2015/2016

League: Championship

Manager: Karl Robinson

Assistant Manager: Richie Barker

Captain: Dean Lewington

Player Of The Year: David Martin

Final Position: 23rd relegated

The Players

1 David Martin

2 Lee Hodson

3 Dean Lewington

4 Matthew Upson

5 Kyle McFadzean

6 Antony Kay

7 Carl Baker

8 Darren Potter

9 Dean Bowditch

10 Ben Reeves

11 Simon Church

12 Jordan Spence

13 Jay Emmanuel-Thomas

13 Sam Gallagher

14 Samir Carruthers

15 Mark Randall

16 Joe Walsh

17 Daniel Powell

18 Sergio Aguza

18 Alex Revell

19 Tom Hitchcock

20 Giorgio Rasulo

21 George Baldock

21 Dale Jennings

22 Cody Cropper

23 Christian Benavente

23 Jonny Williams

24 Ben Tilney

25 Harry Hickford

26 Tom Flanagan

27 Kabongo Tshimanga

28 Nicky Maynard

29 Charlie Burns

31 Josh Murphy

33 Oran Jackson

34 Connor Furlong

38 Rob Hall

39 Diego Poyet

40 Kevin Long

44 Jake Forster-Caskey

Goalscorers

Player	Appearances	Goals
Nicky Maynard	38	7
Josh Murphy	46	7
Carl Baker	37	5
Dean Bowditch	40	4
Ben Reeves	22	4
Alex Revell	17	4
Simon Church	23	3
Antony Kay	36	2
Rob Hall	32	2
Daniel Powell	26	2
Dean Lewington	50	1
Darren Potter	38	1
Samir Carruthers	43	1
Joe Walsh	22	1
Jake Forster-Caskey	23	1

The Seasons Results

Date	Opponent			Result	Scorers	Att	Away Dons	Pos
Mon 13 Jul	St James Gate	A	FR	W 4-0	Hitchcock , Rasulo (2), Lewington
Tue14 Jul	Limerick	A	FR	D 1-1	Lewington
Wed 15 Jul	Cabinteely	A	FR	W 3-0	Baker, Powell, Church
Sat 18 Jul	Newport Pagnell T	A	FR	W 6-0	Hodson, Hitchcock , Carruthers (3), Bowditch	769
Sat 18 Jul	Buckingham Ath	A	FR	W 12-0
Mon 20 Jul	Chesham United	A	FR	L 2-1	Tshimanga
Tue 21 Jul	Mansfield Town	A	FR	D 1-1	Powell
Sat 25 July	Barnet	A	FR	L 3-1	Church
Tue 28 Jul	Getafe	H	FR	L 3-1	Walsh	4,124
Thu 30 Jul	Brackley Town	A	FR	L 1-0
Sat 01 Aug	Rochdale	A	FR	L 2-1	Bowditch
Mon 03 Aug	Chelsea XI	H	FR	L 2-1	Hitchcock	6,954
Sat 08 Aug	Rotherham Utd	A	CH	W 4-1	Hall, Collins (og), Bowditch, Baker	9,869	849	1st
Tue 11 Aug	Leyton Orient	H	C1C	W 2-1	Baudry (og), Baker	5,444	390
Sat 15 Aug	Preston North End	H	CH	L 1-0		11,035	1,208	8th
Tue 18 Aug	Bolton Wanderers	H	CH	W 1-0	Powell	10,765	1,092	3rd
Sat 22 Aug	Reading	A	CH	D 0-0		16,547	1,332	4th
Tue 25 Aug	Cardiff City	H	C1C	W 2-1	AET. FT 1-1 . Baker, Murphy	5,617	468
Sat 29 Aug	Birmingham City	H	CH	L 2-0		14,626	4,358	11th
Sat 12 Sep	Middlesbrough	A	CH	L 2-0		21,448	363	14th
Tue 15 Sep	Burnley	A	CH	L 2-1	Baker	15,845	166	16th
Sat 19 Sep	Leeds United	H	CH	L 2-1	Church	19,284	6,297	20th
Wed 23 Sep	Southampton	H	C1C	L 6-0		10,189	2,556
Sat 26 Sep	Derby County	H	CH	L 3-1	Murphy	13,554	3,844	23rd
Sat 03 Oct	Bristol City	A	CH	D 1-1	Powell	14,535	425	19th
Sat 17 Oct	Blackburn Rovers	H	CH	W 3-0	Reeves (2), Church	11,548	1,371	16th
Tue 20 Oct	Huddersfield Town	A	CH	L 2-0		11,471	233	18th
Sat 24 Oct	Queens Park Rgrs	A	CH	L 3-0		15,567	1,070	20th
Sat 31 Oct	Hull City	H	CH	L 2-0		15,360	2,907	20th
Tue 03 Nov	Charlton Athletic	H	CH	W 1-0	Bowditch	9,575	774	20th
Sat 07 Nov	Brighton & Hove A	A	CH	L 2-1	Maynard	23,661	635	21st
Sat 21 Nov	Fulham	H	CH	D 1-1	Bowditch	14,508	3,371	22nd
Sat 28 Nov	Wolverhampton W	A	CH	D 0-0		19,814	587	19th
Sat 05 Dec	Brentford	A	CH	L 2-0		9,682	590	20th
Sat 12 Dec	Ipswich Town	H	CH	L 1-0		13,520	3,204	22nd
Tue 15 Dec	Sheffield Wed	H	CH	W 2-1	Baker, Maynard	11,422	2,264	20th
Sat 19 Dec	Nottingham Forest	A	CH	L 2-1	Murphy	19,975	591	21st
Sat 26 Dec	Cardiff City	H	CH	W 2-1	Maynard, Murphy	12,510	1,240	20th
Mon 28 Dec	Birmingham City	A	CH	L 1-0		19,714	980	20th
Sat 02 Jan	Leeds United	A	CH	D 1-1	Hall	24,356	407	20th
Sat 09 Jan	Northampton Tn	A	FAC	D 2-2	Creswell (og), Maynard	5,878	947
Tue 12 Jan	Burnley	H	CH	L 5-0		10,011	927	21st
Sat 16 Jan	Reading	H	CH	W 1-0	Walsh	13,062	2,190	20th
Tue 19 Jan	Northampton Tn	H	FAC	W 3-0	Reeves (p), Murphy, Church (p)	15,133	7,040
Sat 23 Jan	Bolton Wanderers	A	CH	L 3-1	Murphy	13,932	503	21st
Sun 31 Jan	Chelsea	H	FAC	L 5-1	Potter	28,127	6,679
Sat 06 Feb	Cardiff City	A	CH	D 0-0		13,833	420	21st
Tue 09 Feb	Middlesbrough	H	CH	D 1-1	Bowditch	11,256	2,304	20th
Sat 13 Feb	Derby County	A	CH	W 1-0	Forster-Caskey	30,075	811	20th
Sat 20 Feb	Bristol City	H	CH	L 2-0		12,825	2,233	21st
Tue 23 Feb	Huddersfield Town	H	CH	D 1-1	Revell	9,402	671	21st
Sat 27 Feb	Blackburn Rovers	A	CH	L 3-2	Carruthers, Revell	12,693	345	21st
Sat 05 Mar	Queens Park Rgrs	H	CH	W 2-0	Lewington, Reeves (P)	14,796	3,664	21st
Tue 08 Mar	Charlton Athletic	A	CH	D 0-0		13,146	532	21st
Sat 12 Mar	Hull City	A	CH	D 1-1	Kay	16,183	298	21st
Sat 19 Mar	Brighton & Hove A	H	CH	L 2-1	Kay	21,345	7,034	22nd
Sat 02 Apr	Fulham	A	CH	L 2-1	Murphy	17,588	1,819	22nd
Tue 05 Apr	Wolverhampton W	H	CH	L 2-1	Hause (og)	12,131	1,653	22nd
Sat 09 Apr	Rotherham Utd	H	CH	L 4-0		13,048	2,934	22nd
Sat 16 Apr	Preston North End	A	CH	D 1-1	Maynard	10,457	250	22nd
Tue 19 Apr	Sheffield Wed	A	CH	D 0-0		20,220	185	22nd
Sat 23 Apr	Brentford	H	CH	L 4-1	Maynard	11,564	1,619	22nd
Sat 30 Apr	Ipswich Town	A	CH	L 3-2	Revell (2)	19,631	489	23rd
Sat 07 May	Nottingham Forest	H	CH	L 2-1	Maynard	15,486	4,000+	23rd

Transfers In

Date	Player	From	Fee
29th June 2015	Cody Cropper	Southampton	Free
29th June 2015	Simon Church	Charlton	Free
29th June 2015	Dale Jennings	Barnsley	Free
17th July 2015	Cristian Benavente	Real Madrid	Free
28th July 2015	Rob Hall	Bolton	Loan
29th July 2015	Sam Gallagher	Southampton	Loan (to 8/1/16)
30th July 2015	Matthew Upson	Leicester	Free
31st July 2015	Sergio Aguza	Real Madrid	Signed
19th August 2015	Diego Poyet	West Ham	Loan (to 4/1/16)
21st August 2015	Josh Murphy	Norwich	Loan
22nd September 2015	Nicky Maynard	Cardiff	Free
23rd September 2015	Jake Forster-Caskey	Brighton	Loan
22th January 2016	Jonny Williams	Crystal Palace	Loan (to 24/4/16)
1st February 2016	Alex Revell	Cardiff	Free
1st February 2016	Jay Emmanuel-Thomas	QPR	Loan
30th March 2016	Kevin Long	Burnley	Loan

Transfers Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
1st July 2015	Ian McLoughlin	Released
1st July 2015	Will Summerfield	Released
1st July 2015	Danny Green	Luton	Free
10th July 2015	George Baldock	Oxford United	Loan to 31/1/16
7th August 2025	Tom Hitchcock	Stevenage	2 month loan
25th August 2015	Tom Flanagan	Burton Albion	Free
6th November 2015	Giorgio Rasulo	Oldham Athletic	Loan until January 2016
5th January 2016	Christian Benavente	Charleroi SC	Released
14th January 2016	Mark Randall	Barnet	Released
14th January 2016	Harry Hickford	Dagenham & Redbridge	Month loan
15th January 2016	Sergio Aguza	SD Ponferradina	Released
1st February 2016	Simon Church	Aberdeen	Loan to end of season
1st February 2016	Lee Hodson	Kilmarnock	Loan to end of season
1st February 2016	Dale Jennings	Released
23rd February 2016	Tom Hitchcock	Crewe Alexandra	Loan to end of season

Final League Table

		Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
P	Burnley	46	26	15	5	72	35	37	93
P	Middlesbrough	46	26	11	9	63	31	32	89
P	Brighton & Hove	46	24	17	5	72	42	30	89
P	Hull City	46	24	11	11	69	35	34	83
5	Derby County	46	21	15	10	66	43	23	78
6	Sheffield Wed	46	19	17	10	66	45	21	74
7	Ipswich Town	46	18	15	13	53	51	2	69
8	Cardiff City	46	17	17	12	56	51	5	68
9	Brentford	46	19	8	19	72	67	5	65
10	Birmingham City	46	16	15	15	53	49	4	63
11	Preston Nth End	46	15	17	14	45	45	0	62
12	QPR	46	14	18	14	54	54	0	60
13	Leeds United	46	14	17	15	50	58	-8	59
14	Wolves	46	14	16	16	53	58	-5	58
15	Blackburn Rvrs	46	13	16	17	46	46	0	55
16	Nottingham F	46	13	16	17	43	47	-4	55
17	Reading	46	13	13	20	52	59	-7	52
18	Bristol City	46	13	13	20	54	71	-17	52
19	Huddersfield Tn	46	13	12	21	59	70	-11	51
20	Fulham	46	12	15	19	66	79	-13	51
21	Rotherham Utd	46	13	10	23	53	71	-18	49
R	Charlton Athletic	46	9	13	24	40	80	-40	40
R	MK Dons	46	9	12	25	39	69	-30	39
R	Bolton Wdrs	46	5	15	26	41	81	-40	30