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1 Changes from last season  



1.1  Team changes  



1.1.1  To League One  





1.1.2  From League One  









2 Team overview  



2.1  Stadia and locations  





2.2  Managerial changes  







3 League table  





4 Play-offs  





5 Results  





6 Top scorers  





7 Monthly awards  





8 References  














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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)

2014–15

2016–17

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]

Changes from last season[edit]

Team changes[edit]

The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.

To League One[edit]

Promoted from League Two

Relegated from Championship

From League One[edit]

Relegated to League Two

Promoted to Championship

Team overview[edit]

Stadia and locations[edit]

Barnsley
Blackpool
Bradford City
Burton Albion
Chesterfield
Colchester United
Coventry City
Crewe Alexandra
Doncaster Rovers
Fleetwood Town
Gillingham
Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Peterborough United
Port Vale
Scunthorpe United
Sheffield United
Shrewsbury Town
Southend United
Swindon Town
Walsall
Greater Manchester teams Bury Oldham Athletic Rochdale Wigan Athletic
Locations of teams in the 2015–2016 Football League One
Oldham Athletic
Rochdale
Wigan Athletic
Greater Manchester League One football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity[4]
Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,009
Blackpool Blackpool Bloomfield Road 16,750
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Burton Albion Burton-upon-Trent Pirelli Stadium 6,912
Bury Bury Gigg Lane 11,840
Chesterfield Chesterfield Proact Stadium 10,400
Colchester United Colchester Weston Homes Community Stadium 10,105
Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,500
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Gresty Road 10,066
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Highbury Stadium 5,311
Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582
Millwall London (South Bermondsey) The Den 20,146
Oldham Athletic Oldham Boundary Park 13,512
Peterborough United Peterborough Abax Stadium 14,319
Port Vale Stoke-on-Trent Vale Park 18,947
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,183
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,702
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury New Meadow 9,875
Southend United Southend Roots Hall 12,392
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728
Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300
Wigan Athletic Wigan DW Stadium 25,138

Managerial changes[edit]

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[edit]

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 EFL 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[a]
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 46 16 12 18 56 73 −17 57[b]
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 EFL 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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.
  • ^ Bury were deducted 3 points for playing the unregistered Callum Styles against Southend United on 8 May.[28]
  • Play-offs[edit]

    Semi-finals Final
            
    3Walsall 0 11
    6Barnsley 336
    6Barnsley 3
    4Millwall 1
    4Millwall 314
    5Bradford City 112

    Results[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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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  • ^ "Sam Winnall named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". The Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
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  • ^ "Jordan Archer named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". The Football League. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  • ^ "Paul Heckingbottom named Sky Bet League 1 Manager of the Month". The Football League. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  • ^ "Sullay Kaikai named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". The Football League. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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  • ^ "Will Grigg named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". The Football League. Retrieved 8 May 2016.

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