# 2015–16 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 2015–16 season will be Mansfield Town's 119th season in their history and their third consecutive season in League Two. 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.

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

On 7 May 2015, Mansfield Town announced three away pre-season friendlies against Rainworth Miners Welfare, Worksop Town and Basford United. On 21 May 2015, Mansfield Town announced Leicester City will visit the One Call Stadium. On 3 June 2015, Mansfield Town announced they will take a XI squad to face Barnsley on 18 July 2015 for Bobby Hassell's testimonial match. On 10 June 2015, it was announced Milton Keynes Dons will visit during pre-season. Another friendly, against Tamworth, was confirmed on 12 June 2015.

### League Two
#### League table

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

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 February 2016. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 14 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 |

#### Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

On 26 October 2015, the first round draw was made.

### League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Mansfield Town were drawn away against Sheffield Wednesday.

### 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. Stags travelled to Notts County.

## Team details
### Appearances and goals

    As of 29 February 2016
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Scott Shearer | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Liam Marsden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Mal Benning | 21 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Mitch Rose | 28 | 1 | 20+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Krystian Pearce | 33 | 3 | 29+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Lee Collins | 26 | 0 | 17+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Adam Chapman | 32 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Chris Clements | 33 | 5 | 25+5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Chris Beardsley | 14 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Matt Green | 34 | 11 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Craig Westcarr | 27 | 4 | 21+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | DEN | Brian Jensen | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Colin Daniel (on loan from Port Vale) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Ryan Tafazolli | 35 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Matty Blair | 23 | 2 | 10+11 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | TAN | Adi Yussuf | 26 | 5 | 0+22 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BER | Reggie Lambe | 32 | 3 | 24+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Jack Thomas | 26 | 2 | 9+14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | IRL | Sean Kavanagh (on loan from Fulham) | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Jamie McGuire | 19 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | WAL | Daniel Alfei (on loan from Swansea City) | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Joe Fitzpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | James Baxendale | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Corbin Shires | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Left During Season ||||||||||||||
| 14 | MF | ENG | Nathan Thomas | 21 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Nicky Hunt | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | James Caton (loan returns to Shrewsbury Town) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Blair Adams (loan returns to Notts County) | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | | Matt Green | 11 | – | – | – | 11 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | | Chris Clements | 5 | – | – | – | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 18 | | Adi Yussuf | 5 | – | – | – | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | | Craig Westcarr | 3 | – | – | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | 15 | | Ryan Tafazolli | 3 | – | 1 | – | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 3 | | Mal Benning | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | | Krystian Pearce | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 19 | | Reggie Lambe | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 20 | | Jack Thomas | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 17 | | Matty Blair | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 4 | | Mitch Rose | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 7 | | Adam Chapman | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 9 | | Chris Beardsley | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 14 | | Nathan Thomas | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 31 | | James Baxendale | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 11 | Own Goal(s) | Own Goal(s) | Own Goal(s) | Own Goal(s) | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 46 | – | 1 | 1 | 48 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 29 February 2016
| No. | Po. | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Scott Shearer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mal Benning | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Mitch Rose | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Krystian Pearce | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Lee Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Adam Chapman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Chris Clements | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Chris Beardsley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Matt Green | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Craig Westcarr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Brian Jensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Nathan Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ryan Tafazolli | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Nicky Hunt | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Matty Blair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Adi Yussuf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Reggie Lambe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jack Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Jamie McGuire | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Daniel Alfei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Blair Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 70 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 5 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Chris Beardsley | Stevenage | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | LB | Mal Benning | Walsall | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Adam Chapman | Newport County | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Lee Collins | Northampton Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Anthony Dwyer | Academy | Trainee |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Matt Green | Birmingham City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | RB | Nicky Hunt | Accrington Stanley | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Brian Jensen | Crawley Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Mitch Rose | Rotherham United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Scott Shearer | Crewe Alexandra | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | RW | Nathan Thomas | Motherwell | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Craig Westcarr | Portsmouth | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Adi Yussuf | Oxford City | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2015 | LM | Conor Green | Academy | Trainee |
| 2 July 2015 | CM | Chris Spencer | Academy | Trainee |
| 10 July 2015 | CB | Krystian Pearce | Torquay United | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | RB | Lee Beevers | Lincoln City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Rakish Bingham | Hartlepool United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | LM | Junior Brown | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | John Dempster | Retired | — |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Alex Fisher | Torquay United | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Liam Hearn | Lincoln City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Simon Heslop | Torquay United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Ricky Ravenhill | Free Agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Michael Raynes | Carlisle United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Matt Rhead | Lincoln City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Martin Riley | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Sascha Studer | Free Agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Ritchie Sutton | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2015 | CF | Ollie Palmer | Leyton Orient | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2016 | MF | Nathan Thomas | Hartlepool United | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Following Beevers' release he joined Lincoln City.
* ↑ Following Bingham's release he joined Hartlepool United.
* ↑ Following Fisher's release he joined Torquay United.
* ↑ Following Heslop's release he joined Torquay United.
* ↑ Following Raynes' release he joined Carlisle United.
* ↑ Following Riley's release he joined Tranmere Rovers.
* ↑ Following Sutton's release he joined Tranmere Rovers.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 8 August 2015 | LW | James Caton | Shrewsbury Town | 5 September 2015 |
| 20 October 2015 | DF | Blair Adams | Notts County | 19 January 2016 |
| 9 January 2016 | MF | James Baxendale | Walsall | 9 February 2016 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 6 August 2015 | CF | Dan Fletcher | Carlton Town | 1 October 2015 |
| 6 August 2015 | DF | Conor Green | Carlton Town | 1 October 2015 |
| 6 August 2015 | CM | Chris Spencer | Hednesford Town | 3 September 2015 |
| 22 August 2015 | CM | Joe Fitzpatrick | Sutton Coldfield Town | 18 September 2015 |
| 8 September 2015 | CM | Chris Spencer | Mickleover Sports | 10 December 2015 |
| 11 September 2015 | CF | Anthony Dwyer | Mickleover Sports | 10 December 2015 |
| 23 October 2015 | CF | Liam Marsden | Guiseley | 23 November 2015 |
* ↑ On 18 September 2015, Mansfield Town recalled Fitzpatrick from his loan spell at Sutton Coldfield Town due to a virus in the camp.