[5] He finished off his loan spells with two separate stints with Oxford United, where his impressive form played a significant part in the club avoiding relegation,[6] and joined them on a permanent basis in 2000 without ever having appeared in a competitive match for Derby.
[7] Nevertheless, at the end of the season, with the club bottom of Division Two, he won Oxford United's supporters' player of the year award.
He lost his place again to the newly arrived Ian McCaldon, had a spell on loan at Colchester United, and was released at the end of the 2001–02 season.
[12] In 2014, Knight turned out for Stamford and spent a few weeks with Cambridge City as goalkeeping cover[13] before joining Kettering Town in November 2014.
[15][16] After a single season with the Poppies, he rejoined Stamford, for whom he played 29 matches and won six man-of-the-match awards, before leaving the club in December 2015 due to work commitments.