# 2015–16 Notts County F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Notts County's 153rd season in their history and their first season back in League Two since being relegated from League One the previous season. Along with League Two, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Scot Bennett | Exeter City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Robert Milsom | Rotherham United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | LB | Rhys Sharpe | Derby County | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | RB | Gill Swerts | NAC Breda | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2015 | CF | Jon Stead | Huddersfield Town | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2015 | RB | Mawouna Amevor | Go Ahead Eagles | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2015 | CF | Adam Campbell | Newcastle United | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2015 | CF | Kyle de Silva | Crystal Palace | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2015 | LW | Genaro Snijders | Oss | Free transfer |
| 7 July 2015 | RW | Julian Jenner | Diósgyőri | Free transfer |
| 8 July 2015 | SS | Graham Burke | Aston Villa | Free transfer |
| 8 July 2015 | SS | Filip Valenčič | Monza | Free transfer |
| 15 July 2015 | GK | Scott Loach | Rotherham United | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2015 | CM | Stanley Aborah | Ferencvárosi | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2015 | RB | Wes Atkinson | West Bromwich Albion | Free transfer |
| 3 August 2015 | CB | Thierry Audel | Crewe Alexandra | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2015 | RB | Elliott Hewitt | Ipswich Town | Free transfer |
| 6 August 2015 | CB | Civard Sprockel | Othellos Athienou | Free transfer |
| 22 August 2015 | CF | Izale McLeod | Crawley Town | Undisclosed |
| 13 February 2016 | LW | Jason Banton | Wycombe Wanderers | Free |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Bálint Bajner | Free Agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | RB | Mustapha Dumbuya | Free Agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Shaun Harrad | Free Agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | LB | Cieron Keane | Free Agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Brad McGowan | Free Agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Hayden Mullins | Free Agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Fabian Spiess | Torquay United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Greg Tempest | Lincoln City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | RW | Garry Thompson | Wycombe Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DM | Drissa Traoré | Swindon Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Elliott Whitehouse | FC Halifax Town | Free transfer |
| 27 July 2015 | LB | Jordan Cranston | Free Agent | Mutual consent |
| 6 August 2015 | CM | Gary Jones | Southport | Free transfer |
| 1 September 2015 | CF | Billy Daniels | Nuneaton Town | Mutual consent |
* ↑ Following Spiess' release he joined Torquay United.
* ↑ Following Tempest's release he joined Lincoln City.
* ↑ Following Traoré's release he joined Swindon Town.
* ↑ Following Whitehouse's release he joined FC Halifax Town.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 24 September 2015 | AM | Jack Barmby | Leicester City | 13 November 2015 |
| 25 September 2015 | LB | Alan Sheehan | Bradford City | 26 December 2015 |
| 1 February 2016 | CB | Gary MacKenzie | Doncaster Rovers | 1 March 2016 |
| 10 March 2016 | CB | Andrew Boyce | Notts County | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
| 11 September 2015 | DF | | Jordan Richards | Boston United | 13 December 2015 | |
| 11 September 2015 | MF | | Lartey Sarpong | Boston United | 13 December 2015 | |

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

On 20 May 2015, Notts County announced their pre-season schedule which included five friendly matches. On 4 June 2015 a friendly against Arnold Town was announced. On 24 June 2015, Notts County announced a home friendly against Scunthorpe United.

### Result by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |

#### Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
* The Carlisle game was relocated due to Storm Desmond
* The Hartlepool game on 16 February was rearranged from Boxing day

### League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Notts County were drawn away against Huddersfield Town. In the second round, Notts County were drawn away to Aston Villa.

### Football League Trophy

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. In the draw for the second round, held on 5 September 2015, Notts County were drawn away at Sheffield United.