2015–16 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth
2015–16 season
Chairman Iain McInnes
Owner Pompey Supporters Trust
Manager Paul Cook
Stadium Fratton Park
League Two 5th
FA Cup Fourth Round
(eliminated by Bournemouth)
League Cup Second Round
(eliminated by Reading)
FL Trophy First round
(eliminated by Exeter City)
Top goalscorer League: McNulty and Evans (10)
All: McNulty and Chaplin (11)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 season is Portsmouth's 117th season of existence and their third consecutive season in League Two.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Players

Squad details

As of 1 May 2016
No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Club
apps
Club
goals
Int.
caps
Int.
goals
Signed from Date signed Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Paul Jones GK England Snodland 28 June 1986 64 0 Crawley 4 June 2014 Free 30 June 2017
24 Brian Murphy GK Republic of Ireland Waterford 7 May 1983 24 0 QPR 8 August 2015 Free 30 June 2016
27 Ryan Fulton GK Scotland Burnley England 23 May 1996 13 0 Liverpool 22 January 2016 Loan 30 June 2016
35 Alex Bass GK England Southampton 1 April 1998 Academy 12 August 2014 Trainee 30 June 2016
Defenders
2 Ben Davies RB/RW England Birmingham 27 May 1981 48 1 Sheffield United 6 August 2015 Free 30 June 2016
3 Enda Stevens LB Republic of Ireland Dublin 9 July 1990 51 0 Aston Villa 15 June 2015 Free 30 June 2017
4 Adam Webster CB/RB England West Wittering 4 January 1995 81 5 Academy 9 February 2011 Free 30 June 2017
6 Christian Burgess CB England Barking 7 October 1991 41 2 Peterborough 25 June 2015 Undisc. 30 June 2018
16 Jack Whatmough CB England Gosport 19 August 1996[2] 37 0 Academy 19 August 2013 Free 30 June 2017
17 Kieron Freeman RB/LB Wales Arnold 21 March 1992 6 0 Sheffield Utd 28 January 2016 Loan 30 June 2016
20 Matt Clarke CB/CM England Barham 22 September 1996 33 1 Ipswich Town 3 August 2015 Loan 30 June 2016
36 Dory Yates CB England Winchester 25 April 1998 Academy 31 October 2015 Trainee 30 June 2016
38 Brandon Haunstrup LB England Waterlooville 26 October 1996 4 0 Academy 25 June 2015 Free 30 June 2016
Midfielders
8 Michael Doyle CM Republic of Ireland Dublin 8 August 1981 48 2 1 0 Sheffield United 6 July 2015 Free 30 June 2016
11 Gary Roberts LW/AM England Liverpool 18 March 1984 35 9 Chesterfield 17 June 2015 Undisc. 30 June 2018
14 Kal Naismith RW/LW/ST Scotland Glasgow 18 February 1992 20 2 Accrington Stanley 28 May 2015 Undisc. 30 June 2018
15 Adam Barton CM/CB Republic of Ireland Blackburn England 7 January 1991 18 0 Coventry City 24 June 2015 Free 30 June 2017
18 Ben Tollitt LW/RW/AM England Liverpool 30 November 1994 15 1 Skelmersdale 15 July 2015 Free 30 June 2016
23 Kyle Bennett LW/RW England Telford 9 September 1990 49 7 Doncaster Rovers 21 May 2015 Free 30 June 2017
26 Gareth Evans RW/LW England Macclesfield 26 April 1988 45 10 Fleetwood Town 28 July 2015 Free 30 June 2016
29 Danny Hollands CM England Ashford 6 November 1985 92 8 Charlton 22 May 2014 Free 30 June 2016
30 Adam May CM England Southampton 6 December 1997 3 0 Academy 17 April 2015 Free 30 June 2016
32 C. Oxlade-Chamberlain CM England Portsmouth 24 June 1998 1 0 Academy 31 October 2015 Trainee 30 June 2016
33 Ben Close CM England Portsmouth 8 August 1996 21 0 Academy 3 May 2014 Free 30 June 2017
40 Kaleem Haitham LW England Portsmouth 4 June 1998 1 0 Academy 31 October 2015 Trainee 30 June 2016
Forwards
7 Adam McGurk ST/RW/LW Northern Ireland Larne 24 January 1989 33 6 Burton Albion 24 June 2015 Free 30 June 2017
10 Marc McNulty ST/AM Scotland Edinburgh 14 September 1992 32 11 Sheffield United 6 November 2015 Loan 30 June 2016
19 Conor Chaplin ST/LW England Worthing 16 February 1997 48 12 Academy 20 October 2014 Free 30 June 2016
21 Michael Smith ST England Wallsend 17 October 1991 16 4 Swindon Town 1 February 2016 Loan 30 June 2016
25 Conor Wilkinson ST Republic of Ireland Croydon England 13 January 1995 Bolton 23 March 2016 Loan 30 June 2016
31 Brandon Joseph-Buadi ST England Brighton 2 October 1997 1 0 Academy 31 October 2015 Trainee 30 June 2016

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
England Paul Cook 48EU Chesterfield Job Offer Summer 2016 £150,000 Portsmouth FC
23 MF England Kyle Bennett 24EU Doncaster Rovers Transfer Summer 2017 Free Portsmouth FC
14 MF Scotland Kal Naismith 23EU Accrington Stanley Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed Portsmouth FC
3 DF Republic of Ireland Enda Stevens 24EU Aston Villa Transfer Summer 2017 Free Portsmouth FC
11 MF England Gary Roberts 31EU Chesterfield Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed Portsmouth FC
7 FW Northern Ireland Adam McGurk 26EU Burton Albion Transfer Summer 2017 Free Portsmouth FC
15 MF Republic of Ireland Adam Barton 24EU Coventry City Transfer Summer 2017 Free Portsmouth FC
DF England Chad Field 18EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
38 DF England Brandon Haunstrup 18EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
DF Norway Snorre Nilsen 18EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
6 DF England Christian Burgess 23EU Peterborough United Transfer Summer 2018 £75,000 Portsmouth FC
8 MF Republic of Ireland Michael Doyle 33EU Sheffield United Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
17 FW England Jayden Stockley 21EU AFC Bournemouth Loan Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
18 MF England Ben Tollitt 20EU Skelmersdale United Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
26 MF England Gareth Evans 27EU Fleetwood Town Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
30 MF England Adam May 17EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
20 DF England Matt Clarke 18EU Ipswich Town Loan Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
2 MF England Ben Davies 34EU Sheffield United Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
24 GK Republic of Ireland Brian Murphy 32EU Queens Park Rangers Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
5 MF Benin Romuald Boco 30EU Bharat FCIndia Transfer During season 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
27 GK Republic of Ireland Aaron McCarey 23EU Wolverhampton Wanderers Loan During season 2015 Free Portsmouth FC
13 FW Northern Ireland Caolan Lavery 22EU Sheffield Wednesday Loan During season 2015 Free Portsmouth FC
10 FW Scotland Marc McNulty 23EU Sheffield United Loan During season 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
27 GK Scotland Ryan Fulton 19EU Liverpool Loan Winter 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
17 DF Wales Kieron Freeman 23EU Sheffield United Loan Winter 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
21 FW England Michael Smith 24EU Swindon Town Loan Winter 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
25 FW Republic of Ireland Conor Wilkinson 21EU Bolton Wanderers Loan During season 2016 Free Portsmouth FC

Total spending: Decrease £225,000

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
15 FW England Paul McCallum 21EU West Ham United Loan Return Summer Free
18 DF England Josh Passley 20EU Fulham Loan Return Summer Free
24 DF Jamaica Nyron Nosworthy 34EU Blackpool Loan Return Summer Free
4 DF England Danny East 23EU Grimsby TownEngland Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
BBC Sport
5 DF England Joe Devera 28EU Boreham Wood Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
BBC Sport
6 DF England Ben Chorley 32EU Bromley Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
BBC Sport
11 FW England Tom Craddock 28EU Guiseley Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
BBC Sport
17 DF England Nicky Shorey 33EU Pune CityIndia Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
19 MF England Wes Fogden 27EU Yeovil Town Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
BBC Sport
26 MF England Bradley Tarbuck 19EU Dorchester Town Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
34 DF England Dan Butler 20EU Torquay United Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
BBC Sport
9 FW England Ryan Taylor 27EU Oxford United Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
Oxford United FC
8 MF England Jed Wallace 21EU Wolverhampton Wanderers Transfer Summer £275,000 Portsmouth FC
20 FW England Craig Westcarr 30EU Mansfield Town Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
7 MF England Andy Barcham 28EU AFC Wimbledon Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
AFC Wimbledon
13 MF Austria Johannes Ertl 32EU Free agent Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
22 GK England Michael Poke 29EU Eastleigh Loan Summer Free Portsmouth FC
5 DF England Paul Robinson 33EU AFC Wimbledon Mutual consent Summer Free Portsmouth FC
AFC Wimbledon
DF England Chad Field 18EU Bognor Regis Town Loan Summer Free Portsmouth FC
DF Norway Snorre Nilsen 18EU Bognor Regis Town Loan Summer Free Portsmouth FC
MF Benin Romuald Boco 30EU Havant & Waterlooville Loan During season Free Portsmouth FC
34 DF England Calvin Davies 18EU Havant & Waterlooville Loan During season Free Portsmouth FC
27 GK Republic of Ireland Aaron McCarey 23EU Wolverhampton Wanderers Loan return During season Free Portsmouth FC
FW England Liam Sayers 17EU Dorchester Town Loan During season Free Dorchester Town FC
21 MF England James Dunne 26EU Dagenham & Redbridge Loan During season Free Portsmouth FC
30 MF England Adam May 17EU Gosport Borough Loan During season Free Portsmouth FC
14 MF Scotland Kal Naismith 23EU Hartlepool United Loan During season Free Portsmouth FC
1 GK England Paul Jones 29EU Crawley Town Loan Winter Free Portsmouth FC
9 FW England Matt Tubbs 31EU Eastleigh Loan During season Free Portsmouth FC

Total spending: Increase £275,000

Contracts

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Status
Contract length
Expiry date
Source
33 MF England Ben Close 18 Signed 1 year June 2016 Portsmouth FC
2 DF England Adam Webster 19 Signed 2 years June 2017 Portsmouth FC
8 FW England Ryan Taylor 27 Collapsed 0 year June 2015 Portsmouth FC
30 MF England Adam May 17 Signed 1 year June 2016 Portsmouth FC
33 MF England Ben Close 19 Signed 1 year June 2017 Portsmouth FC

Last updated:

Player statistics

Squad stats

As of 1 May 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 England Paul Jones 10 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
2 DF England Ben Davies 48 1 42 1 5 0 1 0 0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland Enda Stevens 51 0 45 0 5 0 0+1 0 0 0
4 DF England Adam Webster 35 2 24+3 2 4+1 0 2 0 1 0
6 DF England Christian Burgess 41 2 37 2 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Northern Ireland Adam McGurk 33 6 11+15 2 4 3 2 1 1 0
8 MF Republic of Ireland Michael Doyle 48 1 43+1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW Scotland Marc McNulty 32 11 19+8 10 4+1 1 0 0 0 0
11 MF England Gary Roberts 35 9 26+6 7 3 2 0 0 0 0
14 MF Scotland Kal Naismith 16 2 7+7 2 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
15 MF Republic of Ireland Adam Barton 18 0 10+5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
16 DF England Jack Whatmough 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Wales Kieron Freeman 6 0 3+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF England Ben Tollitt 14 1 0+11 1 0 0 0+2 0 1 0
19 FW England Conor Chaplin 37 11 6+24 8 1+3 1 1+1 2 1 0
20 DF England Matt Clarke 33 1 26+3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
21 FW England Michael Smith 16 4 13+3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF England Kyle Bennett 49 7 40+2 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
24 GK Republic of Ireland Brian Murphy 24 0 19+1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF England Gareth Evans 45 10 31+8 10 3+1 0 2 0 0 0
27 GK Scotland Ryan Fulton 13 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF England Danny Hollands 37 0 27+5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
30 MF England Adam May 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 MF England Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
33 MF England Ben Close 12 0 5+1 0 2+1 0 2 0 1 0
35 GK England Alex Bass 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF England Dory Yates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF England Brandon Haunstrup 4 0 0 0 0+1 0 2 0 1 0
40 MF England Kaleem Haitham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Players on loan to other clubs:
9 FW England Matt Tubbs 17 5 8+8 5 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
31 FW England Brandon Joseph-Buadi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 DF England Calvin Davies 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF England Chad Field 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Norway Snorre Nilsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
5 MF Benin Romuald Boco 5 0 2+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
13 FW Northern Ireland Caolan Lavery 13 4 11+2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW England Jayden Stockley 12 2 4+5 2 0+1 0 2 0 0 0
21 MF England James Dunne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
22 GK England Michael Poke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF France Nigel Atangana 13 0 8+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 GK Republic of Ireland Aaron McCarey 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1 FW Scotland 10 Marc McNulty 10 1 0 0 11
FW England 19 Conor Chaplin 8 1 2 0 11
2 MF England 26 Gareth Evans 10 0 0 0 10
3 MF England 11 Gary Roberts 7 2 0 0 9
4 MF England 23 Kyle Bennett 6 0 0 0 6
FW Northern Ireland 7 Adam McGurk 2 3 1 0 6
5 FW England 9 Matt Tubbs 5 0 0 0 5
6 FW Northern Ireland 13 Caolan Lavery 4 0 0 0 4
FW England 21 Michael Smith 4 0 0 0 4
7 DF England 4 Adam Webster 2 0 0 0 2
DF England 6 Christian Burgess 2 0 0 0 2
MF Scotland 14 Kal Naismith 2 0 0 0 2
FW England 17 Jayden Stockley 2 0 0 0 2
7 DF England 2 Ben Davies 1 0 0 0 1
MF England 18 Ben Tollitt 1 0 0 0 1
DF England 20 Matt Clarke 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 2 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 74 8 3 0 85

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
3 Republic of Ireland DF Enda Stevens 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
6 England DF Christian Burgess 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
2 England DF Ben Davies 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
10 Scotland FW Marc McNulty 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
8 Republic of Ireland MF Michael Doyle 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
19 England FW Conor Chaplin 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
23 England MF Kyle Bennett 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
29 England MF Danny Hollands 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
20 England DF Matt Clarke 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 England MF Gary Roberts 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
4 England DF Adam Webster 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
17 England FW Jayden Stockley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 England MF Gareth Evans 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
7 Northern Ireland FW Adam McGurk 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Northern Ireland FW Caolan Lavery 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 Wales DF Kieron Freeman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
24 Republic of Ireland GK Brian Murphy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Republic of Ireland MF Adam Barton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 53 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 60 6

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 6 May 2015, Portsmouth announced two pre-season friendlies, Away to Havant & Waterlooville on 11 July 2015 and Away to Bognor Regis Town on 17 July 2015.[3] On 28 May 2015, the club announced they will also travel to play Gillingham.[4] A day later, Portsmouth announced they will travel to face Woking.[5] On 31 May 2015, Portsmouth added Gosport Borough to their pre-season programme.[6] On 11 July 2015, Portsmouth announced a friendly against Coventry City.[7]

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Accrington Stanley (Q) 46 24 13 9 74 48 +26 85 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Plymouth Argyle (Q) 46 24 9 13 72 46 +26 81
6 Portsmouth (Q) 46 21 15 10 75 44 +31 78
7 AFC Wimbledon (Q) 46 21 12 13 64 50 +14 75
8 Leyton Orient 46 19 12 15 60 61 1 69
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
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[8]

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Portsmouth were drawn at home against Derby County.[9] In the second round, Portsmouth were drawn at home again this time against Reading.[10]

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. Pompey travelled to Exeter City.[11]

References

  1. "History". Statto.
  2. Whatmough offers hope amid the gloom; Portsmouth News, 1 October 2013
  3. "First Two Friendlies Confirmed". Portsmouth FC. 6 May 2015.
  4. "Pompey Confirm Gills Friendly". Portsmouth FC. 28 May 2015.
  5. "Blues To Face Woking". Portsmouth FC. 29 May 2015.
  6. "Gosport Friendly This Summer". Portsmouth FC. 31 May 2015.
  7. "Pompey Add Coventry Friendly". Portsmouth FC. 11 July 2015.
  8. "Pompey start 2015/16 season at home to Dagenham & Redbridge". Portsmouth FC. 17 June 2015.
  9. "Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 1 Draw". Capital One Cup. 16 June 2015.
  10. "Capital One Cup Round 2 draw". Capital One Cup. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  11. "Pompey Away To Exeter In JPT". Portsmouth FC. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
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