2015–16 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town
2015–16 season
Chief Executive Carolyn Radford
Owner John Radford
Manager Adam Murray
Stadium Field Mill
FA Cup 1st round
(knocked out by Oldham Athletic)
League Cup 1st round
(knocked out by Sheffield Wednesday)
League Trophy 1st round
(knocked out by Notts County)

The 2015–16 season will be Mansfield Town's 119th season in their history and their third consecutive season in League Two.[1] Along with League Two, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 7 May 2015, Mansfield Town announced three away pre-season friendlies against Rainworth Miners Welfare, Worksop Town and Basford United.[2] On 21 May 2015, Mansfield Town announced Leicester City will visit the One Call Stadium. [3] On 3 June 2015, Mansfield Town announced they will take a XI squad to face Barnsley on 18 July 2015 for Bobby Hassell's testimonial match.[4] On 10 June 2015, it was announced Milton Keynes Dons will visit during pre-season.[5] Another friendly, against Tamworth, was confirmed on 12 June 2015.[6]

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Carlisle United 46 17 16 13 67 62 +5 67
11 Luton Town 46 19 9 18 63 61 +2 66
12 Mansfield Town 46 17 13 16 61 53 +8 64
13 Wycombe Wanderers 46 17 13 16 45 44 +1 64
14 Exeter City 46 17 13 16 63 65 2 64
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 14 9 11 46 40  +6 51 6 6 5 25 21  +4 8 3 6 21 19  +2

Last updated: 29 February 2016.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHHAHAAHHAAHAHHAHAHHHAHAAHAAHA
Result D W L D W D W L D W W W L W D L L W L W D D D L W L L W W W D L W L
Position 14 7 11 12 8 8 7 11 9 7 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 10 11 12 8 9 9 7 5 4 7 5 9

Last updated: 29 February 2016.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[7]

FA Cup

On 26 October 2015, the first round draw was made. [8]

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Mansfield Town were drawn away against Sheffield Wednesday.[9]

Football League Trophy

On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott. Stags travelled to Notts County.[10]

Team details

Appearances and goals

As of 29 February 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Scott Shearer 11 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF England Liam Marsden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF England Malvind Benning 21 3 19 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
4 MF England Mitch Rose 28 1 20+5 1 1+1 0 0 0 1 0
5 DF England Krystian Pearce 33 3 29+1 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
6 DF England Lee Collins 26 0 17+6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF England Adam Chapman 32 1 28 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
8 MF England Chris Clements 33 5 25+5 5 1 0 1 0 0+1 0
9 FW England Chris Beardsley 14 1 6+6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
10 FW England Matt Green 34 11 32 11 2 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW England Craig Westcarr 27 4 21+3 3 1 0 1 0 0+1 1
12 GK Denmark Brian Jensen 27 0 25 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
14 MF England Colin Daniel (on loan from Port Vale) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF England Ryan Tafazolli 35 4 32 3 2 0 1 1 0 0
17 MF England Matty Blair 23 2 10+11 2 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Tanzania Adi Yussuf 26 5 0+22 5 0+2 0 0+1 0 1 0
19 MF Bermuda Reggie Lambe 32 3 24+6 3 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
20 MF England Jack Thomas 26 2 9+14 2 1 0 1 0 0+1 0
23 MF Republic of Ireland Sean Kavanagh (on loan from Fulham) 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF England Jamie McGuire 19 0 14+3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
27 DF Wales Daniel Alfei (on loan from Swansea City) 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF England Joe Fitzpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF England James Baxendale 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF England Corbin Shires 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Left During Season
14 MF England Nathan Thomas 21 1 9+8 1 1+1 0 1 0 1 0
16 DF England Nicky Hunt 21 0 19 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 MF England James Caton (loan returns to Shrewsbury Town) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
28 DF England Blair Adams (loan returns to Notts County) 15 0 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

Rank Pos No. Nat Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1FW10EnglandMatt Green1111
2MF8EnglandChris Clements55
FW18TanzaniaAdi Yussuf55
4FW11EnglandCraig Westcarr314
DF15EnglandRyan Tafazolli314
6DF3EnglandMalvind Benning33
DF5EnglandKrystian Pearce33
MF19BermudaReggie Lambe33
9MF20EnglandJack Thomas22
MF17EnglandMatty Blair22
11MF4EnglandMitch Rose11
MF7EnglandAdam Chapman11
FW9EnglandChris Beardsley11
MF14EnglandNathan Thomas11
MF31EnglandJames Baxendale11
Own Goal(s)11
TOTAL 46 1 1 48

Disciplinary record

As of 29 February 2016
No. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
1GKScott Shearer 1000000010
3 DFMalvind Benning 5000000050
4 MFMitch Rose 6000000060
5 DFKrystian Pearce 4200000042
6 DFLee Collins 1000001020
7 MFAdam Chapman 2000100030
8 MFChris Clements 111000000111
9FWChris Beardsley 1000000010
10FWMatt Green 8100000081
11FWCraig Westcarr 1000000010
12GKBrian Jensen 2000000020
14MFNathan Thomas 2000000020
15DFRyan Tafazolli 5010000060
16MFNicky Hunt 7100000071
17MFMatty Blair 1000000010
18FWAdi Yussuf 2000001030
19MFReggie Lambe 2010000030
20MFJack Thomas 4000000040
24MFJamie McGuire 3010000040
27DFDaniel Alfei 1000000010
28DFBlair Adams 1000000010
Total 705301020765

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CF England Chris Beardsley Stevenage Free transfer [11]
1 July 2015 LB England Malvind Benning Walsall Free transfer [12]
1 July 2015 CM Northern Ireland Adam Chapman Newport County Free transfer [13]
1 July 2015 CB England Lee Collins Northampton Town Free transfer [14]
1 July 2015 CF England Anthony Dwyer Academy Trainee [15]
1 July 2015 CF England Matt Green Birmingham City Free transfer [16]
1 July 2015 RB England Nicky Hunt Accrington Stanley Free transfer [17]
1 July 2015 GK Denmark Brian Jensen Crawley Town Free transfer [18]
1 July 2015 MF England Mitch Rose Rotherham United Free transfer [19]
1 July 2015 GK Scotland Scott Shearer Crewe Alexandra Free transfer [20]
1 July 2015 RW England Nathan Thomas Motherwell Free transfer [21]
1 July 2015 CF England Craig Westcarr Portsmouth Free transfer [22]
1 July 2015 CF Tanzania Adi Yussuf Oxford City Free transfer [23]
2 July 2015 LM England Conor Green Academy Trainee [24]
2 July 2015 CM England Chris Spencer Academy Trainee [24]
10 July 2015 CB England Krystian Pearce Torquay United Free transfer [25]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 RB Wales Lee Beevers Lincoln City [lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [27]
1 July 2015 CF England Rakish Bingham Hartlepool United [lower-alpha 2] Free transfer [29]
1 July 2015 LM England Junior Brown Shrewsbury Town Free transfer [30]
1 July 2015 CB Scotland John Dempster Retired N/A [27]
1 July 2015 CF England Alex Fisher Torquay United [lower-alpha 3] Released [27]
1 July 2015 CF England Liam Hearn Lincoln City Free transfer [32]
1 July 2015 CM England Simon Heslop Torquay United [lower-alpha 4] Free transfer [27]
1 July 2015 CM England Ricky Ravenhill Free Agent Released [27]
1 July 2015 CB England Michael Raynes Carlisle United [lower-alpha 5] Free transfer [27]
1 July 2015 CF England Matt Rhead Lincoln City Free transfer [35]
1 July 2015 CB England Martin Riley Tranmere Rovers [lower-alpha 6] Free transfer [27]
1 July 2015 GK Switzerland Sascha Studer Free Agent Released [27]
1 July 2015 CB England Ritchie Sutton Tranmere Rovers [lower-alpha 7] Free transfer [38]
6 July 2015 CF England Ollie Palmer Leyton Orient Undisclosed [39]
12 January 2016 MF England Nathan Thomas Hartlepool United Undisclosed [40]
  1. Following Beevers' release he joined Lincoln City.[26]
  2. Following Bingham's release he joined Hartlepool United.[28]
  3. Following Fisher's release he joined Torquay United.[31]
  4. Following Heslop's release he joined Torquay United.[33]
  5. Following Raynes' release he joined Carlisle United.[34]
  6. Following Riley's release he joined Tranmere Rovers.[36]
  7. Following Sutton's release he joined Tranmere Rovers.[37]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
8 August 2015 LW England James Caton Shrewsbury Town 5 September 2015 [41]
20 October 2015 DF England Blair Adams Notts County 19 January 2016 [42][43]
9 January 2016 MF England James Baxendale Walsall 9 February 2016 [44]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
6 August 2015 CF England Dan Fletcher Carlton Town 1 October 2015 [45]
6 August 2015 DF England Conor Green Carlton Town 1 October 2015 [45]
6 August 2015 CM England Chris Spencer Hednesford Town 3 September 2015 [45]
22 August 2015 CM England Joe Fitzpatrick Sutton Coldfield Town 18 September 2015 [46][lower-alpha 1]
8 September 2015 CM England Chris Spencer Mickleover Sports 10 December 2015 [48]
11 September 2015 CF England Anthony Dwyer Mickleover Sports 10 December 2015 [49]
23 October 2015 CF England Liam Marsden Guiseley 23 November 2015 [50]
  1. On 18 September 2015, Mansfield Town recalled Fitzpatrick from his loan spell at Sutton Coldfield Town due to a virus in the camp.[47]

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  42. "Magpies' full-back joins on loan". Mansfield Town FC. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  43. "Full-back Blair Adams has extended his loan at Mansfield Town until January 19.". Mansfield Town. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  44. "Murray captures Baxendale ahead of Stevenage match". Mansfield Town FC. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  45. 1 2 3 "Teenagers agree loan moves". Mansfield Town FC. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  46. "Fitzpatrick links up with Sutton Coldfield". Mansfield Town FC. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  47. "Stags recall midfielder from Sutton Coldfield". Mansfield Town FC. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  48. "Spencer to gain vital experience at Mickleover". Mansfield Town FC. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  49. "Dwyer follows midfielder to Mickleover". Mansfield Town FC. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  50. "Liam Marsden links up with Guiseley". Mansfield Town FC. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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