Oxford issue 171 squad numbers - including to Under-9s
All names and numbers will be printed in the matchday programme
Written by Simon Austin — August 6, 2019
OXFORD UNITED have given a squad number to every player at the club, from first team to Under-9s, in an effort to foster a ‘one-club mentality’.
That means there are currently 171 squad numbers - and each will all be printed in the match day programme every week, along with the name of the incumbent.
Head Coach Karl Robinson said: “I work very closely with (Academy Manager) Dan Harris and the Academy staff. We have a ‘one club’ mentality and it’s important that the same core values run right through the club. It doesn’t matter how old you are, or which age group you are part of; you represent Oxford United and you wear the badge with pride.
“So this season every player has a squad number. The first team are from 1 to around 30, then the Under 23s, the under 18s, the under 16s and all the way down to the under nines.
“They will be in the programme each week and mums, dads and grandparents will pick that up and see their lad’s name in the squad list, which is brilliant.
“Those lads wearing the big numbers have something to aspire to: keep making those numbers smaller and smaller until you are wearing a number between 1 and 11.”
The full squad is below. First names of the Under-16s are not printed for data protection reasons.
Full Oxford United squad:
First team:
1 Simon Eastwood
2 Chris Cadden
3 Josh Ruffels
4 Rob Dickie
5 Elliott Moore
6 Alex Rodriguez Gorrin
7 Rob Hall
8 Cameron Brannagan
10 Ben Woodburn
11 Tariqe Fosu
12 Sam Long
13 Jack Stevens
14 Anthony Forde
15 John Mousinho
16 Shandon Baptiste
17 James Henry
18 Mark Sykes
19 Jamie Mackie
20 Jamie Hanson
21 Malachi Napa
29 Tony McMahon
Under-23s:
31 Max Harris
32 Yoav Sade
33 Kevin Berkoe
34 Aaron Heap
35 Sam Allardyce
36 Aaron McCreadie
37 Kyran Lofthouse
38 Ryan Crooks
39 Owen James
Second year scholars:
41 Max Evans
42 Jordan Edwards
43 Michael Elechi
44 Jack Stevens
45 Viktor Milton
46 Nico Jones
47 Fabio Lopes
48 Leon Chambers-Parillon
49 Slavi Spasov
First year scholars:
51 Damian Niemcycki
52 Trey Grant
53 Sam Johnson
54 Jack Gardner
55 Keanu Barnett-Grant
58 Tyler Goodhram
59 Callum Crook
Academy players:
60 Breary
61 Coe
62 Day
63 Duggan
64 Lucas
65 Mara
66 Masters
67 Matsvetu
68 Morgan
69 Nosakhare
70 Smith
71 Sumbu
72 Webb
73 Behan
74 Carter
75 Dore
76 Franklin
77 Gallagher
78 Mohammad
79 Nenonen-Millar
80 Osborne
81 Pemberton
82 Rabia
83 Richardson
84 Sankoh
85 Bessasa-Grant
86 Bristow
87 Budden
88 Camden
89 Casciaro
90 Cooke
91 Daley
92 Daniel
93 Elliott-Wheeler
94 Gurung
95 Morley-iszatt
96 Quaedvlieg
97 Smith
98 Took-Oxley
99 Walters
100 Marriott
101 Brennan
102 Bradney
103 Clark
104 Croker
105 Duggan
106 Farnsworth
107 Gregory
108 Harris
109 Mole
110 Njuguna
111 Sanderson
112 Townsend
113 Turner
114 Ulas
115 Whiteley
116 Woelki
117 Ajayi-Ghale
118 Barret-Doyle
119 Blackmore
120 Castle
121 Charles
122 Dalby
123 Gillas
124 Heap
125 Holton
126 Markham
127 Thomas
128 Took-Oxley
129 Treml
130 Wraith
131 Adefila
132 Appiah
133 Baughan
134 Brayshaw
135 Collins
136 Dourish
137 Gallagher
138 Gardner
139 Griffiths-Brown
140 Itah
141 Morgan-Allen
142 Palmer-Flynn
143 Pemberton
144 Price
145 Whyte
146 Andrews
147 Armissoglio-Senecat
148 Baptiste
149 Chapman
150 Croston
151 Eagle
152 Ferguson
153 Garthwaite
154 Herring
155 Landis
156 Leach
157 Lobb
158 Michael
159 Morgan
160 Norris
161 Ugwu
162 Akinpelu
163 Bray
164 Dorso
165 Evans
166 Forbes-Spencer
167 Ford
168 Tutty
169 Odhiambo
170 O'Leary
171 Price
