2015–16 Oxford United F.C. season

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Oxford United
2015–16 season
Chairman Darryl Eales
Head Coach Michael Appleton
Stadium Kassam Stadium
League Two 2nd (promoted)
FA Cup 4th round
(eliminated by Blackburn Rovers)
League Cup 2nd round
(eliminated by Sheffield Wednesday)
League Trophy Runners-up
(beaten by Barnsley)
Top goalscorer League: Roofe (18)
All: Roofe (26)
Highest home attendance 11,815 v Wycombe Wanderers, 7 May 2016
Lowest home attendance 2,532 v Yeovil Town, 8 December 2015
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Oxford United's sixth consecutive season in League Two and 122nd year in existence.[1] As well as competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

After spending most of the season in the automatic promotion places, Oxford finally confirmed promotion to League One on the last day of the regular season, with a 3–0 home victory over Wycombe Wanderers. The Us finished in second place behind runaway leaders Northampton Town, with 86 points.[2] Oxford's 14 away wins in the league set a new club record for a single season.[3] Midfielder Kemar Roofe was the club's leading scorer, with 18 league goals and 26 in all competitions.[4]

United beat higher-division opposition in all three senior cup competitions and reached the final of the League Trophy at Wembley Stadium, only the club's third appearance at the national stadium. In the opening round of the League Cup they eliminated Brentford of the Championship with a 4–0 away win, before losing 1–0 to another Championship side, Sheffield Wednesday, in the second round. They reached the fourth round of the FA Cup, recording a notable 3–2 victory over Premier League side Swansea City in the third round, but were knocked out of the competition by Blackburn Rovers in the next round. In their run to the final of the League Trophy, they beat local rivals Swindon Town of League One in the second round, and Millwall, also of League One, over two legs in the area semi-final, before losing 3–2 to Barnsley in the final. United won the Oxfordshire Senior Cup, beating Oxford City 6–1 in the final, three days after securing their league promotion.[5]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 AM England Kemar Roofe West Bromwich Albion Undisclosed [6]
1 July 2015 CM England Liam Sercombe Exeter City Free transfer [7]
1 July 2015 GK England Sam Slocombe Scunthorpe United Free transfer [8]
1 July 2015 CF England Ryan Taylor Portsmouth Free transfer [9]
13 August 2015 CM England John Lundstram Everton Free transfer [10]
4 September 2015 GK Liechtenstein Benjamin Büchel AFC Bournemouth Free transfer [11]
21 September 2015 LW England Jonny Giles Free Agent Free transfer [12]
6 November 2015 DF England Cameron Gayle Free Agent Free transfer [13]
22 January 2016 FW England Jordan Bowery Rotherham United Free transfer [14]
1 February 2016 FW Scotland Chris Maguire Rotherham United Free transfer [15]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CF France Jeremy Balmy Swindon Town[lower-alpha 1] Released [17]
1 July 2015 CB England Matt Bevans Wealdstone[lower-alpha 2] Released [17]
1 July 2015 CF England John Campbell Free Agent Released [17]
1 July 2015 CF England Will Hoskins Exeter City[lower-alpha 3] Free transfer [17]
1 July 2015 LB Wales Jonathan Meades AFC Wimbledon[lower-alpha 4] Free transfer [17]
1 July 2015 RW England Josh Shama Free agent Released [17]
1 July 2015 RB England Andrew Whing Retired N/A [21]
2 July 2015 GK England Ryan Clarke Northampton Town[lower-alpha 5] Free transfer [23]
7 January 2016 MF Republic of Ireland Michael Collins Bengaluru[lower-alpha 6] Released [25]
1 February 2016 MF England Danny Rose Northampton Town[lower-alpha 7] Released [27]
7 March 2016 MF England Aidan Hawtin Valdres FK Released [28]
7 March 2016 MF England Sam Humphreys Valdres FK Released [28]
31 May 2016 DF England Johnny Mullins Luton Town Released [29]
31 May 2016 DF England Danny Hylton Luton Town Released [30]
  1. ↑ Following Balmy's release he joined Swindon Town.[16]
  2. ↑ Following Bevans' release he joined Wealdstone.[18]
  3. ↑ Following Hoskins' release he joined Exeter City.[19]
  4. ↑ Following Meades' release he joined AFC Wimbledon.[20]
  5. ↑ Following Clarke's release he joined Northampton Town.[22]
  6. ↑ Following Collins' release he joined Bengaluru.[24]
  7. ↑ Following Rose's release he joined Northampton Town.[26]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2015 RB England George Baldock Milton Keynes Dons 28 January 2016[lower-alpha 1] [31][32]
28 September 2015 RW England Jordan Graham Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 October 2015[lower-alpha 2] [33][34][35]
26 November 2015 DF Wales Jordan Evans Fulham May 2016[lower-alpha 3] [36][37][38]
26 November 2015 FW Scotland Chris Maguire Rotherham United 17 January 2016[lower-alpha 4] [36][37]
27 January 2016 DF England Jonjoe Kenny Everton May 2016[lower-alpha 5] [39][40][41]
1 February 2016 MF England Zeli Ismail Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 March 2016 [42][43]
23 February 2016 FW England George Waring Stoke City May 2016 [44][45]
  1. ↑ Baldock's loan was initially for the whole season, but a recall clause was exercised by his parent club.
  2. ↑ Graham's initial one-month loan was extended for a further two months, but he was recalled by his parent club.
  3. ↑ Evans' loan was twice extended.
  4. ↑ Maguire was released by Rotherham and signed a permanent contract with Oxford on 1 February.
  5. ↑ Kenny's loan was twice extended.

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
7 August 2015 RB England Aidan Hawtin Hayes & Yeading United 4 September 2015 [46]
7 August 2015 LB England Miles Welch-Hayes North Leigh 4 September 2015 [46]
18 September 2015 GK New Zealand Max Crocombe Barnet 18 October 2015 [47]
29 September 2015 CM England Josh Ashby AFC Telford United 25 October 2015 [48]
29 September 2015 FW England James Roberts Chester 3 December 2015 [49][50]
30 September 2015 MF England Aidan Hawtin Brackley Town 3 December 2015 [49][50]
2 October 2015 MF Republic of Ireland Michael Collins York City one month [51]
13 October 2015 DF England Freddie Grant Farnborough November 2015 [52]
16 October 2015 GK New Zealand Max Crocombe Southport January 2016 [53]
24 November 2015 DF England Cameron Gayle Cambridge United 24 January 2016 [54]
4 December 2015 MF England Josh Ashby Brackley Town 4 January 2016 [55]
29 January 2016 FW England James Roberts Oxford City February 2016 [56]
29 January 2016 FW England Jonny Giles Southport February 2016 [56]
1 February 2016 FW Republic of Ireland Patrick Hoban Stevenage March 2016 [57]
29 February 2016 FW Republic of Ireland Patrick Hoban Grimsby Town May 2016 [58]
29 February 2016 FW England James Roberts Barnet March 2016 [59]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 18 May 2015, Oxford United announced four pre-season friendlies against Didcot Town, Woking, Eastleigh and Coventry City.[60] On 29 May 2015, Oxford United announced a trip to Austria for a week-long stay, which included a friendly against SC Wiener Neustadt.[61]

League Two

League table

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Northampton Town (C, P) 46 29 12 5 82 46 +36 99 Promotion to Football League One
2 Oxford United (P) 46 24 14 8 84 41 +43 86
3 Bristol Rovers (P) 46 26 7 13 77 46 +31 85
4 Accrington Stanley 46 24 13 9 74 48 +26 85 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Plymouth Argyle 46 24 9 13 72 46 +26 81
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[62]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 24 14 8 84 41  +43 86 10 7 6 37 20  +17 14 7 2 47 21  +26

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground H A H A H A A H H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H H A A H A H H A H A A H A H A H
Result D D W D W W L D D W W W D W L W W W D W D L W D W L W D W L L W W W D L W W D D W L D W W W
Position 15 16 10 9 5 4 8 5 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: see below
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

FA Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made live on BBC Two on Monday 26 October 2015, with Oxford drawn away to Braintree Town.[63]

League Cup

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On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Oxford United were drawn away against Brentford.[64] In the second round, Oxford United drew another Championship side away from home, Sheffield Wednesday.[65]

Football League Trophy

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On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Oxford were drawn at home to Swindon Town.[66] Having beaten their local rivals 2–0, Oxford were drawn away to fellow League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge in the Area Quarter-Final,[67] a match that also ended in a 2–0 victory. Oxford beat Yeovil Town of League Two 3–2 in the Area Semi-final to meet Millwall of League One in the two-legged Area Final. Oxford won the first leg at The Den, leading scorer Kemar Roofe netting both the goals and, despite losing the second leg at the Kassam Stadium, reached the Wembley final 2–1 on aggregate.

In the final against Barnsley, United led 1–0 at half-time through a goal from Callum O'Dowda. An own-goal by Chey Dunkley early in the second half was followed by goals from Ashley Fletcher and Adam Hammill to give Barnsley a two-goal cushion. A header from Danny Hylton in the 76th minute reduced the deficit, but United were unable to find an equaliser in the remaining minutes and suffered defeat at Wembley for the first time in their history.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 7 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Sam Slocombe 28 0 23 0 2 0 2 0 1 0
2 DF England George Baldock 35 2 27 2 5 0 1 0 2 0
3 DF England Joe Skarz 51 0 41 0 5 0 2 0 3 0
4 MF England Kemar Roofe 49 26 39+1 18 4 3 1 1 4 4
5 DF England Johnny Mullins 51 1 39+1 0 5 0 2 1 4 0
6 DF England Jake Wright 36 0 29 0 2 0 1 0 4 0
7 MF England Danny Rose 19 0 11+2 0 2+1 0 1+1 0 1 0
7 FW England George Waring 15 1 3+11 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
8 MF England Liam Sercombe 58 17 45 14 4+1 2 1+1 1 5+1 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland Patrick Hoban 33 5 2+21 2 3+1 2 1+1 0 2+2 1
10 FW England Danny Hylton 52 14 34+7 12 1+3 0 1+1 1 4+1 1
11 MF Scotland Alex MacDonald 52 6 35+5 5 4 0 2 0 5+1 1
13 GK Liechtenstein Benjamin Büchel 31 0 23 0 3 0 0 0 5 0
14 MF England Josh Ruffels 22 0 8+8 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
15 FW England Callum O'Dowda 50 10 18+20 8 4+1 0 1+1 0 4+1 2
16 MF England Jordan Graham 7 0 4+2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 DF England Jonjoe Kenny 19 0 16 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0
18 MF England John Lundstram 47 3 33+4 3 4+1 0 1 0 4 0
19 MF England Zeli Ismail 6 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
20 FW England Ryan Taylor 26 4 15+6 3 2 1 2 0 1 0
21 GK New Zealand Max Crocombe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF England Sam Long 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
23 DF England Cameron Gayle 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
24 MF England Josh Ashby 4 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
25 DF England Freddie Grant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF England Robbie Cundy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
27 MF Antigua and Barbuda AJ George 4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
28 FW Scotland Chris Maguire 25 5 21 4 1 0 0 0 2+1 1
29 FW England Jordan Bowery 20 7 9+8 7 1 0 0 0 0+2 0
30 MF England Sam Humphreys 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
31 FW England James Roberts 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF England Aidan Hawtin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF England Chey Dunkley 35 4 26+3 4 2 0 1 0 3 0
36 DF Wales Jordan Evans 14 1 4+5 0 0+2 0 0 0 3 1

Top scorers

As of 7 May 2016
Place Position Nation Number Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1 MF England 4 Kemar Roofe 18 3 1 4 26
2 MF England 8 Liam Sercombe 14 2 1 0 17
3 FW England 10 Danny Hylton 12 0 1 1 14
4 FW England 15 Callum O'Dowda 8 0 0 2 10
5 FW England 29 Jordan Bowery 7 0 0 0 7
6 MF Scotland 11 Alex MacDonald 5 0 0 1 6
7 FW Republic of Ireland 9 Patrick Hoban 2 2 0 1 5
FW Scotland 28 Chris Maguire 4 0 0 1 5
9 FW England 20 Ryan Taylor 3 1 0 0 4
DF England 33 Chey Dunkley 4 0 0 0 4
11 MF England 18 John Lundstram 3 0 0 0 3
12 DF England 5 George Baldock 2 0 0 0 2
13 DF England 2 Johnny Mullins 0 0 1 0 1
FW England 7 George Waring 1 0 0 0 1
DF Wales 36 Jordan Evans 0 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 79 8 4 9 100

Disciplinary record

As of 7 May 2016
Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
1 England GK Sam Slocombe 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 England DF George Baldock 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 England DF Joe Skarz 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 England MF Kemar Roofe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 England MF Johnny Mullins 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
6 England DF Jake Wright 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 England MF Danny Rose 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
8 England MF Liam Sercombe 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1
10 England FW Danny Hylton 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
11 Scotland MF Alex MacDonald 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
14 England MF Josh Ruffels 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 England FW Callum O'Dowda 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
16 England MF Jordan Graham 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
16 England DF Jonjoe Kenny 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
18 England MF John Lundstram 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
20 England FW Ryan Taylor 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
28 Scotland FW Chris Maguire 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
31 England FW James Roberts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33 England DF Chey Dunkley 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
TOTALS 59 3 6 1 3 0 5 0 73 4

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