2015–16 Gateshead F.C. season

Gateshead
2015–16 season
Chairman Graham Wood
(until 4 September 2015)
Richard Bennett
(From 4 September 2015)
Manager Malcolm Crosby
(until 22 November 2015)
Ben Clark, Micky Cummins
(co-caretaker managers, 22 November 2015 – 30 November 2015)
Neil Aspin
(From 30 November 2015)
Stadium Gateshead International Stadium
National League 9th
FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round
FA Trophy Quarter Final
Top goalscorer League: Ryan Bowman (16)
All: Ryan Bowman (20)
Highest home attendance 2,174
vs. Grimsby Town
(30 January 2016)
Lowest home attendance 199
vs. Stocksbridge Park Steels
(FA Trophy)
(15 December 2015)
Average home league attendance 949
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is Gateshead's 127th season of existence and their seventh consecutive season in the Conference.[1] 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 CB England Nathan Buddle Carlisle United Free transfer [2]
1 July 2015 AM England Josh Gillies Carlisle United Free transfer [3]
1 July 2015 SS England James Marwood Forest Green Rovers Free transfer [4]
1 July 2015 GK England Sam Russell Forest Green Rovers Free transfer [5]
7 July 2015 LM England Jimmy Phillips Burton Albion Free transfer [6]
10 July 2015 CM Northern Ireland Patrick McLaughlin Grimsby Town Free transfer [7]
10 July 2015 CB England Simon Ramsden Motherwell Free transfer [8]
17 July 2015 SS England Ryan Bowman Torquay United £10,000 [9]
20 July 2015 CF England Danny Johnson Cardiff City Free transfer [10]
28 July 2015 CM England River Allen Plymouth Argyle Free transfer [11]
3 August 2015 LB Wales Jordan Cranston Notts County Free transfer [12]
16 September 2015 CM England Gus Mafuta Bristol City Free transfer [13]
5 February 2016 LB England Darren Holden Ross County Free transfer [14]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CB England Tom Allan Alfreton Town [lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [16]
1 July 2015 GK Australia Alex Baird St Albans Saints [lower-alpha 2] Free Transfer [16]
1 July 2015 GK England Adam Bartlett Hartlepool United [lower-alpha 3] Free transfer [16]
1 July 2015 CF England Carl Finnigan Township Rollers [lower-alpha 4] Free transfer [16]
1 July 2015 CB Albania Valentin Gjokaj SSV Reutlingen 05 [lower-alpha 5] Free Transfer [16]
1 July 2015 RB England Andrai Jones Southport [lower-alpha 6] Free transfer [16]
1 July 2015 AM England JJ O'Donnell Free Agent Released [16]
1 July 2015 CM Wales John Oster Retired N/A [23]
1 July 2015 CF England Michael Rankine Altrincham Free transfer [24]
1 July 2015 CF England Alex Rodman Newport County Free transfer [25]
1 July 2015 RM Guadeloupe Kevin Sainte-Luce FC Dieppe [lower-alpha 7] Free transfer [16]
1 July 2015 CM England Phil Turnbull Darlington 1883 [lower-alpha 8] Free transfer [28]
1 July 2015 LB Northern Ireland Ryan Wilson Alfreton Town [lower-alpha 9] Free transfer [16]
22 July 2015 CF England Jake Orrell Chesterfield Free transfer [30]
4 January 2016 CM England Dean Briggs Holland Park Hawks Free transfer [31]
14 January 2016 CM England River Allen Bodmin Town [lower-alpha 10] Free transfer [33]
30 January 2016 LB Wales Jordan Cranston Cheltenham Town Undisclosed [34]
4 February 2016 CB England Nathan Buddle Blyth Spartans Free transfer [35][36]
  1. ↑ Following Allan's release on 11 June 2015, he later signed for Alfreton Town on 6 July 2015.[15]
  2. ↑ Following Baird's release on 11 June 2015, he later signed for St Albans Saints on 8 February 2016.[17][18]
  3. ↑ Following Bartlett's release on 11 June 2015, he later signed for Hartlepool United on 10 July 2015.[19]
  4. ↑ Following Finnigan's release on 11 June 2015, he later signed for Township Rollers on 2 July 2015.[20]
  5. ↑ Following Gjokaj's release on 11 June 2015, he later signed for SSV Reutlingen 05 on 2 February 2016.[21]
  6. ↑ Following Jones' release on 11 June 2015, he later signed for Southport on 7 July 2015.[22]
  7. ↑ Following Sainte-Luce's release on 11 June 2015, he later signed for FC Dieppe on 11 August 2015.[26]
  8. ↑ Following Turnbull's release on 27 June 2015, he later signed for Darlington 1883 on 29 June 2015.[27]
  9. ↑ Following Wilson's release on 11 June 2015, he later signed for Alfreton Town on 22 June 2015.[29]
  10. ↑ Following Allen's release on 14 January 2016, he later signed for Bodmin Town on 17 February 2016.[32]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
21 August 2015 GK England Paul Woolston Newcastle United 19 September 2015 [37]
28 August 2015 GK England Brendan Pearson Newcastle United 25 September 2015 [38]
16 October 2015 MF England George Honeyman Sunderland 2 January 2016 [39][40]
20 November 2015 CB England Liam Gibson Newcastle United 19 December 2015 [41]
20 November 2015 CM England Martin Smith Sunderland 2 January 2016 [41]
27 November 2015 FW England CJ Hamilton Sheffield United End of season [42][43]
1 January 2016 CB England Alex Whitmore Burnley End of season [44]
13 January 2016 LB England Andre Bennett Middlesbrough 16 April 2016 [45][46]
21 January 2016 GK England Brendan Pearson Newcastle United End of season [47][48]
23 March 2016 CM England Michael Onovwigun Chesterfield End of season [49]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
7 August 2015 CM England Dean Briggs Bedlington Terriers 4 September 2015 [50]
21 August 2015 CF England Mechack Kanda Ashington 18 September 2015 [51]
7 January 2016 CB England Nathan Buddle Blyth Spartans 4 February 2016 [52]
19 January 2016 MF England Jack Elliott Whitby Town 16 February 2016 [53]
9 February 2016 CF England Mechack Kanda South Shields 8 March 2016 [54]
17 February 2016 LM England Jimmy Phillips Macclesfield Town 15 March 2016 [55]
23 February 2016 GK England Shaun MacDonald Spennymoor Town End of season [48]
18 March 2016 LM England Jimmy Phillips Altrincham End of season [56]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 4 June 2015, Gateshead announced their first pre-season friendly against Newcastle United.[57] A list of other pre-season games Gateshead have confirmed were added to the fixture list.[58] Gateshead XI sides will face five away pre-season fixtures.[59]

National League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
10 Macclesfield Town 46 19 9 18 60 48 +12 66
11 Barrow 46 17 14 15 64 71 −7 65
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. Gateshead started away against Aldershot Town.[60]

FA Cup

FA Trophy

Squad statistics

Last updated on 30 April 2016.

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalNational League FA Cup FA Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Sam Russell 49 0 44+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0
2 DF England Craig Baxter 36 1 32+3 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
3 MF South Africa Matty Pattison 30 0 19+7 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
4 MF England Jamie Chandler 29 0 17+9 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
5 DF England James Curtis 39 1 31+4 1 1+0 0 2+1 0
6 DF England Ben Clark 50 2 44+0 2 1+0 0 5+0 0
7 MF England James Marwood 10 0 5+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England Rob Ramshaw 32 1 14+13 1 0+0 0 4+1 0
9 FW England Jon Shaw 38 3 23+12 3 0+1 0 1+1 0
10 MF England Josh Gillies 26 6 21+2 4 0+0 0 2+1 2
12 MF England Gus Mafuta 37 2 25+6 1 1+0 0 4+1 1
13 GK England Shaun MacDonald 4 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
14 DF England Darren Holden 7 0 5+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF England Jack Elliott 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF England Michael Onovwigun 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW England Meechak Kanda 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW England Ryan Bowman 47 20 38+3 16 1+0 1 5+0 3
20 FW England Danny Johnson 41 15 20+16 13 1+0 0 0+4 2
22 DF England Simon Ramsden 25 1 24+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF England Joe Hailes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW England Adam Wrightson 9 0 2+4 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
25 GK England Brendan Pearson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Northern Ireland Patrick McLaughlin 41 4 31+4 3 1+0 0 5+0 1
28 FW England CJ Hamilton 30 2 21+4 2 0+0 0 4+1 0
29 DF England Alex Whitmore 23 2 19+0 2 0+0 0 4+0 0
Players currently out on loan:
11 MF England Jimmy Phillips 20 3 14+5 3 1+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left throughout the season:
14 DF England Nathan Buddle 16 3 11+4 2 0+0 0 1+0 1
15 MF England River Allen 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF Wales Jordan Cranston 25 1 23+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
18 MF England Dean Briggs 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF England George Honeyman 10 1 6+3 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 GK England Paul Woolston 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF England Martin Smith 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
27 DF England Liam Gibson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF England Andre Bennett 15 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 4+0 0

Goalscorers

Place Position Nation Name National League FA Cup FA Trophy Total
1 FW England Ryan Bowman 16 1 3 20
2 FW England Danny Johnson 13 0 2 15
3 MF England Josh Gillies 4 0 2 6
4 MF Northern Ireland Patrick McLaughlin 3 0 1 4
5 DF England Nathan Buddle 2 0 1 3
= MF England Jimmy Phillips 3 0 0 3
= FW England Jon Shaw 3 0 0 3
8 DF England Ben Clark 2 0 0 2
= MF England CJ Hamilton 2 0 0 2
= MF England Gus Mafuta 1 0 1 2
= DF England Alex Whitmore 2 0 0 2
12 DF England Craig Baxter 1 0 0 1
= DF Wales Jordan Cranston 1 0 0 1
= DF England James Curtis 1 0 0 1
= MF England George Honeyman 1 0 0 1
= DF England Simon Ramsden 1 0 0 1
= MF England Rob Ramshaw 1 0 0 1
Own goal 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 59 1 10 70

Disciplinary record

Place Nation Position Name National League FA Cup FA Trophy Total
Yellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card Red card Red card
1 England DF James Curtis 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
2 Northern Ireland MF Patrick McLaughlin 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
3 England MF Gus Mafuta 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
4 England MF Jamie Chandler 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
= England DF Alex Whitmore 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0
6 England DF Ben Clark 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
7 England DF Craig Baxter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
= England FW Ryan Bowman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
= Wales DF Jordan Cranston 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10England FW Danny Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
= England DF Simon Ramsden 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
= England FW Jon Shaw 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
13England DF Nathan Buddle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
= England MF Josh Gillies 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
= England MF George Honeyman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
= South Africa MF Matty Pattison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
= England MF Rob Ramshaw 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
= England GK Sam Russell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
= England MF Martin Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 43 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 50 2

References

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  2. ↑ "Buddle completes Heed switch". Gateshead FC. 29 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Josh Gillies makes permanent switch to Gateshead". Gateshead FC. 12 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "'Delighted' Marwood seals Heed return". Gateshead FC. 24 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Gateshead sign goalkeeper Sam Russell". Gateshead FC. 11 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "'The right place for me' - Phillips seals Heed move". Gateshead FC. 7 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "McLaughlin 'over the Moon' to secure Gateshead deal". Gateshead FC. 10 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Defender Ramsden agrees Heed switch". Gateshead FC. 10 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Bowman 'over the Moon' to seal Heed switch". Gateshead FC. 17 July 2015.
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  14. ↑ "Defender Holden agrees Heed switch". Gateshead FC. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  15. ↑ "Former York City and Gateshead defender Tom Allan signs for Alfreton Town". Derbyshire Times. 6 July 2015.
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  19. ↑ "Hartlepool United sign keeper Gateshead's former Newcastle United product Adam Bartlett". Hartlepool Mail. 10 July 2015.
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