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.
Changes from last season Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.
To League One Promoted from League Two Burton Albion Shrewsbury Town Bury Southend United
Relegated from Championship Millwall Wigan Athletic Blackpool
From League One Relegated to League Two Notts County Crawley Town Leyton Orient Yeovil Town
Promoted to Championship Bristol City Milton Keynes Dons Preston North End
Team overview
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity 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 TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment BlackpoolLee Clark Resigned 9 May 2015 Pre-seasonNeil McDonald 2 June 2015 ChesterfieldPaul Cook Signed by Portsmouth 12 May 2015Dean Saunders13 May 2015 Sheffield UnitedNigel Clough Sacked 25 May 2015Nigel Adkins2 June 2015 Peterborough UnitedDave Robertson 6 September 2015 20thGraham Westley 21 September 2015 Doncaster RoversPaul Dickov 8 September 2015 17thRob Jones (interim) 8 September 2015 Oldham Athletic Darren Kelly 12 September 2015 19th David Dunn (interim) 13 September 2015 Oldham Athletic David Dunn (interim) Change of contract 7 October 2015 18th David Dunn 7 October 2015 Doncaster Rovers Rob Jones End of interim 16 October 2015 20th Darren Ferguson 16 October 2015 Chesterfield Dean Saunders Sacked 28 November 2015 16th Danny Wilson 24 December 2015 Walsall Dean Smith Signed by Brentford 30 November 2015 4th John Ward (interim) 30 November 2015 Burton Albion Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Signed by QPR 4 December 2015 1st Nigel Clough 5 December 2015 Walsall John Ward (interim) End of interim 18 December 2015 3rd Sean O'Driscoll 18 December 2015Oldham AthleticDavid DunnSacked12 January 201622ndJohn Sheridan13 January 2016Scunthorpe UnitedMark RobinsSacked16 January 201613thGraham Alexander22 March 2016BarnsleyLee JohnsonSigned by Bristol City6 February 201612thPaul Heckingbottom (caretaker)12 February 2016WalsallSean O'DriscollSacked6 March 20164thJohn Whitney (interim)7 March 2016Peterborough UnitedGraham Westley23 April 201614thGrant McCann23 April 2016
League table
Play-offs
Results
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Will GriggWigan Athletic252 Nicky AjoseSwindon Town243 Sam WinnallBarnsley234 Billy SharpSheffield United215 Paddy MaddenScunthorpe United20 Adam Armstrong Coventry City Lee GregoryMillwall8 Tom BradshawWalsall179 Steve MorisonMillwall1610 Leon ClarkeBury15
Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceManagerClubPlayerClubAugust Dean SmithWalsall Adam ArmstrongCoventry CitySeptember Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkBurton Albion Peter VincentiRochdale October Mark RobinsScunthorpe United Aiden O'BrienMillwallNovember Graham WestleyPeterborough United Jacob MurphyCoventry CityDecember Nigel AdkinsSheffield United Andy WilliamsDoncaster RoversJanuary Lee JohnsonBarnsley Sam WinnallBarnsleyFebruary Gary CaldwellWigan Athletic Jordan ArcherMillwallMarch Paul HeckingbottomBarnsley Sullay KaikaiShrewsbury TownApril Graham AlexanderScunthorpe United Will GriggWigan Athletic
Attendances
# Club Average attendance Highest Lowest 1 Sheffield United FC 19,803 24,777 17,623 2 Bradford City AFC 18,090 20,807 16,786 3 Coventry City FC 12,570 17,779 9,942 4 Barnsley FC 9,499 13,571 8,227 5 Wigan Athletic FC 9,467 18,730 7,794 6 Millwall FC 9,108 12,419 7,657 7 Swindon Town FC 7,409 9,240 6,311 8 Blackpool FC 7,052 9,226 5,960 9 Southend United FC 7,001 10,279 5,212 10 Chesterfield FC 6,676 9,402 5,227 11 Doncaster Rovers FC 6,553 10,168 4,693 12 Gillingham FC 6,316 9,375 4,823 13 Peterborough United FC 5,447 7,153 3,544 14 Shrewsbury Town FC 5,407 7,019 4,057 15 Walsall FC 5,382 7,176 3,868 16 Port Vale FC 4,993 8,595 3,256 17 Crewe Alexandra FC 4,551 6,751 3,094 18 Oldham Athletic FC 4,361 6,117 3,301 19 Colchester United FC 4,136 9,222 2,493 20 Burton Albion FC 4,089 5,512 2,666 21 Scunthorpe United FC 3,907 7,275 2,596 22 Bury FC 3,751 6,470 2,180 23 Fleetwood Town FC 3,308 5,123 2,133 24 Rochdale AFC 3,098 5,690 1,767 Source:
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