Club: | Shrewsbury Town |
Season: | 2015–16 |
Stadium: | New Meadow |
League: | League One |
League Result: | 20th |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Fifth round (knocked out by Manchester United) |
Cup2: | League Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Second Round (knocked out by Crystal Palace) |
Cup3: | FL Trophy |
Cup3 Result: | Second Round (knocked out by Fleetwood Town) |
Cup4: | Shropshire Senior Cup |
Cup4 Result: | Winners[1] |
League Topscorer: | Sullay Kaikai (12) |
Season Topscorer: | Sullay Kaikai (12) |
Highest Attendance: | 7,019 v Port Vale 25 March 2016 (League) 9,370 v Manchester United 22 February 2016 (All competitions) |
Lowest Attendance: | 4,057 v Oldham Athletic 26 January 2016 (League) 587 v AFC Telford United 5 April 2016 (All competitions) |
Average Attendance: | 5,407[2] League only |
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Prevseason: | 2014–15 |
Nextseason: | 2016–17 |
The 2015–16 season was Shrewsbury Town's 130th year in existence and their first season back in League One after gaining promotion the previous season.[3] Much of the season was spent fighting relegation, with safety only secured following the final home match of the season where despite losing to Peterborough United, same day defeats for Blackpool and Doncaster Rovers ensured another season of League One football with one game to spare.[4]
The club also participated in the FA Cup, notably reaching the fifth round for the first time since 1991,[5] and also reached the second rounds of both the League Cup and the Football League Trophy. A team consisting of fringe and youth players retained the Shropshire Senior Cup for the second consecutive season after beating AFC Telford United on penalties in the final.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
As of match played 8 May 2016.
No. | Name | Position | Nationality | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Club caps (all comps) | Club goals (all comps) | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | Contract End | ||
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Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | Jayson Leutwiler | GK | Basel | 25 April 1989 | 91 | 0 | Middlesbrough | 11 June 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
21 | Mark Halstead | GK | Blackpool | 17 September 1990 | 21 | 0 | Blackpool | 5 June 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
25 | Callum Burton | GK | Newport, Shropshire | 15 August 1996 | 1 | 0 | Academy | 24 February 2014 | Trainee | 30 June 2016 | |||
33 | Shaun Rowley | GK | Shrewsbury | 1 November 1996 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2015 | Trainee | 30 June 2016 | |||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | Matt Tootle | RB | Knowsley | 11 October 1990 | 18 | 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 1 July 2015 | Free | 30 June 2017 | |||
3 | Mat Sadler | LB | Birmingham | 26 February 1985 | 83 | 2 | Rotherham United | 1 July 2015 | Free | 30 June 2017 | |||
4 | Zak Whitbread | CB | Houston, Texas | 4 March 1984 | 27 | 1 | Free Agent | 16 October 2015 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
5 | Jermaine Grandison | CB/RB | Birmingham | 15 December 1990 | 174 | 5 | Coventry City | 31 January 2011 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
12 | Junior Brown | LB/LM | Crewe | 7 May 1989 | 40 | 1 | Mansfield Town | 1 July 2015 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
15 | Jack Grimmer | RB | Aberdeen | 5 January 1994 | 31 | 2 | Fulham | 5 January 2016 | Loan | 30 June 2016 | |||
18 | Mickey Demetriou | LB | Durrington | 12 March 1990 | 50 | 3 | Kidderminster Harriers | 2 June 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
20 | Nathaniel Knight-Percival | CB | Enfield | 31 March 1987 | 77 | 6 | Peterborough United | 22 May 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
24 | Jack Hendry | CB | Glasgow | 7 May 1995 | 6 | 0 | Wigan Athletic | 23 March 2016 | Loan | 30 June 2016 | |||
31 | Dominic Smith | CB/RB | Shrewsbury | 9 February 1996 | 24 | 0 | Academy | 26 December 2012 | Trainee | 30 June 2018 | |||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
6 | Ian Black | CM | Edinburgh | 14 March 1985 | 36 | 1 | Rangers | 14 September 2015 | Free | 30 June 2017 | |||
8 | Richie Wellens | CM | Manchester | 26 March 1980 | 12 | 0 | Doncaster Rovers | 8 January 2016 | Free | 30 June 2017 | |||
10 | Shaun Whalley | RM | Prescot | 7 August 1987 | 30 | 7 | Luton Town | 1 July 2015 | Free | 30 June 2017 | |||
14 | James Wesolowski | CM | Sydney | 25 August 1987 | 35 | 1 | Oldham Athletic | 6 June 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
17 | Abu Ogogo | CM | Epsom | 3 November 1989 | 50 | 3 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 1 July 2015 | Free | 30 June 2017 | |||
22 | Jordan Clark | LM/CM | Hoyland | 22 September 1993 | 59 | 5 | Barnsley | 17 July 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
27 | James Caton | LM/RM | Widnes | 4 January 1994 | 4 | 0 | Blackpool | 18 June 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
29 | Larnell Cole | LM/RM | Manchester | 3 September 1993 | 34 | 3 | Fulham | 1 September 2015 | Loan | 30 June 2016 | |||
38 | James Wallace | CM | Fazakerley | 19 December 1991 | 11 | 0 | Sheffield United | 12 January 2016 | Loan | 30 June 2016 | |||
88 | Elliot Grandin | LM | Caen | 17 October 1987 | 0 | 0 | Free Agent | 6 February 2016 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
7 | Kyle Vassell | CF | Milton Keynes | 7 February 1993 | 13 | 0 | Peterborough United | 8 January 2016 | Loan | 30 June 2016 | |||
9 | James Collins | CF | Coventry | 1 December 1990 | 154 | 48 | Hibernian | 4 June 2014 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2016 | |||
16 | Scott Vernon | CF | Manchester | 13 December 1983 | 44 | 3 | Aberdeen | 18 June 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
19 | Andy Mangan | CF | Liverpool | 30 August 1986 | 58 | 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 7 January 2016 | Free | 30 June 2017 | |||
23 | Tyrone Barnett | CF | Stevenage | 28 October 1985 | 45 | 10 | Peterborough United | 2 February 2015 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2017 | |||
26 | Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro | CF | Toulouse | 4 January 1985 | 95 | 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 July 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
30 | Ethan Jones | CF | Dudley | 4 April 1998 | 1 | 0 | Academy | 15 October 2015 | Trainee | 30 June 2017 | |||
32 | Kaiman Anderson | CF | Shrewsbury | Unknown | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2015 | Trainee | 30 June 2016 |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Contract Length | Ref. | |
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1 July 2015 | LM | Free transfer | 1 year | [6] | ||||
1 July 2015 | CM | Darren McKnight | Free transfer | 1 year + 1 year option | [7] | |||
1 July 2015 | CM | Free transfer | 2 years | [8] | ||||
1 July 2015 | LB | Free transfer | 2 years | [9] | ||||
1 July 2015 | RB | Free transfer | 2 years | [10] | ||||
1 July 2015 | RW | Free transfer | 2 years | [11] | ||||
1 July 2015 | CM | Free transfer | 2 years | [12] | ||||
21 August 2015 | RB | Free transfer | 1 year + 1 year option | [13] | ||||
14 September 2015 | CM | Free transfer | 2 years + 1 year option | [14] | ||||
16 October 2015 | CB | Free Agent | Free transfer | 3 months | [15] | |||
24 October 2015 | CB | Free Agent | Free transfer | Non-contract terms | [16] | |||
7 January 2016 | FW | Undisclosed | 18 months | [17] | ||||
8 January 2016 | CM | Free transfer | 18 months | [18] | ||||
6 February 2016 | LW | Free Agent | Free transfer | 6 months | [19] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
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2 June 2015 | CF | Free transfer | [20] | ||||
30 June 2015 | RB | Contract cancelled | [21] | ||||
1 July 2015 | CM | Free transfer | [22] | ||||
2 July 2015 | CF | Free transfer | [23] | ||||
10 August 2015 | RW | Undisclosed | [24] | ||||
19 August 2015 | CB | Undisclosed | [25] | ||||
31 August 2015 | CM | Free transfer | [26] | ||||
1 September 2015 | DM | Undisclosed | [27] | ||||
7 January 2016 | MF | Free transfer | [28] | ||||
12 January 2016 | MF | Darren McKnight | Contract cancelled | [29] | |||
13 January 2016 | DF | Contract cancelled | [30] [31] | ||||
21 January 2016 | CB | Contract cancelled | [32] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. | |
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9 July 2015 | CF | 2 January 2016 | [33] | ||||
1 September 2015 | RW | 30 June 2016 | [34] [35] | ||||
17 September 2015 | MF | 23 December 2015 | [36] [37] | ||||
6 January 2016 | DF | 30 June 2016 | |||||
8 January 2016 | CF | 30 June 2016 | |||||
12 January 2016 | MF | 30 June 2016 | |||||
1 March 2016 | MF | Sullay Kaikai | Crystal Palace | 3 May 2016 | [38] [39] | ||
23 March 2016 | DF | 30 June 2016 | [40] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. | |
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17 July 2015 | CF | Kaiman Anderson | 21 October 2015 | [41] [42] | |||
8 August 2015 | MF | 6 September 2015 | [43] | ||||
1 September 2015 | LB | 4 January 2016 | [44] | ||||
29 October 2015 | CB | 2 January 2016 | [45] [46] | ||||
5 November 2015 | MF | James Caton | 2 January 2016 | [47] | |||
26 November 2015 | GK | Shaun Rowley | 16 February 2016 | [48] | |||
20 December 2015 | CF | Kaiman Anderson | 23 April 2016 | [49] | |||
5 January 2016 | CF | 30 June 2016 | [50] | ||||
7 January 2016 | CF | 30 June 2016 | [51] | ||||
29 January 2016 | MF | James Caton | 30 April 2016 | [52] |
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Length | Contracted Until | Ref. | |
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15 May 2015 | MF | 1 year | 30 June 2016 | [53] | |||
22 May 2015 | FW | Kaiman Anderson | 1 year + 1 year option | 30 June 2016 | [54] | ||
23 June 2015 | GK | Shaun Rowley | 1 year + 1 year option | 30 June 2016 | [55] | ||
6 August 2015 | FW | 1 year | 30 June 2016 | [56] | |||
7 August 2015 | DF | 1 year | 30 June 2016 | [57] | |||
15 October 2015 | FW | 2 years + 1 year option | 30 June 2017 | [58] | |||
21 January 2016 | DF | 6 months | 30 June 2016 | ||||
8 March 2016 | DF | 2 years | 30 June 2018 | [59] |
On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Shrewsbury Town were drawn away against Blackburn Rovers.[60] In the second round, Shrewsbury Town were drawn against Crystal Palace away.[61]
The draw for the first-round was made on 26 October 2015. Shrewsbury travelled to Gainsborough Trinity.[62]
The ties for the second-round were drawn on 9 November. Shrewsbury were drawn away to Grimsby Town.[63] The draw for the third-round took place on 7 December, before the fixture at Blundell Park was played. Shrewsbury required a replay to secure a tie away at Cardiff City.[64]
The draw for the fourth-round was made on 11 January 2016. Shrewsbury were drawn at home to Sheffield Wednesday.[65]
The draw for the fifth round was made on 31 January 2016. Manchester United were drawn to visit New Meadow.[66]
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. Shrewsbury will host Oldham Athletic.[67] Ties for the second round were drawn on 5 September, Shrewsbury travelled to Fleetwood Town.[68]
On 22 June 2015, Shrewsbury Town confirmed that their first-team squad would play Market Drayton Town in the semi-final of the Shropshire Senior Cup.[69] AFC Telford United travelled to New Meadow for the final.[70]
As of match played 8 May 2016.[71]
|-|-|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:|-|-|-|colspan="14"|Players who left the club before the season ended:|-|}
As of match played 8 May 2016.
width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=180 | Name | width=80 | League One | width=80 | FA Cup | width=80 | League Cup | width=80 | FL Trophy | width=80 | Total |
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1 | MF | 11 | Sullay Kaikai | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||
2 | MF | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||
FW | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||||
FW | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||||
3 | FW | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||
FW | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||
4 | DF | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
5 | MF | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
MF | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
6 | DF | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
DF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
MF | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
7 | FW | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
DF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
MF | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
MF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
FW | 19 | Liam McAlinden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
DF | 15 | Mark Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
− | − | − | Own-goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
Players in italics left the club before the season ended
As of match played 8 May 2016.
Number | Nation | Position | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total | ||||||
1 | GK | Jayson Leutwiler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
2 | DF | Matt Tootle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
3 | DF | Mat Sadler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
4 | MF | Ryan Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | Zak Whitbread | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
5 | DF | Jermaine Grandison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
6 | DF | Connor Goldson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
6 | MF | Ian Black | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
7 | MF | Liam Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
7 | FW | Kyle Vassell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | Richie Wellens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
9 | FW | James Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
10 | MF | Shaun Whalley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
12 | MF | Junior Brown | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
13 | DF | Anthony Gerrard | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
14 | MF | James Wesolowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
15 | DF | Jack Grimmer | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
16 | FW | Scott Vernon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
17 | MF | Abu Ogogo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
18 | DF | Mickey Demetriou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
19 | FW | Liam McAlinden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
20 | DF | Nathaniel Knight-Percival | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
21 | GK | Mark Halstead | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
22 | MF | Jordan Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
23 | FW | Tyrone Barnett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
24 | DF | Jack Hendry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
26 | FW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
29 | MF | Larnell Cole | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
31 | DF | Dominic Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
38 | MF | James Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Players in italics left the club before the season ended