2015–16 Torquay United F.C. season

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Torquay United
2015–16 season
Chairman David Phillips
Player-manager Paul Cox
(until 18 September 2015)[1]
Kevin Nicholson
(from 28 September 2015)[2]
Stadium Plainmoor
FA Cup Qualifying-4th round
knocked out by Basingstoke Town
Top goalscorer Tyrone Marsh 7
Highest home attendance 2,066 v Macclesfield Town
Lowest home attendance 1,210 v Dover Athletic

The 2015–16 season is Torquay United's 117th season of existence and their second consecutive season in the National League.[3] Along with competing in the National League, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and FA 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 RB England James Hurst Hednesford Town Free transfer [4]
1 July 2015 CF England Tyrone Marsh Ebbsfleet United Free transfer [5]
2 July 2015 LB England Dan Butler Portsmouth Free transfer [6]
11 July 2015 CF England Waide Fairhurst Macclesfield Town Free transfer [7]
11 July 2015 AM Zimbabwe Shepherd Murombedzi Reading Free transfer [8]
17 July 2015 CB England Exodus Geohaghon Whitehawk Free transfer [9]
23 July 2015 CF England Bayan Fenwick Peacehaven & Telscombe Free transfer [10]
31 July 2015 GK Germany Fabian Spiess Notts County Free transfer [11]
5 August 2015 CF England Alex Fisher Mansfield Town Free transfer [12]
7 August 2015 CF England Malachi Lavelle-Moore Macclesfield Town Free transfer [13]
7 August 2015 CB England Jamie Richards Plymouth Argyle Free transfer [13]
18 August 2015 CM England Simon Heslop Mansfield Town Free transfer [14]
18 September 2015 CM England Fergus Bell Yeovil Town Free transfer [15]
22 September 2015 RB England Durrell Berry Cheltenham Town Free transfer [16]
17 February 2016 CF England Goldy Capela East Grinstead Town Free transfer [17]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CF England Elliot Benyon Free Agent Released [18]
1 July 2015 LM England Courtney Cameron Southport Released [18][lower-alpha 1]
1 July 2015 CB England Thomas Cruise Free Agent Released [18]
1 July 2015 CB Australia Aaron Downes Cheltenham Town Released [18][lower-alpha 2]
1 July 2015 CF England Duane Ofori-Acheampong Dover Athletic Released [18][lower-alpha 3]
1 July 2015 CM England Mickey Parcell Free Agent Released [18]
1 July 2015 CB England Krystian Pearce Mansfield Town Released [18][lower-alpha 4]
1 July 2015 GK England Martin Rice Truro City Released [18][lower-alpha 5]
1 July 2015 RB England Dale Tonge Chester Released [18][lower-alpha 6]
2 July 2015 CF England Jordan Chapell Chester Free transfer [25]
3 July 2015 CM England Aaron Dawson Truro City Free transfer [23]
17 July 2015 CF England Ryan Bowman Gateshead Undisclosed [26]
17 July 2015 DF Northern Ireland Levi Ives Bristol City Undisclosed [26]
9 September 2015 CM England Toby Ajala Dover Athletic Free transfer [27]
10 September 2015 CB England Jamie Richards Truro City Free transfer [28]
23 September 2015 CF England Malachi Lavelle-Moore Free Agent Released [29]
6 January 2016 GK England Dan Lavercombe Wigan Undisclosed [30]
6 January 2016 FW England Tyrone Marsh Dover Undisclosed [31]
  1. Following Cameron's release he joined Southport.[19]
  2. Following Downes' release he joined Cheltenham Town.[20]
  3. Following Ofori-Acheampong's release he joined Dover Athletic.[21]
  4. Following Pearce's release he joined Mansfield Town.[22]
  5. Following Rice's release he joined Truro City.[23]
  6. Following Tonge's release he joined Chester.[24]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
27 July 2015 DF England Nathan Smith Port Vale 19 October 2015 [32]
7 August 2015 MF Scotland Josh Carmichael Bournemouth 4 September 2015 [33]
7 August 2015 CF England Joe Quigley Bournemouth 23 September 2015 [33]
22 September 2015 CB England Harry Hickford Milton Keynes Dons 24 October 2015 [34]
6 January 2016 GK England Dan Lavercombe Wigan End of season [30]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
20 August 2015 CF England Ashley Yeoman Truro City 19 September 2015 [35]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 14 May 2015, Torquay United had reached an agreement with Tiverton Town for a pre-season friendly on 15 July 2015.[36] On 20 May 2015, Torquay United announced their second pre-season friendly against Exeter City.[37] On 9 June 2015, two more friendlies were confirmed against Truro City[38] and Yeovil Town.[39] On 12 June 2015, Torquay United announced they will host Plymouth Argyle.[40] On 29 June 2015, the Gulls announced they will face local side Liverton United on 7 July 2015.[41] On 6 July 2015, Torquay United confirmed a friendly against Galmpton United.[42] On 11 July 2015, Torquay United announced Newport County will visit on July, 18.[43] On 30 July 2015, Torquay United added a final pre-season friendly to the schedule.[44]

National League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
16 Southport 46 14 13 19 52 65 −13 55
17 Chester 46 14 12 20 67 71 −4 54
18 Torquay United 46 13 12 21 54 76 −22 51
19 Boreham Wood 46 12 14 20 44 49 −5 50
20 Guiseley 46 11 16 19 47 70 −23 49
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

On 3 July 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming National League season was announced. Torquay United started at home against Macclesfield Town.[45]

August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March

April

FA Cup

FA Trophy

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