2015–16 Sheffield United F.C. season

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Sheffield United
2015–16 season
Chairman David Green
Manager Nigel Adkins
Stadium Bramall Lane
League One 11th
FA Cup Third Round Proper
(eliminated by Manchester United)
League Cup Second Round
(eliminated by Fulham)
FL Trophy Northern Area Quarter Finals
(eliminated by Fleetwood Town)
← 2014–15

The 2015–16 season was Sheffield United's 127th season in their history and their fifth consecutive season in League One.[1] Along with League One, the club also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Season overview

Pre-season

Following another failed play-off campaign, manager Nigel Clough was sacked with the club board stating "A change in direction was necessary for the forthcoming season."[2] After having an enquiry about Bradford City's Phil Parkinson to succeed Clough,[3] on 2 June Nigel Adkins was installed as Sheffield United's new manager.[4] On 13 July, Diego De Girolamo signed a new two-year contract with the Blades, having initially rejecting a new offer.[5] The following day, United announced the signing of Martyn Woolford on a free-transfer with him committing to Bramall Lane on a two-year deal.[6]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
14 July 2015 LW England Martyn Woolford England Millwall Free transfer [6]
25 July 2015 CF England Billy Sharp England Leeds United Undisclosed [7]
26 August 2015 DF England Jake Phillips Wales Llandudno [8]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CB England Sam Berry England Alfreton Town [lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [10]
1 July 2015 CM England Ben Davies England Portsmouth [lower-alpha 2] Free transfer [10]
1 July 2015 CM Republic of Ireland Michael Doyle England Portsmouth [lower-alpha 3] Free transfer [10]
1 July 2015 MF England Jason Paling Alfreton Town Free transfer [10][13]
1 July 2015 MF England Kyle Scarisbrick Free Agent Released [10]
1 July 2015 GK Scotland Iain Turner England Tranmere Rovers [lower-alpha 4] Released [10]
14 August 2015 CF Scotland Jamie Murphy England Brighton & Hove Albion £1,500,000 [15][16]
11 March 2016 CB Scotland Neill Collins United States Tampa Bay Rowdies Released [17]
  1. ↑ Following Berry's release he joined Alfreton Town.[9]
  2. ↑ Following Davies' release he joined Portsmouth.[11]
  3. ↑ Following Doyle's release he joined Portsmouth.[12]
  4. ↑ Following Turner's release he joined Tranmere Rovers.[14]

Total income: Increase £1,500,000

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
25 July 2015 CF Republic of Ireland Conor Sammon England Derby County End of season [7]
10 August 2015 CB Canada David Edgar England Birmingham City End of season [18]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
7 August 2015 AM England Dominic Calvert-Lewin England Northampton Town January 2016 [19]
29 August 2015 AM England David Brooks England FC Halifax Town 27 September 2015 [20]
29 August 2015 RW England CJ Hamilton England FC Halifax Town 27 September 2015 [20]
3 September 2015 GK England George Willis England Matlock Town 3 October 2015 [21]
11 September 2015 DF England Julian Banton England FC Halifax Town 10 October 2015 [22]
23 September 2015 CF England Michael Higdon England Oldham Athletic 19 December 2015 [23]

Contracts

New contracts and contract extensions.

Player Date Length Contracted until Ref.
Italy Diego De Girolamo 13 July 2015 2 Year Summer 2017 [5]
Myanmar Kler Heh July 2015  ?  ? [24]
England Louis Reed 24 July 2015 3 Year Summer 2018 [25]
England Che Adams 25 August 2015 3 Year Summer 2018 [26]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 4 June 2015, Sheffield United announce they will play Newcastle United for Chris Morgan's testimonial.[27] On 9 June 2015, a confirmed list of the club's pre-season schedule was released.[28]

League One

League table

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Gillingham 46 19 12 15 71 56 +15 69
10 Rochdale 46 19 12 15 68 61 +7 69
11 Sheffield United 46 18 12 16 64 59 +5 66
12 Port Vale 46 18 11 17 56 58 −2 65
13 Peterborough United 46 19 6 21 82 73 +9 63
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results by matchday

Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground A H A H A H H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H H A A H A H A A H A H A H A H A H H A A H A H
Result L W W W W L L D W D L W D W L L D D L D W W W L D W D D L W L W L L D W L W L W D W W D L L
Position 24 12 7 4 2 5 5 7 6 6 7 6 6 5 6 8 8 11 12 12 11 9 8 8 7 7 8 7 10 8 9 7 10 12 11 11 12 11 13 8 10 9 8 9 10 11

Last updated: 13 May 2016.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

FA Cup

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Sheffield United were drawn away against Morecambe.[29] In the second round, the Blades were drawn away to Fulham.[30]

Football League Trophy

On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott.[31] In the second round draw, made on 5 September 2015, the Blades were drawn at home to Notts County.[32]

References

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