2015–16 Blackpool F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Blackpool's 107th season in the Football League, and their first season back in League One following relegation from the 2014–15 Football League Championship.[1] Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Blackpool
2015–16 season
OwnerOwen Oyston
ChairmanKarl Oyston
ManagerNeil McDonald
StadiumBloomfield Road
Blackpool, England
(Capacity: 17,338)
League One22nd (relegated)
FA CupFirst Round
League CupFirst Round
Football League TrophyNorthern Quarter-Final
Top goalscorerLeague: Mark Cullen (9)
All: Mark Cullen (9)
Highest home attendance9,226 vs. Wigan Athletic
(30 April 2016)
Lowest home attendance5,960 vs. Chesterfield
(29 September 2015)
All statistics correct as of 8 May 2016.

The club was managed by Neil McDonald, in his first season in charge. Following Blackpool's relegation to League Two at the end of the season, McDonald left his role as Blackpool manager.[2]

Blackpool finished 22nd in League One and were relegated for the second-successive season. They played the 2016–17 campaign in League Two, their first time playing in the bottom division of English professional football in fifteen years.

They were also knocked out of both the FA Cup and League up at the first-round stage.

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 FW   Mark Cullen Luton Town £180,000 [3]
1 July 2015 GK   Colin Doyle Free agency [4]
1 July 2015 MF   John Herron Free agency [5]
1 July 2015 GK   Kyle Letheren Free agency [6]
1 July 2015 MF   Brad Potts Carlisle United Undisclosed [7]
1 July 2015 MF   Jarrett Rivers Blyth Spartans Undisclosed [8]
1 July 2015 DF   Clark Robertson Free agency [9]
10 July 2015 MF   Jack Redshaw Morecambe £180,000 [10][11]
29 July 2015 MF   Jim McAlister Free agency [12]
5 August 2015 DF   Emmerson Boyce Free agency [13]
3 September 2015 MF   David Norris Free agency [14]
14 September 2015 FW   Martin Paterson Free agency [15]
7 January 2016 FW   Danny Philliskirk Oldham Athletic Undisclosed [16]
7 January 2016 MF   Mark Yeates Oldham Athletic Free [17]
14 January 2016 DF   Will Aimson Hull City Undisclosed [18]

Transfers out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 FW   Tom Barkhuizen Released [19]
1 July 2015 DF   Andre Blackman Released [20]
1 July 2015 DF   Peter Clarke Released [20]
1 July 2015 MF   Tomasz Cywka Released [20]
1 July 2015 FW   Steve Davies Released [20]
1 July 2015 FW   Nathan Delfouneso Released [20]
1 July 2015 DF   Joël Dielna Released [20]
1 July 2015 FW   Bobby Grant Released [20]
1 July 2015 DF   Gary MacKenzie Released [20]
1 July 2015 DF   Tony McMahon Released [20]
1 July 2015 MF   Jacob Mellis Released [20]
1 July 2015 DF   Nyron Nosworthy Released [20]
1 July 2015 DF   Darren O'Dea Released [20]
1 July 2015 GK   Elliot Parish Released [20]
1 July 2015 MF   David Perkins Released [20]
1 July 2015 DF   Jeffrey Rentmeister Released [20]
1 July 2015 FW   Saër Sène Released [20]
1 July 2015 FW   François Zoko Released [20]
20 July 2015 FW   Dom Telford Stoke City To be decided by tribunal [21]
20 July 2015 MF   Mark Waddington Stoke City To be decided by tribunal [21]
3 September 2015 MF   Andrea Orlandi Anorthosis Famagusta Free transfer [22]
19 January 2016 MF   José Miguel Cubero Herediano Undisclosed [23]

Loans in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Until Ref.
10 July 2015 DF   Lloyd Jones Liverpool End of season [a] [24][25]
29 July 2015 FW   Kwame Thomas Derby County 26 November 2015 [b] [26][27]
19 October 2015 DF   Hayden White Bolton Wanderers End of season [c] [28][29]
9 November 2015 DF   Will Aimson Hull City 9 January 2016 [d] [30][31]
12 November 2015 GK   Dean Lyness Burton Albion 2 January 2016 [32]
17 November 2015 FW   Andy Little Preston North End 30 January 2016 [e] [33][34]
26 November 2015 FW   Elliot Lee West Ham United 3 January 2016 [35]
21 January 2016 FW   Uche Ikpeazu Watford End of season [36]
13 February 2016 GK   Dean Lyness Burton Albion 22 March 2016 [37]
3 March 2016 MF   Liam Smith Newcastle United End of season [38]
22 March 2016 FW   Jacob Blyth Leicester City End of season [39]

Loans out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Until Ref.
1 March 2016 DF   Charles Dunne Crawley Town End of season [f] [40][41]
24 March 2016 MF   Connor Oliver Morecambe End of season [42]
  1. ^ Jones' loan was extended on 3 August 2015.
  2. ^ Thomas was recalled by Derby County on 26 November 2015.
  3. ^ White's loan was extended on 6 January 2016.
  4. ^ Aimson's loan was extended on 27 November 2015.
  5. ^ Little's loan was extended on 5 January 2016.
  6. ^ Dunne's loan was extended on 29 March 2016.

Competitions edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly Lancaster City A–A
Match abandoned after pitch invasion
Blackpool Lancaster
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Giant Axe
14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) Friendly Blyth Spartans 0–2 Blackpool Blyth
19:30 BST Report Oliver   21'
Ball   72'
Stadium: Croft Park
22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) Friendly Ross County 1–1 Blackpool Stirling, Scotland
15:00 BST Graham   25' Report Cullen   89' Attendance: 0
28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly Morecambe 2–2 Blackpool Morecambe
19:45 BST Molyneux
Ellison
Report Cullen
Drury
Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: Played behind closed doors

League One edit

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1 Colchester United 2–2 Blackpool Colchester
15:00 BST Gilbey   22'
Ambrose   56'
Report Cullen   18', 45' Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,438
Referee: James Linington
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2 Blackpool 0–2 Rochdale Blackpool
15:00 BST Report McDermott   58'
Henderson   87'
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 7,076
Referee: Darren Drysdale
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Blackpool 1–2 Burton Albion Blackpool
19:45 BST Redshaw   26' Report El Khayati   58', 85' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,197
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4 Sheffield United 2–0 Blackpool Sheffield
15:00 BST Sharp   60'
McNulty   72'
Report Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 20,199
Referee: Darren Deadman
29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5 Blackpool 0–4 Walsall Blackpool
15:00 BST Report Sawyers   25', 74'
Aldred   57' (o.g.)
Mantom   67'
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 7,489
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6 Scunthorpe United 0–1 Blackpool Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Report Potts   35' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 3,313
Referee: Tony Harrington
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7 Gillingham 2–1 Blackpool Gillingham
15:00 BST Loft   17'
Dack   81'
Report Jackson   51' (o.g.) Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 6,231
Referee: Gary Sutton
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8 Blackpool 1–1 Barnsley Blackpool
15:00 BST Redshaw   55' Report Hourihane   8' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 7,542
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Blackpool Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Akpa Akpro   73', 76' Report Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,241
Referee: Darren England
29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10 Blackpool 2–0 Chesterfield Blackpool
19:45 BST Cullen   2'
Potts   68'
Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 5,960
Referee: Scott Duncan
3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11 Blackpool 1–0 Swindon Town Blackpool
15:00 BST Cullen   38' Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,704
Referee: David Webb
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 12 Coventry City 0–0 Blackpool Coventry
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 12,094
Referee: Keith Hill
20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 13 Blackpool 1–1 Millwall Blackpool
19:45 BST Redshaw   82' (pen.) Report Beevers   35' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,225
Referee: Nigel Miller
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 14 Blackpool 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Blackpool
15:00 BST White   64'
Redshaw   87' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,970
Referee: Mark Haywood
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 15 Bury 4–3 Blackpool Bury
15:00 GMT Rose   2'   10'
Hussey   27'
Soares   34'
Report Cullen   12'
Robertson   44'
Redshaw   84' (pen.)
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 5,013
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) 16 Bradford City 1–0 Blackpool Bradford
19:45 GMT Hanson   45' Summary Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium
Attendance: 17,435
Referee: Andy Haines
14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17 Blackpool 0–2 Doncaster Rovers Blackpool
15:00 GMT Report Williams   5'
Taylor-Sinclair   40'
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,597
Referee: Ross Joyce
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18 Southend United 1–0 Blackpool Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Thompson   76' Report Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,290
Referee: Graham Horwood
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19 Port Vale 2–0 Blackpool Burslem
19:45 GMT Leitch-Smith   82'
Birchall   86'
Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3,640
Referee: David Webb
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20 Blackpool 1–0 Fleetwood Blackpool
15:00 GMT Pond   17' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 7,755
Referee: Graham Scott
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21 Wigan Athletic 0–1 Blackpool Wigan
15:00 GMT Report Aldred   36' Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,424
Referee: Phil Gibbs
19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22 Blackpool 2–0 Peterborough United Blackpool
15:00 GMT Cullen   3'
Potts   31'
Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,204
Referee: Robert Lewis
26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) Postponed Blackpool P–P Oldham Athletic Blackpool
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
28 December 2015 23 Barnsley 4–2 Blackpool Barnsley
15:00 GMT Winnall   3'   54'
Watkins   56'
Long   86'
Templeton   90+2'
Report Ferguson   18'
Aimson   45+1'
Cullen   52'   83'
Potts   84'
Little   90'
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 9,072
Referee:   Chris Sarginson
2 January 2016 24 Burton Albion 1–0 Blackpool Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT Weir   41'  
Duffy   63'
Report Aimson   30'
Aldred   61'
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 4,339
Referee:   Richard Clark
9 January 2016 25 Blackpool 0–1 Port Vale Blackpool
15:00 GMT Norris   21'
McAlister   52'
Aimson   66'
White   90+1'
Report Leitch-Smith   49'
Brown   90+1'
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,527
Referee:   Seb Stockbridge
16 January 2016 26 Blackpool 5–0 Scunthorpe United Blackpool
15:00 GMT Aldred   2'
Potts   12'   28'
Norris   55'
Philliskirk   82'
Report Williams   19'
van Veen   58'
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,004
Referee:   Darren Deadman
23 January 2016 27 Walsall 1–1 Blackpool Walsall
15:00 GMT Chambers   34'
Taylor   45+1'
Demetriou   66'
Downing   90+3'
Report Norris   18'
Aldred   48'
McAlister   85'
Philliskirk   90+4'
Stadium: Banks's Stadium
Attendance: 5,022
Referee:   Dean Whitestone
26 January 2016 28 Blackpool 0–0 Sheffield United Blackpool
19:45 GMT Report Sammon   63'
Edgar   90+2'
Brayford   90+5'
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,296
Referee:   Ross Joyce
30 January 2016 29 Blackpool 1–0 Gillingham Blackpool
15:00 GMT Redshaw   45' (pen.)
Cullen   66'
Norris   75'
Report Morris   44'
Ehmer   53'
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,828
Referee:   Andy Madley
6 February 2016 Postponed Oldham Athletic P–P Blackpool Oldham
15:00 GMT Stadium: SportsDirect.com Park
13 February 2016 30 Blackpool 2–3 Shrewsbury Town Blackpool
15:00 GMT Aldred   36'
Aimson   53'
Philliskirk   54'
Report Knight-Percival   5'
Whalley   7'
Mangan   29'
Akpa Akpro   90+1'
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,873
Referee:   Carl Boyeson
16 February 2016 31 Blackpool 0–0 Oldham Athletic Blackpool
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 7,197
Referee:   Paul Tierney
20 February 2016 32 Swindon Town 3–2 Blackpool Swindon
15:00 GMT Ajose   17'   61'   88'
Traoré   37'
Barry   82'
Report Aldred   2'
Norris   24'
Philiskirk   65' (pen.)
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,412
Referee:   Phil Gibbs
27 February 2016 33 Blackpool 0–1 Bradford City Blackpool
15:00 GMT Aimson   16'   90+4' Report Reid   54' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 8,780
Referee: Michael Bull
1 March 2016 34 Chesterfield 1–1 Blackpool Chesterfield
19:45 GMT O'Shea   57' Report Potts   54'
Ferguson   18'   89'
Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 5,915
Referee: Eddie Illderton
5 March 2016 35 Millwall 3–0 Blackpool Bermondsey
15:00 GMT Gregory   7'
Wallace   24'
Morison   84' (pen.)
Report White   56'   76' Stadium: The New Den
Attendance: 9,753
Referee: Lee Swabey
12 March 2016 36 Blackpool 0–1 Coventry City Blackpool
15:00 GMT Boyce   69'
Osayi-Samuel   90+7'
Report Fortuné   26' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 8,869
Referee:   Mark Brown
15 March 2016 37 Oldham Athletic 1–0 Blackpool Oldham
19:45 GMT Palmer   53'
Kelly   60'
Jones   64'
Report Potts   60'
Aldred   62'
Stadium: SportsDirect.com Park
Attendance: 3,715
Referee:   Jeremy Simpson
19 March 2016 38 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Blackpool Crewe
15:00 GMT Haber   83' Report Redshaw   34'
Aldred   84'
Redshaw   34'   39'
Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,480
25 March 2016 39 Blackpool 1–1 Bury Blackpool
15:00 GMT Philiskirk   74' (pen.) Report Mayor   76' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 7,645
28 March 2016 40 Doncaster Rovers 0–1 Blackpool Doncaster
15:00 GMT Report Cullen   87' Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 5,575
2 April 2016 41 Blackpool 2–0 Southend United Blackpool
15:00 GMT Cullen   49'
Blyth   79'
Report Barnett   90+2' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,979
Referee:   Mark Haywood
9 April 2016 42 Blackpool 0–1 Colchester United Blackpool
15:00 GMT Aldred   29'
McAlister   85'
Report Porter   60' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,242
16 April 2016 43 Rochdale 3–0 Blackpool Rochdale
15:00 GMT Eastham   45'
Bunney   50'
Mendez-Laing   60'
Report Boyce   88' Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,274
23 April 2016 44 Fleetwood Town 0–0 Blackpool Fleetwood
15:00 GMT White   24' Report Pond   64' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 5,123
30 April 2016 45 Blackpool 0–4 Wigan Athletic Blackpool
12:30 GMT Report McCann   60'
Wildschut   70', 72'
Grigg   85'
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 9,226
8 May 2016 46 Peterborough United 5–1 Blackpool Peterborough
12:30 GMT Maddison   48' (pen.)
Taylor   74', 84', 86'
Coulthirst   76'
Report Blyth   16' Stadium: ABAX Stadium
Attendance: 6,005

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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
(R) Relegated

League Cup edit

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round Northampton Town 3–0 Blackpool Northampton
19:45 BST Hackett   20'
Calvert-Lewin   24'
Hoskins   29'
Report Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 2,549
Referee: James Adcock

FA Cup edit

7 November 2015 First round Barnet 2–0 Blackpool Barnet
15:00 Champion   36'
Gash   41'
Report Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 1,869
Referee:   Kevin Johnson

Football League Trophy edit

6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) Second round Port Vale 1–2 Blackpool Burslem
19:45 BST Grant   52' (pen.) Summary Rivers   44'
Robertson   56'
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 2,720
10 November 2015 Northern QF Wigan Athletic 4–0 Blackpool Wigan
19:15 Hiwula   20'   78' (pen.)
Murray   63'
Wildschut   71'
Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 5,224

Lancashire Senior Cup edit

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08) First round Blackpool 4–2 Morecambe Blackpool
14:00 BST Paterson  
Dunne  
Thomas  
Oliver  
Report Mullin   2'
Ellison  
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Referee: James Mainwaring
24 February 2016 Quarter Final Blackpool 0–1 Manchester United Blackpool
14:00 BST Report McTominay  71' Stadium: Bloomfield Road

Top scorers edit

Place Position Nation Number Name League One FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1 FW   9 Mark Cullen 9 0 0 0 9
2 FW   10 Jack Redshaw 7 0 0 0 7
3 MF   8 Brad Potts 6 0 0 0 6
4 FW   17 Danny Philliskirk 5 0 0 0 5
DF   15 Tom Aldred 5 0 0 0 5

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