2015–16 Football League One
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Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | Wigan Athletic (3rd divisional title) |
Promoted | Wigan Athletic Burton Albion Barnsley |
Relegated | Blackpool Doncaster Rovers Colchester United Crewe Alexandra |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1457 (2.64 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Will Grigg (25 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Jon McLaughlin (21 clean sheets) |
Biggest home win | Chesterfield 7–1 Shrewsbury Town (2 Jan) Coventry City 6–0 Bury (13 Feb) Scunthorpe United 6-0 Swindon Town(28 Mar) |
Biggest away win | Crewe Alexandra 0–5 Coventry City (2 Jan) |
Longest winning run | Barnsley (7 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Wigan Athletic (20 matches) |
Longest winless run | Colchester United (19 matches) |
Longest losing run | Colchester United (9 matches) |
Highest attendance | 24,777[1] Sheffield United 3–1 Bradford City (28 December 2015) |
Lowest attendance | 1,767[2] Rochdale 1–0 Fleetwood Town (23 February 2016) |
← 2014–15
2016–17 →
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The 2015–16 Football League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 23rd season under its current league division format. The season began on 8 August 2015, and concluded on 8 May 2016.[3]
Contents
Changes from last season
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.
To League OnePromoted from League Two Relegated from Championship |
From League OneRelegated to League Two Promoted to Championship |
Team overview
Stadia and locations
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Blackpool | Lee Clark | Resigned | 9 May 2015[5] | Pre-season | Neil McDonald | 2 June 2015[6] |
Chesterfield | Paul Cook | Signed by Portsmouth | 12 May 2015[7] | Dean Saunders | 13 May 2015[8] | |
Sheffield United | Nigel Clough | Sacked | 25 May 2015[9] | Nigel Adkins | 2 June 2015[10] | |
Peterborough United | Dave Robertson | 6 September 2015[11] | 20th | Graham Westley | 21 September 2015[12] | |
Doncaster Rovers | Paul Dickov | 8 September 2015[13] | 17th | Rob Jones (interim) | 8 September 2015[14] | |
Oldham Athletic | Darren Kelly | 12 September 2015[15] | 19th | David Dunn (interim) | 13 September 2015[15] | |
Oldham Athletic | David Dunn (interim) | Change of contract | 7 October 2015[16] | 18th | David Dunn | 7 October 2015[16] |
Doncaster Rovers | Rob Jones | End of interim | 16 October 2015 | 20th | Darren Ferguson | 16 October 2015[17] |
Chesterfield | Dean Saunders | Sacked | 28 November 2015 | 16th | Danny Wilson | 24 December 2015[18] |
Walsall | Dean Smith | Signed by Brentford | 30 November 2015 | 4th | John Ward (interim) | 30 November 2015[19] |
Burton Albion | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Signed by QPR | 4 December 2015[20] | 1st | Nigel Clough | 5 December 2015[21] |
Walsall | John Ward (interim) | End of interim | 18 December 2015 | 3rd | Sean O'Driscoll | 18 December 2015[22] |
Oldham Athletic | David Dunn | Sacked | 12 January 2016 | 22nd | John Sheridan | 13 January 2016[23] |
Scunthorpe United | Mark Robins|rowspan="2"|sacked|16 January 2016|flagicon|SCO}} Graham Alexander| | |||||
Barnsley | Lee Johnson | Signed by Bristol City | 6 February 2016[24] | 12th | Paul Heckingbottom (caretaker) | 12 February 2016 |
Walsall | Sean O'Driscoll | Sacked | 6 March 2016[25] | 4th | John Whitney (interim) | 7 March 2016[26] |
Peterborough United | Graham Westley | 23 April 2016[27] | 14th |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Wigan Athletic (C, P) | 46 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 82 | 45 | +37 | 87 | Promotion to Football League Championship |
2 | Burton Albion (P) | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 85 | |
3 | Walsall | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 84 | Qualification for League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1] |
4 | Millwall | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 81 | |
5 | Bradford City | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 80 | |
6 | Barnsley (O, P) | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 74 | |
7 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 74 | |
8 | Coventry City | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 69 | |
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 | |
14 | Bury | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 60 | |
15 | Southend United | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 59 | |
16 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 71 | −7 | 59 | |
17 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 54 | |
18 | Chesterfield | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 53 | |
19 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 51 | |
20 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 58 | 79 | −21 | 50 | |
21 | Doncaster Rovers (R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 46 | Relegation to Football League Two |
22 | Blackpool (R) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 46 | |
23 | Colchester United (R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 57 | 99 | −42 | 40 | |
24 | Crewe Alexandra (R) | 46 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 46 | 83 | −37 | 34 |
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
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.
Play-offs
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Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
3 | Walsall | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
6 | Barnsley | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
6 | Barnsley | 3 | ||||||||
4 | Millwall | 1 | ||||||||
4 | Millwall | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
5 | Bradford City | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Results
Home ╲ Away | BAR | BLP | BRA | BRT | BRY | CHF | COL | COV | CRE | DON | FLE | GIL | MIL | OLD | PET | PTV | ROC | SCU | SHU | SHR | STD | SWI | WAL | WIG |
Barnsley | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
Blackpool | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | |
Bradford City | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
Burton Albion | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
Bury | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | |
Chesterfield | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | |
Colchester United | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 3–3 | |
Coventry City | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
Crewe Alexandra | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Doncaster Rovers | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
Fleetwood Town | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |
Gillingham | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
Millwall | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
Oldham Athletic | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Peterborough United | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
Port Vale | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 3–2 | |
Rochdale | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
Scunthorpe United | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
Sheffield United | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |
Shrewsbury Town | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | |
Southend United | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
Swindon Town | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | |
Walsall | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
Wigan Athletic | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Updated to games played on 7 May 2016.
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
- As of 29 May 2016
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[28] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Will Grigg | Wigan Athletic | 25 |
2 | Nicky Ajose | Swindon Town | 24 |
3 | Sam Winnall | Barnsley | 23 |
4 | Billy Sharp | Sheffield United | 21 |
5 | Paddy Madden | Scunthorpe United | 20 |
Adam Armstrong | Coventry City | ||
Lee Gregory | Millwall | ||
8 | Tom Bradshaw | Walsall | 17 |
9 | Steve Morison | Millwall | 16 |
10 | Leon Clarke | Bury | 15 |
Monthly Awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Dean Smith | Walsall | Adam Armstrong | Coventry City | [29][30] |
September | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Burton Albion | Peter Vincenti | Rochdale | [31][32] |
October | Mark Robins | Scunthorpe United | Aiden O'Brien | Millwall | [33][34] |
November | Graham Westley | Peterborough United | Jacob Murphy | Coventry City | [35][36] |
December | Nigel Adkins | Sheffield United | Andy Williams | Doncaster Rovers | [37][38] |
January | Lee Johnson | Barnsley | Sam Winnall | Barnsley | [39][40] |
February | Gary Caldwell | Wigan Athletic | Jordan Archer | Millwall | [41][42] |
March | Paul Heckingbottom | Barnsley | Sullay Kaikai | Shrewsbury Town | [43][44] |
April | Graham Alexander | Scunthorpe United | Will Grigg | Wigan Athletic | [45][46] |
References
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