2015–16 Eastleigh F.C. season

Eastleigh

2015–16 season

Chairman

Stewart Donald

Manager

Richard Hill
(until 23 September 2015)^[1]
Chris Todd
(From 15 October 2015)

Stadium

Ten Acres

National League

8th (33 of 46 played)

Third round

Top goalscorer

League:
James Constable (15)
All:
James Constable (16)

Highest home attendance

5,250 vs Bolton
(19 January 2016)

Home colours

Away colours

← 2014–15

2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is Eastleigh's 70th year of existence and their second consecutive season in the Conference.^[2] 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	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	LW	Lee Cook	Barnet	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2015	CF	Ross Lafayette	Luton Town	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2015	CB	Joe Partington	AFC Bournemouth	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2015	DM	Josh Payne	Woking	Free transfer	^[6]
13 July 2015	AM	Andy Drury	Luton Town	Free transfer	^[7]
6 August 2015	LB	Dan Harding	Nottingham Forest	Free transfer	^[8]
28 January 2016	RM	Luke Coulson	Bath City	Record transfer	^[9]
28 January 2016	GK	Michael Poke	Portsmouth	Free transfer	^[9]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CB	Dean Beckwith	Sutton United ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free transfer	^[11]
1 July 2015	CF	Deon Burton	Brackley Town	Free Transfer	^[11]
1 July 2015	SS	Stuart Fleetwood	Sutton United	Free transfer	^[12]
1 July 2015	CF	Craig McAllister	Sutton United ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free transfer	^[11]
1 July 2015	CM	Harry Pell	Cheltenham Town ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Free transfer	^[11]
1 July 2015	RB	Daniel Spence	Sutton United ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Free transfer	^[11]
1 July 2015	DM	Craig Stanley	Lincoln City ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Free transfer	^[11]

↑ Following Beckwith's release on 7 May 2015, he later signed for Sutton United on 27 May 2015.^[10]
↑ Following McAllister's release on 7 May 2015, he later signed for Sutton United on 1 June 2015.^[13]
↑ Following Pell's release on 7 May 2015, he later signed for Cheltenham Town on 4 June 2015.^[14]
↑ Following Spence's release on 7 May 2015, he later signed for Sutton United on 22 June 2015.^[15]
↑ Following Stanley's release on 7 May 2015, he later signed for Lincoln City on 5 May 2015.^[16]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
24 July 2015	GK		Michael Poke	Portsmouth	3 January 2016	^[17]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 19 May 2015, Eastleigh announced their first four pre-season friendlies.^[18] On 9 June 2015, a further two were confirmed.^[19] On 18 June 2015, Partick Thistle was added to the schedule.^[20]

9 July 2015 (2015-07-09) Friendly	Clanfield	0–4	Eastleigh	Clanfield
19:30 BST			Odubade Constable Lafayette Evans	Stadium: Radcot Road

14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) Friendly	Eastleigh	0–2	Partick Thistle	Eastleigh
19:45 BST		Report	Welsh 8' Frans 30'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 679 Referee: Andy Davies

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Havant & Waterlooville	2–0	Eastleigh	Havant
15:00 BST	Donnelly 69', 81'	Report		Stadium: West Leigh Park Referee: Andy Laver

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Eastleigh	2–1	Newport County	Eastleigh
19:45 BST	Odubade 17' Evans 70'	Report	Collins 90'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 530 Referee: Willie Bull

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Eastleigh	0–2	Oxford United	Eastleigh
15:00 BST		Report	Mullins 44' Hylton 45'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,193 Referee: Gary Parsons

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Salisbury	1–1	Eastleigh	Old Sarum
19:45 BST	Roberts	Report	Midson	Stadium: Raymond McEnhill Stadium

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Eastleigh	0–2	Barnet	Eastleigh
15:00 BST		Report	Yiadom 3' Vilhete 14'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 530 Referee: Adrian Quelch

National League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Dover Athletic (Q)	46	23	11	12	75	53	+22	80	Qualification for National League play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Tranmere Rovers	46	22	12	12	61	44	+17	78
7	Eastleigh	46	21	12	13	64	53	+11	75
8	Wrexham	46	20	9	17	71	56	+15	69
9	Gateshead	46	19	10	17	59	70	−11	67

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Two.

Matches

On 3 July 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming National League season was announced. Eastleigh will start away against Southport.^[21]

August

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Southport	0–4	Eastleigh	Blowick
15:00 BST		Report	Reason 41' Turley 53' Strevens 74' (pen.) Constable 90'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium Attendance: 1,017 Referee: Jason Whiteley

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) 2	Eastleigh	1–0	Boreham Wood	Eastleigh
19:45 BST	Constable 90'	Report		Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,427 Referee: Adam Bromley

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 3	Eastleigh	1–1	Lincoln City	Eastleigh
15:00 BST	Constable 77' Green 90'	Report	Muldoon 13'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,354 Referee: Brett Huxtable

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 4	Welling United	2–2	Eastleigh	Welling
19:45 BST	Turley 31' (o.g.) Vidal 71'	Report	Constable 22' Strevens 78'	Stadium: Park View Road Attendance: 545 Referee: Nigel Lugg

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 5	Eastleigh	1–0	Macclesfield Town	Eastleigh
15:00 BST	Lafayette 66'	Report		Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,928 Referee: Richard Martin

29 August 2015 6	Aldershot Town	1–2	Eastleigh	Aldershot
15:00 BST	Walker 64'	Report	Constable 34' Cook 90'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: TBA Referee: Christopher Powell

31 August 2015 (2015-08-31) 7	Eastleigh	3–2	Torquay United	Eastleigh
15:00 BST	Odubade 4' Cook 29' Payne 71'	Report	Hurst 84' Fisher 90'	Stadium: Ten Acres Referee: Mark Pottage

September

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 8	Barrow	1–0	Eastleigh	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Walker 3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 1,448 Referee: Richard Wigglesworth

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 9	Eastleigh	1–2	Gateshead	Eastleigh
15:00 BST	Ramsden 79' (o.g.) Strevens 46'	Report	Johnson 20' Phillips 34'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 2,264 Referee: Adam Bromley

15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 10	Altrincham	1–1	Eastleigh	Altrincham
19:45 BST	Lawrie 29'	Report	Odubade 87'	Stadium: Moss Lane Attendance: 677 Referee: Adrian Holmes

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 11	Chester	1–0	Eastleigh	Chester
15:00 BST	Heneghan 11'	Report		Stadium: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium Attendance: 1,922 Referee: John Brooks

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) 12	Eastleigh	2–5	Dover Athletic	Eastleigh
19:45 BST	Lafayette 30' Cook 50' Flitney 60'	Report	Miller 18', 86' Deverdics 49' (pen.), 63' (pen.) Murphy 83'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,360 Referee: Richard Martin

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 13	Wrexham	2–3	Eastleigh	Wrexham
15:00 BST	York 54' Newton 75' Fyfield 90'	Report	Reason 20' Drury 40' Strevens 87'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 4,708 Referee: Stephen Ross

October

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 14	Eastleigh	0–2	Braintree Town	Eastleigh
15:00 BST	Cook 54'	Report	Kenny Davis 32' (pen.) Michael Cheek 60' Daniel Sparkes 76'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,330 Referee: John Busby

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 15	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Eastleigh	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Maynard 15' Norwood 44' Jennings 79'	Report	Jamie Turley 27' Evans 29' Partington 47' Constable 54' 73' Payne 84' Strevens 90+6'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,133 Referee: Ryan Johnson

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) 16	Eastleigh	3–2	Forest Green Rovers	Eastleigh
19:45	Odubade 2' 50' Flitney 45+1' Strevens 59' Lafayette 90+2'	Report	O'Connor 21' 75' Frear 45+2' Pipe 72'	Stadium: Silverlake Stadium Attendance: 2,884 Referee: Craig Hicks

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 17	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Eastleigh	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Jack Munns 20' Barthram 81' Downes 89'	Report	Partington 63' Lafayette 77', 80'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,802 Referee: Simon Bennett

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 18	Eastleigh	2–1	Halifax Town	Eastleigh
15:00 GMT	Jamie Turley 6' Drury 48' Lafayette 51' Payne 70'	Report	James 15' Sam Walker 85'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,890 Referee: Adam Hopkins (Devon)

November

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) 19	Dover Athletic	1–2	Eastleigh	River
19:45 GMT	Modeste 62' Richard Orlu 78'	Report	Constable 53', 66', 72' Strevens 90+3'	Stadium: Crabble Athletic Ground Referee: Robert Whitton

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 20	Guiseley	1–4	Eastleigh	Guiseley
15:00 GMT	Boyes 40' Dickinson 90+3'	Report	Drury 22' (72) Partington 30' J Reason 61', 90' Odubade 75'	Stadium: Nethermoor Park Referee: Joseph Johnson

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 21	Eastleigh	0–1	Grimsby Town	Eastleigh
15:00 GMT	Drury 31' Strevens 75'	Report	Amond 29' Clay 32' Gowling 64' Townsend 87'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 2,057 Referee: Wayne Barratt

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 22	Eastleigh	1–0	Southport	Eastleigh
15:00 GMT	Drury 84'	Report	Ryan 83'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,755 Referee: Brett Huxtable

December

8 December 2015 (2015-12-08) 23	Macclesfield	1–2	Eastleigh	Macclesfield
19:45 GMT	Diagne 8' Dan Cowan 30' Pilkington 90+1'	Report	Constable 6', 61', 89' Cook 30' Reid	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,087 Referee: Adrian Holmes

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 24	Eastleigh	3–1	Kidderminster Harriers	Eastleigh
15:00 GMT	Constable 42' Drury 72' Cook 85'	Report	Ben Whitfield 60'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,862 Referee: Adam Hopkins

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 25	Bromley	2–2	Eastleigh	Bromley
15:00 GMT	Emmanuel 36' Rodgers 46'	Report	Strevens 55', 59', 68' Partington 88'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Referee: David Rock

28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 26	Eastleigh	1–1	Aldershot Town	Eastleigh
15:00 GMT	Payne 8' (pen.) Midson 25' Flitney 41'	Report	Hatton 26' (pen.) Omar Beckles 40' Charlie Walker 90+2'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 2,107 Referee: Richard Martin

January

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 28	Boreham Wood	1–1	Eastleigh	Borehamwood
15:00 GMT	Lucas 43'	Report	Reid 67' Drury 40'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 406 Referee: Stephen Ross

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 29	Eastleigh	1–1	Wrexham	Eastleigh
15:00 GMT	Drury 10'	Report	Newton 18' Beck 23' Fyfield 28'	Stadium: Silverlake Stadium Attendance: 1,904 Referee: Constantine Hatzidakis

February

6 February 2015 (2015-02-06) 30	Lincoln City	3–0	Eastleigh	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Rhead 22' Power 32' Caton 40' Muldoon 45+2'	Report	Jai Reason 32' Evans 59'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2,085 Referee: John Brooks

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) 31	Kidderminster Harriers	3–2	Eastleigh	Kidderminster
19:45 GMT	Luke Maxwell 3' White 52' Arthur Gnahoua 74' Ousmane Fane 90+2'	Report	Jamie Turley 11' Evans 32' Constable 54'	Stadium: Aggborough Attendance: 1,335 Referee: Adrian Holmes

16 February 2016 (2016-02-16) 32	Gateshead	2–1	Eastleigh	Gateshead
19:45 GMT	McLaughlin 19' Bowman 24'	Report	Payne 80'	Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium Attendance: 648 Referee: Michael Salisbury

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 33	Forest Green Rovers	2–1	Eastleigh	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Parkin 67', 88' Moore 90+1'	Report	Constable 64' Partington 90+4' Strevens 90+5'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,221 Referee: Robert Jones

March

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 34	Eastleigh	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Eastleigh
19:45 GMT	Burgess 13' (o.g.)	Report	Holman 80'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,982 Referee: Wayne Barratt

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 35	Braintree Town	2–0	Eastleigh	Braintree
15:00 GMT	Simeon Akinola 35', 84' Fry 9', 80'	Report	Jamie Turley 5', 48'	Stadium: Cressing Road Attendance: 666 Referee: Nigel Lugg

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) 36	Eastleigh	2–1	Woking	Eastleigh
19:45 GMT	Reid 19' Jai Reason 68' Evans 90+5'	Report	Jones 25' Murtagh 45+2', 60' Goddard 65'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,630 Referee: John Busby

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 37	Eastleigh	1–0	Chester	Eastleigh
15:00 GMT	Payne 52' Tubbs 70' (pen.) Luke Coulson 78' Jai Reason 90+1'	Report	Ryan Astles 70'	Stadium: Ten Acres Referee: David Rock

15 March 2016 (2016-03-15) 38	Eastleigh	2–0	Bromley	Eastleigh
19:45 GMT	Odubade 24' Jai Reason 32' Payne 54'	Report		Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,520 Referee: Adam Bromley

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)	Eastleigh	0-0	Welling	Eastleigh
15:00 GMT		[ Report]		Stadium: Ten Acres

FA Cup

Eastleigh began their 2015-16 FA Cup in the Fourth Qualifying Round drawn against Bromley.

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 4QR	Bromley	1–2	Eastleigh	London
15:00 BST	Dennis 63'	Report	Odubade 4' Reason 78'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 1,101 Referee: Nigel Lugg

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) First round	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Eastleigh	Crewe
15:00 BST		Report	Strevens 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,008 Referee: Carl Boyeson

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) Second round	Stourbridge	0–2	Eastleigh	Stourbridge
15:00 BST		Report	Constable 59' Payne 77'	Stadium: War Memorial Athletic Ground Attendance: 2,086 Referee: Ben Toner

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Third round	Eastleigh	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Eastleigh
15:00 GMT	Dervite 51' (og)	Report	Pratley 87'	Stadium: Silverlake Stadium Attendance: 5,250 Referee: Iain Williamson

19 January 2016 (2016-01-19) Third round replay	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Eastleigh	Bolton
20:00 Greenwich Mean Time	Madine 39' Moxey 43' Pratley 58'	Report	Partington 11' Mohamed 45'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 8,287 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Hampshire Senior Cup

On the Hampshire FA website the second round details were announced, Eastleigh will face Cove.^[22]

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08) 2	Eastleigh	3–0	Cove	Eastleigh
19:45 BST	Evans 8' Weeks 41' Alexander 68'	Report		Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 108 Referee: Willie Bull

15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) 3	Winchester City	2–1	Eastleigh	Winchester
19:45 BST				Stadium: The City Ground

References

↑ "Hill Departs Eastleigh". Eastleigh FC. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "Eastleigh Land Cook". Eastleigh FC. 30 June 2015.
↑ "Eastleigh Land Lafayette". Eastleigh FC. 3 June 2015.
↑ "Parts Is Part". Eastleigh FC. 4 June 2015.
↑ "Payne's On Board". Eastleigh FC. 15 May 2015.
↑ "Drury Added To Spitfires Squad". Eastleigh FC. 13 July 2015.
↑ "Eastleigh Sign Dan Harding". Eastleigh FC. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
1 2 "Eastleigh complete Michael Poke and Luke Coulson signings". BBC. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
↑ "Beckwith becomes latest Spitfire to team up with ex-Eastleigh boss at Sutton". Daily Echo. 27 May 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "The club confirms its retained/released list.". Eastleigh FC. 7 May 2015.
↑ "Former Forest Green striker Stuart Fleetwood pens deal at Sutton United". Stroud News and Journal. 18 June 2015.
↑ "McAllister joins Beckwith at Sutton United". Daily Echo. 1 Jun 2015.
↑ "Cheltenham sign midfielder Pell". BBC Sport. 4 June 2015.
↑ "Spence completes Sutton's ex-Eastleigh set". Daily Echo. 1 July 2015.
↑ "City Sign Experienced Midfielder Stanley". Lincoln City FC. 5 June 2015.
↑ "Poke Loan To Spitfires". Eastleigh FC. 24 July 2015.
↑ "First Four Friendlies Announced". Eastleigh FC. 19 May 2015.
↑ "Eastleigh Add Two More Pre Season Fixtures". Eastleigh FC. 9 June 2015.
↑ "Eastleigh To Host Partick Thistle". Eastleigh FC. 18 June 2015.
↑ "Eastleigh Start Away At Southport". Eastleigh FC. 3 July 2015.
↑ "HFA fixtures – second round". Hampshire FA. August 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

2015–16 in English football

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2016–17 »

National teams

Senior (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two)

Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern League (Premier, Central, South & West)

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, First) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, First) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, East, West) Kent Invicta League (level 10 only) Midland League (Premier, First) Northern Counties East League (Premier, First) Northern League (First, Second) North West Counties League (Premier, First) Southern Combination League (First, Second) Southern Counties East League (level 9 only) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, First) United Counties League (Premier, First) Wessex League (Premier, First) Western League (Premier, First) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

Football League cups	Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 21	Professional U21 Development Leagues U21 Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development Leagues FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bournemouth Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Burton Albion Bury Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic

League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barnet Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Carlisle United Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town York City

National League	Aldershot Town Altrincham Barrow Boreham Wood Braintree Town Bromley Cheltenham Town Chester Dover Athletic Eastleigh FC Halifax Town Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Grimsby Town Guiseley Kidderminster Harriers Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Welling United Woking Wrexham

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