2015–16 Chesterfield F.C. season

Chesterfield
2015–16 season
Owner Dave Allen
Chairman Dave Allen
Manager

Dean Saunders (until 28 November 2015)

Danny Wilson (from 24 December 2015
Stadium Proact Stadium
League Cup 1st round
(knocked out by Carlisle United)

The 2015–16 season will be Chesterfield's 149th season in their history and their second consecutive season in League One.[1] Along with League One, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CF England Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Preston North End Free transfer [2]
1 July 2015 ST Bermuda Rai Simons Ilkeston Undisclosed [3]
22 July 2015 CF England Jake Orrell Gateshead Free transfer [4]
6 August 2015 GK England Alex Cairns Leeds United Free transfer [5]
6 August 2015 MF England Dion Donohue Unattached Free transfer [5]
16 August 2015 CM Spain Ángel Millwall Free transfer [6]
24 August 2015 CM England Liam O'Neil West Bromwich Albion Undisclosed [7]
11 September 2015 DM Australia Chris Herd Aston Villa Free transfer [8]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CB England Jack Broadhead Free Agent Released [9]
1 July 2015 CF England Charlie Dawes Free Agent Released [9]
1 July 2015 LW England Gary Roberts Portsmouth Undisclosed [10]
1 July 2015 CM Republic of Ireland Jimmy Ryan Fleetwood Town Free [11]
27 July 2015 LM England Sam Clucas Hull City £1,300,000 [12][13]
30 July 2015 RB England Tendayi Darikwa Burnley £600,000 [14][15]
7 January 2016 GK England Alex Cairns Rotherham United Free

[16]

Total income: Increase £1,900,000

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
14 August 2015 CF England Lee Novak Birmingham City End of season [17]
11 September 2015 CB England Jack Fitzwater West Bromwich Albion 8 October 2015 [18]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
14 August 2015 GK England Aaron Chapman Bristol Rovers 12 September 2015 [19]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 18 May 2015, Chesterfield announced two pre-season friendlies against Matlock Town and Belper Town.[20] On 27 May 2015, a friendly against Hartlepool United was announced.[21] A pre-season friendly against Hull City was confirmed on 9 June 2015.[22] A sixth friendly against Buxton was confirmed on 19 June 2015.[23] On 22 June 2015, Chesterfield announced Burnley will visit on 25 July 2015.[24]

League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
16 Bury[lower-alpha 1] 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
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
Notes:
  1. Bury were deducted 3 points for playing the unregistered Callum Styles against Southend United on 8 May.[25]

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[26]

FA Cup

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Chesterfield were drawn away against Carlisle United.[27]

Football League Trophy

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Chesterfield will face Rochdale.[28]

References

  1. "History". Statto.
  2. "Striker Becomes Saunders' First Signing". Chesterfield FC. 6 June 2015.
  3. "Spireites Sign International Striker". Chesterfield FC. 8 April 2015.
  4. "Young Forward Signs". Chesterfield FC. 22 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Defender Signs Contract Extension". Chesterfield FC. 29 July 2015.
  6. "Spireites Land Spanish Midfielder". Chesterfield FC. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  7. "Liam O'Neil: West Bromwich Albion midfielder joins Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  8. "Chesterfield Sign Chris Herd". Chesterfield FC. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Retained List Issued". Chesterfield FC. 17 May 2015.
  10. "Roberts Joins Portsmouth". Chesterfield FC. 17 June 2015.
  11. "Jimmy Ryan: Fleetwood Town sign Chesterfield midfielder". BBC Sport. 17 June 2015.
  12. "Clucas Joins Hull City". Chesterfield FC. 27 July 2015.
  13. "Hull City: Taylor and Clucas begin Tigers' summer business". Hull Daily Mail. 27 July 2015.
  14. "Darikwa Joins Burnley". Chesterfield FC. 30 July 2015.
  15. "Burnley move quickly to land versatile Chesterfield full back Darikwa". Lancashire Telegraph. 30 July 2015.
  16. "Cairns checks in with Millers". 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  17. "Spireites Sign Championship Striker". Chesterfield FC. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  18. "Spireites Sign West Brom Teenager on Loan". Chesterfield FC. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  19. "Aaron Chapman Loaned to Bristol Rovers". Chesterfield FC. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  20. "Two Friendlies Announced". Chesterfield FC. 18 May 2015.
  21. "Hartlepool Friendly Arranged". Chesterfield FC. 27 May 2015.
  22. "Hull City Pre-season Friendly Announced". Chesterfield FC. 9 June 2015.
  23. "Spireites Confirm Buxton Friendly". Chesterfield FC. 19 June 2015.
  24. "Sean Dyche to Bring Burnley for Pre-season Friendly". Chesterfield FC. 22 June 2015.
  25. "EFL Statement: Bury deducted 3 points for fielding ineligible player". EFL. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  26. "Chris Turner's Fixture List Reaction". Chesterfield FC. 17 June 2015.
  27. "Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 1 Draw". Capital One Cup. 16 June 2015.
  28. "Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Round 2 draw". Football League. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
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