2018–19 Cambridge United F.C. season

Cambridge United
2018–19 season
Manager	Joe Dunne
Stadium	Abbey Stadium
EFL Cup	First round; (vs. Newport County)

The 2018–19 season is Cambridge United's 107th season in their history, their 40th in the Football League, and their fifth consecutive season in League Two.^[1] Along with League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CB	Louis John	Sutton United	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2018	RM	Reggie Lambe	Carlisle United	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2018	CB	George Taft	Mansfield Town	Free transfer	^[4]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CM	Medy Elito	Barnet	Released	^[5]^[6]
1 July 2018	CF	Uche Ikpeazu	Heart of Midlothian	Free transfer	^[7]
1 July 2018	CB	Leon Legge	Port Vale	Free transfer	^[8]
1 July 2018	RM	Piero Mingoia	Accrington Stanley	Released	^[5]^[9]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
3 August 2018	CF	Matthew Foy	Chelmsford City	31 August 2018	^[10]
7 August 2018	GK	Finlay Iron	St Neots Town	September 2018	^[11]
10 August 2018	CM	Lee Watkins	Mildenhall Town	September 2018	^[12]
31 August 2018	CF	Matthew Foy	Kettering Town	September 2018	^[13]
28 September 2018	DM	Sam Squire	Needham Market	October 2018	^[14]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Cambridge United announced they will face ten different opponents during their pre-season schedule.^[15]

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) Friendly	St Neots Town	1–7	Cambridge United	St Neots
12:30 BST	Peters 45'	Report	Lewis 13' Corr 43' O'Neil 54' Azeez 61' Halliday 66' Maris 89', 90'	Stadium: Rowley Park

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) Friendly	Cambridge City	1–8	Cambridge United	St Ives
19:45 BST	Sharman	Report	Ibehre x2' Knowles x2' Deegan Osadebe Azeez x2'	Stadium: Glasswood Stadium

12 July 2018 (2018-07-12) Friendly	Royston Town	0–4	Cambridge United	Royston
19:45 BST		Report	28' (o.g.) Azeez 52' Lambe 58', 79'	Stadium: Garden Walk

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly	Chelmsford City	1–4	Cambridge United	Chelmsford
15:00 BST		Report	Dunk Azeez Amoo o.g.'	Stadium: Melbourne Stadium

20 July 2018 (2018-07-20) Friendly	Billericay Town	v	Cambridge United	Billericay
19:45 BST				Stadium: New Lodge

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Friendly	Cambridge United	0–2	Millwall	Cambridge
15:00 BST		Report	Elliott 74' O'Brien 82'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,312

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) Friendly	Ebbsfleet United	2–2	Cambridge United	Northfleet
19:45 BST	Kedwell 89' Weston 90'	Report	Maris 40', 44'	Stadium: Stonebridge Road Attendance: 414

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) Friendly	Dagenham & Redbridge	0–2	Cambridge United	Dagenham
19:45 BST		Report	Azeez 10', 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Chigwell Construction Stadium

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Friendly	Bishop's Stortford	0-1	Cambridge United	Bishop's Stortford
15:00 BST				Stadium: ProKit UK Stadium

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Friendly	Newmarket Town	1-6	Cambridge United	Newmarket
15:00 BST				Stadium: Cricket Field

League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Notts County	12	3	3	6	16	26	−10	12
21	Grimsby Town	12	3	2	7	9	18	−9	11
22	Cheltenham Town	12	2	3	7	9	18	−9	9
23	Cambridge United	13	2	2	9	11	26	−15	8	Relegation to the National League
24	Macclesfield Town	13	0	4	9	11	24	−13	4	Relegation to the National League

Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results ^[16]

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
12	2	2	8	11	25	−14	8	1	1	4	6	11	−5	1	1	4	5	14	−9

Last updated: 6 October 2018.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L
Position	22	15	17	19	21	17	19	19	19	20	23	23	23

Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[17]^[18]

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Port Vale	3–0	Cambridge United	Burslem
15:00 BST	Miller 45+2' Pope 47' (pen.), 69'	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,559 Referee: Trevor Kettle

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Cambridge United	3–2	Notts County	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Azeez 46', 61' Corr 90+1'	Report	Boldewijn 29' Duffy 78'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,372 Referee: Andy Haines

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3	Northampton Town	2–2	Cambridge United	Northampton
15:00 BST	van Veen 58', 76'	Report	Maris 70' Deegan 86'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,047 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 4	Cambridge United	0–2	Exeter City	Cambridge
19:45 BST		Report	Forte 8' Stockley 14'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,662 Referee: Craig Hicks

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Cambridge United	0–1	Cheltenham Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST		Report	Jones 66'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,660 Referee: Matt Donohue

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Stevenage	0–1	Cambridge United	Stevenage
15:00 BST		Report	Amoo 17'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,998 Referee: Paul Marsden

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) 7	Cambridge United	1–2	Carlisle United	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Brown 23'	Report	Bennett 43' Nadesan 69'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,234 Referee: Ollie Yates

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8	Colchester United	3–0	Cambridge United	Colchester
15:00 BST	Szmodics 23' Nouble 35' Senior 80'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,108 Referee: Lee Swabey

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Cambridge United	1–1	Mansfield Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Maris 88'	Report	Rose 26'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,909 Referee: Nick Kinseley

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Newport County	4–2	Cambridge United	Newport
15:00 BST	Demetriou 45+1' (pen.) Amond 49' Matt 60', 63'	Report	Lambe 4', 21'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,104 Referee: Brett Huxtable

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11	Cambridge United	1–3	Forest Green Rovers	Cambridge
19:45 BST	Brown 21' Carroll 76'	Report	Digby 34' Grubb 55' Worthington 88'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,059 Referee: Charles Breakspear

6 October 2018 12	Crawley Town	2–0	Cambridge United	Crawley
15:00 BST	Payne 26' Gambin 71' Palmer 77'	Report	Lambe 26' Maris 64'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,151 Referee: Gavin Ward

EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.^[19]

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Cambridge United	1–4	Newport County	Cambridge
19:45 BST	Azeez 90' (pen.)	Report	Amond 18', 22' Matt 49' Semenyo 86'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,618 Referee: Andy Davies

EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.^[20]

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Cambridge United	2	1	1	5	3	+2	3	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Southend United	2	1	1	3	3	0	3	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Colchester United	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
4	ACA	Southampton U21	2	1	1	2	4	−2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 11 October 2018. Source: EFL.com

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04) Group stages	Southend United	3–1	Cambridge United	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST	McCoulsky 55', 64' Hutchinson 87'	Report	Lambe 53'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 1,421 Referee: Gavin Ward

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Group stages	Cambridge United	4–0	Southampton U21	Cambridge
19:00 BST	Azeez 16' (pen.), 37', 88' Brown 50'	Report		Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 469

References

↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "Cambridge sign Sutton defender John". BBC. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
↑ "Cambridge sign free agent forward Lambe". BBC. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
↑ "Taft makes permanent Cambridge move". BBC. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
1 2 "Cambridge United: David Forde to say while Barry Corr in contract talks". BBC. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
↑ "Medy Elito signs for Barnet FC". Barnet F.C. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
↑ "Hearts to sign Ikpeazu from Cambridge". BBC. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
↑ "Port Vale sign Legge from Cambridge". BBC. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
↑ "Accrington re-sign midfielder Mingoia". BBC. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
↑ "Clarets sign goalkeeper and striker". Chelmsford City F.C. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
↑ "St Neots turn to their Iron man again and also snap up new defender". The Hunts Post. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
↑ "Lee Watkins Joins Mildenhall On Loan". Cambridge United F.C. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
↑ "Striker Signs". Kettering Town F.C. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
↑ "New Signing". Needham Market F.C. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
↑ "Cambridge United Announce 2018/19 Pre-Season Fixture List". Cambridge United F.C. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
↑ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
↑ "EFL fixtures for 2018-19 in full". BBC. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
↑ "Cambridge United Scores & Fixtures". BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
↑ "Lampard's Derby at Oldham in Carabao Cup". BBC. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
↑ "Checkatrade Trophy: Round One Draw information". English Football League. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

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[1] "History". Statto.

[2] "Cambridge sign Sutton defender John". BBC. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

[3] "Cambridge sign free agent forward Lambe". BBC. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[4] "Taft makes permanent Cambridge move". BBC. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[Two_released-5] 1 2 "Cambridge United: David Forde to say while Barry Corr in contract talks". BBC. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[6] "Medy Elito signs for Barnet FC". Barnet F.C. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[7] "Hearts to sign Ikpeazu from Cambridge". BBC. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

[8] "Port Vale sign Legge from Cambridge". BBC. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

[9] "Accrington re-sign midfielder Mingoia". BBC. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

[10] "Clarets sign goalkeeper and striker". Chelmsford City F.C. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[11] "St Neots turn to their Iron man again and also snap up new defender". The Hunts Post. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

[12] "Lee Watkins Joins Mildenhall On Loan". Cambridge United F.C. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[13] "Striker Signs". Kettering Town F.C. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[14] "New Signing". Needham Market F.C. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

[15] "Cambridge United Announce 2018/19 Pre-Season Fixture List". Cambridge United F.C. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[EFL_Regulations-16] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[17] "EFL fixtures for 2018-19 in full". BBC. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

[18] "Cambridge United Scores & Fixtures". BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

[19] "Lampard's Derby at Oldham in Carabao Cup". BBC. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

[20] "Checkatrade Trophy: Round One Draw information". English Football League. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

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