# 2015–16 England Hockey League season

The 2015–2016 English Hockey League season took place from September 2015 until April 2016. The regular season consisted of two periods September until December and then February until March. The end of season playoffs known as the League Finals Weekend was held on the 16 & 17 of April.
Wimbledon won the Men's Premier League title despite finishing fourth in the regular season league standings. Surbiton won the Women's Premier League as well as finishing top of the regular season league standings.
The Men's Cup was won by Beeston and the Women's Cup was won by Clifton.

## Men's Premier Division League Standings

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Holcombe | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 24 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | Surbiton | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 67 | 46 | 21 | 37 |
| 3 | Reading | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 51 | 41 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Wimbledon | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Brooklands Manchester University | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 46 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Beeston | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 40 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Hampstead and Westminster | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 36 | -10 | 19 |
| 8 | East Grinstead | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 50 | -14 | 18 |
| 9 | Canterbury | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 58 | -26 | 16 |
| 10 | Cannock | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 45 | 66 | -21 | 14 |
* = Qualified for League finals weekend
* = Relegated

### Results

| Home \ Away | Bee | Bro | Can | Can | EG | HW | Hol | Rea | Sub | Wim |
| Beeston | — | 2–2 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Brooklands MU | 2–2 | — | 3–3 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 4–6 | 2–2 |
| Cannock | 2–1 | 6–4 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–6 | 3–6 | 2–4 |
| Canterbury | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 0–4 |
| East Grinstead | 0–3 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 4–3 | — | 4–1 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 1–2 |
| Hampstead and Westminster | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 |
| Holcombe | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 7–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Reading | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 5–3 |
| Surbiton | 4–3 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 6–2 | 7–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–4 | — | 2–3 |
| Wimbledon | 3–0 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 4–1 | — |

## Women's Investec Premier Division League Standings

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Surbiton | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 11 | 46 |
| 2 | Canterbury | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 40 |
| 3 | University of Birmingham | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | Holcombe | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 31 | 30 |
| 5 | East Grinstead | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 25 |
| 6 | Leicester | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 22 |
| 7 | Clifton | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 46 | 18 |
| 8 | Reading | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 44 | 13 |
| 9 | Bowdon Hightown | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 13 |
| 10 | Buckingham | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 12 |
* = Qualified for League finals weekend
* = Relegated

### Results

| Home \ Away | Bow | Buc | Can | Cli | EG | Hol | Lei | Rea | Sub | Bir |
| Bowdon Hightown | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Buckingham | 0–1 | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Canterbury | 7–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Clifton | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | — | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–4 |
| East Grinstead | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Holcombe | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 3–1 |
| Leicester | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Reading | 3–5 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Surbiton | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | — | 1–1 |
| University of Birmingham | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — |

## League Finals Weekend
### Semi-finals

| Division | Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Men's Premier | Surbiton | Reading | 2-4 |
| Men's Premier | Holcombe | Wimbledon | 2-3 |
| Women's Premier | Surbiton | Holcombe | 2-0 |
| Women's Premier | Canterbury | University of Birmingham | 6-0 |

### Finals

| Division | Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Men's Premier | Wimbledon | Reading | 1-1 (4-3 p) |
| Women's Premier | Surbiton | Holcombe | 0-0 (3-1 p) |

## Men's Cup
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Chichester | Havant | 3-1 |
| Beeston | Sheffield University Bankers | 2-1 |
| City of Peterborough | Banbury | 5-2 |
| Surbiton | Univ of Birmingham | 3-1 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Beeston | City of Peterborough | 5-1 |
| Chichester | Surbiton | 1-0 |

### Final

(Held at the Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 14 February)
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Beeston | Chichester | 3-0 |

## Women's Cup
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Brooklands Poynton | Barnes | 2-1 |
| Holcombe | Bowdon Hightown | 1-0 |
| Buckingham | Ben Rhydding | 3-2 |
| Clifton | Univ of Birmingham | 3-2 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Buckingham | Brooklands Poynton | 5-1 |
| Clifton | Holcombe | 3-1 |

### Final

(Held at Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 30 April)
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Clifton | Buckingham | 1-0 |