# 2015–16 Scunthorpe United F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Scunthorpe United's 117th season in their existence and their second consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

On 19 May 2015, Scunthorpe United announced two pre-season friendlies against Bolton Wanderers and Gainsborough Trinity. A third pre-season friendly was confirmed on 11 June 2015, against Hartlepool United. On 18 June 2015, the Iron announced Sheffield Wednesday will visit one-week prior to the league opener. On 24 June 2015, a friendly fixture away to Notts County was confirmed. On 18 July 2015, it was announced Iron will face Middlesbrough in Marbella.

### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Bradford City | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 80 | Qualification for the League One play-offs |
| 6 | Barnsley (O, P) | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 74 | Qualification for the League One play-offs |
| 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 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

#### Matches
### 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.

### Lincolnshire Senior Cup

On 3 June 2015, Scunthorpe United announced the details for the 2015 Lincolnshire Senior Cup. On 25 July 2015, the details of the semi-final were confirmed.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Pos. | Place of Birth | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date Signed | Free | Contract |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | Luke Daniels | GK | Bolton | 37 | 54 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 January 2015 | Undisclosed | 2017 |
| 13 | Joe Anyon | GK | Lytham St Annes | 38 | 7 | 0 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 January 2015 | Free | 2017 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | Scott Wiseman | RB | Hull | 39 | 27 | 0 | Preston North End | 28 May 2015 | Free | 2017 |
| 3 | Scott Laird | LB | Taunton | 36 | 31 | 2 | Preston North End | 11 June 2015 | Free | 2018 |
| 5 | David Mirfin | CB | Sheffield | 39 | 237 | 9 | Watford | 31 July 2012 | Free | 2017 |
| 6 | Niall Canavan | CB | Leeds | 33 | 164 | 6 | Academy | 1 July 2009 | Trainee | 2016 |
| 17 | Conor Townsend | LB | Hessle | 31 | 12 | 0 | Hull City | 6 January 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| 20 | Charlie Goode | CB | Watford | 29 | 12 | 1 | Hendon | 10 June 2015 | Free | 2017 |
| 23 | Murray Wallace | CB | Glasgow | 32 | 19 | 2 | Huddersfield Town | 2 January 2016 | Undisclosed | 2019 |
| 25 | Andrew Boyce | CB | Doncaster | 35 | 37 | 1 | Lincoln City | 6 January 2014 | Undisclosed | 2016 |
| 33 | Jordan Clarke | RB | Coventry | 33 | 44 | 1 | Coventry City | 10 January 2015 | Undisclosed | 2017 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | Sean McAllister | CM | Bolton | 37 | 88 | 1 | Cowdenbeath | 19 July 2013 | Free | 2015 |
| 8 | Dominic Vose | AM | London | 31 | 0 | 0 | Wrexham | 1 February 2016 | Undisclosed | 2018 |
| 11 | Jim O'Brien | WG | Alexandria | 37 | 3 | 1 | Coventry City | 15 February 2016 | Loan | 2016 |
| 12 | Neal Bishop | CM | Stockton-on-Tees | 43 | 79 | 5 | Blackpool | 19 June 2014 | Free | 2017 |
| 14 | Terry Hawkridge | RW | Nottingham | 35 | 66 | 2 | Gainsborough Trinity | 4 June 2013 | Undisclosed | 2016 |
| 15 | Stephen Dawson | LM | Dublin | 39 | 14 | 0 | Rochdale | 1 July 2015 | Free | 2017 |
| 16 | Hakeeb Adelakun | LW | Hackney | 28 | 87 | 9 | Academy | 1 July 2012 | Trainee | 2018 |
| 18 | Jack King | AM | Oxford | 39 | 32 | 2 | Preston North End | 26 May 2015 | Free | 2017 |
| 21 | Isaac Assenso | CM | | 18 | 0 | 0 | Leeds United | 4 June 2015 | Free | 2016 |
| 26 | Jamie Ness | CM | Irvine | 34 | 19 | 0 | Stoke City | 10 July 2015 | Free | 2017 |
| 28 | Gary McSheffrey | LW | Coventry | 42 | 86 | 16 | Chesterfield | 14 January 2014 | Free | 2016 |
| 31 | Levi Sutton | MF | | 18 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 2 June 2015 | Trainee | 2016 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | Luke Williams | CF/AM | Middlesbrough | 31 | 27 | 4 | Middlesbrough | 2 July 2015 | Free | 2018 |
| 9 | Paddy Madden | CF | Dublin | 34 | 111 | 40 | Yeovil Town | 10 January 2014 | £300,000 | 2018 |
| 10 | Kevin van Veen | CF | Eindhoven | 33 | 45 | 4 | FC Oss | 30 January 2015 | Undisclosed | 2018 |
| 14 | Greg Luer | CF | Brighton | 30 | 3 | 0 | Hull City | 9 February 2016 | Loan | 2016 |
| 22 | Tom Hopper | CF | Boston | 31 | 34 | 7 | Leicester City | 1 July 2015 | Free | 2017 |
| 29 | Kyle Wootton | CF | Epworth | 28 | 24 | 2 | Academy | 1 July 2014 | Free | 2016 |

### Statistics

    As of 27 February 2014
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | 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 | ENG | Luke Daniels | 31 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GIB | Scott Wiseman | 27 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Scott Laird | 31 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Sean McAllister | 12 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | David Mirfin | 24 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IRL | Niall Canavan | 12 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Luke Williams | 21 | 2 | 12+5 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Paddy Madden | 36 | 18 | 32+0 | 15 | 3+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NED | Kevin van Veen | 23 | 2 | 10+9 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Jim O'Brien (on loan from Coventry City) | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Neal Bishop | 35 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Joe Anyon | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Greg Luer (on loan from Hull City) | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Stephen Dawson | 14 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Hakeeb Adelakun | 16 | 1 | 1+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | IRL | Conor Townsend | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jack King | 32 | 2 | 24+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Charlie Goode | 12 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Tom Hopper | 23 | 3 | 19+3 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SCO | Murray Wallace | 19 | 2 | 18+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Jamie Ness | 19 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Gary McSheffrey | 24 | 5 | 15+8 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Kyle Wootton | 12 | 1 | 1+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Jordan Clarke | 22 | 1 | 14+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ENG | Dave Syers | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Darius Henderson | 16 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Joe Lolley (on loan from Huddersfield Town) | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Tommy Rowe (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) | 14 | 1 | 14+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

#### Goals record

    As of 27 February 2017
| Rank | No. | Po. | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Paddy Madden | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | 28 | MF | Gary McSheffrey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 22 | FW | Tom Hopper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | Scott Laird | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | Kevin van Veen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 18 | MF | Jack King | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 23 | DF | Murray Wallace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | DF | David Mirfin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | FW | Luke Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | Jim O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 16 | MF | Hakeeb Adelakun | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 19 | MF | Tommy Rowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 20 | DF | Charlie Goode | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 29 | FW | Kyle Wootton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 33 | DF | Jordan Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 42 |

#### Disciplinary record

    As of 27 February 2016
| No. | Po. | Name | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Luke Daniels | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Scott Wiseman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Scott Laird | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Sean McAllister | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | David Mirfin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Luke Williams | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Paddy Madden | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Kevin van Veen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Darius Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Neal Bishop | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Stephen Dawson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Hakeeb Adelakun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Conor Townsend | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Jack King | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Tommy Rowe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Charlie Goode | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Tom Hopper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Murray Wallace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Jamie Ness | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Gary McSheffrey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Jordan Clarke | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 52 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Isaac Assenso | Leeds United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Stephen Dawson | Rochdale | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Charlie Goode | Hendon | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Tom Hopper | Leicester City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | AM | Jack King | Preston North End | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | LB | Scott Laird | Preston North End | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Levi Sutton | Academy | Trainee |
| 1 July 2015 | RB | Scott Wiseman | Preston North End | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2015 | CF | Luke Williams | Middlesbrough | Free transfer |
| 10 July 2015 | CM | Jamie Ness | Stoke City | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2015 | CF | Darius Henderson | Leyton Orient | Free transfer |
| 2 January 2016 | CB | Murray Wallace | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2016 | LB | Conor Townsend | Hull City | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2016 | AM | Dominic Vose | Wrexham | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Callum Howe | Lincoln City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Billy Kee | Accrington Stanley | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Miguel Llera | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | LM | Jennison Myrie-Williams | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Eddie Nolan | York City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | James Severn | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Sam Slocombe | Oxford United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | AM | Matt Sparrow | Lincoln City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | LB | Marcus Williams | Free agent | Released |
| 14 July 2015 | CF | Lyle Taylor | AFC Wimbledon | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2015 | CB | Taron Hare | York City | Free transfer |
| 18 January 2016 | CM | Dave Syers | Rochdale | Free transfer |
| 5 February 2016 | CF | Darius Henderson | Coventry City | Free transfer |
* ↑ Following Howe's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Lincoln City on 15 July 2015.'"`UNIQ--ref-000001CF-QINU`"'
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* ↑ Following Slocombe's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Oxford United on 12 June 2015.'"`UNIQ--ref-000001D9-QINU`"'
* ↑ Following Sparrow's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Lincoln City on 24 June 2015.'"`UNIQ--ref-000001DB-QINU`"'

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 10 August 2015 | GK | Rory Watson | Hull City | 7 September 2015 |
| 25 August 2015 | CB | Murray Wallace | Huddersfield Town | 31 October 2015 |
| 25 September 2015 | RW | Joe Lolley | Huddersfield Town | 24 October 2015 |
| 2 October 2015 | LW | Tommy Rowe | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 December 2015 |
| 9 February 2016 | CF | Greg Luer | Hull City | 8 March 2016 |
| 15 February 2016 | WG | Jim O'Brien | Coventry City | Undisclosed |
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### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 20 August 2015 | CB | Andrew Boyce | Hartlepool United | 31 October 2015 |
| 1 September 2015 | RM | Terry Hawkridge | Lincoln City | 4 January 2016 |
| 29 September 2015 | DM | Isaac Assenso | Scarborough Athletic | 25 October 2015 |
| 1 February 2016 | CF | Kevin van Veen | SC Cambuur Leeuwarden | End of Season |
| 15 February 2016 | CB | Niall Canavan | Rochdale | Undisclosed |
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