# 2015–16 AFC Wimbledon season

The 2015–16 season was AFC Wimbledon's 14th season in their history and 5th consecutive season in League Two. Despite getting the season off to a mediocre start, good spells of form in the latter half of the season ensured that The Dons would confirm their highest ever League Two finish with 7th place and qualification to the 2016 Football League play-offs. AFC Wimbledon went on to beat 4th placed Accrington Stanley 3–2 on aggregate, earning them a place in the play-off Final at Wembley Stadium against Plymouth Argyle. The Dons went on to win the play-off final on 30 May 2016 in front of a crowd of 57,956, earning them promotion to Football League One for the first time in their history.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 81 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 75 | 44 | +31 | 78 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon (O, P) | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 75 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 69 | |
| 9 | Cambridge United | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 68 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

### Results summary

| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 21 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport

## Matches
### London Senior Cup

On 8 February 2016, it was announced that AFC Wimbledon had decided to withdraw from the competition after being unable to agree with Second Round opponents London Bari on a suitable date to play the match after the original fixture had been cancelled on 9 January due to a waterlogged pitch.

## Player statistics
### League Appearances and goals

    As of 31 May 2016
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | JP Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | James Shea | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Barry Fuller (Captain) | 48 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dannie Bulman | 44 | 3 | 39+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Will Nightingale | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Paul Robinson | 46 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | George Francomb | 42 | 3 | 36+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jake Reeves | 43 | 1 | 40+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Tom Elliott | 42 | 6 | 26+14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | WAL | Jonathan Meades | 43 | 3 | 40+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Adebayo Azeez | 45 | 8 | 9+33 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | George Oakley | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Tom Beere | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Andy Barcham | 36 | 5 | 32+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | IRL | Connor Smith | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | David Fitzpatrick | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | IRL | Ryan Sweeney | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | George Pilbeam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ENG | Joe McDonnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Dan Gallagher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ALB | Egli Kaja | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Callum Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Darius Charles | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | MSR | Lyle Taylor | 45 | 21 | 38+4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Paul Kalambayi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Toyosi Olusanya | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who featured on loan for AFC Wimbledon but subsequently returned to their parent club: ||||||||||||||
| 18 | DF | NGA | Semi Ajayi | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Karleigh Osborne | 25 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | NED | Kelle Roos | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Ben Wilson | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | IRL | Rhys Murphy | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left or were released by AFC Wimbledon during the course of the season: ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ENG | Callum Kennedy | 20 | 2 | 10+8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 39 | 6 | 19+19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Sean Rigg | 41 | 2 | 18+21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Ben Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Christian Toonga | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Play-off Appearances

    As of 28 September 2017
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Semi-final 1 | Semi-final 1 | Semi-final 2 | Semi-final 2 | Final | Final |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Barry Fuller (Captain) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Callum Kennedy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dannie Bulman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Paul Robinson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jake Reeves | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Tom Elliott | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Sean Rigg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | WAL | Jonathan Meades | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Adebayo Azeez | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Tom Beere | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Andy Barcham | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | NED | Kelle Roos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Darius Charles | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | MSR | Lyle Taylor | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Position | Nation | Number | Player | League Two | Play-offs | FA Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 33 | Lyle Taylor | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 2 | FW | | 14 | Adebayo Azeez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| = | FW | | 10 | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Tom Elliott | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | | 17 | Andy Barcham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | | 4 | Dannie Bulman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | 6 | Paul Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | 7 | George Francomb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | 12 | Jonathan Meades | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | 11 | Sean Rigg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | | 3 | Callum Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 8 | Jake Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 19 | David Fitzpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 35 | Toyosi Olusanya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 39 | Rhys Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 16 | Tom Beere | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 64 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 72* |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | League Two | League Two | Play-offs | Play-offs | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | JP Trophy | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Barry Fuller | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Dannie Bulman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Will Nightingale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Paul Robinson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | George Francomb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jake Reeves | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Tom Elliott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Sean Rigg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Jonathan Meades | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Adebayo Azeez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Tom Beere | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Andy Barcham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Semi Ajayi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Connor Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Ryan Sweeney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Karleigh Osborne | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | Christian Toonga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | Darius Charles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Lyle Taylor | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 64 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 4 |

## Transfers

Players Transferred In :
| Date | Position | Nation | Name | Previous Club | Fee | Ref. |
| 12 June 2015 | MF | | Christian Toonga | Arsenal | Free | |
| 23 June 2015 | DF | | Jonathan Meades | Oxford United | Free | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | | Andy Barcham | Portsmouth | Free | |
| 2 July 2015 | FW | | Tom Elliott | Cambridge United | Free | |
| 14 July 2015 | FW | | Lyle Taylor | Scunthorpe United | Undisclosed | |
| 3 August 2015 | DF | | Paul Robinson | Portsmouth | Free | |
| 22 January 2016 | MF | | Connor Smith | Watford | Free | |
| Players Loaned In |||||||
| Date from | Position | Nation | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 2 July 2015 | DF | | Karleigh Osborne | Bristol City | End of Season | |
| 29 September 2015 | DF | | Semi Ajayi | Cardiff City | 30 October 2015 | |
| 20 October 2015 | GK | | Ben Wilson | Cardiff City | 14 December 2015 | |
| 1 February 2016 | GK | | Kelle Roos | Derby County | End of Season | |
| 11 March 2016 | FW | | Rhys Murphy | Oldham Athletic | End of Season | |
| 17 March 2016 | DF | | Darius Charles | Burton Albion | End of Season | |
| Players Loaned Out |||||||
| Date from | Position | Nation | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 30 October 2015 | FW | | George Oakley | Kingstonian | 4 November 2015 | |
| 6 November 2015 | MF | | David Fitzpatrick | Tonbridge Angels | 6 December 2015 | |
| 24 November 2015 | MF | | Tom Beere | Bishop's Stortford | 24 December 2015 | |
| 6 February 2016 | MF | | Tom Beere | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 24 April 2016 | |
| 10 February 2016 | GK | | Joe McDonnell | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 28 February 2016 | |
| 29 February 2016 | GK | | Joe McDonnell | Harrow Borough | 23 April 2016 | |
| Players Transferred Out |||||||
| Date | Position | Nation | Name | Subsequent club | Fee | Ref |
| 12 May 2015 | GK | | Ross Worner | Sutton United | Released | |
| 12 May 2015 | DF | | Jack Smith | Hemel Hempstead | Released | |
| 12 May 2015 | DF | | Mark Phillips | Braintree Town | Released | |
| 12 May 2015 | MF | | Sammy Moore | Leyton Orient | Released | |
| 12 May 2015 | MF | | Alfie Potter | Northampton Town | Released | |
| 12 May 2015 | MF | | Chace Jaquart | Portimonense S.C. | Released | |
| 4 August 2015 | FW | | Dan Agyei | Burnley | Undisclosed Fee | |