2015–16 Football League

The 2015–16 Football League (known as the Sky Bet Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th season of The Football League. It began on 7 August 2015 and concluded on 30 May 2016, with the League Two play-off final at Wembley Stadium.[1] The Football League was contested through three Divisions; Championship, League One and League Two. The winners of the Championship, Burnley and runner-up Middlesbrough were automatically promoted to the Premier League and on 28 May 2016 were joined by the winner of the Championship play-off, Hull City. The bottom two teams in League Two, Dagenham & Redbridge and York City, were relegated to the National League.

The Football League
Season2015–16
ChampionsBurnley
PromotedBurnley
Middlesbrough
Hull City
RelegatedDagenham & Redbridge
York City
New Clubs in LeagueBarnet
Bristol Rovers

It was the last season that the league would be known simply as The Football League; from the 2016–17 season onwards, it will be known as the English Football League.[2]

Promotion and relegation

From the Premier League
Relegated to the Championship

From the Championship
Promoted to the Premier League
Relegated to League One

From League One
Promoted to the Championship
Relegated to League Two

From League Two
Promoted to League One
Relegated to the National League

From the Conference National

Sky Bet Championship

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Burnley (C, P) 46 26 15 5 72 35 +37 93 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Middlesbrough (P) 46 26 11 9 63 31 +32 89
3 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 24 17 5 72 42 +30 89 Qualification for the Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Hull City (O, P) 46 24 11 11 69 35 +34 83
5 Derby County 46 21 15 10 66 43 +23 78
6 Sheffield Wednesday 46 19 17 10 66 45 +21 74
7 Ipswich Town 46 18 15 13 53 51 +2 69
8 Cardiff City 46 17 17 12 56 51 +5 68
9 Brentford 46 19 8 19 72 67 +5 65
10 Birmingham City 46 16 15 15 53 49 +4 63
11 Preston North End 46 15 17 14 45 45 0 62
12 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 18 14 54 54 0 60
13 Leeds United 46 14 17 15 50 58 −8 59
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 14 16 16 53 58 −5 58
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 13 16 17 46 46 0 55
16 Nottingham Forest 46 13 16 17 43 47 −4 55
17 Reading 46 13 13 20 52 59 −7 52
18 Bristol City 46 13 13 20 54 71 −17 52
19 Huddersfield Town 46 13 12 21 59 70 −11 51
20 Fulham 46 12 15 19 66 79 −13 51
21 Rotherham United 46 13 10 23 53 71 −18 49
22 Charlton Athletic (R) 46 9 13 24 40 80 −40 40 Relegation to League One
23 Milton Keynes Dons (R) 46 9 12 25 39 69 −30 39
24 Bolton Wanderers (R) 46 5 15 26 41 81 −40 30
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
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Play-offs
See also: 2016 Football League play-offs
  Semi-finals Final
                     
3 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 1 1  
6 Sheffield Wednesday 2 1 3  
    6 Sheffield Wednesday 0
  4 Hull City 1
4 Hull City 3 0 3
5 Derby County 0 2 2  

The four teams that finished from third to sixth played off, with the winning team, Hull City, gaining the final promotion spot to the Premier League.

In the play-off semi-finals the third placed team played the sixth placed team and the fourth placed team played the fifth placed team. The team that finished in the higher league position played away in the first leg and played at home in the second leg. If the aggregate score was level after both legs, then extra time would be played. If the scores were still level, a penalty shoot-out decided the winner. The away goals rule did apply in the semi-finals. The semi-finals were held on 13–14 and 16–17 May.[3]

The winners from the two semi-finals, Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday, played at Wembley Stadium on 28 May 2016 in the play-off final, where Hull City won 1–0. [3] The game is known as the richest game in football as the winning club is guaranteed significantly increased payments e.g. in the 2016-17 season the minimum payment for participating in the Premier League was £95 million. Due to a new TV rights deal, the average payment for a newly promoted club stood at around £100 million.

Results
Home \ Away BIR BLB BOL BRE B&HA BRI BUR CAR CHA DER FUL HUD HUL IPS LEE MID MKD NOT PNE QPR REA ROT SHW WOL
Birmingham City 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–2
Blackburn Rovers 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–2
Bolton Wanderers 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1
Brentford 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–3 3–0 4–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 3–0
Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 1–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 5–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1
Bristol City 0–0 0–2 6–0 2–4 0–4 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–4 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 1–0
Burnley 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 4–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–1
Cardiff City 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 4–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–0
Charlton Athletic 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 1–3 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 3–4 1–1 3–1 0–2
Derby County 0–3 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–2
Fulham 2–5 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 4–0 4–2 4–1 0–1 0–3
Huddersfield Town 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–5 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 5–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–0
Hull City 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 6–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 5–1 0–0 2–1
Ipswich Town 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–3 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–2
Leeds United 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–4 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–1
Middlesbrough 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Milton Keynes Dons 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–4 1–2 0–2 0–5 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–4 2–1 1–2
Nottingham Forest 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–3 1–1
Preston North End 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Queens Park Rangers 2–0 2–2 4–3 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 1–1
Reading 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 5–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
Rotherham United 0–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–4 3–3 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–5 2–1 1–0 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–2
Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 2–1 3–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–0 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: [4]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Sky Bet League One

Table
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 the Football League 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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2] 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
21 Doncaster Rovers (R) 46 11 13 22 48 64 −16 46 Relegation to 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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.
  2. Bury were deducted 3 points for playing the unregistered Callum Styles against Southend United on 8 May.[5]

Play-offs
See also: 2016 Football League play-offs
  Semi-finals Final
                     
3 Walsall 0 1 1  
6 Barnsley 3 3 6  
    6 Barnsley 3
  4 Millwall 1
4 Millwall 3 1 4
5 Bradford City 1 1 2  

Results
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
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Sky Bet League Two

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Northampton Town (C, P) 46 29 12 5 82 46 +36 99 Promotion to Football League One
2 Oxford United (P) 46 24 14 8 84 41 +43 86
3 Bristol Rovers (P) 46 26 7 13 77 46 +31 85
4 Accrington Stanley 46 24 13 9 74 48 +26 85 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Plymouth Argyle 46 24 9 13 72 46 +26 81
6 Portsmouth 46 21 15 10 75 44 +31 78
7 AFC Wimbledon (O, P) 46 21 12 13 64 50 +14 75
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
12 Mansfield Town 46 17 13 16 61 53 +8 64
13 Wycombe Wanderers 46 17 13 16 45 44 +1 64
14 Exeter City 46 17 13 16 63 65 −2 64
15 Barnet 46 17 11 18 67 68 −1 62
16 Hartlepool United 46 15 6 25 49 72 −23 51
17 Notts County 46 14 9 23 54 83 −29 51
18 Stevenage 46 11 15 20 52 67 −15 48
19 Yeovil Town 46 11 15 20 43 59 −16 48
20 Crawley Town 46 13 8 25 45 78 −33 47
21 Morecambe 46 12 10 24 69 91 −22 46
22 Newport County 46 10 13 23 43 64 −21 43
23 Dagenham & Redbridge (R) 46 8 10 28 46 81 −35 34 Relegation to the National League
24 York City (R) 46 7 13 26 51 87 −36 34
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
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Play-offs
See also: 2016 Football League play-offs
  Semifinals Final
                     
4 Accrington Stanley 0 2 2  
7 AFC Wimbledon 1 2 3  
    7 AFC Wimbledon 2
  5 Plymouth Argyle 0
5 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 3
6 Portsmouth 2 0 2  

Results
Home \ Away ACC WIM BAR BRR CAM CRL CRA D&R EXE HAR LEY LUT MAN MOR NPC NOR NTC OXF PLY POR STE WYC YEO YOR
Accrington Stanley 3–4 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–1 4–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–3 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0
AFC Wimbledon 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 2–5 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–1
Barnet 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 3–1 2–0 1–3 3–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–2 3–4 3–1
Bristol Rovers 0–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1
Cambridge United 2–3 1–4 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 7–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1
Carlisle United 2–0 1–1 3–2 3–2 4–4 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–4 3–0 0–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1
Crawley Town 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–5 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0
Dagenham & Redbridge 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–3 0–2 3–4 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0
Exeter City 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–3 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 3–3 0–2 3–2 0–0
Hartlepool United 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–3 1–2 3–1 0–2 3–1 1–4 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1
Leyton Orient 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–4 3–1 2–2 1–3 3–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–2
Luton Town 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–4 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–4 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1
Mansfield Town 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 5–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–1
Morecambe 1–0 2–1 4–2 3–4 2–4 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–5 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 2–4 4–1 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–4 0–1 2–1 1–1
Newport County 0–2 2–2 0–3 1–4 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–3
Northampton Town 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0
Notts County 1–1 0–2 4–2 0–2 1–2 0–5 4–1 0–0 1–4 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 2–2 4–3 1–2 2–4 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0
Oxford United 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–0
Plymouth Argyle 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 5–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 3–2
Portsmouth 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 4–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–3 0–3 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 6–0
Stevenage 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 4–3 2–1 2–3 0–2 1–5 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–2
Wycombe Wanderers 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–0
Yeovil Town 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 0–1 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0
York City 1–5 1–3 1–1 1–4 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table at
time of departure		 Incoming manager Date of appointment Position in table at
time of appointment
Portsmouth Andy Awford Mutual Consent 13 April 2015[6] 2014–15 season Paul Cook 12 May 2015[7] Pre-season
Blackpool Lee Clark Resigned 9 May 2015[8] Pre-season Neil McDonald 2 June 2015[9]
Chesterfield Paul Cook Signed by Portsmouth 12 May 2015[7] Dean Saunders 13 May 2015[10]
Crawley Town Dean Saunders Signed by Chesterfield 13 May 2015[10] Mark Yates 19 May 2015[11]
Leyton Orient Fabio Liverani Mutual Consent 13 May 2015[12] Ian Hendon 28 May 2015[13]
Leeds United Neil Redfearn Sacked 20 May 2015[14] Uwe Rosler 20 May 2015[14]
Stevenage Graham Westley Out of Contract 21 May 2015[15] Teddy Sheringham 21 May 2015[15]
Derby County Steve McClaren Sacked 25 May 2015[16] Paul Clement 1 June 2015[17]
Sheffield United Nigel Clough 25 May 2015[18] Nigel Adkins 2 June 2015[19]
Plymouth Argyle John Sheridan Mutual consent 28 May 2015[20] Derek Adams 11 June 2015[21]
Brentford Mark Warburton End of Contract 1 June 2015[22] Marinus Dijkhuizen 1 June 2015[22]
Sheffield Wednesday Stuart Gray Sacked 11 June 2015[23] Carlos Carvalhal 30 June 2015[24]
Peterborough United Dave Robertson 6 September 2015[25] 20th Graham Westley 21 September 2015[26] 18th
Doncaster Rovers Paul Dickov 8 September 2015[27] 17th Darren Ferguson 16 October 2015[28] 20th
Oldham Athletic Darren Kelly 12 September 2015[29] 19th David Dunn 7 October 2015[30] 18th
Brentford Marinus Dijkhuizen 28 September 2015[31] 19th Dean Smith 30 November 2015[32] 11th
Rotherham United Steve Evans 28 September 2015[33] 20th Neil Redfearn 9 October 2015[34] 21st
Fleetwood Town Graham Alexander 30 September 2015[35] 20th Steven Pressley 6 October 2015[36] 23rd
Newport County Terry Butcher 1 October 2015[37] 24th John Sheridan 2 October 2015[38] 24th
Swindon Town Mark Cooper 17 October 2015[39] 20th Martin Ling 3 November 2015[40] 23rd
Leeds United Uwe Rosler 19 October 2015[41] 18th Steve Evans 19 October 2015[41] 18th
Charlton Athletic Guy Luzon 24 October 2015[42] 22nd Karel Fraeye 26 October 2015[43] 22nd
York City Russ Wilcox 26 October 2015[44] 21st Jackie McNamara 4 November 2015[45] 22nd
Cambridge United Richard Money 2 November 2015[46] 18th Shaun Derry 12 November 2015[47] 18th
Huddersfield Town Chris Powell 4 November 2015[48] 18th David Wagner 5 November 2015[49] 18th
Queens Park Rangers Chris Ramsey 4 November 2015[50] 13th Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 4 December 2015[51] 12th
Fulham Kit Symons 8 November 2015[52] 12th Slaviša Jokanović 27 December 2015[53] 18th
Blackburn Rovers Gary Bowyer 10 November 2015[54] 16th Paul Lambert 15 November 2015[55] 16th
Colchester United Tony Humes Mutual Consent 26 November 2015[56] 19th Kevin Keen 21 December 2015[57] 24th
Chesterfield Dean Saunders Sacked 28 November 2015[58] 16th Danny Wilson 24 December 2015[59] 18th
Walsall Dean Smith Signed by Brentford 30 November 2015[32] 4th Sean O'Driscoll 18 December 2015[60] 3rd
Yeovil Town Paul Sturrock Sacked 1 December 2015[61] 24th Darren Way 31 December 2015[62] 24th
Burton Albion Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Signed by QPR 4 December 2015[51] 1st Nigel Clough 7 December 2015[63] 1st
Reading Steve Clarke Sacked 4 December 2015[64] 9th Brian McDermott 17 December 2015[65] 13th
Luton Town John Still 17 December 2015[66] 17th Nathan Jones 6 January 2016[67] 15th
Dagenham & Redbridge Wayne Burnett 21 December 2015[68] 24th John Still 31 December 2015[69] 23rd
Swindon Town Martin Ling Resigned 29 December 2015[70] 16th Luke Williams 21 January 2016[71] 14th
Notts County Ricardo Moniz Sacked 29 December 2015[72] 15th Jamie Fullarton 10 January 2016[73] 18th
Oldham Athletic David Dunn 12 January 2016[74] 22nd John Sheridan 13 January 2016[75] 22nd
Newport County John Sheridan Signed by Oldham Athletic 13 January 2016[75] 20th Warren Feeney 15 January 2016[76] 20th
Charlton Athletic Karel Fraeye Sacked 13 January 2016[77] 23rd José Riga 14 January 2016[78] 23rd
Bristol City Steve Cotterill 14 January 2016[79] 22nd Lee Johnson 6 February 2016[80] 22nd
Leyton Orient Ian Hendon 18 January 2016[81] 11th Kevin Nolan 21 January 2016[82] 11th
Scunthorpe United Mark Robins 18 January 2016[83] 16th Nick Daws 22 February 2016[84] 13th
Stevenage Teddy Sheringham 1 February 2016[85] 19th Darren Sarll 8 May 2016[86] 2016–17 season
Barnsley Lee Johnson Signed by Bristol City 6 February 2016[80] 12th Paul Heckingbottom 15 June 2016[87] 2016–17 season
Derby County Paul Clement Sacked 6 February 2016[88] 5th Darren Wassall 6 February 2016[88] 5th
Rotherham United Neil Redfearn 8 February 2016[89] 22nd Neil Warnock 11 February 2016[90] 22nd
Hartlepool United Ronnie Moore Mutual Consent 10 February 2016[91] 22nd Craig Hignett 10 February 2016[92] 22nd
Walsall Sean O'Driscoll Sacked 6 March 2016[93] 4th Jon Whitney 1 June 2016[94] 2016–17 season
Nottingham Forest Dougie Freedman 13 March 2016[95] 14th Philippe Montanier 26 June 2016[96] 2016–17 season
Bolton Wanderers Neil Lennon Mutual Consent 15 March 2016[97] 24th Phil Parkinson 10 June 2016[98] 2016–17 season
Notts County Jamie Fullarton Sacked 19 March 2016[99] 19th Mark Cooper 20 March 2016[100] 19th
Scunthorpe United Nick Daws Appointed Assistant Manager 22 March 2016[101] 13th Graham Alexander 22 March 2016[101] 13th
Leyton Orient Kevin Nolan Removed From Managerial Role 12 April 2016[102] 11th Andy Hessenthaler 3 June 2016[103] 2016–17 season
Peterborough United Graham Westley Sacked 23 April 2016[104] 14th Grant McCann 16 May 2016[105] 2016–17 season
Crawley Town Mark Yates 25 April 2016[106] 18th Dermot Drummy 27 April 2016[107] 18th
Colchester United Kevin Keen Resigned 26 April 2016[108] 23rd John McGreal 4 May 2016[109] 23rd

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