2015–16 Macclesfield Town F.C. season

2015–16 season

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The 2015–16 season is Macclesfield Town's 142nd season of existence and their fourth consecutive season in the Conference.^[1] Along with competing in the National League, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and FA Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	RM	Theo Bailey-Jones	Wrexham	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2015	LB	Curtis Haynes-Brown	Lowestoft Town	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2015	CF	Jack Sampson	Morecambe	Free transfer	^[4]
11 July 2015	CB	Neill Byrne	AFC Telford United	Free transfer	^[5]
31 July 2015	CM	Danny Whitehead	Accrington Stanley	Free transfer	^[6]
7 August 2015	CF	John Marsden	Southport	Free transfer	^[7]
8 August 2015	GK	Shwan Jalal	Northampton Town	Free transfer	^[8]
17 August 2015	CM	Damani Holness	Northwich Victotia	Free transfer	^[9]
3 September 2015	LB	David Fitzpatrick	Southport	Free transfer	^[10]
25 September 2015	CF	Fisayo Adarabioyo	Crystal Palace	Free transfer	^[11]
25 September 2015	CF	Lindon Meikle	York City	Free transfer	^[12]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	MF	Scott Barrow	Newport County	Free transfer	^[13]
1 July 2015	CB	Will Haining	Ashton United	Free transfer	^[14]
1 July 2015	RM	Adriano Moké	Wrexham	Free transfer	^[15]
1 July 2015	GK	Rhys Taylor	Newport County	Free transfer	^[13]
11 July 2015	CF	Waide Fairhurst	Torquay United	Free transfer	^[16]
7 August 2015	CF	Malachi Lavelle-Moore	Torquay United	Free transfer	^[17]
4 September 2015	SS	John Marsden	Colwyn Bay	Free transfer	^[18]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2015	CF	Kristian Dennis	Stockport County	End of season	^[19]
10 July 2015	LB	Tony Diagne	Lincoln City	2 January 2016	^[20]
5 August 2015	CB	William Boyle	Huddersfield Town	2 September 2015^{[lower-alpha 1]}	^[22]

↑ On 2 September 2015, Boyle returned to Huddersfield Town.^[21]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 8 May 2015, Macclesfield Town announced that Rochdale will visit on 18 July 2015 in a pre-season friendly.^[23] On 18 May 2015, a friendly match against League One side Bury was confirmed.^[24] A day later, Macclesfield Town added Kidsgrove Athletic and Nantwich Town to their pre-season schedule.^[25] Another friendly was added to the pre-season schedule on 20 May 2015, against Stockport County.^[26] On 27 May 2015, the club announced Stoke U21's will visit on 1 August 2015.^[27] On 2 June 2015, a friendly against Sheffield United was announced.^[28] On 30 July 2015 game against Stoke was called of.^[29]

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly	Kidsgrove Athletic	0–0	Macclesfield Town	Kidsgrove
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: The Novus Stadium

14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) Friendly	Nantwich Town	3–0	Macclesfield Town	Nantwich
19:30 BST	Short 13', 44' Shotton 55'	Report		Stadium: The Weaver Stadium

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Macclesfield Town	0–0	Rochdale	Macclesfield
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Moss Rose

22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) Friendly	Macclesfield Town	0–1	Bury	Macclesfield
19:30 GMT (UTC+1)		Report	Clarke 39'	Stadium: Moss Lane

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Friendly	Macclesfield Town	2–1	Stockport County	Macclesfield
19:30 BST	Dennis 45' Russell 84'	Report	Gonzales 50'	Stadium: Moss Lane

29 July 2015 (2015-07-29) Friendly	Macclesfield Town	0–4	Sheffield United	Macclesfield
19:30 BST		Report	Diagne 11' (o.g.) Sharp 13' Adams 62', 89'	Stadium: Moss Rose

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Macclesfield Town	A–A	Stoke U21's	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT (UTC+1)		Game cancelled		Stadium: Moss Lane

National League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Lincoln City	34	13	10	11	51	45	+6	49
11	Gateshead	31	14	6	11	39	46	−7	48
12	Macclesfield Town	33	15	2	16	47	40	+7	47
13	Aldershot Town	32	12	6	14	37	44	−7	42
14	Southport	32	10	9	13	32	42	−10	39

Updated to match(es) played on 13 February 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

On 3 July 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming National League season was announced. Macclesfield Town will start away against Torquay United.^[30]

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Torquay United	1–0	Macclesfield Town	Torquay
15:00 BST	Fisher 61'	Report		Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,066 Referee: Craig Hicks

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) 2	Macclesfield Town	0–0	Southport	Macclesfield
19:45 BST	Halls 61'	Report		Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,472 Referee: Ian Hussin

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 3	Macclesfield Town	2–1	Welling United	Macclesfield
15:00 BST	Whittaker 24' Dennis 46'	Report	Kabba 90'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,236 Referee: Robert Jones

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 4	Lincoln City	5–3	Macclesfield Town	Lincoln
19:45 BST	Hearn 10', 24', 73' Rhead 26', 49'	Report	Dennis 3', 90' Lewis 6'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2,320 Referee: Jason Whiteley

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 5	Eastleigh	1–0	Macclesfield Town	Eastleigh
15:00 BST	Lafayette 66'	Report		Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,928 Referee: Richard Martin

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 6	Macclesfield Town	1–2	Chester	Macclesfield
15:00 BST	Whitehead 52'	Report	Peers 90' Hobson 90'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 2,062 Referee: Adrian Holmes

31 August 2015 (2015-08-31) 7	Grimsby Town	0–2	Macclesfield Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST		Report	Dennis 45', 68'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,251 Referee: Robert Whitton

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 8	Macclesfield Town	2–1	Woking	Macclesfield
15:00 BST	Dennis 14' Byrne 62'	Report	Jones 86'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,285 Referee: Steven Rushton

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 9	Bromley	1–0	Macclesfield Town	Bromley
15:00 BST	May 76'	Report		Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 955 Referee: Brett Huxtable

15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 10	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Macclesfield Town	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Pell 17' Wright 43'	Report		Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,962 Referee: Adam Bromley

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 11	Macclesfield Town	4–1	Forest Green Rovers	Macclesfield
15:00 BST	Dennis 15', 45' (pen.) Lewis 64' Whitaker 83'	Report	Parkin 2' Sinclair 45'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,311 Referee: Karl Evans

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) 12	Macclesfield Town	1–2	Barrow	Macclesfield
19:45 BST	Lewis 58'	Report	Cook 55', 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,215 Referee: Ian Hussin

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 13	Aldershot Town	0–3	Macclesfield Town	Aldershot
15:00 BST	Gallagher 56'	Report	Rowe 3', 41' Dennis 69'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 1,579 Referee: Constantine Hatzidakis

References

↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "Bailey-Jones Agrees Macc Deal". Macclesfield Town FC. 5 June 2015.
↑ "Macclesfield Town Sign Curtis Haynes-Brown". Macclesfield Town FC. 17 June 2015.
↑ "Jack Sampson Signs For Silkmen". Macclesfield Town FC. 23 June 2015.
↑ "Neill Byrne Completes Move To Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 11 July 2015.
↑ "Danny Whitehead Signs For Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
↑ "John Marsden Signs For Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
↑ "Macclesfield Confirm Signing Of Jalal". Macclesfield Town FC. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
↑ "Damani Holness Joins Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
↑ "Silkmen Sign Fitzpatrick". Macclesfield Town FC. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
↑ "Fisayo Adarabioyo Joins Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
↑ "Lindon Meikle Joins Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
1 2 "Taylor And Barrow Depart". Macclesfield Town FC. 29 May 2015.
↑ "Haining In Ashton Move". Macclesfield Town FC. 15 June 2015.
↑ "Adriano Moke Joins Wrexham". Macclesfield Town FC. 20 May 2015.
↑ "Waide Fairhurst latest signing at Torquay United". Western Morning News. 11 July 2015.
↑ "Duo Sign On Non-Contract Basis". Torquay United FC. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
↑ "John Marsden Leaves Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
↑ "Kristian Dennis Loan Deal To Macclesfield Town Agreed". Macclesfield Town FC. 24 June 2015.
↑ "Tony Diagne Signs For Silkmen". Macclesfield Town FC. 10 July 2015.
↑ "Boyle Returns To Huddersfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
↑ "William Boyle Joins Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
↑ "Rochdale Travel To Moss Rose". Macclesfield Town FC. 8 May 2015.
↑ "Bury Confirmed For Pre-Season Clash". Macclesfield Town FC. 18 May 2015.
↑ "Macc To Face Kidsgrove And Nantwich". Macclesfield Town FC. 19 May 2015.
↑ "Stockport To Visit In Pre-Season". Macclesfield Town FC. 20 May 2015.
↑ "Stoke City U21 Side To Visit Moss Rose". Macclesfield Town FC. 27 May 2015.
↑ "Macclesfield Town Announce Pre-Season Friendly With Sheffield United". Macclesfield Town FC. 2 June 2015.
↑ "Stoke U21 Fixture Cancelled". Macclesfield Town FC. 30 July 2015.
↑ "2015/16 Macclesfield Town Fixtures". Macclesfield Town FC. 3 July 2015.

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