2015–16 Cambridge United F.C. season

Cambridge United

2015–16 season

Chairman

Dave Doggett

Manager

Richard Money until 2 November 2015
Shaun Derry from 12 November 2015

Stadium

Abbey Stadium

League Two

9th

FA Cup

2nd round
(knocked out by Doncaster Rovers)

League Cup

1st round
(knocked out by Rotherham United)

League Trophy

1st round
(knocked out by Dagenham & Redbridge)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2014–15

2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Cambridge United's 103rd season in their history and their second consecutive season in League Two.^[1] Along with League Two, the club also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Squad

Squad details at start of season

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps *	Goals *	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Chris Dunn	GK	Havering	29	43	0	Yeovil Town	10 June 2014	Free	2016
13	Sam Beasant	GK	Hendon	29	0	0	Stevenage	3 July 2015	Free	2016
Defenders
2	Elliot Omozusi	RB	Hackney	28	0	0	Leyton Orient	12 June 2015	Free	2017
3	Greg Taylor	LB	Bedford	27	89	0	Luton Town	20 June 2013	Free	2017
5	Mark Roberts	CB	Northwich	33	0	0	Fleetwood Town	25 May 2015	Free	2017
6	Leon Legge	CB	Bexhill-on-Sea	32	0	0	Gillingham	19 May 2015	Free	2017
14	Josh Coulson	CB	Cambridge	28	242	13	Academy	6 October 2007 #	Trainee	2016
22	George Taft	LB	Leicester	24	0	0	Burton Albion	31 July 2015	Loanee	January 2016
29	Danny Burns	CB		20	0	0	Academy		Trainee	2016
Midfielders
4	Keith Keane	CM	Luton	30	0	0	Preston North End	27 May 2015	Free	2017
7	Ryan Donaldson	AM	Newcastle upon Tyne	26	78	12	Gateshead	23 May 2013	Free	2017
8	Luke Berry	CM	Cambridge	25	128	22	Barnsley	15 June 2015	Undisclosed	2019
11	Harrison Dunk	LW	London	26	101	12	Bromley	7 June 2011	Free	2016
16	Gearóid Morrissey	CM	Cork, Ireland	25	8	0	Cork City	22 December 2014	Free	2016
17	Liam Hughes	AM	Rotherham	24	145	13	Academy	9 November 2010 #	Trainee	2016
18	Jeff Hughes	LM	Larne	32	0	0	Fleetwood Town	14 July 2015	Free	2017
24	Conor Newton	CM	Newcastle upon Tyne	25	0	0	Rotherham United	16 July 2015	Free	2017
27	Matt Lowe	CM		21	0	0	Academy		Trainee	2016
28	Ryan Horne	CM		21	0	0	Academy		Trainee	2016
32	Dylan Williams	RM		17	0	0	Academy		Trainee	2016
Forwards
9	Jordan Slew	CF	Sheffield	24	13	1	Blackburn Rovers	6 February 2015	Free	2016
10	Barry Corr	CF	Newcastle, Ireland	32	0	0	Southend United	2 June 2015	Free	2017
15	Robbie Simpson	CF	Poole	32	67	25	Leyton Orient	9 June 2014	Free	2016
19	Daniel Carr	CF	Lambeth	23	0	0	Huddersfield Town	25 June 2015	Free	2017
20	Jordan Chiedozie	CF	Bournemouth	23	6	0	Concord Rangers	28 November 2014	Free	2016
21	Rory Gaffney	CF	Galway, Ireland	27	0	0	Limerick	25 November 2014	Free	2016
26	James Akintunde	CF	Brent	21	1	0	Academy	14 February 2015 #	Trainee	2016
Out on Loan
	Will Norris	GK	Watford	23	18	0	Royston Town	16 July 2012	Free	2017

* Player appearances and goals for the club as of beginning of 2015–16 season.
# Date of first team debut

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CM	Luke Berry	Barnsley	Undisclosed	^[2]
1 July 2015	CF	Daniel Carr	Huddersfield Town	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2015	CF	Barry Corr	Southend United	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2015	CM	Keith Keane	Preston North End	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2015	CB	Leon Legge	Gillingham	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July 2015	RB	Elliot Omozusi	Leyton Orient	Free transfer	^[7]
1 July 2015	CB	Mark Roberts	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	^[8]
3 July 2015	GK	Sam Beasant	Stevenage	Free transfer	^[9]
14 July 2015	LM	Jeff Hughes	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	^[10]
16 July 2015	CM	Conor Newton	Rotherham United	Free transfer	^[11]
14 January 2016	CM	James Dunne	Portsmouth	Free transfer	^[12]
15 January 2016	FW	Ben Williamson	Gillingham	Undisclosed	^[13]
30 January 2016	FW	Jimmy Spencer	Notts County	Free transfer	^[14]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	AM	Nathan Arnold	Grimsby Town ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2015	LM	Mitch Austin	Central Coast Mariners ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2015	ST	Ayrton Bevins	Free Agent	Released	^[16]
1 July 2015	CF	Ryan Bird	Yeovil Town ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2015	CM	Tom Champion	Barnet ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2015	RM	Luke Chadwick	Free Agent	Released	^[16]
1 July 2015	CF	Tom Elliott	AFC Wimbledon ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2015	DM	Johnny Hunt	Chester ^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Free transfer	^[22]
1 July 2015	CB	Matteo Lanzoni	Free Agent	Released	^[16]
1 July 2015	CB	Ian Miller	Free Agent	Released	^[16]
1 July 2015	CB	Michael Nelson	Barnet ^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2015	RB	Richard Tait	Grimsby Town ^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2015	LM	Bobby-Joe Taylor	Maidstone United ^{[lower-alpha 9]}	Free transfer	^[16]
10 December 2015	CM	Gearóid Morrissey	Cork City	Free transfer	^[26]
29 December 2015	CF	Jordan Chiedozie	Boreham Wood ^{[lower-alpha 10]}	Free transfer	^[28]
14 January 2016	CF	Rory Gaffney	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed	^[29]
30 January 2016	AM	Liam Hughes	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free transfer	^[30]
1 February 2016	CF	Jordan Slew	Chesterfield ^{[lower-alpha 11]}	Free transfer	^[32]

↑ Following Arnold's release he joined Grimsby Town.^[15]
↑ Following Austin's release he joined Central Coast Mariners.^[17]
↑ Following Bird's release he joined Yeovil Town.^[18]
↑ Following Champion's release he joined Barnet.^[19]
↑ Following Elliott's release he joined AFC Wimbledon.^[20]
↑ Following Hunt's release he joined Chester.^[21]
↑ Following Nelson's release he joined Barnet.^[23]
↑ Following Tait's release he joined Grimsby Town.^[24]
↑ Following Taylor's release he joined Maidstone United.^[25]
↑ Following Chiedozie's release he joined Boreham Wood.^[27]
↑ Following Slew's release he joined Chesterfield.^[31]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
31 July 2015	LB	George Taft	Burton Albion	28 October 2015	^[33]^[34]
21 August 2015	CF	Jacob Blyth	Leicester City	21 September 2015	^[35]
1 September 2015	LB	Mickey Demetriou	Shrewsbury Town	4 January 2016	^[36]
15 October 2015	RB	Alie Sesay	Leicester City	15 November 2015	^[37]
19 November 2015	CB	Terry Kennedy	Sheffield United	2 January 2016	^[38]
19 November 2015	FW	Ben Williamson	Gillingham	3 January 2016	^[38]
20 November 2015	MF	Ryan Ledson	Everton	End of season	^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]^[43]
24 November 2015	RB	Cameron Gayle	Oxford United	24 January 2016	^[44]
26 November 2015	MF	Jordan Jones	Middlesbrough	18 December 2015	^[45]
2 January 2016	DF	Lewis Page	West Ham United	6 March 2016	^[40]^[41]
5 January 2016	DF	Darnell Furlong	Queens Park Rangers	End of season	^[41]^[46]^[47]^[48]
16 January 2016	FW	Karlan Ahearne-Grant	Charlton Athletic	13 February 2016	^[49]
1 February 2016	DF	Shane O'Neill	Apollon Limassol	End of season	^[50]
13 February 2016	DF	Ryan Haynes	Coventry City	End of season	^[51]
5 March 2016	MF	Zeli Ismail	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season	^[42]
25 March 2016	MF	Max Clark	Hull City	22 April 2016	^[52]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
7 July 2015	GK	Will Norris	Braintree Town	8 January 2016	^[53]
18 August 2015	FW	Jordan Chiedozie	Braintree Town	17 September 2015	^[54]
11 September 2015	DF	Danny Burns	Lowestoft Town	16 October 2015	^[55]
18 September 2015	MF	Matt Lowe	Wealdstone	17 October 2015	^[56]
17 October 2015	FW	James Akintunde	Brackley Town	16 November 2015	^[57]
30 October 2015	DF	Danny Burns	Bishop's Stortford	29 November 2015	^[58]
3 November 2015	MF	Ryan Horne	St Neots Town	23 November 2015	^[58]
7 November 2015	MF	Matt Lowe	Wealdstone	6 December 2015	^[58]
26 November 2015	FW	Rory Gaffney	Bristol Rovers	3 January 2016	^[45]
26 November 2015	FW	Daniel Carr	Aldershot Town	9 January 2016	^[45]
2 January 2016	MF	Jeff Hughes	Tranmere Rovers	End of Season	^[59]
2 January 2016	DF	Danny Burns	Lowestoft Town	End of Season	^[40]
8 January 2016	MF	Matt Lowe	Brackley Town	End of Season	^[60]
14 January 2016	MF	Keith Keane	Stevenage	20 February 2016	^[12]
6 February 2016	MF	Dylan Williams	Soham Town Rangers	12 April 2016	^[61]
5 March 2016	FW	Daniel Carr	Woking	9 April 2016	^[62]
5 March 2016	FW	James Akintunde	Needham Market	9 April 2016	^[63]
5 March 2016	GK	Sam McDermid	Soham Town Rangers	9 April 2016	^[64]
25 March 2016	MF	Keith Keane	Stevenage	22 April 2016	^[52]

Appearances

No.	Player	Pos.	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	Chris Dunn	GK	11	1	1		13
2	Elliot Omozusi	DF	9+5	1	1		11+5
3	Greg Taylor	DF	12+4	2	1		15+4
4	Keith Keane	MF	3+1		1		4+1
5	Mark Roberts	DF	26+4	2	1	1	30+4
6	Leon Legge	DF	39	1			40
7	Ryan Donaldson	MF	18+12	2	0+1		20+13
8	Luke Berry	MF	41+5	2	1	1	45+5
9	Jordan Slew	FW	4+6		1	1	6+6
10	Barry Corr	FW	19+3	2			21+3
11	Harrison Dunk	MF	41+4	2	0+1		43+5
12	Jacob Blyth	FW	2+3			1	3+3
12	Alie Sesay	DF	5	1			6
12	Terry Kennedy	DF	2				2
12	Lewis Page	DF	6				6
12	Max Clark	MF	7+2				7+2
13	Sam Beasant	GK	14+1	1		1	16+1
14	Josh Coulson	DF	22+1		1	1	24+1
15	Robbie Simpson	FW	14+17	1+1	1	0+1	16+19
16	Gearóid Morrissey	MF	0+2			1	1+2
16	James Dunne	MF	19				19
17	Liam Hughes	MF	11+5	0+1		0+1	11+7
17	Shane O'Neill	DF	1+1				1+1
18	Jeff Hughes	MF	7+2	1		1	9+2
19	Daniel Carr	FW	1+3		1	0+1	2+4
20	Jordan Chiedozie	FW	0+2				0+2
20	Karlan Ahearne-Grant	FW	1+2				1+2
20	Zeli Ismail	MF	8+3				8+3
21	Rory Gaffney	FW	3+3	0+1			3+4
21	Jimmy Spencer	FW	11+7				11+7
22	George Taft	DF	10+1		1	1	12+1
22	Ben Williamson	FW	27+1				27+1
23	Ryan Ledson	MF	27	1			28
24	Conor Newton	MF	16+6	1+1	0+1	1	18+8
25	Mickey Demetriou	DF	12+3	1+1		1	14+4
25	Darnell Furlong	DF	21				21
26	James Akintunde	FW
27	Matt Lowe	MF
28	Ryan Horne	MF
29	Danny Burns	DF
32	Dylan Williams	MF	0+1				0+1
33	Leon Davies	DF
34	Cameron Gayle	DF	4				4
34	Ryan Haynes	DF	10				10
35	Jordan Jones	MF	1				1
35	Will Norris	GK	21				21

Goalscorers

No.	Player	Pos.	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
5	Mark Roberts	DF	2				2
6	Leon Legge	DF	3				3
7	Ryan Donaldson	MF	2				2
8	Luke Berry	MF	12	1			13
10	Barry Corr	FW	12				12
11	Harrison Dunk	MF	4				4
12	Jacob Blyth	FW	1				1
14	Josh Coulson	DF	1				1
15	Robbie Simpson	FW	4				4
16	James Dunne	MF	1				1
18	Jeff Hughes	MF		1			1
20	Zeli Ismail	MF	1				1
21	Rory Gaffney	FW	2				2
21	Jimmy Spencer	FW	6				6
22	George Taft	DF	1				1
22	Ben Williamson	FW	12				12
34	Cameron Gayle	DF	1				1
Own Goals			1				1
Totals			66	2	0	0	68

Yellow cards

No.	Player	Pos.	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
3	Greg Taylor	DF		1			1
4	Keith Keane	MF	1				1
5	Mark Roberts	DF	5	1			6
6	Leon Legge	DF	4				4
7	Ryan Donaldson	MF	1				1
8	Luke Berry	MF	8	1			9
9	Jordan Slew	FW	1				1
10	Barry Corr	FW	3	1			4
11	Harrison Dunk	MF	1	1			2
12	Jacob Blyth	FW	1				1
12	Terry Kennedy	DF	1				1
12	Max Clark	MF	1				1
14	Josh Coulson	DF	1				1
15	Robbie Simpson	FW	1				1
16	James Dunne	MF	7				7
17	Liam Hughes	MF	2			1	3
18	Jeff Hughes	MF	1				1
21	Jimmy Spencer	FW	4				4
22	George Taft	DF	2				2
23	Ryan Ledson	MF	5	1			6
24	Conor Newton	MF	3				3
25	Darnell Furlong	DF	7				7
34	Ryan Haynes	DF	1				1
35	Will Norris	GK	2				2
Totals			62	6	0	1	69

Red cards

No.	Player	Pos.	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	Chris Dunn	GK	1				1
5	Mark Roberts	DF	1				1
11	Harrison Dunk	MF	1				1
Totals			3	0	0	0	3

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 21 May 2015, Cambridge United announced they would face Coventry City in as part of their pre-season schedule.^[65] On 28 May 2015, Cambridge United announced their second pre-season friendly against Ipswich Town.^[66] On 8 June 2015, Norwich City was added to the pre-season fixture list.^[67] On 16 June 2015, a date for Chris Turner's memorial match was announced.^[68]

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly	St Neots Town	2–7	Cambridge United	St Neots
15:00 BST	Gordon 45' Vieira 47'	Report	Slew 39' Hughes 56' Craddock 79', 86', 89', 90' Dunk 85'	Stadium: Rowley Park Attendance: 702

14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) Friendly	Lowestoft Town	1–4	Cambridge United	Lowestoft
19:45 BST	Eagle 47'	Report	Corr 28' Carr 31' Coulson 84' Craddock 87'	Stadium: Crown Meadow Attendance: 312

17 July 2015 (2015-07-17) Friendly (120 mins)	Cambridge United	1–3	Norwich City	Cambridge
19:30 BST	Corr 34'	Report	Hooper 59' (pen.) van Wolfswinkel 62' Toffolo 95'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,890

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Cambridge United	2–3	Ipswich Town	Cambridge
19:45 BST	Corr 39' Berry 54'	Report	Maitland-Niles 3' Pitman 29' McGoldrick 61'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,608

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Friendly	Concord Rangers	2–1	Cambridge United XI	Canvey Island
19:45 BST	Stokes 5' Cawley 39'	Report	Chiedozie 18' (pen.)	Stadium: The Aspect Arena Referee: Elliott Kaye

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Bromley	1–1	Cambridge United	Bromley
15:00 BST	Wall 81' (pen.)	Report	Simpson 90 +3'	Stadium: Bromley Arena, Hayes Lane

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Cambridge United	1–0	Coventry City	Cambridge
19:45 BST	Legge 36'	Report		Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,934 Referee: Fred Graham

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Chris Turner memorial match	Peterborough United	0–0	Cambridge United	Peterborough
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: London Road

League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
7	AFC Wimbledon (O, P)	46	21	12	13	64	50	+14	75	Qualification for League Two play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Leyton Orient	46	19	12	15	60	61	−1	69
9	Cambridge United	46	18	14	14	66	55	+11	68
10	Carlisle United	46	17	16	13	67	62	+5	67
11	Luton Town	46	19	9	18	63	61	+2	66

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:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	D
Position	1	6	4	7	9	12	12	13	10	15	15	15	14	16	14	18	17	18	17	14	12	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	9	11	11	12	12	13	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	9	8	8	9

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[69]

August

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Cambridge United	3–0	Newport County	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Corr 24', 65' Dunk 71' Simpson 80'	Report	Hayden 45+4' Feely 55'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,031 (away 331) Referee: Darren Handley

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Carlisle United	4–4	Cambridge United	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Héry 29' Ibehre 42', 44', 76' Grainger 45+4' Wyke 50'	Report	Keane 2' Corr 11', 45' Taft 21' Berry 58'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,354 (away 278) Referee: Richard Clark

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Cambridge United	Kingston upon Thames
19:45 BST	Elliott 12'	Report	L.Hughes 45' Legge 46' Corr 48'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,114 (away 640) Referee: Andy Woolmer

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Cambridge United	0–3	Crawley Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Taft 21'	Report	Young 27' Deacon 39', 47' Donnelly 46', 81' Edwards 87'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,459 (away 173) Referee: Nigel Miller

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Barnet	0–0	Cambridge United	Harrow
15:00 BST	Dembélé 73'	Report	Berry 90+1'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 2,406 (away 762) Referee: Nick Kinseley

September

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6	Cambridge United	1–3	Luton Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Legge 28' Dunk 42', 64'	Report	Lee 11' Guttridge 21' Wilkinson 66' Green 84'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,298 (away 1,425) Referee: Graham Salisbury

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7	Cambridge United	1–1	Leyton Orient	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Roberts 10' Blyth 53' 56' R.Simpson 84'	Report	J.Simpson 87'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,821 (away 1,739) Referee: Oliver Langford

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Hartlepool United	0–0	Cambridge United	Hartlepool
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,665 (away 208) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Cambridge United	1–0	Stevenage	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Dunk 90+7'	Report	Hitchcock 59' Lee 72'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,582 (away 573) Referee: Ross Joyce

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Cambridge United	High Wycombe
19:45 BST	Harriman 70'	Report	Dunn 53' L.Hughes 87'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,152 (away 295) Referee: Stuart Attwell

October

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11	York City	2–2	Cambridge United	York
15:00 BST	Collins 44' Coulson 50' McCombe 54'	Report	Roberts 71' 90' Corr 81'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,987 (away 474) Referee: Ben Toner

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12	Cambridge United	1–3	Portsmouth	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Simpson 5' Corr 11' Roberts 45+3' J.Hughes 80'	Report	Tubbs 67', 69', 87' Davies 79' Evans 90+5'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,607 (away 1,866) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13	Cambridge United	2–1	Northampton Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Dunk 39' Corr 50' 54'	Report	Richards 59' (pen.) O'Toole 69' D'Ath 76'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,459 (away 1,299) Referee: Darren England

21 October 2015 (2015-10-21) 14	Exeter City	1–0	Cambridge United	Exeter
19:45 BST	Nichols 9'	Report	Taft 15'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,883 (away 123) Referee: James Linington

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15	Yeovil Town	2–3	Cambridge United	Yeovil
15:00 BST	Laird 9' Bird 44' 63' Sheehan 79' Sokolik 83'	Report	Gaffney 4', 26' Berry 35' Donaldson 77'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 3,224 (away 257) Referee: Chris Sarginson

30 October 2015 (2015-10-30) 16	Cambridge United	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Cambridge
19:45GMT	Corr 33'	Report	Harrison 66' Clarke 80' M.Taylor 82'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,115 (away 562) Referee: Brendan Malone

November

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17	Oxford United	1–0	Cambridge United	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Taylor 25' 32' Lundstram 60'	Report	Legge 29' Roberts 37' Berry 79' Slew 83'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,958 (away 568) Referee: Keith Hill

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18	Cambridge United	2–3	Accrington Stanley	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Corr 13' Berry 37' Kennedy 61' Newton 76'	Report	McConville 29' Crooks 38' Davies 48' 68' Pearson 52' Windass 53' (pen.) 77'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,107 (away 66) Referee: Iain Williamson

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19	Morecambe	2–4	Cambridge United	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Molyneux 21' Wilson 26' Barkhuizen 55' Murphy 60' 67' Miller 62' Edwards 73'	Report	Legge 12' Donaldson 34' Gayle 35' Williamson 48' Berry 65' Ledson 79'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,689 (away 167) Referee: Ben Toner

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20	Cambridge United	3–1	Notts County	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Legge 44' Corr 50' (pen.) Williamson 77' Berry 87'	Report	Campbell 24' 84' Hewitt 39' Smith 50' Sheehan 78'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,596 (away 532) Referee: Charles Breakspear

December

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21	Plymouth Argyle	1–2	Cambridge United	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Wylde 73' Threlkeld 90+2'	Report	Williamson 6' Corr 68' Ledson 70' Berry 86'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 7,246 (away 164) Referee: Tim Robinson

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22	Cambridge United	1–1	Mansfield Town	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Ledson 22' Donaldson 36'	Report	Chapman 23' Rose 33' Green 90+3'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,589 (away 297) Referee: Ross Joyce

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23	Dagenham & Redbridge	0–3	Cambridge United	Barking and Dagenham
13:00 GMT	Labadie 17' Dunne 29' Vassell 45' Widdowson 82' Dikamona 90+4'	Report	Newton 45+5' Simpson 51', 65' Berry 70' Corr 76'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 2,425 (away 929) Referee: Lee Collins

28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 24	Cambridge United	2–1	Barnet	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Berry 71' Corr 72'	Report	Akinde 9' 60' Gash 73'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,003 (away 549) Referee: David Webb

January

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 25	Cambridge United	1–4	AFC Wimbledon	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Berry 26' Roberts 70'	Report	Robinson 10' Taylor 64' Meades 76' Fuller 85' Azeez 86'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,754 (away 669) Referee: Tony Harrington

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) 26	Crawley Town	1–0	Cambridge United	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Bradley 10' Harrold 36'	Report	Berry 28' Newton 43'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,320 (away 501) Referee: Lee Swabey

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 27	Luton Town	0–0	Cambridge United	Luton
15:00 GMT	Smith 45' Marriott 54' McQuoid 65' Benson 74' Lawless 80'	Report	Dunne 70'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,227 (away 1,007) Referee: Andy Madley

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 28	Cambridge United	1–1	Hartlepool United	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Roberts 16' Williamson 90'	Report	Jackson 45' Richards 69' Gray 71'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,054 (away 186) Referee: Keith Hill

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 29	Leyton Orient	1–3	Cambridge United	Waltham Forest
15:00 GMT	Baudry 48' Gnanduillet 57'	Report	Williamson 10', 53' Berry 29' Spencer 63' Dunne 78'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 6,526 (away 1,237) Referee: Michael Bull

February

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 30	Cambridge United	1–0	Dagenham & Redbridge	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Berry 82' (pen.)	Report	Widdowson 52'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,494 (away 258) Referee: Carl Boyeson

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 31	Stevenage	2–0	Cambridge United	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Harrison 18', 63' Wilkinson 29' Lee 50' Conlon 58' Ogilvie 64' Jones 89'	Report	Norris 64' Furlong 86'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,945 (away 1,270) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 32	Cambridge United	3–1	York City	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Spencer 10' Coulson 26' Williamson 60'	Report	Berrett 33' Šatka 68'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,822 (away 424) Referee: Nick Kinseley

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 33	Portsmouth	2–1	Cambridge United	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Davies 27' McNulty 41' 90+5' Webster 62' Chaplin 87'	Report	Spencer 29' Berry 70' 90' Legge 79'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 15,425 (away 587) Referee: Oliver Langford

March

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 34	Cambridge United	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Cambridge
19:45 GMT	Stewart 27' (o.g.) Dunne 56' Furlong 82'	Report	Bloomfield 42'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,141 (away 325) Referee: Andy Davies

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 35	Cambridge United	0–1	Exeter City	Cambridge
15:00 GMT		Report	Watkins 76' 76'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,573 (away 273) Referee: Fred Graham

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 36	Northampton Town	1–1	Cambridge United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Collins 26' Marquis 71' Byrom 79'	Report	Haynes 11' Spencer 90+1' 90+7'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,828 (away 901) Referee: Robert Lewis

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 37	Cambridge United	3–0	Yeovil Town	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Williamson 4', 45+2' Dunne 48' Coulson 60' Furlong 81' Spencer 87'	Report	Walsh 16' Laird 27' Tozer 29' Dickson 58'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,956 (away 265) Referee: Lee Swabey

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) 38	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Cambridge United	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Bodin 9', 18' Taylor 73'	Report	Berry 46' Spencer 50' Furlong 85'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,262 (away 443) Referee: Steve Martin

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28) 39	Cambridge United	0–0	Oxford United	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Dunne 49'	Report	Skarz 38' Maguire 62' Wright 87'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,108 (away 1,328) Referee: Mark Haywood

April

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 40	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Cambridge United	Accrington
15:00 BST	Fosu-Henry 77'	Report	Spencer 55'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,185 (away 257) Referee: Nigel Miller

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 41	Newport County	0–1	Cambridge United	Newport
15:00 BST		Report	Clark 66' Dunne 68' Furlong 85'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,330 (away 185) Referee: Darren England

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42	Cambridge United	0–0	Carlisle United	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Legge 15' Furlong 73'	Report	Wyke 8' Hope 23' Grainger 69' Miller 72' Ellis 83' 90+4'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,806 (away 403) Referee: Ben Toner

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43	Cambridge United	7–0	Morecambe	Cambridge
19:45 BST	Berry 6' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.) Dunk 17', 26' Williamson 29' Roberts 45+1' Ismail 59'	Report	Conlan 31' Edwards 90'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,941 (away 46) Referee: James Adcock

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44	Notts County	1–2	Cambridge United	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Atkinson 13' Hollis 39' Smith 51' Hewitt 73' Noble 81'	Report	Berry 4' Williamson 54' Furlong 65' Dunne 75' Spencer 90+4'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 4,450 (away 702) Referee: Ross Joyce

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45	Cambridge United	2–2	Plymouth Argyle	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Ledson 82' Williamson 84' Spencer 86' Norris 90'	Report	McHugh 7' Boateng 60' Matt 71' Tanner 82' Carey 90+2'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,714 (away 1,567) Referee: Trevor Kettle

May

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46	Mansfield Town	0–0	Cambridge United	Mansfield
15:00 BST		Report	Ledson 25' Dunne 74'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,548 (away 564) Referee: Eddie Ilderton

FA Cup

On 26 October 2015 the draw for the first round of the FA Cup was drawn and Cambridge United host National League South side Basingstoke Town.^[70]

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) First round	Cambridge United	1–0	Basingstoke Town	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	J.Hughes 19' Berry 45' Taylor 82'	Report		Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,974 (away 266) Referee: John Brooks

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) Second round	Cambridge United	1–3	Doncaster Rovers	Cambridge
14:00 GMT	Berry 23' Ledson 25' Dunk 40' Roberts 74' Corr 83'	Report	Coppinger 26' Grant 46', 57' Lund 56'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,951 (away 672) Referee: Mark Brown

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Cambridge United were drawn away against Rotherham United.^[71]

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round	Rotherham United	1–0	Cambridge United	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Bowery 45+1' Smallwood 55'			Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 4,568 (away 408) Referee: Chris Sarginson

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. U's host Dagenham & Redbridge.^[72]

1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) First round	Cambridge United	0–2	Dagenham & Redbridge	Cambridge
19:45 BST	L.Hughes 81'		Hemmings 20' McClure 27' Chambers	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,618 Referee: Darren Drysdale

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