2015–16 Peterborough United F.C. season

Peterborough United
2015–16 season
Chairman Darragh MacAnthony
Manager Dave Robertson
(until 6 September 2015)[1]
Graham Westley
(21 September 2015 - 23 April 2016)[2][3]
Stadium London Road
League One 13th
FA Cup Fourth Round
League Cup Second round
(eliminated by Charlton Athletic)
FL Trophy First round
(eliminated by Millwall)
Top goalscorer League: Conor Washington (10)
All: Conor Washington (15)

The 2015–16 season will be Peterborough United's 56th year in the Football League and their third consecutive season in the third tier, League One.[4] Along with League One, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Squad

No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee Ends
Goalkeepers
1Ben AlnwickGKEnglandPrudhoe29860Leyton Orient25 July 2014Free2017
14Mark TylerGKEnglandNorwich394130Luton Town8 March 2016Loan2016
26Dion-Curtis HenryGKEnglandIpswich1810Academy1 July 2014Trainee2016
Defenders
2Michael SmithRBNorthern IrelandBallyclare27801Bristol Rovers25 July 2014Undisclosed2017
3Kgosi NtlheLBSouth AfricaPretoria22974Academy6 October 2011Trainee2016
5Gabriel ZakuaniCBDemocratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa292459Kalloni 8 June 2014Free2016
6Jack BaldwinCBEnglandBarking22350Hartlepool United31 January 2014£500,0002018
12Ricardo Almeida SantosCBPortugalAlmada20660Thurrock5 February 2014Free2017
18Andrew FoxLBEnglandHuntingdon23150Midland/Odessa Sockers20 July 2015Free2017
29Bradley Maslen-JonesCBEnglandWolverhampton1800Academy10 March 2015Trainee2016
50Harry ToffoloLBEnglandWelwyn Garden City2050Norwich City21 January 2016Loan2016
Midfielders
7Jon TaylorRWEnglandLiverpool236410Shrewsbury Town4 June 2014Undisclosed2017
8Michael BostwickDMEnglandEltham271749Stevenage9 July 2012Undisclosed2018
10Erhun OztumerAMTurkeyLondon24517Dulwich Hamlet9 June 2014Undisclosed2016
11Marcus MaddisonLWEnglandDurham226517Gateshead27 August 2014£250,0002018
15Jermaine AndersonCMEnglandCamden Town19667Academy1 August 2012Trainee2016
16Harry BeautymanCMEnglandNewham24332Welling United25 November 2014Undisclosed2016
20Harry AndersonRWEnglandSlough19170Academy1 January 2015Trainee2016
22Leonardo Da Silva LopesAMPortugalLisbon1740Academy1 July 2014Trainee2016
33Christopher ForresterDMRepublic of IrelandDublin23332St Patrick's Athletic29 August 2015Undisclosed2018
36Martin SamuelsenAMNorwayHaugesund19162West Ham United24 November 2015Loan2016
42Adil NabiWGEnglandBirmingham2220West Bromwich Albion21 January 2016Undisclosed2019
Callum ChettleCMEnglandNottingham1900Nuneaton Town23 January 2016Undisclosed2018
Forwards
19Joe GormleyCFNorthern IrelandBelfast2660Cliftonville1 July 2015Free2018
21Tom NicholsCFEnglandWellington2231Exeter City1 February 2016Undisclosed2020
24Lee AngolCFEnglandSutton21287Luton Town20 July 2015Undisclosed2018
28Souleymane CoulibalySTIvory CoastAbidjan21326Bari20 July 2015Free2016
34Deon MooreSTEnglandEngland1800Free Agent20 July 2015Free2015
39Shaq CoulthirstCFEnglandHackney2191Tottenham Hotspur22 January 2016Undisclosed2019
41Aaron WilliamsCFEnglandSandwell2210Nuneaton Town23 January 2016Undisclosed2018
Out on Loan
4Shaun BrisleyCBEnglandMacclesfield26932Macclesfield Town31 January 2012Undisclosed2016
9Kyle VassellCFEnglandMilton Keynes23366Bishop's Stortford11 November 2013Undisclosed2016
23Jack PayneCMEnglandGravesend241506Gillingham30 June 2013Free2016
25Jack FriendSTEnglandKing's Lynn1900Academy10 March 2015Trainee2016
27Kieran SadlierLWRepublic of IrelandHaywards Heath2110St Mirren20 July 2015Free2016
29Jonathan EdwardsCFEnglandLuton1930Academy10 March 2015Trainee2016
33Luke JamesCFEnglandAmble21342Hartlepool United1 September 2014Undisclosed2018

Statistics

As of 10 January 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Ben Alnwick 41 0 32+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Northern Ireland Michael Smith 34 0 27+1 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
3 DF South Africa Kgosi Ntlhe 6 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo Gabriel Zakuani 20 3 16+1 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF England Jack Baldwin 11 0 6+1 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF England Jon Taylor 39 7 23+8 5 3+1 2 1+1 0 2+0 0
8 MF England Michael Bostwick 34 3 25+1 3 4+0 0 1+1 0 2+0 0
10 MF England Erhun Oztumer 29 6 22+1 6 4+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF England Marcus Maddison 34 9 18+8 6 0+4 1 2+0 1 1+1 1
12 DF Portugal Ricardo Almeida Santos 35 0 26+2 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
13 GK England Stuart Moore (on loan from Reading) 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF England Jermaine Anderson 19 5 13+1 3 2+0 1 1+0 1 2+0 0
16 MF England Harry Beautyman 18 0 9+3 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
18 DF England Andrew Fox 15 0 3+7 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
19 FW Northern Ireland Joe Gormley 6 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
20 MF England Harry Anderson 7 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
21 FW England Tom Nichols 3 1 2+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Portugal Leonardo Da Silva Lopes 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW England Lee Angol 29 7 18+5 7 5+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 GK England Dion-Curtis Henry 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly 32 5 14+13 5 0+2 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
33 MF Republic of Ireland Chris Forrester 33 2 24+2 2 5+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
35 DF England Miles Addison 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 MF Norway Martin Samuelsen (on loan from West Ham United) 16 2 7+6 1 2+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 FW England Jordan Nicholson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW England Shaq Coulthirst 9 1 5+2 0 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 FW England Aaron Williams 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
42 MF England Adil Nabi 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
50 DF England Harry Toffolo (on loan from Norwich City) 5 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players currently out on loan:
4 DF England Shaun Brisley 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England Kyle Vassell 6 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
23 MF England Jack Payne 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Republic of Ireland Kieran Sadlier 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the season:
14 FW England Conor Washington 32 16 21+4 10 3+0 4 2+0 1 2+0 1
17 DF Scotland Alex Davey (on loan from Chelsea) 10 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
21 DF England Tobi Adebayo-Rowling 5 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
31 MF Wales Jack Collison 12 0 2+8 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF Australia Callum Elder (on loan from Leicester City) 24 1 20+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
38 DF England Lawrie Wilson (on loan from Bolton Wanderers) 4 0 1+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goals record

As of 20 January 2016
Rank No. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 14FWEngland Conor Washington 1041116
2 11MFEngland Marcus Maddison 62109
3 7 MFEngland Jon Taylor 52007
24FWEngland Lee Angol 70007
5 10MFEngland Erhun Oztumer 60006
15MFEngland Jermaine Anderson 41106
28FWIvory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly 60006
8 8MFEngland Michael Bostwick 30003
5DFDemocratic Republic of the Congo Gabriel Zakuani 30003
10 33MFRepublic of Ireland Chris Forrester 20002
36MFNorway Martin Samuelsen 11002
13 21FWEngland Tom Nichols 10001
32DFNew Zealand Callum Elder 10001
35DFEngland Miles Addison 10001
39FWEngland Shaq Coulthirst 01001
Total 54102066

Disciplinary Record

As of 20 January 2016
No. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
1GKEngland Ben Alnwick 5000000050
2DFEngland Michael Smith 6110000071
3DFSouth Africa Kgosi Ntlhe 1000000010
4DFEngland Shaun Brisley 1000000010
5DFDemocratic Republic of the Congo Gabriel Zakuani 2100100031
6DFEngland Jack Baldwin 3010000040
7MFEngland Jon Taylor 2000000020
8MFEngland Michael Bostwick 70002010100
9FWEngland Kyle Vassell 2000001030
10MFEngland Erhun Oztumer 0100000001
11MFEngland Marcus Maddison 1000100020
12DFPortugal Ricardo Almeida Santos 8110000091
14FWEngland Conor Washington 2000000020
15MFEngland Jermaine Anderson 5100000051
16MFEngland Harry Beautyman 2000000020
17DFScotland Alex Davey 1000000010
18DFEngland Andrew Fox 2010000030.
19FWEngland Joe Gormley 1000000010
20MFEngland Harry Anderson 1000000010
22MFPortugal Leonardo Da Silva Lopes 1000000010
24FWEngland Lee Angol 2010000030
27MFEngland Kieran Sadlier 0000100010
28FWIvory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly 3000000030
31MFWales Jack Collison 1000000010
32DFAustralia Callum Elder 3000000030
33MFRepublic of Ireland Chris Forrester 5020000070
35DFEngland Miles Addison 1000000010
36MFNorway Martin Samuelsen 2000000020
39FWEngland Shaq Coulthirst 1000000010
50DFEngland Harry Toffolo 2000000020
Total 715705020855

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 ST England Deon Moore Free Agents Free transfer [5]
1 July 2015 CM Wales Jack Collison Ipswich Town Free transfer [6]
1 July 2015 ST Northern Ireland Joe Gormley Cliftonville Undisclosed [7]
20 July 2015 ST England Lee Angol Luton Town Undisclosed [8]
20 July 2015 RW Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly Bari Free transfer [9]
20 July 2015 LB England Andrew Fox Odessa Sockers Free transfer [10]
20 July 2015 LW Republic of Ireland Kieran Sadlier St Mirren Free transfer [11]
29 August 2015 RW Republic of Ireland Christopher Forrester St Patrick's Athletic Undisclosed [12]
24 November 2015 CB England Miles Addison Unattached Free Transfer [13]
24 December 2015 AM England Jordan Nicholson Histon Undisclosed [14]
21 January 2016 ST England Adil Nabi West Bromwich Albion Undisclosed [15]
22 January 2016 ST England Shaq Coulthirst Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed [16]
1 February 2016 CF England Tom Nichols Exeter City Undisclosed [17]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CB England Christian Burgess Portsmouth £75,000 [18][19]
1 July 2015 DF England Liam Marshall Ilkeston Free transfer [20]
1 July 2015 RW England Nathaniel Mendez-Laing Rochdale [lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [22]
1 July 2015 CM England David Norris Yeovil Town [lower-alpha 2] Released [22]
1 July 2015 GK Austria Bobby Olejnik Exeter City [lower-alpha 3] Free transfer [22]
29 July 2015 CM Republic of Ireland Kane Ferdinand Dagenham & Redbridge [lower-alpha 4] Free transfer [26]
5 August 2015 LW England Joe Newell Rotherham United Undisclosed [27]
19 January 2016 CF England Conor Washington Queens Park Rangers £2,800,000 [28]
13 February 2016 DM Wales Jack Collison Retired [29]
  1. Following Mendez-Laing's release he joined Rochdale.[21]
  2. Following Norris' release he joined Yeovil Town.[23]
  3. Following Olejnik's release he joined Exeter City.[24]
  4. Following Ferdinand's mutual departure he joined Dagenham & Redbridge.[25]

Total incoming: Increase £2,875,000

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Until Ref.
8 August 2015 CB England Alex Davey Chelsea 2 January 2016 [30][lower-alpha 1]
29 August 2015 LB Australia Callum Elder Leicester City 4 January 2016 [32][lower-alpha 2]
24 November 2015 AM Norway Martin Samuelsen West Ham United End of Season [13][lower-alpha 3]
4 January 2016 RB England Lawrie Wilson Bolton Wanderers 1 February 2015 [34]
21 January 2016 LB England Harry Toffolo Norwich City End of Season [lower-alpha 4]
27 February 2016 GK England Stuart Moore Reading March 2016 [35]
  1. On 1 September 2015, Davey's loan was extened until 2 January 2016.[31]
  2. On 22 September 2015, Elder's loan was extended until 4 January 2016.[33]
  3. On 4 January 2016, Samuelsen's loan was extended to the end of the season.
  4. On 21 January 2016,Toffolo signs on loan.

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Until Ref.
10 July 2015 CF England Luke James Bradford City 1 February 2016 [36]
23 July 2015 ST England Jack Friend Boston United End of season [37]
25 July 2015 ST England Jonathan Edwards Illeston End of season
4 August 2015 GK Slovakia Henrich Ravas Boston United End of season
18 August 2015 LM England Andrew Fox Kidderminster Harriers 17 September 2015 [38]
1 September 2015 CM England Jack Payne Leyton Orient End of season [39]
11 September 2015 CB England Shaun Brisley Northampton Town 9 October 2015 [40]
8 January 2016 CF England Kyle Vassell Shrewsbury Town End of Season [41]
27 January 2016 CB England Shaun Brisley Leyton Orient End of Season [42]
1 February 2016 CF England Luke James Hartlepool United End of Season [43]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 29 May 2015, Peterborough United announced they will face Ipswich Town and Dulwich Hamlet during pre-season.[44] Also a friendly against Barnet was confirmed.[45] On 8 June 2015, it was confirmed West Ham United will visit on 11 July 2015.[46] On 15 June 2015, the Posh added three more confirmed fixtures to the pre-season schedule.[47] A date for the Chris Turner memorial match was announced on 16 June 2015.[48] On 25 June 2015, Peterborough United announced a Tottenham Hotspur XI side will visit during pre-season.[49]

League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Rochdale 45 18 12 15 66 60 +6 66
12 Port Vale 45 18 11 16 56 53 +3 65
13 Peterborough United 45 18 6 21 77 72 +5 60
14 Southend United 45 16 11 18 56 61 5 59
15 Bury 45 15 12 18 53 71 18 57
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

FA Cup

League Cup

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. The Posh will travel to Millwall.[50]

References

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  40. "Brisley Joins Cobblers". Peterborough United FC. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
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  42. "Shaun Brisley: Leyton Orient sign Peterborough United defender". BBC Sport. 27 January 2016.
  43. "Luke James: Hartlepool re-sign Peterborough United forward". BBC Sport. 1 February 2016.
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  45. "Posh To Face Bees At The Hive". Peterborough United FC. 29 May 2015.
  46. "Posh To Face Hammers". Peterborough United FC. 8 June 2015.
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  50. "Posh Face Millwally Trip In JPT First Round". Peterborough United FC. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
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