Oxford United Football Club is an English association football club originally formed in 1893 under the name Headington United. The club played in local Oxfordshire leagues until being elected into the Southern League in 1949. It was at this time the club turned professional. The club adopted its present name in 1960 and was elected into the Football League in 1962, replacing Accrington Stanley. Promotion to the Third Division followed in 1965, and the club were promoted again 3 years later and enjoyed an eight-year spell in the Football League Second Division, before being relegated. "The U's" reached the top tier of English football in 1985 after successive promotions, where they stayed for 3 years. During this time United won their only piece of major silverware, the 1986 Football League Cup.
Apart from relegation to the redesignated Second Division (the old Third Division after the creation of the Premier League) and subsequent promotion shortly afterwards, Oxford United remained in the second tier for eleven years until 1999. After this a decline set in, with two relegations in three years to the Football League Third Division, the fourth tier of English football. In 2006 Oxford became the first club to have reached the First Division and won a major trophy to be relegated from the Football League. One of the teams to be promoted were Conference champions Accrington Stanley, 44 years after Accrington lost their league status to Oxford. United gained promotion back to the Football League after beating York City 3โ1 in the 2010 Conference Premier play-off final. After six seasons in League Two they finished 2nd in the table and were promoted to League One, the third tier of the English football pyramid.
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Seasons
Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup[A] |
Other | Top scorer(s)[B][C] | Notes | ||||||||||
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Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | ||||||||
1893โ94 | Only friendlies were played | [1] | ||||||||||||||
1894โ95 | OCJ | Abandoned because of weather postponements | [2] | |||||||||||||
1895โ96 | OCJ | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 9 | [AC] | [1] | ||||||
1896โ97 | OCJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | [AA] | [2] | ||||||
1897โ98 | OCJ[AB] | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 1st[AE] | [3] | ||||||
1898โ99 | OCJ[AD] | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 1st[AE] | H. Knowles | 8 | [4] | ||||
1899โ1900 | ODL[AF] | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 3rd | H. Knowles | 4 | [4] | ||||
1900โ01 | CJL[AG][AH] | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 5[AI] | 4th | OSC | R1 | S. Wakelin | 4 | [5] | ||
1901โ02 | ODL | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 3rd | OSC | F | C. Clinkard | 4 | [5] | ||
1902โ03 | ODL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | [AJ] | Six players | 1 | [6] | ||||
1903โ04 | ODL | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 2nd | P. Tolley | 5 | [7] | ||||
1904โ05 | did not play senior league football this season | [6] | ||||||||||||||
1931โ32 | Oxon | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 72 | 33 | 48 | 4th | Expre | OSC | R1 | ||||
1932โ33 | Oxon | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 53 | 38 | 31 | 6th | Prelim | OSC | SF | ||||
1933โ34 | Oxon | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 62 | 63 | 32 | 8th | OSC | R1 | |||||
1934โ35 | Oxon | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 49 | 49 | 26 | 7th | Expre | OSC | R2 | ||||
1935โ36 | Oxon | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 62 | 38 | 50 | 2nd | Expre | OSC | W | ||||
1936โ37 | Oxon | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 94 | 50 | 50 | 3rd | Expre | OSC | SF | ||||
1937โ38 | Oxon | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 83 | 38 | 60 | 2nd | Prelim | OSC | SF | ||||
1938โ39 | Oxon | 26 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 21 | 74 | 1st | QR1 | OSC | F | ||||
1939โ40 | Oxon | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 57 | 36 | 36 | 4th | [D] | OSC | SF | ||||
1940โ41 | Oxon | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 79 | 41 | 41 | n/a | |||||||
1941โ42 | Oxon | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 69 | 41 | 36 | 3rd | OSC | F | |||||
1942โ43 | Oxon | n/a[E] | OSC | R2 | ||||||||||||
1943โ44 | Oxon | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 36 | 12 | 5th | OSC | R1 | |||||
1944โ45 | Oxon | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 32 | 4th | OSC | R2 | |||||
1945โ46 | Oxon | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 22 | 29 | 2nd | QR2 | OSC | F | ||||
1946โ47 | Oxon | Abandoned because of weather postponements | QR2 | OSC | R2 | |||||||||||
1947โ48 | SP1W[G] | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 37 | 47 | 5th | Prelim | OSC | W | ||||
1948โ49 | SP1W | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 87 | 48 | 49 | 4th | Prelim | OSC | SF | ||||
1949โ50 | SL[H] | 46 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 72 | 97 | 37 | 21st | QR1 | SLC | R1 | Jim Smith | 15 | ||
1950โ51 | SL | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 84 | 83 | 47 | 7th | QR1 | SLC | R1 | Bill Rowstron | 24 | ||
1951โ52 | SL | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 55 | 53 | 43 | 11th | QR3[I] | SLC | R1 | Vic Barney | 13 | ||
1952โ53 | SL | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 93 | 50 | 58 | 1st | QR4 | SLC | W | Norman Mills | 22 | ||
1953โ54 | SL | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 68 | 43 | 53 | 2nd | R4 | SLC | W | Ken Smith | 17 | ||
1954โ55 | SL | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 82 | 62 | 43 | 10th | R1 | SLC | R1 | Harry Yates | 25 | ||
1955โ56 | SL | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 82 | 86 | 40 | 15th | QR4 | SLC | QR2 | Jimmy Smillie | 25 | ||
1956โ57 | SL | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 64 | 61 | 45 | 9th | QR4 | SLC | R2 | Lionel Phillips | 13 | ||
1957โ58 | SL | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 90 | 83 | 43 | 9th | QR4 | SLC | QR1 | Jack Cross | 23 | ||
1958โ59 | SL | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 76 | 61 | 35 | 10th | R2 | SLC | R1 | Joe Dickson | 27 | ||
1959โ60 | SLP | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 78 | 61 | 54 | 2nd | R1 | SLC | R2 | Geoff Denial | 24 | ||
1960โ61 | SLP | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 104 | 43 | 64 | 1st[I] | R3 | SLC | R2 | Tony Jones | 38 | ||
1961โ62 | SLP | 42 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 118 | 46 | 61 | 1st | R1 | SLC | QR2 | Bud Houghton | 43 | ||
1962โ63 | Div 4[K] | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 70 | 71 | 41 | 18th | R3 | R1 | Bud Houghton | 18 | |||
1963โ64 | Div 4 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 59 | 63 | 41 | 18th | R6 | R1 | Arthur Longbottom | 14 | |||
1964โ65 | Div 4 | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 87 | 44 | 61 | 4th | R1 | R2 | Colin Booth | 23 | |||
1965โ66 | Div 3 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 70 | 74 | 46 | 14th | R1 | R1 | Graham Atkinson | 19 | |||
1966โ67 | Div 3 | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 61 | 66 | 43 | 16th | R2 | R1 | Graham Atkinson | 15 | |||
1967โ68 | Div 3 | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 69 | 47 | 57 | 1st | R1 | R3 | Mick Bullock | 16 | |||
1968โ69 | Div 2 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 33 | 20th | R3 | R1 | John Shuker | 8 | |||
1969โ70 | Div 2 | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 42 | 39 | 15th | R3 | R5 | Ken Skeen | 13 | |||
1970โ71 | Div 2 | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 41 | 48 | 42 | 14th | R5 | R3 | Ken Skeen | 9 | |||
1971โ72 | Div 2 | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 43 | 55 | 38 | 15th | R3 | R3 | Nigel Cassidy | 13 | |||
1972โ73 | Div 2 | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 43 | 45 | 8th | R4 | R2 | AIC | Grp | Hugh Curran | 17 | |
1973โ74 | Div 2 | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 35 | 46 | 36 | 18th | R3 | R2 | Hugh Curran | 14 | |||
1974โ75 | Div 2 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 51 | 42 | 11th | R3 | R1 | Derek Clarke | 9 | |||
1975โ76 | Div 2 | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 33 | 20th | R3 | R2 | Mick Tait | 12 | |||
1976โ77 | Div 3 | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 55 | 65 | 39 | 17th | R1 | R1 | Peter Foley | 13 | |||
1977โ78 | Div 3 | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 64 | 67 | 40 | 18th | R1 | R2 | Peter Foley | 21 | |||
1978โ79 | Div 3 | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 44 | 50 | 46 | 11th | R1 | R3 | Jason Seacole | 11 | |||
1979โ80 | Div 3 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 57 | 62 | 41 | 17th | R1 | R3 | Paul Berry | 14 | |||
1980โ81 | Div 3 | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 39 | 47 | 43 | 14th | R2 | R3 | Malcolm Shotton | 7 | |||
1981โ82 | Div 3 | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 63 | 49 | 71 | 5th | R5 | R3 | FLGC | Grp | Keith Cassells | 22 | |
1982โ83 | Div 3 | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 71 | 53 | 78[L] | 5th | R3 | R2 | FLT[M] | Grp | Mick Vinter | 14 | |
1983โ84 | Div 3 | 46 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 91 | 50 | 95 | 1st | R5 | R5 | AMC | R1 | Steve Biggins | 24 | |
1984โ85 | Div 2 | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 84 | 36 | 84 | 1st | R4 | R4 | John Aldridge | 34 | |||
1985โ86 | Div 1 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 62 | 80 | 42 | 18th | R3 | W | FMC | F[N] | John Aldridge | 31 | |
1986โ87 | Div 1 | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 44 | 69 | 46 | 18th | R3 | R4 | FMC | R3 | John Aldridge | 21 | |
1987โ88 | Div 1 | 40 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 80 | 31 | 21st | R4 | SF | FMC | R2 | Dean Saunders | 21 | |
1988โ89 | Div 2 | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 62 | 70 | 54 | 17th | R4 | R2 | FMC | R1 | Martin Foyle | 15 | |
1989โ90 | Div 2 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 57 | 66 | 54 | 17th | R4 | R1 | FMC | R1 | John Durnin | 15 | |
1990โ91 | Div 2 | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 69 | 66 | 61 | 10th | R4 | R4 | FMC | R3 | Paul Simpson | 18 | |
1991โ92 | Div 2 | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 66 | 73 | 50 | 21st | R4 | R2 | FMC | R1 | Jim Magilton | 13 | |
1992โ93 | Div 1[O] | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 53 | 56 | 56 | 14th | R3 | R2 | AIC | Grp | Jim Magilton | 13 | |
1993โ94 | Div 1 | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 54 | 75 | 49 | 23rd | R5 | R2 | AIC | Grp | John Byrne | 9 | |
1994โ95 | Div 2 | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 66 | 52 | 73 | 7th | R1 | R2 | AMC | QF | Paul Moody | 24 | |
1995โ96 | Div 2 | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 76 | 39 | 83 | 2nd | R4 | R2 | AMC | R2 | Paul Moody | 24 | |
1996โ97 | Div 1 | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 64 | 68 | 57 | 17th | R3 | R4 | Nigel Jemson | 23 | |||
1997โ98 | Div 1 | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 60 | 64 | 58 | 12th | R3 | R4 | Joey Beauchamp | 19 | |||
1998โ99 | Div 1 | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 71 | 44 | 23rd | R4 | R1 | Dean Windass | 18 | |||
1999โ2000 | Div 2 | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 43 | 73 | 45 | 20th | R3 | R3 | AMC | QF | Matt Murphy | 17 | |
FLT | R3 | |||||||||||||||
2000โ01 | Div 2 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 53 | 100 | 27 | 24th | R2 | R1 | FLT | R1 | Phil Gray | 9 | |
2001โ02 | Div 3 | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 53 | 62 | 47 | 21st | R1 | R1 | FLT | R1 | Paul Moody | 13 | |
2002โ03 | Div 3 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 57 | 47 | 69 | 8th | R3 | R3 | FLT | R1 | Andy Scott | 11 | |
2003โ04 | Div 3 | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 55 | 44 | 71 | 9th | R1 | R2 | FLT | R1 | Steve Basham | 15 | |
2004โ05 | Lge 2[P] | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 63 | 59 | 15th | R1 | R2 | FLT | R1 | Tommy Mooney | 15 | |
2005โ06 | Lge 2 | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 43 | 57 | 49 | 23rd | R2 | R1 | FLT | AQF | Steve Basham | 13 | |
2006โ07 | Conf Nat | 46 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 66 | 33 | 81 | 2nd[Q] | R1 | FAT | R2 | Robert Duffy | 21 | ||
2007โ08 | Conf Nat | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 56 | 48 | 71 | 9th | R2 | FAT | R1 | Yemi Odubade | 11 | ||
CLC | R4 | |||||||||||||||
2008โ09 | Conf Nat | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 72 | 51 | 77 | 7th | R2 | FAT | R2 | James Constable | 26 | ||
CLC | R3 | |||||||||||||||
2009โ10 | Conf Nat | 44[AK] | 25 | 11 | 8 | 64 | 31 | 86 | 3rd[AL] | R2 | FAT | R4 | James Constable | 23 | ||
2010โ11 | Lge 2 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 58 | 60 | 63 | 12th | R1 | R2 | FLT | R1 | James Constable | 17 | |
2011โ12 | Lge 2 | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 59 | 48 | 68 | 9th | R1 | R1 | FLT | AQF | James Constable | 11 | |
2012โ13 | Lge 2 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 60 | 61 | 65 | 9th | R3 | R2 | FLT | ASF | James Constable | 14 | |
2013โ14 | Lge 2 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 53 | 50 | 62 | 8th | R3 | R2 | FLT | R2 | James Constable | 12 | |
2014โ15 | Lge 2 | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 49 | 48 | 61 | 13th | R2 | R2 | FLT | R1 | Danny Hylton | 16 | |
2015โ16 | Lge 2 | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 84 | 41 | 86 | 2nd | R4 | R2 | FLT | Final | Kemar Roofe | 26 | |
2016โ17 | Lge 1 | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 65 | 52 | 69 | 8th | R5 | R2 | FLT | Final | Chris Maguire | 17 | |
2017โ18 | Lge 1 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 61 | 66 | 56 | 16th | R1 | R1 | FLT | R4 | James Henry, Wes Thomas | 11 | |
2018โ19 | Lge 1 | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 58 | 64 | 60 | 12th | R3 | R3 | FLT | R4 | James Henry | 15 | |
2019โ20 | Lge 1 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 37 | 60 | 4th[AM] | R4 | QF | FLT | R2 | Matty Taylor | 17 | |
2020โ21 | Lge 1 | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 77 | 56 | 74 | 6th | R1 | R2 | FLT | SF | Matty Taylor | 13 | |
2021โ22 | Lge 1 | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 82 | 59 | 76 | 8th | R1 | R2 | FLT | GRP | Matty Taylor | 22 | |
2022โ23 | Lge 1 | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 56 | 47 | 19th | R3 | R2 | FLT | GRP | Cameron Brannagan | 12 |
Key
Division shown in bold when it changes because of promotion, relegation or league reorganisation. Top scorer shown in bold when he set or equalled a club record.
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Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |
Notes
A. ^ The Football League Cup competition did not start until the 1960โ61 season.
B. ^ There are no complete records of scorers until 1898
C. ^ Includes goals scored in the Oxon League, City Junior League, Oxfordshire District League, the Football League (including play-offs), FA Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League Cup, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy, Conference National (including playoffs), FA Trophy and Conference League Cup.
D. ^ The FA Cup was not held until 1945 because of World War 2.
E. ^ The league records are incomplete.
G. ^ Headington left the Oxfordshire Senior League and moved into the Spartan League.
H. ^ Headington United were elected into the Southern League.
I. ^ Headington United were disqualified following an appeal from Wycombe Wanderers.
J. ^ Despite finishing as champions, Oxford United failed to be elected into the Football League.
K. ^ Oxford United were elected into the football league, replacing the original Accrington Stanley.
L. ^ From the 1981โ82 season, points were allocated on the basis of 3 for a win and 1 for a draw; previously only two points had been given for a win.
M. ^ The Football League Group Cup was renamed Football League Trophy for the 1982โ83 season. The current tournament of the same name was originally the Associate Members Cup.
N. ^ Oxford United reached the Southern Final round, but failed to reach the overall final.
O. ^ Division Two re-designated Division One on formation of the F.A. Premier League.
P. ^ Football League Division Three renamed "League Two" because of a sponsorship change.
Q. ^ After qualifying for the play-offs, Oxford United lost on penalties in the semi-finals against Exeter City.
AA. ^ Only one match was played before the competition was scrapped and replaced with a Junior Cup.
AB. ^ A match against St Paul's was a walkover.
AC. ^ No table was kept as a way of ordering the teams.
AD. ^ A match against Cowley Juniors was a walkover.
AE. ^ Oxford United went on to the league final, winning it in consecutive seasons.
AF. ^ Oxford's application to join the second division of the Oxfordshire District League was accepted.
AG. ^ Because of the Boer War, Oxford were forced to withdraw from the Oxfordshire District League as 10 members of the team were on active duty. However, the following season they returned to the league.
AH. ^ A match against College Servants was a walkover.
AI. ^ Oxford were deducted 2 points for fielding an illegible player.
AJ. ^ After crowd trouble during a game against Victoria, Oxford were banned from playing matches within three miles of their ground, and such could not fulfill their league fixtures.
AK. ^ Only 44 games were played because of the expulsion of Chester City halfway through the season.
AL. ^ Oxford were promoted through the play-offs, beating York City 3โ1 at Wembley Stadium.
AM. ^ The League one season was suspended on 3 March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with clubs voting to curtail the season three months later. Positions were decided based on points per game (PPG).
References
- General
- Brodetsky, Martin (2009). Oxford United: The Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBNย 978-1-85983-715-3.
- Howland, Andy and Roger (1989). Oxford United: A Complete Record (1893-1989). Breedon Books. ISBNย 0-907969-52-6.
- Swann, Geron; Ward, Andrew (1996). The Boys from up the Hill: An Oral History of Oxford United. Oxford: Crowberry. ISBNย 0-9507568-2-2.
- "Oxford United". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
- Specific
- ^ a b Brodetsky. The Complete Record, p.370.
- ^ a b Brodetsky. The Complete Record, p.11.
- ^ Brodetsky. The Complete Record, p.12.
- ^ a b Brodetsky. The Complete Record, p.371.
- ^ a b Brodetsky. The Complete Record, p.372.
- ^ a b Brodetsky. The Complete Record. p.14.
- ^ Brodetsky. The Complete Record. p.373.