2015–16 Football League One

The 2015–16 Football League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was 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 concluded on 8 May 2016.[3]

Football League One
Season2015–16
ChampionsWigan Athletic
(2nd divisional title)
PromotedWigan Athletic
Burton Albion
Barnsley
RelegatedDoncaster Rovers
Blackpool
Colchester United
Crewe Alexandra
Matches played552
Goals scored1,457 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerWill Grigg (25 goals)
Biggest home winChesterfield 7–1 Shrewsbury Town (2 January 2016)
Coventry City 6–0 Bury (13 February 2016)
Scunthorpe United 6–0 Swindon Town (28 March 2016)
Biggest away winCrewe Alexandra 0–5 Coventry City (2 January 2016)
Longest winning runBarnsley (7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runWigan Athletic (20 matches)
Longest winless runColchester United (19 matches)
Longest losing runColchester United (9 matches)
Highest attendance24,777[1]
Sheffield United 3–1 Bradford City
(28 December 2015)
Lowest attendance1,767[2]
Rochdale 1–0 Fleetwood Town
(23 February 2016)

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
Locations of teams in the 2015–2016 Football League One
Greater Manchester League One football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity[4]
BarnsleyBarnsleyOakwell23,009
BlackpoolBlackpoolBloomfield Road16,750
Bradford CityBradfordValley Parade25,136
Burton AlbionBurton-upon-TrentPirelli Stadium6,912
BuryBuryGigg Lane11,840
ChesterfieldChesterfieldProact Stadium10,400
Colchester UnitedColchesterWeston Homes Community Stadium10,105
Coventry CityCoventryRicoh Arena32,500
Crewe AlexandraCreweGresty Road10,066
Doncaster RoversDoncasterKeepmoat Stadium15,231
Fleetwood TownFleetwoodHighbury Stadium5,311
GillinghamGillinghamPriestfield Stadium11,582
MillwallLondon (South Bermondsey)The Den20,146
Oldham AthleticOldhamBoundary Park13,512
Peterborough UnitedPeterboroughAbax Stadium14,319
Port ValeStoke-on-TrentVale Park18,947
RochdaleRochdaleSpotland Stadium10,249
Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpeGlanford Park9,183
Sheffield UnitedSheffieldBramall Lane32,702
Shrewsbury TownShrewsburyNew Meadow9,875
Southend UnitedSouthendRoots Hall12,392
Swindon TownSwindonCounty Ground15,728
WalsallWalsallBescot Stadium11,300
Wigan AthleticWiganDW Stadium25,138

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

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Wigan Athletic (C, P) 46 24 15 7 82 45 +37 87 Promotion to the Football League Championship
2 Burton Albion (P) 46 25 10 11 57 37 +20 85
3 Walsall 46 24 12 10 71 49 +22 84 Qualification for the League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Millwall 46 24 9 13 73 49 +24 81
5 Bradford City 46 23 11 12 55 40 +15 80
6 Barnsley (O, P) 46 22 8 16 70 54 +16 74
7 Scunthorpe United 46 21 11 14 60 47 +13 74
8 Coventry City 46 19 12 15 67 49 +18 69
9 Gillingham 46 19 12 15 71 56 +15 69
10 Rochdale 46 19 12 15 68 61 +7 69
11 Sheffield United 46 18 12 16 64 59 +5 66
12 Port Vale 46 18 11 17 56 58 −2 65
13 Peterborough United 46 19 6 21 82 73 +9 63
14 Southend United 46 16 11 19 58 64 −6 59
15 Swindon Town 46 16 11 19 64 71 −7 59
16 Bury[lower-alpha 2] 46 16 12 18 56 73 −17 57
17 Oldham Athletic 46 12 18 16 44 58 −14 54
18 Chesterfield 46 15 8 23 58 70 −12 53
19 Fleetwood Town 46 12 15 19 52 56 −4 51
20 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 11 22 58 79 −21 50
21 Doncaster Rovers (R) 46 11 13 22 48 64 −16 46 Relegation to League Two
22 Blackpool (R) 46 12 10 24 40 63 −23 46
23 Colchester United (R) 46 9 13 24 57 99 −42 40
24 Crewe Alexandra (R) 46 7 13 26 46 83 −37 34
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.
  2. Bury were deducted 3 points for playing the unregistered Callum Styles against Southend United on 8 May.[28]

Play-offs
See also: 2016 Football League play-offs
  Semi-finals Final
                     
3 Walsall 0 1 1  
6 Barnsley 3 3 6  
    6 Barnsley 3
  4 Millwall 1
4 Millwall 3 1 4
5 Bradford City 1 1 2  

Results
Home \ Away BAR BLP BRA BRT BRY CHF COL COV CRE DON FLE GIL MIL OLD PET PTV ROC SCU SHU SHR STD SWI WAL WIG
Barnsley 4–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 6–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 4–1 0–2 0–2
Blackpool 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 5–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 0–4 0–4
Bradford City 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–1
Burton Albion 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 1–2 0–0 3–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Bury 0–0 4–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 5–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–4 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–3 2–2
Chesterfield 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 3–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–1 4–2 0–0 0–3 0–3 7–1 3–0 0–4 1–4 2–3
Colchester United 2–3 2–2 2–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–3 4–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–4 4–4 3–3
Coventry City 4–3 0–0 1–0 0–2 6–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–0
Crewe Alexandra 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–3 1–2 1–1 0–5 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–5 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–1
Doncaster Rovers 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 3–1
Fleetwood Town 0–2 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 5–1 0–1 1–3
Gillingham 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 5–1 1–2 3–3 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0
Millwall 2–3 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 4–1 0–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–0
Oldham Athletic 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–5 1–1 2–3 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–5 2–0 1–0 1–1
Peterborough United 3–2 5–1 0–4 0–1 2–3 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 5–3 1–2 2–3 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–3
Port Vale 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–4 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–5 3–2
Rochdale 3–0 3–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–2 1–2 0–2
Scunthorpe United 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 6–0 0–1 1–1
Sheffield United 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–3 1–0 3–2 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–3 1–0 3–2 0–2 2–4 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–2
Shrewsbury Town 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 4–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 3–4 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–5
Southend United 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–4 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–0
Swindon Town 0–1 3–2 4–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 4–3 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 4–2 2–1 1–4
Walsall 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2
Wigan Athletic 1–4 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–3 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[29]
1 Will Grigg Wigan Athletic 25
2 Nicky Ajose Swindon Town 24
3 Sam Winnall Barnsley 23
4 Billy Sharp Sheffield United 21
5 Paddy Madden Scunthorpe United 20
Adam Armstrong Coventry City
Lee Gregory Millwall
8 Tom Bradshaw Walsall 17
9 Steve Morison Millwall 16
10 Leon Clarke Bury 15

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
August Dean Smith Walsall Adam Armstrong Coventry City [30][31]
September Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Burton Albion Peter Vincenti Rochdale [32][33]
October Mark Robins Scunthorpe United Aiden O'Brien Millwall [34][35]
November Graham Westley Peterborough United Jacob Murphy Coventry City [36][37]
December Nigel Adkins Sheffield United Andy Williams Doncaster Rovers [38][39]
January Lee Johnson Barnsley Sam Winnall Barnsley [40][41]
February Gary Caldwell Wigan Athletic Jordan Archer Millwall [42][43]
March Paul Heckingbottom Barnsley Sullay Kaikai Shrewsbury Town [44][45]
April Graham Alexander Scunthorpe United Will Grigg Wigan Athletic [46][47]

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  41. "Sam Winnall named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". The Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
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