James Roberts (footballer, born 1996)

James Anthony Roberts (born 21 June 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Oxford City.

James Roberts
Roberts playing for Oxford United in 2014
Personal information
Full name James Anthony Roberts[1]
Date of birth (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996[2]
Place of birth Stoke Mandeville, England
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Oxford City
Youth career
0000–2012 Wycombe Wanderers
2012–2014 Oxford United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Oxford United 30 (3)
2015 → Chester (loan) 6 (1)
2016 → Oxford City (loan) 4 (0)
2016 → Barnet (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2017 → Oxford City (loan) 15 (2)
2017 → Stalybridge Celtic (loan) 14 (1)
2017–2018 → Guiseley (loan) 18 (3)
2018 Halesowen Town 10 (6)
2018–2019 Hereford 19 (5)
2019 → Alvechurch (loan) 7 (5)
2019–2020 Spennymoor Town 32 (10)
2020– Oxford City 15 (12)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:42, 6 2021 (UTC)

Career

Roberts made his first team debut for Oxford United as a substitute in a 5–1 away defeat on 11 October 2014 against Cambridge United at Abbey Stadium.[3] He made his first senior start, and scored his first two goals, in a first-round FA Cup win over Grimsby Town on 8 November 2014.[4] He was rewarded with his first league start the following week at York City, where his debut league goal won the game for Oxford.[5] He scored 5 goals in total in his inaugural season but, after not featuring in the opening 10 games of the following season, he was loaned to Chester for a month on 29 September 2015.[6] Roberts joined Oxford City on loan in January 2016, and then Barnet the following month.[7] Roberts joined Oxford City on loan for a second time in September 2016.[8] In February 2017 he joined Stalybridge Celtic on loan for the rest of the season.[9] Roberts joined Guiseley on a month's loan on 15 December 2017,[10] later extended until the end of the 2017–18 season.[11] At the end of the season, he was released by Oxford.[12]

After a short spell with Halesowen Town, Roberts joined Hereford on 24 October 2018.[13] On 28 March 2019, he was loaned out to Alvechurch until the end of the season.[14]

Having been released by Hereford, on 17 June 2019 Roberts joined Spennymoor Town.[15] The following season, he joined Oxford City.[16]

Career statistics
As of match played 6 October 2020.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oxford United 2014–15[17] League Two 253120000265
2015–16[18] 4000000040
2016–17[19] League One 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2017–18[20] 1000002[lower-alpha 1]030
Total 303120030345
Chester (loan) 2015–16[18] National League 61––0061
Oxford City (loan) 2015–16 National League South 40––1050
Barnet (loan) 2015–16[18] League Two 20––0020
Oxford City (loan) 2016–17 National League South 152––00152
Stalybridge Celtic (loan) 2016–17 National League North 141––00141
Guiseley (loan) 2017–18 National League 183––10193
Halesowen Town 2018–19 SFL Premier Division Central 106––00106
Hereford 2018–19 National League North 195––20215
Alvechurch (loan) 2018–19[21] SFL Premier Division Central 75––2[lower-alpha 2]196
Spennymoor Town 2019–20 National League North 321031–103611
Oxford City 2020–21 National League South 1610–0020
Career total 15836530010117340
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearances in Southern League play-offs

References
  1. James Roberts at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. "James Roberts". Oxford United F.C. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. "Cambridge United 5–1 Oxford United". BBC Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  4. "Grimsby 1–3 Oxford Utd". BBC Sport. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  5. "York City 0–1 Oxford Utd". BBC Sport. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  6. Pritchard, David (29 September 2015). "James Roberts to be loaned out by Oxford United". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  7. "James Roberts joins the Bees!". Barnet F.C. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  8. Pritchard, David (6 September 2016). "Oxford United loan James Roberts, Josh Ashby and Jonny Giles to Oxford City". Oxford Times. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  9. "Oxford United striker James Roberts joins Stalybridge Celtic on loan". Oxford Mail. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  10. "James Roberts Joins Guiseley On Loan". Oxford United F.C. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  11. "Roberts Loan Extended". Oxford United F.C. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  12. Oxford United Announce Retained List
  13. Griffiths, Jamie (24 October 2018). "Roberts and O'Sullivan Join The Bulls". Hereford F.C. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  14. Roberts Joins Alvechurch On Loan, herefordfc.co.uk, 28 March 2019
  15. Goddard, Ben (17 June 2019). "James Roberts signs for Spennymoor Town". Hereford Times. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  16. Roberts, James (16 June 2020). "Ex-Oxford United striker James Roberts re-joins Oxford City". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  17. "Games played by James Roberts in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  18. "Games played by James Roberts in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  19. "Games played by James Roberts in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  20. "Games played by James Roberts in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
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