Davies	Wales*	Forward	2004–2006	55	8		^[D]
Denial, GeoffGeoff Denial	England	Defender	1956–1962	194	51
McDonald, BobbyBobby McDonald	Scotland	Defender	1983–1987	125	21
Duncan, BenBen Duncan	England	Forward	1950–1955	187	30
Duncan, ColinColin Duncan	England	Midfielder	1974–1980	207	7
Durnin, JohnJohn Durnin	England	Midfielder	1989–1993	180	47		[13]
Elliott, MattMatt Elliott	Scotland	Defender	1993–1997	181	24	^[I]	[14]
Evans, CeriCeri Evans	New Zealand*	Defender	1989–1993	130	3		^[D]
Evanson, JohnJohn Evanson	England	Forward	1966–1974	179	11
Fearnley, HarryHarry Fearnley	England	Goalkeeper	1963–1966	104	0
Fogg, DavidDavid Fogg	England	Defender	1976–1985	336	21
Foley, PeterPeter Foley	England	Forward	1975–1983	321	90
Ford, BobbyBobby Ford	England	Midfielder	1993–1997 2002–2003	190	12		[15]
Ford, MikeMike Ford	England	Defender	1988–1998 2000	339	22		[16]
Foster, LukeLuke Foster	England	Defender	2007–2010	117	3		^[D][17]
Foster, SteveSteve Foster	England	Defender	1989–1992	113	12		[18]
Foyle, MartinMartin Foyle	England	Forward	1987–1991	151	44		[19]
Francis, KevinKevin Francis	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Forward	1998–2000	35	7		^[D]
Gaston, RayRay Gaston	Northern Ireland*	Forward	1968–1969	13	2
Gilchrist, PhilPhil Gilchrist	England	Defender	1995–1999 2006–2007	248	12		[20]
Gray, MartinMartin Gray	England	Midfielder	1996–1999	134	4		[21]
Gray, PhilPhil Gray	Northern Ireland*	Forward	2000–2002	48	13		^[D]
Hackett, ChrisChris Hackett	England	Midfielder	2000–2006	142	9		[13]
Hamilton, BillyBilly Hamilton	Northern Ireland*	Forward	1984–1987	41	20
Hardwick, SteveSteve Hardwick	England	Goalkeeper	1983–1988	196	0
Harper, TonyTony Harper	England	Defender	1955–1959	136	6
Harrington, ColinColin Harrington	England	Midfielder	1963–1971	260	30
Hebberd, TrevorTrevor Hebberd	England	Midfielder	1982–1988	326	43
Houghton, BrianBrian Houghton	England	Forward	1961–1963	114	75
Houghton, RayRay Houghton	Ireland*	Midfielder	1985–1987	105	14
Hudson, ErnieErnie Hudson	England	Defender	1952–1957	109	1
Jeffrey, BillyBilly Jeffrey	England	Midfielder	1973–1982	356	26
Jemson, NigelNigel Jemson	England	Forward	1996–1998 2000	100	33		[22]
Jones, MarkMark Jones	England	Midfielder	1980–1986	157	7
Jones, TonyTony Jones	England	Midfielder	1959–1967	356	100
Judge, AlanAlan Judge	England	Goalkeeper	1985–1991 2003–2004	102	0		^[D]
Kearns, MickMick Kearns	Ireland*	Goalkeeper	1969–1972	78	0
Kee, PaulPaul Kee	Northern Ireland*	Goalkeeper	1989–1993	64	0		^[D]
Knight, PeterPeter Knight	England	Midfielder	1960–1964	200	33
Kyle, MauriceMaurice Kyle	England	Defender	1959–1969	448	4
Langan, DavidDavid Langan	Ireland*	Defender	1984–1987	136	3
Lawrence, GeorgeGeorge Lawrence	England	Midfielder	1982–1984	101	27
Lewis, MickeyMickey Lewis	England	Defender	1988–2000	350	7		[23]
Love, JohnnyJohnny Love	England	Midfielder	1955–1963	316	40
Lucas, DickDick Lucas	England	Defender	1967–1975	219	4
McGrogan, HughHugh McGrogan	England	Midfielder	1975–1980	141	15
Magilton, JimJim Magilton	Northern Ireland*	Midfielder	1990–1994	173	42		[24][25]
Massey, StuartStuart Massey	England	Midfielder	1994–1998	129	13		[26]
Medlock, OwenOwen Medlock	England	Goalkeeper	1959–1963	133	0
Melville, AndyAndy Melville	Wales*	Defender	1990–1993	159	15		[27][28]
Moody, PaulPaul Moody	England	Forward	1994–1997 2001–2002	197	75		^[D]
Mullins, JohnJohn Mullins	England	Defender	2012–	122	9		[29]
Murphy, MattMatt Murphy	England	Midfielder	1993–2001	290	55		[30]
O'Dowda, CallumCallum O'Dowda	Ireland	Midfielder	2013–	100	9		[31]
Odubade, YemiYemi Odubade	Nigeria	Forward	2006–2009	130	31		[32]
Penney, DavidDavid Penney	England	Forward	1989–1994	129	16		[33]
Phillips, LesLes Phillips	England	Midfielder	1984–1993	224	15		^[D]
Potter, AlfieAlfie Potter	England	Midfielder	2009–2015	194	28		[34]
Powell, PaulPaul Powell	England	Midfielder	1995–2003	200	23		[35]
Quartermain, PatPat Quartermain	England	Defender	1955–1967	306	0
Quinn, BarryBarry Quinn	Ireland	Midfielder	2004–2009	199	6		[36]
Ramshaw, FrankFrank Ramshaw	England	Defender	1950–1958	358	1
Rees, BillyBilly Rees	Wales	Forward	1955–1959	122	58
Rhoades-Brown, PeterPeter Rhoades-Brown	England	Midfielder	1984–1988	142	16
Roberts, DaveDave Roberts	Wales*	Defender	1971–1975	176	8
Robinson, LesLes Robinson	England	Defender	1990–2000	459	6		[37]
Robinson, MatthewMatthew Robinson	England	Defender	2002–2006	192	4		[38]
Rose, DannyDanny Rose	England	Midfielder	2007–2008 2013–2016	144	10		[39]
Rush, DavidDavid Rush	England	Forward	1994–1996	110	24		[40]
Saunders, DeanDean Saunders	Wales*	Forward	1987–1988	73	33
Seacole, JasonJason Seacole	England	Midfielder	1976–1982	134	26
Shotton, MalcolmMalcolm Shotton	England	Defender	1980–1987	338	15
Shuker, JohnJohn Shuker	England	Forward	1962–1977	534	47	^[J]
Simpson, PaulPaul Simpson	England	Midfielder	1988–1992	168	50		[41]
Skeen, KenKen Skeen	England	Various	1967–1974	270	40
Slatter, NeilNeil Slatter	Wales*	Defender	1985–1989	115	9
Sloan, DavidDavid Sloan	Northern Ireland*	Forward	1968–1973	200	34	^[K]
Smart, GaryGary Smart	England	Defender	1988–1994	204	0		^[D]
Smith, DaveDave Smith	England	Midfielder	1994–1999	231	4		[42]
Smith, JimJim Smith	England	Midfielder	1949–1955	143	22
Smithers, TimTim Smithers	England	Midfielder	1980–1983	124	7
Smithson, RodneyRodney Smithson	England	Midfielder	1965–1974	180	6
Steel, RonnieRonnie Steel	England	Midfielder	1952–1955	130	32
Tait, PaulPaul Tait	England	Midfielder	1999–2002	105	3		[43]
Taylor, LesLes Taylor	England	Midfielder	1975–1980	239	16
Thomas, AndyAndy Thomas	England	Midfielder	1981–1986	150	45
Toulouse, CyrilCyril Toulouse	England	Midfielder	1950–1954	152	20
Trewick, JohnJohn Trewick	England	Midfielder	1984–1987	142	4
Turley, BillyBilly Turley	England	Goalkeeper	2005–2010	186	0		^[D][17]
Wanless, PaulPaul Wanless	England	Midfielder	1991–1995 2003–2005	109	7		[44]
Watson, MarkMark Watson	Canada*	Defender	1998–2000	69	0		^[D]
Windass, DeanDean Windass	England	Forward	1998–1999	38	18	^[L]	[45]
Whing, AndyAndy Whing	England	Midfielder	2011–2015	111	2		[46]
Whitehead, DeanDean Whitehead	England	Midfielder	1999–2004	136	9		[47]
Whitehead, PhilPhil Whitehead	England	Goalkeeper	1993–1998	238	0		[48]
Willey, AlanAlan Willey	England	Forward	1961–1966	128	48
Woodman, AndyAndy Woodman	England	Goalkeeper	2002–2004	112	0		[49]
Wright, JakeJake Wright	England	Defender	2010–	262	0		[50]
Yates, HarryHarry 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.^[51]

F. ^ Graham Atkinson holds the club record for the most goals scored with 107.^[52]

G. ^ Graham Atkinson holds the club record for the most league goals scored with 97.^[52]

H. ^ Ron Atkinson holds the club record for the most overall appearances in all competitions (including matches in the Southern League) with 560.^[53]

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.^[54]

K. ^ David Sloan was the first Oxford United player to play a full international, for Northern Ireland in 1968.^[55]

L. ^ Dean Windass holds the club record for the highest transfer fee paid of £470,000 to Aberdeen in 1998.^[56]

References

General

• Howland, Andy and Roger (1989). Oxford United: A Complete Record (1893–1989). Breedon Books. ISBN 0-907969-52-6.
• Brodetsky, Martin (2009). Oxford United: The Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-715-3.

Specific

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9. "Matthew Bound". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
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11. "James Constable". Rage Online. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
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13. "John Durnin". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
14. "Matt Elliott". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
15. "Bobby Ford". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
16. "Mike Ford". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
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19. "Martin Foyle". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
20. "Phil Gilchrist". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
21. "Martin Gray". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
22. "Nigel Jemson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
23. "Mickey Lewis". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
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34. "Alfie Potter". Rage Online. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
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36. "Barry Quinn". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
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38. "Matthew Robinson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
39. "Danny Rose". Rage Online. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
40. "David Rush". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
41. "Paul Simpson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
42. "David Smith". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
43. "Paul Tait". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
44. "Paul Wanless". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
45. "Dean Windass". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
46. "Andy Whing". Rage Online. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
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49. "Andy Woodman". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
50. "Jake Wright". Rage Online. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
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52. Brodetsky. The Complete Record, p.360.
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55. Howland. A Complete Record, p.233.
56. Brodetsky. The Complete Record, p.365.