2015–16 Football League One

Football League One
Season 2015–16
Champions Wigan Athletic
Promoted Wigan Athletic
Relegated Colchester United
Crewe Alexandra
Doncaster Rovers
Matches played 322
Goals scored 1374 (4.27 per match)
Top goalscorer Will Grigg (23 goals)
Best goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin (21 clean sheets)
Biggest home win Chesterfield 7–1 Shrewsbury Town (2 Jan)
Coventry City 6–0 Bury (13 Feb)
Biggest away win
Crewe Alexandra 0–5 Coventry City (2 Jan)
Longest winning run Barnsley (7 matches)
Longest unbeaten run Wigan Athletic (20 matches)
Longest winless run Colchester United (19 matches)
Longest losing run Colchester United (9 matches)
Highest attendance 24,777[1]
Sheffield United 3–1 Bradford City
(28 December 2015)
Lowest attendance 1,767[2]
Rochdale 1–0 Fleetwood Town
(23 February 2016)

The 2015–16 Football League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) is the 12th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 23rd season under its current league division format. The season began on 8 August 2015, and will conclude on 7 May 2016.[3]

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.

To League One

Promoted from League Two

Relegated from Championship

From League One

Relegated to League Two

Promoted to Championship

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Greater Manchester League One football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity[4]
Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,009
Blackpool Blackpool Bloomfield Road 16,750
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Burton Albion Burton-upon-Trent Pirelli Stadium 6,912
Bury Bury Gigg Lane 12,500
Chesterfield Chesterfield Proact Stadium 10,400
Colchester United Colchester Weston Homes Community Stadium 10,105
Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,500
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Gresty Road 10,066
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Highbury Stadium 5,311
Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582
Millwall London (South Bermondsey) The Den 20,146
Oldham Athletic Oldham Boundary Park 13,309
Peterborough United Peterborough Abax Stadium 14,319
Port Vale Stoke-on-Trent Vale Park 18,947
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,183
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,702
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury New Meadow 9,875
Southend United Southend Roots Hall 12,392
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728
Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300
Wigan Athletic Wigan DW Stadium 25,138

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Blackpool England Lee Clark Resigned 9 May 2015[5] Pre-season England Neil McDonald 2 June 2015[6]
Chesterfield England Paul Cook Signed by Portsmouth 12 May 2015[7] Wales Dean Saunders 13 May 2015[8]
Sheffield United England Nigel Clough Sacked 25 May 2015[9] England Nigel Adkins 2 June 2015[10]
Peterborough United England Dave Robertson 6 September 2015[11] 20th England Graham Westley 21 September 2015[12]
Doncaster Rovers Scotland Paul Dickov 8 September 2015[13] 17th England Rob Jones (interim) 8 September 2015[14]
Oldham Athletic Northern Ireland Darren Kelly 12 September 2015[15] 19th England David Dunn (interim) 13 September 2015[15]
Oldham Athletic England David Dunn (interim) Change of contract 7 October 2015[16] 18th England David Dunn 7 October 2015[16]
Doncaster Rovers England Rob Jones End of interim 16 October 2015 20th Scotland Darren Ferguson 16 October 2015[17]
Chesterfield Wales Dean Saunders Sacked 28 November 2015 16th England Danny Wilson 24 December 2015[18]
Walsall England Dean Smith Signed by Brentford 30 November 2015 4th England John Ward (interim) 30 November 2015[19]
Burton Albion Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Signed by QPR 4 December 2015[20] 1st England Nigel Clough 5 December 2015[21]
Walsall England John Ward (interim) End of interim 18 December 2015 3rd Republic of Ireland Sean O'Driscoll 18 December 2015[22]
Oldham Athletic England David Dunn Sacked 12 January 2016 22nd Republic of Ireland John Sheridan 13 January 2016[23]
Barnsley England Lee Johnson Signed by Bristol City 6 February 2016[24] 12th England Paul Heckingbottom (caretaker) 12 February 2016
Walsall Republic of Ireland Sean O'Driscoll Sacked 6 March 2016[25] 4th England John Whitney (interim) 7 March 2016[26]
Peterborough United England Graham Westley Sacked 23 April 2016[27] 14th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Wigan Athletic (P) 45 24 15 6 81 41 +40 87 Promotion to Football League Championship
2 Burton Albion (X) 45 25 9 11 57 37 +20 84
3 Walsall (X) 45 23 12 10 66 49 +17 81 Qualification for League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Millwall (Q) 45 23 9 13 71 48 +23 78
5 Bradford City (Q) 45 22 11 12 53 40 +13 77
6 Barnsley 45 21 8 16 66 53 +13 71
7 Scunthorpe United 45 20 11 14 58 47 +11 71
8 Gillingham 45 19 12 14 70 54 +16 69
9 Coventry City 45 18 12 15 65 49 +16 66
10 Sheffield United 45 18 12 15 64 57 +7 66
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
16 Swindon Town 45 15 11 19 61 71 10 56
17 Oldham Athletic 45 12 18 15 44 56 12 54
18 Chesterfield 45 15 8 22 58 68 10 53
19 Shrewsbury Town 45 13 11 21 58 76 18 50
20 Fleetwood Town 45 11 15 19 50 56 6 48
21 Blackpool 45 12 10 23 39 58 19 46 Relegation to Football League Two
22 Doncaster Rovers (R) 45 11 12 22 48 64 16 45
23 Colchester United (R) 45 9 13 23 56 97 41 40
24 Crewe Alexandra (R) 45 7 13 25 46 81 35 34
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
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (X) Assured of at least a play-off place and may still qualify for automatic promotion.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

Play-offs

The play-offs are played between the teams that finish from third to sixth with the winning team gaining the final promotion spot to the Championship. The play-off semi-finals will see the sixth placed team play the third placed team and the fifth placed team play the fourth placed team. The team that finishes in the lower position will play at home in the first leg then play away in the second leg. If the aggregate score is level after both legs, then extra time will be played. If the scores are still level, a penalty shoot-out will decide the winner. The away-goals rule does not apply in the semi-finals.

The semi-finals will be held on 14-15 and 19–20 May.[28] The winners from the two semi-finals will play at Wembley Stadium on 29 May 2016 in the play-off final.[28]

Results

Home ╲ Away BAR BLP BRABRTBRYCHFCOLCOVCREDONFLEGILMILOLDPETPTVROCSCUSHUSHRSTDSWIWALWIG
Barnsley 42 00 10 30 12 22 20 12 10 01 20 21 21 10 12 61 00 11 12 02 41 02 02
Blackpool 11 01 12 11 20 01 01 20 02 10 10 11 00 20 01 02 50 00 23 20 10 04 04
Bradford City 01 10 20 21 12 00 20 21 21 12 10 10 02 10 22 10 22 11 20 10 40 11
Burton Albion 00 10 31 11 10 51 12 00 33 21 21 21 00 21 20 10 21 00 12 10 10 00 11
Bury 00 43 00 10 10 52 21 00 10 34 01 13 11 31 10 00 12 10 22 22 23 22
Chesterfield 31 11 01 12 30 33 11 31 11 00 13 12 12 01 42 00 03 03 71 30 04 14 23
Colchester United 23 22 20 03 01 11 13 23 41 11 21 00 00 14 21 22 12 00 02 14 44 33
Coventry City 43 00 10 02 60 10 01 32 22 12 41 21 11 32 10 01 12 31 30 22 00 11 20
Crewe Alexandra 12 12 01 11 33 12 11 05 31 11 01 13 10 15 00 20 23 10 12 12 13 11 11
Doncaster Rovers 21 01 01 11 30 20 20 32 20 22 11 11 12 12 02 01 01 01 00 22 12 31
Fleetwood Town 02 00 11 40 20 01 40 01 00 21 21 11 20 12 11 21 22 00 11 51 01 13
Gillingham 21 21 30 03 31 12 10 00 30 10 51 33 21 02 20 21 40 23 11 00 12 20
Millwall 23 30 00 20 10 02 41 04 11 20 10 03 30 30 31 31 02 10 31 02 20 01 00
Oldham Athletic 12 10 12 01 01 10 11 10 12 10 21 12 15 11 23 24 11 11 25 20 10 11
Peterborough United 32 04 01 23 20 21 31 30 40 21 11 53 12 23 12 02 13 11 00 12 11 23
Port Vale 01 20 11 04 10 32 20 11 30 30 00 11 02 11 11 41 11 21 20 31 10 32
Rochdale 30 30 13 21 30 23 31 00 22 22 10 11 01 00 20 21 21 20 32 41 22 12 02
Scunthorpe United 20 01 02 10 21 11 30 10 20 20 10 00 00 11 04 10 11 01 21 10 60 01 11
Sheffield United 00 20 31 01 13 20 23 10 32 31 30 00 12 30 23 10 32 24 22 11 20 02
Shrewsbury Town 03 20 11 01 20 12 42 21 01 12 11 22 12 01 34 11 20 22 12 12 01 13 15
Southend United 21 10 01 31 41 01 30 30 11 03 22 11 04 01 21 10 22 21 31 01 01 02 00
Swindon Town 01 32 41 01 01 10 12 22 43 20 11 13 22 12 12 22 21 21 02 42 21 14
Walsall 13 11 21 20 01 12 21 21 11 20 31 32 03 11 20 20 03 00 11 21 10 11 12
Wigan Athletic 01 10 01 30 31 50 10 10 00 21 32 22 00 11 30 10 30 33 10 41 10 00

Updated to games played on 2 May 2016.
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 30 April 2016
Rank Player Club Goals[29]
1 Northern Ireland Will Grigg Wigan Athletic 24
2 England Nicky Ajose Swindon Town 22
3 England Billy Sharp Sheffield United 21
4 England Adam Armstrong Coventry City 19
Republic of Ireland Patrick Madden Scunthorpe United
England Sam Winnall Barnsley
7 England Lee Gregory Millwall 17
8 Wales Tom Bradshaw Walsall 15
England Leon Clarke Bury
Wales Steve Morison Millwall

Monthly Awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
August England Dean Smith Walsall England Adam Armstrong Coventry City [30][31]
September Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Burton Albion Jersey Peter Vincenti Rochdale [32][33]
October England Mark Robins Scunthorpe United Republic of Ireland Aiden O'Brien Millwall [34][35]
November England Graham Westley Peterborough United England Jacob Murphy Coventry City [36][37]
December England Nigel Adkins Sheffield United England Andy Williams Doncaster Rovers [38][39]
January England Lee Johnson Barnsley England Sam Winnall Barnsley [40][41]
February England Gary Caldwell Wigan Athletic England Jordan Archer Millwall [42][43]
March England Paul Heckingbottom Barnsley England Sullay Kaikai Shrewsbury Town [44][45]

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  14. Doncaster Rovers sack Paul Dickov with Rob Jones taking charge on temporary basis
  15. 1 2 "Oldham Athletic: David Dunn replaces sacked Darren Kelly". BBC Sport. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  16. 1 2 Oldham Athletic: David Dunn appointed permanent manager
  17. Darren Ferguson appointed new Doncaster Rovers manager
  18. Danny Wilson: Chesterfield appoint ex-Barnsley manager
  19. Dean Smith leaves Walsall to take Brentford job
  20. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: QPR appoint Burton manager as boss
  21. Nigel Clough set to return as Burton Albion manager
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  41. "Sam Winnall named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
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