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Accrington Stanley
2015–16 season
ChairmanPeter Marsden
ManagerJohn Coleman
StadiumCrown Ground
League Two4th
(Qualification for League 2 Play-offs)
FA CupSecond round
(knocked out by Portsmouth)
League CupFirst round
(knocked out by Hull City)
League TrophyFirst round
(knocked out by Bury)

The 2015–16 season was Accrington Stanley's tenth consecutive season in League Two and their 47th year in existence.[1] Along with 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.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CB England Tom Davies Fleetwood Town Free transfer [2]
1 July 2015 GK England Ross Etheridge Derby County Free transfer [3]
1 July 2015 CF Northern Ireland Billy Kee Scunthorpe United Free transfer [4]
1 July 2015 RM England Sean McConville Chester Undisclosed [5]
1 July 2015 GK Northern Ireland Jason Mooney York City Free transfer [6]
1 July 2015 CF England Adam Morgan Yeovil Town Free transfer [7]
1 July 2015 MF England Matty Pearson FC Halifax Town Free transfer [8]
3 July 2015 AM England Anthony Barry Forest Green Rovers Free transfer [9]
7 August 2015 CB England Liam Wakefield Doncaster Rovers Free transfer [10]
14 August 2015 MF England Jack Phillips Prescot Cables Free Transfer [11]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CB England Rob Atkinson Guiseley [a] Released [13]
1 July 2015 CF England George Bowerman Altrincham [b] Released [15]
1 July 2015 CF Northern Ireland James Gray Wrexham [c] Free transfer [17]
1 July 2015 RB England Nicky Hunt Mansfield Town [d] Free transfer [13]
1 July 2015 ST England James Jenkins Free Agent Released [15]
1 July 2015 DM England Luke Joyce Carlisle United Free transfer [19]
1 July 2015 LB Republic of Ireland Michael Liddle Free Agent Released [15]
1 July 2015 RW Scotland Kal Naismith Portsmouth Undisclosed [20]
1 July 2015 GK Trinidad and Tobago Tony Warner Retired — [15]
1 July 2015 CM England Danny Whitehead Macclesfield Town [e] Free transfer [15]
  1. ^ Following Atkinson's release he joined Guiseley.[12]
  2. ^ Following Bowerman's release he joined Altrincham.[14]
  3. ^ Following Gray's release he joined Wrexham.[16]
  4. ^ Following Hunt's release he joined Mansfield Town.[18]
  5. ^ Following Whitehead's release he joined Macclesfield Town.[21]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
9 July 2015 CB Wales Joe Wright Huddersfield Town 2 January 2016 [22]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
11 September 2015 CF England Max Hazeldine Stockport County 9 October 2015 [23]
22 September 2015 MF England Kealan Steenson Clitheroe 24 October 2015 [24]

Pre-season friendlies

On 15 May 2015, Accrington Stanley announced their first pre-season friendly against Blackburn Rovers.[25] On 19 May 2015, Accrington Stanley announced they will visit Nelson as part of their pre-season schedule.[26] On 24 May 2015, it was announced Accrington Stanley would visit Colne on 8 July 2015 as part of their pre-season preparations.[27] On 28 May 2015, the club announced their fourth pre-season friendly against AFC Darwen.[28] A day later the club announced Rochdale will visit on 28 July 2015.[29] On 30 May 2015, Accrington Stanley announced they will face Marine on 25 July 2015.[30] A friendly against Burnley was announced on 12 June 2015.[31] On 25 June 2015, Accrington Stanley added a home friendly against Blackpool for pre-season.[32] On 4 July 2015, Stanley announced a pre-season fixture against Scarborough Athletic.

Match details

Football League Two

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Two
Football League Two match details
Date League
position 		Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
8 August 2015 10th Luton Town H D 1–1 Windass 61' pen. 2,359 [33]
15 August 2015 18th Morecambe A L 0–1 1,865 [34]
18 August 2015 12th Mansfield Town H W 1–0 McConville 33' 1,073 [35]
22 August 2015 13th Notts County A D 1–1 Crooks 90' 3,825 [36]
29 August 2015 15th Northampton Town H D 1–1 Windass 55' pen. 1,526 [37]
5 September 2015 15th Portsmouth A D 0–0 15,745 [38]
12 September 2015 10th Bristol Rovers A W 1–0 Kee 68' 6,351 [39]
19 September 2015 6th Exeter City H W 4–2 Windass (2) 33', 34', Mingoia 61', Kee 63' 1,403 [40]
26 September 2015 5th Crawley Town A W 3–0 Windass 45' pen., Crooks 45+3', Kee 89' 1,659 [41]
29 September 2015 4th Yeovil Town H W 2–1 Windass 8', Crooks 54' 1,309 [42]
3 October 2015 7th Oxford United H L 1–3 Crooks 70' 1,755 [43]
10 October 2015 5th Barnet A W 2–1 Togwell 23' o.g., McConville 62' 2,229 [44]
17 October 2015 6th Plymouth Argyle A L 0–1 7,865 [45]
20 October 2015 8th AFC Wimbledon H L 3–4 Kee (2) 5', 10', McConville 36' 1,315 [46]
24 October 2015 7th Dagenham & Redbridge H W 3–1 Conneely 2', Pearson 45+3', Windass 49' 1,104 [47]
31 October 2015 4th Leyton Orient A W 1–0 Windass 25' 4,701 [48]
14 November 2015 4th Newport County H D 2–2 Kee 58', Crooks 77' 1,552 [49]
21 November 2015 4th Cambridge United A W 3–2 McConville 29', Davies 48', Windass 53' pen. 5,107 [50]
28 November 2015 4th York City A W 5–1 Pearson 15', Kee (2) 33', 72', Windass 61' pen., McCartan 88' 2,825 [51]
19 December 2015 6th Stevenage A D 1–1 Kee 85' pen. 2,818 [52]
28 December 2015 8th Northampton Town A L 0–1 5,269 [53]
2 January 2016 7th Mansfield Town A W 3–2 Mingoia 4', Kee 72', Gornell 85' 3,271 [54]
19 January 2016 6th Hartlepool United H W 3–1 Buxton 23', McCartan (2) 45+1', 58' 1,211 [55]
23 January 2016 6th Exeter City A L 1–2 McCartan 3' 3,669 [56]
30 January 2016 5th Bristol Rovers H W 1–0 McConville 69' 2,027 [57]
6 February 2016 8th Carlisle United A L 0–2 4,709 [58]
13 February 2016 6th Crawley Town H W 4–1 Kee 48', Pearson 73', Conneely 87', Mingoia 90+1' 1,374 [59]
16 February 2016 4th Carlisle United H D 1–1 Gornell 58' 2,080 [60]
20 February 2016 4th Oxford United A W 2–1 Kee 46', Brown 88' 6,792 [61]
23 February 2016 4th Notts County H W 3–2 Kee 14', Boco (2) 21', 51' 1,215 [62]
27 February 2016 4th Barnet H D 2–2 Kee 57', Crooks 74' 1,416 [63]
1 March 2016 4th Yeovil Town A L 0–1 3,207 [64]
5 March 2016 4th AFC Wimbledon A D 0–0 3,627 [65]
8 March 2016 6th Portsmouth H L 1–3 McCartan 83' 1,841 [66]
12 March 2016 5th Plymouth Argyle H W 2–1 Kee 85' pen., McCartan 90+3' 2,044 [67]
16 March 2016 5th Wycombe Wanderers H D 1–1 McCartan 45+2' 1,403 [68]
19 March 2016 5th Dagenham & Redbridge A W 1–0 Kee 83' 1,345 [69]
25 March 2016 5th Leyton Orient H W 1–0 Brown 51' 2,783 [70]
28 March 2016 4th Newport County A W 2–0 Kee 35', Windass 37' 2,218 [71]
2 April 2016 4th Cambridge United H D 1–1 Fosu 77' 2,185 [72]
9 April 2016 3rd Luton Town A W 2–0 Brown 47', Gornell 84' 7,467 [73]
16 April 2016 4th Morecambe H D 2–2 Windass (2) 21', 48' pen. 2,609 [74]
19 April 2016 2nd Hartlepool United A W 2–1 Conneelly 3', Fosu 45+1' 3,445 [75]
23 April 2016 2nd York City H W 3–0 Fosu 35', Windass (2) 69', 90+2' 2,222 [76]
30 April 2016 2nd Wycombe Wanderers A W 1–0 Hughes 78' 4,041 [77]
7 May 2016 4th Stevenage H D 0–0 4,386 [78]

League table

Template:2015–16 Football League Two table

Football League Two Play-offs

Main article: 2016 Football League play-offs
Play-off match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
Semi-final 1st leg 14 May 2016 AFC Wimbledon A L 0–1 4,870 [79]
Semi-final 2nd leg 18 May 2016 AFC Wimbledon H D 2–2 Windass 39', Mingoia 59' 4,694 [80]

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup
FA Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
First round 7 November 2015 York City H W 3–2 McConville 29', Crooks 36', Windass 48' pen. 1,475 [81]
Second round 5 December 2015 Portsmouth A L 0–1 9,258 [82]

League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup
League Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
First round 11 August 2015 Hull City H D 2–2
a.e.t.
3–4 pens.		 Crooks 105', Gornell 115' 2,118 [83]

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Trophy
Football League Trophy match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
First round 1 September 2015 Bury H L 1–2 Bruna 83' 1,344 [84]

Appearances and goals

Source:[85]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club with Accrington Stanley.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Players contracted for the 2015–16 season
No. Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
1 GK  ENG Ross Etheridge 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 0 0 1
2 DF  ENG Matty Pearson 44 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 48 3 9 0
3 DF  ENG Dean Winnard 14 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16 (1) 0 5 0
4 MF  ENG Anthony Barry 2 (6) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 (6) 0 0 0
5 DF  ENG Tom Davies 29 (1) 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 33 (1) 1 8 1
6 MF  ENG Andrew Procter 1 (10) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 1 (11) 0 1 0
7 MF  ENG  ITA Piero Mingoia 44 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 48 3 2 0
8 MF  ENG Josh Windass 28 15 2 1 1 0 0 0 31 16 3 0
9 FW  ENG Adam Morgan † 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 (2) 0 0 0
9 FW  NIR Andy Little * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW  ENG Terry Gornell 8 (11) 3 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 1 0 0 8 (14) 4 3 0
11 MF  ENG Sean McConville 40 (2) 5 2 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 43 (3) 5 4 0
12 MF  ENG Liam Wakefield 7 (5) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 (5) 0 1 0
14 MF  ENG Matt Crooks 32 6 2 1 1 1 0 0 35 8 12 0
15 DF  WAL Joe Wright * 19 (1) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 (1) 0 3 0
16 DF  ENG Keenan Quansah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW  NIR Shay McCartan 10 (15) 7 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 10 (16) 7 2 1
18 MF  ENG Jack Phillips † 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
18 MF  ENG Scott Brown 8 (4) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 (4) 3 0 0
19 FW  ENG Marcus Carver 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0
20 MF  ENG Max Hazeldine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF  ARG Gerardo Bruna † 0 (3) 0 0 0 1 0 0 (1) 1 1 (4) 1 0 0
22 DF  ENG Adam Buxton 23 (4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 (4) 1 5 1
23 MF  ENG Kealan Steenson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF  ENG Mark Hughes 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2 0
25 DF  ENG Liam Goulding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF  BEN Romuald Boco 6 (5) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 (5) 2 0 0
28 DF  IRL Séamus Conneely 44 3 1 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 46 (1) 3 4 0
29 FW  ENG Billy Kee 37 (6) 17 2 0 1 0 1 0 41 (6) 17 6 0
30 MF  ENG Tarique Fosu * 2 (4) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 (4) 3 1 0
33 GK  NIR Jason Mooney 25 (1) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 28 (1) 0 4 1
34 DF  ENG Brad Halliday * 29 (1) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 (1) 0 5 0
39 FW  WAL Kaid Mohamed † 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 0 0 0
39 FW  ENG Brayden Shaw 0 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (4) 0 1 0

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