2015–16 Portsmouth F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is Portsmouth's 117th season of existence and their third consecutive season in League Two. 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.

Portsmouth
2015–16 season
OwnerPompey Supporters Trust
ChairmanIain McInnes
ManagerPaul Cook
StadiumFratton Park
League Two6th
FA CupFourth round
(vs. Bournemouth)
League CupSecond Round
(vs. Reading)
FL TrophyFirst round
(vs. Exeter City)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marc McNulty
Gareth Evans (10 each)

All: Marc McNulty (12)

Players

Squad details

As of 19 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
1Paul JonesGKSnodland (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 29) 640Crawley4 June 2014Free30 June 2017
24Brian MurphyGKWaterford (1983-05-07)7 May 1983 (aged 33) 250QPR8 August 2015Free30 June 2016
27Ryan FultonGKBurnley (1996-05-23)23 May 1996 (aged 19) 130Liverpool22 January 2016Loan30 June 2016
35Alex BassGKSouthampton (1998-04-01)1 April 1998 (aged 18) Academy12 August 2014Trainee30 June 2016
Defenders
2Ben DaviesRB/RWBirmingham (1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 34) 511Sheffield United6 August 2015Free30 June 2016
3Enda StevensLBDublin (1990-07-09)9 July 1990 (aged 25) 530Aston Villa15 June 2015Free30 June 2017
4Adam WebsterCB/RBWest Wittering (1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 21) 815Academy9 February 2011Free30 June 2017
6Christian BurgessCBBarking (1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 24) 432Peterborough25 June 2015Undisc.30 June 2018
16Jack WhatmoughCBGosport (1996-08-19)19 August 1996 (aged 19)[1] 380Academy19 August 2013Free30 June 2017
17Kieron FreemanRB/LBArnold (1992-03-21)21 March 1992 (aged 24) 70Sheffield Utd28 January 2016Loan30 June 2016
20Matt ClarkeCB/CMBarham (1996-09-22)22 September 1996 (aged 19) 331Ipswich Town3 August 2015Loan30 June 2016
36Dory YatesCBWinchester (1998-04-25)25 April 1998 (aged 18) Academy31 October 2015Trainee30 June 2016
38Brandon HaunstrupLBWaterlooville (1996-10-26)26 October 1996 (aged 19) 50Academy25 June 2015Free30 June 2016
Midfielders
8Michael DoyleCMDublin (1981-08-08)8 August 1981 (aged 34) 50210Sheffield United6 July 2015Free30 June 2016
11Gary RobertsLW/AMLiverpool (1984-03-18)18 March 1984 (aged 32) 3810Chesterfield17 June 2015Undisc.30 June 2018
14Kal NaismithRW/LW/STGlasgow (1992-02-18)18 February 1992 (aged 24) 223Accrington Stanley28 May 2015Undisc.30 June 2018
15Adam BartonCM/CBBlackburn (1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (aged 25) 210Coventry City24 June 2015Free30 June 2017
18Ben TollittLW/RW/AMLiverpool (1994-11-30)30 November 1994 (aged 21) 161Skelmersdale15 July 2015Free30 June 2016
23Kyle BennettLW/RWTelford (1990-09-09)9 September 1990 (aged 25) 517Doncaster Rovers21 May 2015Free30 June 2017
26Gareth EvansRW/LWMacclesfield (1988-04-26)26 April 1988 (aged 28) 4810Fleetwood Town28 July 2015Free30 June 2016
29Danny HollandsCMAshford (1985-11-06)6 November 1985 (aged 30) 948Charlton22 May 2014Free30 June 2016
30Adam MayCMSouthampton (1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 18) 40Academy17 April 2015Free30 June 2016
32C. Oxlade-ChamberlainCMPortsmouth (1998-06-24)24 June 1998 (aged 17) 10Academy31 October 2015Trainee30 June 2016
33Ben CloseCMPortsmouth (1996-08-08)8 August 1996 (aged 19) 230Academy3 May 2014Free30 June 2017
40Kaleem HaithamLWPortsmouth (1998-06-04)4 June 1998 (aged 17) 10Academy31 October 2015Trainee30 June 2016
Forwards
7Adam McGurkST/RW/LWLarne (1989-01-24)24 January 1989 (aged 27) 366Burton Albion24 June 2015Free30 June 2017
10Marc McNultyST/AMEdinburgh (1992-09-14)14 September 1992 (aged 23) 3412Sheffield United6 November 2015Loan30 June 2016
19Conor ChaplinST/LWWorthing (1997-02-16)16 February 1997 (aged 19) 4912Academy20 October 2014Free30 June 2018
25Conor WilkinsonSTCroydon (1995-01-13)13 January 1995 (aged 21) 10Bolton23 March 2016Loan30 June 2016
31Brandon Joseph-BuadiSTBrighton (1997-10-02)2 October 1997 (aged 18) 10Academy31 October 2015Trainee30 June 2016

Transfers

In

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
Paul Cook 48EU Chesterfield Job Offer Summer 2016 £150,000 Portsmouth FC
23 MF Kyle Bennett 24EU Doncaster Rovers Transfer Summer 2017 Free Portsmouth FC
14 MF Kal Naismith 23EU Accrington Stanley Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed Portsmouth FC
3 DF Enda Stevens 24EU Aston Villa Transfer Summer 2017 Free Portsmouth FC
11 MF Gary Roberts 31EU Chesterfield Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed Portsmouth FC
7 FW Adam McGurk 26EU Burton Albion Transfer Summer 2017 Free Portsmouth FC
15 MF Adam Barton 24EU Coventry City Transfer Summer 2017 Free Portsmouth FC
DF Chad Field 18EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
38 DF Brandon Haunstrup 18EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
DF Snorre Nilsen 18EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
6 DF Christian Burgess 23EU Peterborough United Transfer Summer 2018 £75,000 Portsmouth FC
8 MF Michael Doyle 33EU Sheffield United Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
17 FW Jayden Stockley 21EU Bournemouth Loan Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
18 MF Ben Tollitt 20EU Skelmersdale United Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
26 MF Gareth Evans 27EU Fleetwood Town Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
30 MF Adam May 17EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
20 DF Matt Clarke 18EU Ipswich Town Loan Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
2 MF Ben Davies 34EU Sheffield United Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
24 GK Brian Murphy 32EU Queens Park Rangers Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
5 MF Romuald Boco 30EU Bharat FC Transfer During season 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
27 GK Aaron McCarey 23EU Wolverhampton Wanderers Loan During season 2015 Free Portsmouth FC
13 FW Caolan Lavery 22EU Sheffield Wednesday Loan During season 2015 Free Portsmouth FC
10 FW Marc McNulty 23EU Sheffield United Loan During season 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
27 GK Ryan Fulton 19EU Liverpool Loan Winter 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
17 DF Kieron Freeman 23EU Sheffield United Loan Winter 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
21 FW Michael Smith 24EU Swindon Town Loan Winter 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
25 FW Conor Wilkinson 21EU Bolton Wanderers Loan During season 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
22 GK Ryan Allsop 23EU Bournemouth Loan During season 2016 Free Portsmouth FC

Total spending: £225,000

Out

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

Total spending: £275,000

Contracts

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Status
Contract length
Expiry date
Source
33 MF Ben Close 18 Signed 1 year June 2016 Portsmouth FC
2 DF Adam Webster 19 Signed 2 years June 2017 Portsmouth FC
8 FW Ryan Taylor 27 Collapsed 0 year June 2015 Portsmouth FC
30 MF Adam May 17 Signed 1 year June 2016 Portsmouth FC
19 FW Conor Chaplin 18 Signed 3 years June 2018 Portsmouth FC

Last updated:

Player statistics

Squad stats

As of 19 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague TwoFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyPlay-offs
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Paul Jones 1007000201000
2 DF Ben Davies 51143150100020
3 DF Enda Stevens 530450500+100020
4 DF Adam Webster 35224+324+10201000
6 DF Christian Burgess 4323723+10000020
7 FW Adam McGurk 36612+1524321100+20
8 MF Michael Doyle 50143+1140000020
10 FW Marc McNulty 341219+8104+11000021
11 MF Gary Roberts 381027+6732000021
14 MF Kal Naismith 1838+730+10000+100+10
15 MF Adam Barton 21011+5020001020
16 DF Jack Whatmough 201+1000000000
17 DF Kieron Freeman 704+3000000000
18 MF Ben Tollitt 1510+121000+201000
19 FW Conor Chaplin 38116+2481+311+12100+10
20 DF Matt Clarke 33126+3120200000
23 MF Kyle Bennett 51740+2651200020
24 GK Brian Murphy 25020+1040000000
26 MF Gareth Evans 481032+8103+10200020
27 GK Ryan Fulton 13012010000000
29 MF Danny Hollands 39027+5030200020
30 MF Adam May 200+1000001000
32 MF Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain 100000000+1000
33 MF Ben Close 1406+102+1020100+10
35 GK Alex Bass 000000000000
36 DF Dory Yates 000000000000
38 DF Brandon Haunstrup 50100+10201000
40 MF Kaleem Haitham 100000000+1000
Players on loan to other clubs:
9 FW Matt Tubbs 1758+85000+100000
31 FW Brandon Joseph-Buadi 100000001000
34 DF Calvin Davies 100000001000
DF Chad Field 000000000000
DF Snorre Nilsen 000000000000
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
5 MF Romuald Boco 502+200+10000000
13 FW Caolan Lavery 13411+2400000000
17 FW Jayden Stockley 1224+520+10200000
21 MF James Dunne 1000000+100000
21 FW Michael Smith 16413+3400000000
22 GK Michael Poke 000000000000
22 GK Ryan Allsop 200000000020
25 MF Nigel Atangana 1308+5000000000
27 GK Aaron McCarey 404000000000

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Play-offs Total
1FW10Marc McNulty10100112
2FW19Conor Chaplin8120011
3MF26Gareth Evans10000010
MF11Gary Roberts7200110
4MF23Kyle Bennett600006
FW7Adam McGurk231006
5FW9Matt Tubbs500005
6FW13Caolan Lavery400004
FW21Michael Smith400004
7MF14Kal Naismith300003
8DF4Adam Webster200002
DF6Christian Burgess200002
FW17Jayden Stockley200002
7DF2Ben Davies100001
MF18Ben Tollitt100001
DF20Matt Clarke100001
Own goals200002
TOTALS 75 8 3 0 2 88

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Play-offs Total
3DFEnda Stevens910000000091
6DFChristian Burgess811000000091
2DFBen Davies801000000090
10FWMarc McNulty401000000050
8MFMichael Doyle410000000041
19FWConor Chaplin400000000040
23MFKyle Bennett301000000040
29MFDanny Hollands300000001040
20DFMatt Clarke201000000030
11MFGary Roberts210000000021
26MFGareth Evans210000000021
4DFAdam Webster111000000021
7FWAdam McGurk200000000020
17FWJayden Stockley200000000020
15MFAdam Barton001000001020
17DFKieron Freeman110000000011
13FWCaolan Lavery100000000010
24GKBrian Murphy100000000010
15MFAdam Barton000000001010
TOTALS 56 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 66 7

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.[2] On 28 May 2015, the club announced they will also travel to play Gillingham.[3] A day later, Portsmouth announced they will travel to face Woking.[4] On 31 May 2015, Portsmouth added Gosport Borough to their pre-season programme.[5] On 11 July 2015, Portsmouth announced a friendly against Coventry City.[6]

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly Havant & Waterlooville 1–1 Portsmouth Havant
15:00 BST Clifton  21' Report  48' Doyle Stadium: West Leigh Park
Referee: Dean Treleaven
17 July 2015 (2015-07-17) Friendly Bognor Regis Town 1–1 Portsmouth Bognor Regis
19:30 BST Rutherford  57' Report  8' Tubbs Stadium: Nyewood Lane
Referee: Ashley Slaughter
18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly Gosport Borough 2–3 Portsmouth Gosport
15:00 BST Bennett  73'
White  75'
Report  13'  89' Chaplin
 66' Robinson
Stadium: Privett Park
Attendance: 2,020
Referee: Dan Crooke
21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly Portsmouth 2–1 Coventry City Havant
19:30 BST Chaplin  4'
Evans  45'
Report  53' Thomas Stadium: West Leigh Park
Referee: Constantine Hatzidakis
24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Friendly Woking 0–2 Portsmouth Woking
19:30 BST Report  28' Evans
 31' Clarke
Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,562
Referee: Charlie Breakspear
1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly Gillingham 0–0 Portsmouth Gillingham
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Referee: Fred Graham
4 August 2015 (2015-08-04) Friendly Burnham 0–5 Portsmouth XI Burnham
19:30 BST Report McGurk  25'
Stockley  72'
Joseph-Buadi  82'
May
Oxlade-Chamberlain
Stadium: The Gore
Referee: Kieran Bailey

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Accrington Stanley 46 24 13 9 74 48 +26 85 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Plymouth Argyle 46 24 9 13 72 46 +26 81
6 Portsmouth 46 21 15 10 75 44 +31 78
7 AFC Wimbledon (O, P) 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
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
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.[7]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1 Portsmouth 3–0 Dagenham & Redbridge Milton
15:00 BST Evans  51'
Bennett  63', 74'
Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,948
Referee: Carl Boyeson
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2 Plymouth Argyle 1–2 Portsmouth Plymouth
15:00 BST Wylde  89' Report  45' (pen.) Tubbs
 86' (pen.) Roberts
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 11,476
Referee: Steve Martin
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Crawley Town 0–0 Portsmouth Crawley
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 4,003
Referee: Fred Graham
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4 Portsmouth 3–3 Morecambe Milton
15:00 BST Roberts  42', 65'
Stevens
Stockley  90+5'
Report  11' Barkhuizen
 25' Goodall
 38' Fleming
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,052
Referee: Roger East
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Luton Town 1–2 Portsmouth Luton
19:45 BST Mackail-Smith  15' (pen.) Report  8' Evans
 90' Tubbs
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,083
Referee: Peter Bankes
5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6 Portsmouth 0–0 Accrington Stanley Milton
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,745
Referee: Brendan Malone
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7 Portsmouth 3–1 Barnet Milton
15:00 BST Chaplin  37', 90'
McGurk  54'
Report Yiadom  25'
Stephens  66'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,217
Referee: Darren England
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8 Oxford United 1–1 Portsmouth Oxford
15:00 BST Sercombe  33' Report McGurk  61'
Doyle  81'
Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 9,093
Referee: Iain Williamson
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9 Bristol Rovers 1–2 Portsmouth Horfield
15:00 BST Easter  48' Report Evans  29'
Stockley  71'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 8,555
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10 Portsmouth 1–2 Exeter City Milton
15:00 BST Roberts  90' Report Wheeler  20'
Davies  56'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,822
Referee: Nick Kinseley
3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11 Portsmouth 0–0 Yeovil Town Milton
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,309
Referee: Darren Deadman
10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12 Cambridge United 1–3 Portsmouth Cambridge
15:00 BST Simpson  5'
M. Roberts  45+3'
Report Legge  67' (o.g.)
Tubbs  69', 87'
Evans  90+5'
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 6,607
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13 Newport County 0–1 Portsmouth Newport
15:00 BST Report Tubbs  45' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,298
Referee: James Adcock
20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14 Portsmouth 1–1 Stevenage Milton
19:45 BST Chaplin  77' Report Williams  90' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 14,900
Referee: Andy Woolmer
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15 Portsmouth 0–0 Mansfield Town Milton
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,210
Referee: Kevin Wright
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16 Notts County 2–1 Portsmouth Nottingham
15:00 GMT Burke  22'
Sheehan  77'
Report Lavery  19' Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 6,917
Referee: Andy Haines
15 November 2015 (2015-11-15) 17 Portsmouth 0–0 AFC Wimbledon Milton
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,892
Referee: Stuart Attwell
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18 Carlisle United 2–2 Portsmouth Carlisle
15:00 GMT Grainger  44' (pen.), 90' Report Lavery  66'
McNulty  68'
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,503
Referee: Scott Duncan
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19 Portsmouth 6–0 York City Milton
19:45 GMT Davies  50'
McNulty  52', 60', 71'
Tollitt  80'
Chaplin  84'
Report Greening  45' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 13,616
Referee: Iain Williamson
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20 Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Portsmouth High Wycombe
15:00 GMT Harriman  28'
Thompson  30'
Report Lavery  45'
Webster  56'
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 5,816
Referee: Mark Haywood
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21 Portsmouth 4–0 Hartlepool United Milton
15:00 GMT Lavery  32'
Jackson  37' (o.g.)
Evans  61'
McNulty  90'
Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,610
Referee: Chris Sarginson
19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22 Northampton Town 1–2 Portsmouth Northampton
15:00 GMT Cresswell  17' Report Evans  33'
Chaplin  85'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,859
Referee: Fred Graham
26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23 Leyton Orient 3-2 Portsmouth Leyton
15:00 GMT Simpson  23' (pen.)
Palmer  45', 52'
Baudry  51'
Report Webster  22'
Evans  4', 66'
Stadium: Matchroom Stadium
Attendance: 5,848
Referee: Graham Horwood
28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 24 Portsmouth 0-0 Luton Town Milton
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,668
Referee: Gavin Ward
2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 25 Portsmouth 3-0 Crawley Town Milton
15:00 GMT Clarke  13'
McNulty  26'
Roberts  83'
Report Walton  77' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,606
Referee: Dean Whitestone
16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 26 Accrington Stanley P–P Portsmouth Accrington
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Crown Ground
Referee: Trevor Kettle
Note: Match postponed due to frozen pitch
23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 27 Portsmouth 0–1 Oxford United Milton
15:00 GMT Report Mullins  30'
Bowery  76'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,840
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) 28 Morecambe 1–1 Portsmouth Morecambe
19:45 GMT Fleming  58'
Beeley  89'
Roche  90+4'
Report  31' Clarke
 40' Evans
Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 1,399
Referee: Richard Clark
6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 29 Portsmouth 0–1 Leyton Orient Milton
15:00 GMT Stevens  40' Report  53' McAnuff
 79' Cisak
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,643
Referee: Graham Salisbury
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 30 Portsmouth 3–1 Bristol Rovers Milton
15:00 GMT Evans  19'
Smith  45+3'
McNulty  77'
Report  25' Easter
 39'  90+1' Brown
 85' Montaño
 90+3' Lockyer
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,808
Referee: Trevor Kettle
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 31 Yeovil Town 1–1 Portsmouth Yeovil
15:00 GMT Tozer  64'
Zoko  73'
Report  80' Burgess
 84' Roberts
Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 6,051
Referee: Mark Haywood
23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 32 Barnet 1–0 Portsmouth Barnet
19:45 GMT Champion  22'
Akinde  41' (pen.)
Randall  59'
Yiadom  60'
Muggleton  66'
Report  90+3' Webster Stadium: The Hive
Attendance: 2,557
Referee: Phil Gibbs
27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 33 Portsmouth 2–1 Cambridge United Milton
15:00 GMT McNulty  41'  90+5'
Webster  62'
Chaplin  87'
Report  70'  90' Berry
 79' Legge
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,425
Referee: Oliver Langford
1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 34 Exeter City 1–1 Portsmouth Exeter
19:45 GMT Watkins  90' Report Chaplin  31'
Burgess  38'
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,855
Referee: Brendan Malone
5 March 2015 (2015-03-05) 35 Stevenage 0–2 Portsmouth Stevenage
15:00 GMT Wilkinson  38' Report McNulty  22',  23'
Naismith  82'
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 4,092
Referee: Kevin Johnson
8 March 2015 (2015-03-08) 26 Accrington Stanley 1–3 Portsmouth Accrington
19:45 GMT McCartan  83' Report Bennett  22'
Pearson  36' (o.g.)
Doyle  43'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,841
Referee: Chris Sarginson
12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 36 Portsmouth 0–3 Newport County Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stevens  24'
Hollands  34'
Burgess  40'
Roberts  53'  59'
Report Byrne  21'
Jones  34'
Boden 69'
O'Connor  82'
Morgan  87'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,245
Referee: Ben Toner
19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 37 Mansfield Town 1–1 Portsmouth Mansfield
15:00 GMT Green  26',  31'
Dieseruvwe  28'
Rose  30'
Report Tafazolli  43' (o.g.)
Stevens  66'
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 3,980
Referee: Carl Boyeson
25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) 38 Portsmouth 4–0 Notts County Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Bennett  44',  49'
Hollands  45'
Burgess  81'
McNulty  90+1'
Report  5' Aborah
 40' Milsom
 45+3' Thompson
 74' Smith
 90' McLeod
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,670
Referee: Michael Bull
2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 40 Portsmouth 1–0 Carlisle United Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stevens  44'
Smith  57'
Report  73' Raynes Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,416
Referee: Charles Breakspear
9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 41 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–4 Portsmouth Dagenham
15:00 GMT Hemmings  34'
Passley  45+2'
Doidge  67'
Hoyte  79'
Report  45+1'  59' Doyle
 58' Smith
 68' Burgess
 77' Clarke
 85' Evans
 88' Bennett
Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 3,122
Referee: Lee Collins
16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42 Portsmouth 1–2 Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Smith  37'
Doyle  48'
Burgess  61'
Report  19' McCormick
 35' McHugh
 50' Hartley
 86' Matt
 86' Wylde
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,423
Referee: Chris Sarginson
19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43 York City 3–1 Portsmouth York
19:45 GMT Fewster  30'
Alessandra  34'
Summerfield  48'  63'
Carson  86'
Report  58' Davies
 55' Evans
Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 3,214
Referee: Nigel Miller
23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44 Portsmouth 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Roberts  37'
Chaplin  67'  90+5'
Report  48' Stewart
 73' Jombati
 80' Bean
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,187
Referee: Dean Whitestone
26 April 2016 (2016-04-26) 39 AFC Wimbledon 0–1 Portsmouth Kingston upon Thames
19:45 GMT Elliott  31'
Robinson  53'
C. Smith  89'
Report  24' Roberts
 27'  35' M. Smith
Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 4,799
Referee: Andy Madley
30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45 Hartlepool United 0–2 Portsmouth Hartlepool
15:00 GMT Jones  24' Report  36' Freeman
 56' Naismith
 84' Chaplin
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 5,046
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46 Portsmouth 1–2 Northampton Town Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Davies  38'
Freeman  47'
Naismith  48'
McGurk  69'
Evans  75'
Report  14' (o.g.) Whatmough
 45' D'Ath
 81' Collins
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,746
Referee: Mark Brown

FA Cup

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) First round Portsmouth 2–1 Macclesfield Town Milton
15:00 GMT McGurk  3', 45' Report Dennis  15' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 9,834
Referee: Lee Swabey
5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) Second round Portsmouth 1–0 Accrington Stanley Milton
15:00 GMT McGurk  21' Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 9,258
Referee: Kevin Johnson
9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Third round Ipswich Town 2–2 Portsmouth Ipswich
15:00 GMT Oar  53'
Fraser  88'
Report Bennett  55'
Chaplin  86'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 17,020
Referee: David Coote
19 January 2016 (2016-01-19) Third round replay Portsmouth 2–1 Ipswich Town Milton
19:45 GMT Roberts  32' (pen.)
McNulty  37'
Report Malarczyk  14'  77'
Maitland-Niles  60'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,179
Referee: Andy Woolmer
30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) Fourth round Portsmouth 1–2 Bournemouth Milton
15:00 GMT Burgess  22'
Roberts  43'
Report King  71'
Pugh  83'
O'Kane  90+3'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,901
Referee: Mike Dean

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Portsmouth were drawn at home against Derby County.[8] In the second round, Portsmouth were drawn at home again this time against Reading.[9]

12 August 2015 (2015-08-12) First round Portsmouth 2–1 Derby County Milton
19:45 BST McGurk  49'
Chaplin  76'
Report Shackell  73' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 11,573
Referee: Paul Tierney
25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round Portsmouth 1–2 Reading Milton
19:45 BST Chaplin  40' Report Blackman  64'
McCleary  84'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,190
Referee: Gavin Ward

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.[10]

1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) First round Exeter City 2–0 Portsmouth Exeter
19:45 BST Harley  54' (pen.)
Nicholls  72'
Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 2,323
Referee: Lee Swabey

Football League play-offs

12 May 2016 (2016-05-12) First leg Portsmouth 2–2 Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth
19:45 BST McNulty  3'
Hollands  40'
Barton  45+4'
Roberts  51' (pen.)
Report  9'  19' Matt
 14' Carey
 50' Hartley
 60' Sawyer
 85' Purrington
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,622
Referee: Oliver Langford
15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) Second leg Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Portsmouth Plymouth
18:00 BST McHugh  29'
Hartley  90+1'
Report  71' Close Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 15,011
Referee: Paul Tierney

References

  1. Whatmough offers hope amid the gloom; Portsmouth News, 1 October 2013
  2. "First Two Friendlies Confirmed". Portsmouth FC. 6 May 2015.
  3. "Pompey Confirm Gills Friendly". Portsmouth FC. 28 May 2015.
  4. "Blues To Face Woking". Portsmouth FC. 29 May 2015.
  5. "Gosport Friendly This Summer". Portsmouth FC. 31 May 2015.
  6. "Pompey Add Coventry Friendly". Portsmouth FC. 11 July 2015.
  7. "Pompey start 2015/16 season at home to Dagenham & Redbridge". Portsmouth FC. 17 June 2015.
  8. "Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 1 Draw". Capital One Cup. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  9. "Capital One Cup Round 2 draw". Capital One Cup. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-08-16. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  10. "Pompey Away To Exeter In JPT". Portsmouth FC. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
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