List of Oxford United F.C. records and statistics

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Ron Atkinson holds the club record for appearances, having made 560 between 1959 and 1971.

Football League in 1962.[5] Oxford spent three years in the First Division between August 1985 and May 1988. At the end of the 2005–06 season, after 44 years in the League, United were relegated to the Football Conference. They returned to the League after winning the Conference National Play-off Final in 2010.[6]

The record for most games played for the club is held by Ron Atkinson, who made 560 appearances between 1959 and 1971. John Shuker holds the record for the most appearances since they joined the Football League. Graham Atkinson is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 107 goals including 97 in the league. Jim Magilton holds the record for the most international caps gained as an Oxford player, having made 18 appearances for Northern Ireland. The highest transfer fee ever paid by the club is the £470,000 paid to Aberdeen for Dean Windass in 1998, though it has been reported that the undisclosed fee paid for Marvin Johnson in 2016 exceeded this amount,[7] and the highest fee received is the estimated £3,000,000 paid by Leeds United for Kemar Roofe in 2016. The highest attendance recorded at the Manor Ground was 22,750 for the visit of Preston North End in the FA Cup, while the highest attendance at the Kassam is 12,243 against Leyton Orient.

Honours and achievements

A man stands in the Royal Box lifting a trophy with his teammates walking behind him. A large crowd looks on.
Malcolm Shotton lifts the League Cup at Wembley Stadium.

Oxford United's only major honour in English football is the

Conference National play-off final.[10]

Oxford's best performance in the FA Cup involved reaching the quarter-finals against Preston North End in the 1963–64 season. In doing so, they became the first team to reach that stage from the Fourth Division.[11] Before the club were admitted to the Football League in 1962, they won the Southern Football League championship on three occasions, the final win occurring the season before election into the Fourth Division, and finished runner-up twice.[9] They also won the Southern League Cup twice.

The Football League

Other honours

National cup competitions

Player records

Age

Appearances

Appearances are for matches in

Full Members Cup, FA Trophy and Southern League Cup
. Substitute appearances are included in brackets. Statistics correct as of 8 March 2021.

# Name Position Years Leaguea FA Cup League Cupb Otherc Total Notes
1 Ron Atkinson Midfielder 1959–1971 508 (1) 33 (0) 18 (0) 0 (0) 559 (1) [17]
2 John Shuker Forward 1962–1977 473 (5) 29 (0) 24 (0) 3 (0) 529 (5) [18]
3 Gary Briggs Defender 1978–1989 418 (2) 24 (0) 50 (0) 14 (0) 506 (2) [19]
4
Colin Clarke
Defender 1966–1978 443 (1) 23 (0) 27 (0) 3 (0) 496 (1) [20]
5 Cyril Beavon Defender 1959–1969 416 (2) 27 (1) 18 (0) 0 (0) 461 (3) [21]
6 Les Robinson Defender 1990–2000 380 (5) 22 (0) 36 (0) 16 (0) 454 (5) [22]
7 Maurice Kyle Defender 1959–1969 403 (0) 26 (0) 19 (0) 0 (0) 448 (0) [23]
8 Roy Burton Goalkeeper 1971–1982 395 (0) 16 (0) 28 (0) 8 (0) 447 (0) [24]
9 Joey Beauchamp Midfielder 1989–1994
1995–2002
321 (41) 21 (3) 26 (3) 9 (5) 377 (52) [21]
10 Graham Atkinson Forward 1959–1974 357 (4) 19 (0) 17 (0) 1 (0) 394 (4) [25]

Goalscorers

Top goalscorers

Goals are for matches in

. Appearances are included in brackets. Players in bold are current players. Statistics correct as of 8 March 2021.

# Name Position Years Leaguea FA Cup League Cupb Otherc Total Notes
1 Graham Atkinson Forward 1959–1974 97 (361) 7 (19) 3 (17) 0 (1) 107 (398) [25]
2 James Constable Forward 2008–2014 90 (246) 7 (15) 2 (6) 7 (13) 106 (280) [30]
3 Tony Jones Midfielder 1959–1967 89 (318) 9 (24) 2 (14) 0 (0) 100 (356) [31]
4 John Aldridged Forward 1984–1987 72 (114) 2 (5) 14 (17) 2 (5) 90 (141) [32]
5 Peter Foley Forward 1975–1983 71 (277) 9 (13) 8 (27) 2 (14) 90 (321) [33]
6 Joey Beauchamp Midfielder 1989–1994
1995–2002
64 (362) 4 (24) 10 (29) 0 (14) 78 (429) [21]
7 Bud Houghtond Forward 1961–1963 69 (106) 5 (5) 1 (3) 0 (0) 75 (114) [34]
8 Paul Moody Forward 1994–1997
2001–2002
63 (171) 5 (9) 4 (14) 3 (3) 75 (197) [35]
9 Matty Taylor Forward 2007–2009
2019–2023
54 (123) 4 (10) 2 (5) 4 (11) 64 (138) [36]
10 Matt Murphy Midfielder 1993–2001 38 (248) 6 (15) 6 (16) 5 (11) 55 (290) [37]

International caps

A man wearing a waterproof jacket stands on a football pitch with his arms folded
Jim Magilton, who made the most international appearances while at Oxford, with 18
Player Country Caps while at club[40] Total caps
John Aldridge Ireland Republic of Ireland Ireland 7 69
Andre Arendse South Africa
South Africa
11 67
Shandon Baptiste Grenada Grenada Grenada 3 3[41]
Jeremy Charles Wales Wales Wales 2 19
Craig Davies Wales Wales Wales 2 7
Ceri Evans New Zealand
New Zealand
7 85
Kevin Francis St Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis St Kitts and Nevis 2 2
Ray Gaston Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1 1
Adriel Jared George Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 1 2
Phil Gray Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2 26
Billy Hamilton Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 6 41
Ray Houghton Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 12 73
Mick Kearns Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 1 18
Paul Kee Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 7 9
Dave Langan Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 11 25
Jim Magilton Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 18 52
Andy Melville Wales Wales Wales 11 65
Callum O'Dowda Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 1[42] 5[43]
Dave Roberts Wales Wales Wales 6 17
Dean Saunders Wales Wales Wales 6 75
Neil Slatter Wales Wales Wales 12 22
David Sloan Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2 2
Mark Watson
Canada Canada Canada 12 78
Gavin Whyte Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 4 10

Transfer fees

Record transfer fees paid

# Player From Fee[B] Date Notes
1 Marvin Johnson Motherwell £650,000 August 2016 [44][C]
2 Dean Windass Aberdeen £470,000 July 1998
3 Colin Greenall Gillingham £285,000 February 1988
4 Andy Melville
Swansea City
£275,000 July 1990
5 David Bardsley Watford £265,000 September 1987
6
Richard Hill
Watford £260,000 September 1987
7 John Durnin Liverpool £250,000 February 1989
8 Brian Wilsterman
Beerschot
£200,000 February 1997
9 Paul Simpson Manchester City £200,000 October 1988
10
David Leworthy
Tottenham Hotspur £200,000 December 1985

Progressive transfer fee paid

Progressive transfer fee shows the chronological order in which the record transfer fee was set, and the transfer that set it.

Date Player Bought from Fee[45]
July 1949 Norman Aldridge Northampton Town £750
August 1949 Bert Kay Bury £1,000
March 1961 Bud Houghton Southend United £2,000
August 1962 Maurice Kyle
Wolves
£5,000[D]
December 1962 Bernard Evans
QPR
£5,500
November 1963 Bill Calder Bury £8,500
June 1967
Mick Bullock
Birmingham City £10,000
September 1968 Ray Gaston Coleraine £12,500
November 1970 Nigel Cassidy Scunthorpe United £20,000
September 1972 Hugh Curran Wolves £50,000
July 1974
Andy McCulloch
Cardiff City £75,000
March 1982 Trevor Hebberd Southampton £80,000
January 1984 Peter Rhoades-Brown Chelsea £85,000
August 1984 Billy Hamilton Burnley £95,000
February 1985 Jeremy Charles
QPR
£100,000
July 1985 Neil Slatter Bristol Rovers £100,000
September 1985 Ray Houghton Fulham £147,000
December 1985 Dave Leworthy Tottenham Hotspur £200,000
September 1987 David Bardsley Watford £265,000
February 1988 Colin Greenall Gillingham £285,000
July 1998 Dean Windass Aberdeen £470,000

Record transfer fees received

Photo of Dean Saunders
Dean Saunders was Oxford United's first million-pound sale.
# Player From Fee[E] Date Notes
1 Kemar Roofe Leeds United £3,000,000 July 2016
2 Marvin Johnson Middlesbrough £2,500,000 August 2017 [46][C]
3 Shandon Baptiste Brentford £2,250,000 January 2020 [47][C]
4 Gavin Whyte Cardiff City £2,000,000 July 2019 [48][C]
5 Rob Dickie QPR £1,800,000 September 2020 [49][C]
6 Matt Elliott Leicester City £1,600,000 January 1997
7 Joey Beauchamp West Ham United £1,000,000 June 1994
8 Dean Saunders Derby County £1,000,000 October 1988
9 Dean Windass
Bradford City
£1,000,000 March 1999
10 Callum O'Dowda Bristol City £1,000,000 July 2016

Progressive transfer fee received

Progressive transfer fee shows the chronological order in which the record transfer fee was set, and the transfer that set it.

Date Player Bought from Fee[45][50]
January 1951 Cliff Nugent Cardiff City £2,500
October 1963 Bud Houghton Lincoln City £6,000
February 1968 George Kerr Scunthorpe United £7,000
October 1968
Mick Bullock
Leyton Orient £10,000
June 1970 Jim Barron Nottingham Forest £35,000
February 1974 John Evanson Blackpool £40,000
February 1975 Dave Roberts Hull City £70,000
November 1980 Les Taylor Watford £100,000
March 1982 Keith Cassells Southampton £115,000
March 1982
Mark Wright
Southampton £115,000
January 1987 John Aldridge Liverpool £775,000
October 1987 Ray Houghton Liverpool £825,000
October 1988 Dean Saunders Derby County £1,000,000
January 1997 Matt Elliott Leicester City £1,600,000
July 2016 Kemar Roofe Leeds United £3,000,000

Managerial records

Club records

Goals

Points

a. Also the most points won in a season at any level.
b. Also the fewest points won in a season at any level.

Matches

Firsts

Record wins

Record defeat

Sequences

Attendances

Footnotes

A. ^ In this instance a major trophy refers to either the First Division/Premier League, the FA Cup or the League Cup.

B. ^ Unless otherwise stated, Statistics taken from Brodetsky. Oxford United: The Complete Record, p. 365

C. ^ Figures were undisclosed, but are believed to have been in the region of the amount stated.

D. ^ Maurice Kyle was previously on loan from Wolves.

E. ^ Unless otherwise stated, Statistics taken from Brodetsky. Oxford United: The Complete Record, p. 366

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