2015–16 Chesterfield F.C. season

Chesterfield
2015–16 season
OwnerDave Allen
ChairmanDave Allen
ManagerDean Saunders (until 28 November 2015)
Danny Wilson (from 24 December 2015
StadiumProact Stadium
League One18th
FA CupSecond round
(eliminated by Walsall)
League CupFirst round
(eliminated by Carlisle United)
Football League TrophySecond round
(eliminated by Rochdale)
Top goalscorerLeague: Lee Novak (14)
All: Lee Novak (15)

The 2015–16 season was Chesterfield's 149th season in their history and their second consecutive season in League One.[1] Along with League One, the club also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CF England Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Preston North End Free transfer [2]
1 July 2015 ST Bermuda Rai Simons Ilkeston Undisclosed [3]
22 July 2015 CF England Jake Orrell Gateshead Free transfer [4]
6 August 2015 GK England Alex Cairns Leeds United Free transfer [5]
6 August 2015 MF England Dion Donohue Sutton Coldfield Town Free transfer [5]
16 August 2015 CM Spain Ángel Martínez Millwall Free transfer [6]
24 August 2015 CM England Liam O'Neil West Bromwich Albion Undisclosed [7]
11 September 2015 DM Australia Chris Herd Aston Villa Free transfer [8]
26 October 2015 DF New Zealand Liam Graham Free transfer [9]
1 February 2016 MF England Gary Liddle Bradford City Undosclosed [10]
1 February 2016 MF Republic of Ireland Connor Dimaio Sheffield United Free transfer [10]
18 February 2016 FW England Jordan Slew Cambridge United Free transfer [11]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CB England Jack Broadhead Free agent Released [12]
1 July 2015 CF England Charlie Dawes Free agent Released [12]
1 July 2015 LW England Gary Roberts Portsmouth Undisclosed [13]
1 July 2015 CM Republic of Ireland Jimmy Ryan Fleetwood Town Free [14]
27 July 2015 LM England Sam Clucas Hull City £1,300,000 [15][16]
30 July 2015 RB England Tendayi Darikwa Burnley £600,000 [17][18]
7 January 2016 GK England Alex Cairns Rotherham United Free [19]
22 January 2016 FW Ivory Coast Armand Gnanduillet Leyton Orient Undosclosed [20]
28 January 2016 MF Egypt Sam Morsy Wigan Athletic Undisclosed [21]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
14 August 2015 CF England Lee Novak Birmingham City End of season [22]
11 September 2015 CB England Jack Fitzwater West Bromwich Albion 8 October 2015 [23]
26 October 2015 DF England Richard Wood Rotherham United Three-month [24]
1 February 2016 DF England Tom Anderson Burnley End of season [10]
18 February 2016 DF England Declan John Cardiff City One-month [11]
19 March 2016 MF England Jamal Campbell-Ryce Sheffield United End of season [25]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
14 August 2015 GK England Aaron Chapman Bristol Rovers 12 September 2015 [26]
9 October 2015 FW Ivory Coast Armand Gnanduillet Stevenage One-month [27]
11 February 2016 FW England Byron Harrison Stevenage One-month [28]
8 March 2016 MF England Dan Gardner Bury End of season [29]
16 March 2016 FW England Emmanuel Dieseruvwe Mansfield Town End of season [30]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 18 May 2015, Chesterfield announced two pre-season friendlies against Matlock Town and Belper Town.[31] On 27 May 2015, a friendly against Hartlepool United was announced.[32] A pre-season friendly against Hull City was confirmed on 9 June 2015.[33] A sixth friendly against Buxton was confirmed on 19 June 2015.[34] On 22 June 2015, Chesterfield announced Burnley will visit on 25 July 2015.[35]

9 July 2015 (2015-07-09) Friendly Matlock Town 0–3 Chesterfield Matlock
19:45 BST Report O'Shea 14' (pen.)
Ebanks-Blake 18'
Gnanduillet 82'		 Stadium: Causeway Lane
Attendance: 1,119
10 July 2015 (2015-07-10) Friendly Buxton 0–4 Chesterfield Buxton
19:45 BST Report Jones 25'
O'Shea 37'
Orrell 47'
Dieseruvwe 60'		 Stadium: The Silverlands
17 July 2015 (2015-07-17) Friendly SC Olhanense 0–2 Chesterfield Algarve, Portugal
15:00 CEST Report Gnanduillet
Banks
21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly Chesterfield 1–3 Hull City Chesterfield
15:00 BST Evatt 19' Report Maguire 38'
Robertson 51'
Jahraldo-Martin 76'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly Chesterfield 3–2 Burnley Chesterfield
15:00 BST Orrell 25'
Gnanduillet 67'
Harrison 89'		 Report Jutkiewicz 13'
Boyd 21'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly Ilkeston 1–3 Chesterfield Ilkeston
19:45 BST Marshall 43' Report O'Shea 14'
Gnanduillet 28'
Simons 69'		 Stadium: New Manor Ground
Attendance: 523
1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly Hartlepool United 0–1 Chesterfield Hartlepool
15:00 BST Report Morsy 75' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 1,269 (54 away fans)

League One

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
16 Bury 46 16 12 18 56 73 −17 57[a]
17 Oldham Athletic 46 12 18 16 44 58 −14 54
18 Chesterfield 46 15 8 23 58 70 −12 53
19 Fleetwood Town 46 12 15 19 52 56 −4 51
20 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 11 22 58 79 −21 50
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Bury were deducted 3 points for playing the unregistered Callum Styles against Southend United on 8 May.[36]

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[37]

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1 Chesterfield 3–1 Barnsley Chesterfield
15:00 BST O'Shea 49'
Ebanks-Blake 72'
Morsy 73'		 Report Wilkinson 4' Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 8,117
Referee: Andy Woolmer
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2 Sheffield United 2–0 Chesterfield Sheffield
15:00 BST Adams 3', 46' Report Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 23,031
Referee: Kevin Wright
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Shrewsbury Town 1–2 Chesterfield Shrewsbury
19:45 BST Sadler 88' Report Ebanks-Blake 49'
Morsy 64'		 Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 4,935
Referee: Mark Heywood
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4 Chesterfield 0–0 Rochdale Chesterfield
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,254
Referee: Keith Hill
29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5 Millwall 0–2 Chesterfield Bermondsey
15:00 BST Report O'Shea 17', 90' Stadium: New Den
Attendance: 8,374
Referee: Darren Deadman
5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6 Chesterfield 2–3 Wigan Athletic Chesterfield
15:00 BST Gardner 62'
Barnett 68' (o.g.)		 Report Barnett 81'
Davies 87' (pen.)
Hiwula 90'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 7,145
Referee: Mark Brown
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7 Chesterfield 3–3 Colchester United Chesterfield
15:00 BST Talbot Red card 16'
Jones 22'
Novak 62'
Morsy 74'		 Report Massey 29'
Moncur 76'
Raglan 90+2' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 5,227
Referee: Ian Williamson
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8 Coventry City 1–0 Chesterfield Coventry
15:00 BST Armstrong 50' Report Dieseruvwe Red card 89' Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 11,003
Referee: Darren Bond
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9 Chesterfield 1–2 Burton Albion Chesterfield
15:00 BST Hird 2' Report Beavon 46'
Binnom-Williams 90'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,762
Referee: David Webb
29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10 Blackpool 2–0 Chesterfield Blackpool
19:45 BST Cullen 2'
Potts 68'		 Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 5,960
Referee: Scott Duncan
3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Chesterfield Crewe
15:00 BST Fox 36' Report Gardner 8' 57' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,053
Referee: Ross Joyce
10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12 Chesterfield 1–3 Gillingham Chesterfield
15:00 BST Simons 35' Report Egan 26'
Donnelly 54'
Lennon 72'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,026
Referee: Nick Kinseley
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13 Walsall 1–2 Chesterfield Walsall
15:00 BST Preston 90+3' Report Ebanks-Blake 5'
Evatt 54'		 Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 4,766
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14 Chesterfield 3–0 Southend United Chesterfield
19:45 BST Novak 8'
Ebanks-Blake 37' 62'		 Report Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 5,703
Referee: Graham Salisbury
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15 Chesterfield 0–3 Scunthorpe United Chesterfield
15:00 BST Jones Red card 55' Report Madden 56' (pen.) 78'
McSheffrey 63'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,340
Referee: Darren England
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16 Fleetwood Town 0–1 Chesterfield Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Report Ebanks-Blake 30' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 3,107
Referee: Trevor Kettle
14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17 Chesterfield 1–2 Oldham Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Ebanks-Blake 34' Report Poleon 72'
Philliskirk 87'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,178
Referee: Tim Robinson
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18 Port Vale 3–2 Chesterfield Burslem
15:00 GMT Kelly 6'
Leitch-Smith 10'
Dodds 48'		 Report Novak 8'
Simons 90+1'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,420
Referee: Michael Bull
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19 Doncaster 3–0 Chesterfield Doncaster
19:45 GMT Tyson 62'
Williams 70'
Stewart 90+2'		 Report Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 5,521
Referee: Kevin Friend
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20 Chesterfield 0–4 Swindon Town Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Report Ajose 3', 80'
Thompson 14'
Obika 48'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,178
Referee: Tim Robinson
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21 Bury 1–0 Chesterfield Bury
15:00 BST Mayor 68' Report Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,962
Referee: Peter Bankes
19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22 Chesterfield 0–1 Bradford City Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Report McMahon 72' Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,795
Referee: James Adcock
26 December 2015 23 Peterborough United 2–0 Chesterfield Peterborough
15:00 GMT Washington 45+1' 76'
Maddison Yellow card 90'		 Report Banks Yellow card 90+1' Stadium: ABAX Stadium
Attendance: 7,153
Referee: Andy Woolmer
28 December 2015 24 Chesterfield 1–1 Coventry City Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Novak 38'
Morsy Yellow card 54'		 Report Maddison Yellow card 54' 89'
Fleck Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 9,057
Referee: Paul Tierney
2 January 2016 25 Chesterfield 7–1 Shrewsbury Town Chesterfield
15:00 GMT O'Shea 40' (pen.)
Novak 45+1' 81' (pen.) 89'
Herd Yellow card 59'
Morsy Yellow card 70'
O'Neil Yellow card 71'
Simons 73' 87'		 Report Black Yellow card 20'
Brown Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card
Whitbread 66'
Lawrence Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,233
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
9 January 2016 26 Rochdale 2–3 Chesterfield Rochdale
15:00 GMT Rose Yellow card 22'
McDermott Yellow card 46'
Lund Yellow card 53'
Henderson 58'
Bennett 90+3'		 Report O'Shea 26'
Hird Yellow card 35'
Ariyibi Yellow card 48' Yellow-red card
Novak 78'
Ebanks-Blake 80'
Lee Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,965
Referee: Carl Boyeson
16 January 2016 27 Wigan Athletic 3–1 Chesterfield Wigan
15:00 GMT Power 6'
James 38'
Jacobs 39'
Perkins Yellow card 77'
Jääskeläinen Yellow card 90'		 Report O'Neil Yellow card 35'
Herd Yellow card 45+3'
Banks 79'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,091
Referee: Ross Joyce
23 January 2016 28 Chesterfield 1–2 Millwall Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Morsy 25' Report O'Brien 27'
Morison Yellow card 45'
Gregory 47'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 7,078
Referee: Chris Sarginson
6 February 2016 29 Chesterfield 0–1 Peterborough United Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Herd Yellow card 56'
O'Neil Yellow card 77'		 Report Smith Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card
Forrester Yellow card 52'
Nichols 55'
Santos Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card
Toffolo Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,544
Referee: David Coote (referee)
12 February 2016 30 Burton Albion 1–0 Chesterfield Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT Butcher 45+1' Report Herd Yellow card 51'
Anderson Yellow card 54'
Banks Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 4,489
Referee: England Simon Hooper
16 February 2016 31 Colchester United 1–1 Chesterfield Colchester
19:45 GMT Bonne 69'
Edwards Yellow card 77'		 Report Liddle Red card 18'
Ariyibi Yellow card 29'
Novak 72' (pen.)
Banks Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium
Attendance: 6,167
Referee: England Lee Swabey
20 February 2016 32 Chesterfield 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Ebanks-Blake 7'
Novak 12'
Dimaio 56'		 Report Jones Yellow card 20'
Bakayogo 27'
Guthrie Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,264
Referee: Gavin Ward
27 February 2016 33 Gillingham 1–2 Chesterfield Gillingham, Kent
15:00 GMT Ehmer Yellow card 13'
Jackson Yellow card 26'
Osadebe 80'		 Report Ebanks-Blake 36'
Dimaio Yellow card 36'
Novak 45'
O'Shea Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 6,012
Referee: Kevin Johnson
1 March 2016 34 Chesterfield 1–1 Blackpool Chesterfield
19:45 GMT o'Shea 57' Report Potts 57'
Ferguson Yellow card 18' Yellow-red card
Aldred Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 5,915
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
5 March 2016 35 Southend United 0–1 Chesterfield Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Coker Yellow card 64' Report Banks Yellow card 59'
Dimaio Yellow card 88'
Novak 89'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 7,518
Referee: Darren Drysdale
12 March 2016 36 Chesterfield 1–4 Walsall Chesterfield
15:00 GMT O'Connor 19' (o.g.)
Banks Yellow card 59'
Hird Yellow card 60'
Donohue Red card 61'
Novak Yellow card 68'		 Report Anderson 35' (o.g.)
Mantom 57' Yellow card 60' 75'
Hiwula 71'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,938
Referee: Ross Joyce
19 March 2016 37 Scunthorpe United 1–1 Chesterfield Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT Madden 18'
O'Brien Yellow card 83'		 Report O'Neil Yellow card 55'
Campbell-Ryce 60'		 Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 3,871
Referee: Keith Hill
26 March 2016 38 Chesterfield 0–0 Fleetwood Town Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Novak Yellow card 10'
Anderson Yellow card 32'		 Report Ryan Yellow card 5'
Hunter Yellow card 17'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,435
Referee: Nigel Miller
28 March 2016 39 Oldham Athletic 1–0 Chesterfield Oldham
15:00 GMT Jones 78' Report Anderson Yellow card 29' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,483
Referee: Tony Harrington
2 April 2016 40 Chesterfield 4–2 Port Vale Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Campbell-Ryce 47'
Hird 60'
Ariyibi 73'
o'Shea 83'		 Report Grant Yellow card 31'
Leitch-Smith 36'
Duffy Yellow card 59'
Purkiss Yellow card 69'
Hooper 70'
Streete Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 5,917
Referee: Kevin Wright
9 April 2016 41 Barnsley 1–2 Chesterfield Barnsley
15:00 GMT Hammill 75' Yellow card 83' Report Novak 57'
Lee Yellow card 70'
Campbell-Ryce Yellow card 76' Yellow-red card
Banks 81'		 Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 10,645
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
16 April 2016 42 Chesterfield 0–3 Sheffield United Chesterfield
13:00 GMT Liddle Yellow card 13' Report Baptiste 4'
Adams 35'
Sharp 59'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 9,402
Referee: Graham Scott (referee)
19 April 2016 43 Chesterfield 1–1 Doncaster Rovers Chesterfield
19:45 GMT Ariyibi 18'
Novak Yellow card 88'		 Report Rowe 6'
Chaplow Yellow card 81'
Lund Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,461
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
23 April 2016 44 Swindon Town 1–0 Chesterfield Swindon
15:00 GMT Kasim 77' Report Herd Yellow card 34'
Raglan Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,015
Referee: Trevor Kettle
30 April 2016 45 Chesterfield 3–0 Bury Chesterfield
15:00 GMT O'Shea 29' (pen.)
Novak 45+2'
Gardener 71'		 Report Jones Yellow card 25'
Bolger Yellow card 29'
Pugh Yellow card 32'
Mayor Yellow card 49'
Lowe Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 7,232
Referee: Chris Sarginson
8 May 2016 46 Bradford City 2–0 Chesterfield Bradford
12:30 GMT Evans 7'
Clarke 87'		 Report Raglan Yellow card 65'
Hird Red card 67'
Banks Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium
Attendance: 20,807
Referee: David Webb

FA Cup

9 November 2015 (2015-11-09) First round F.C. United of Manchester 1–4 Chesterfield Moston, Manchester
19:45 GMT Ashworth 90+1' Report Ariyibi 7'
Novak 12'
Simons 68'
Banks 87'		 Stadium: Broadhurst Park
Attendance: 2,916
Referee: Oliver Langford
5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) Second round Chesterfield 1–1 Walsall Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Morsy 90+3' Report Demetriou 19' Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 4,126
Referee: Richard Clark
15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) Second round replay Walsall 0–0
(5–3 p)		 Chesterfield Walsall
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 2,953
Referee: Charles Breakspear
Penalties
Sawyers soccer ball with check mark
Demetriou soccer ball with check mark
Evans soccer ball with check mark
Lalkovič soccer ball with check mark
Downing soccer ball with check mark		 O'Shea soccer ball with check mark
Morsy soccer ball with red X
Novak soccer ball with check mark
O'Neil soccer ball with check mark

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Chesterfield were drawn away against Carlisle United.[38]

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round Carlisle United 3–1 (a.e.t.) Chesterfield Carlisle
19:45 BST Ibehre 75', 108'
Osei 120'		 Report Dieseruvwe 84' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 2,950
Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Football League Trophy

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Chesterfield were drawn against Rochdale.[39]

6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) Second round Rochdale 2–1 Chesterfield Rochdale
19:45 BST Tanser 18'
Alessandra 66'		 Summary Eastham 65' (o.g.) Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 1,042

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