2015–16 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United
2015–16 season
Chairman	David Green
Manager	Nigel Adkins
Stadium	Bramall Lane
League One	11th
FA Cup	Third round; (eliminated by Manchester United)
League Cup	Second round; (eliminated by Fulham)
FL Trophy	Northern Area quarter-finals; (eliminated by Fleetwood Town)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Sheffield United's 127th season in their history and their fifth consecutive season in League One. 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.

Season overview

Pre-season

Following another failed play-off campaign, manager Nigel Clough was sacked with the club board stating "A change in direction was necessary for the forthcoming season."^[1] After having an enquiry about Bradford City's Phil Parkinson to succeed Clough,^[2] on 2 June Nigel Adkins was installed as Sheffield United's new manager.^[3] On 13 July, Diego De Girolamo signed a new two-year contract with the Blades, having initially rejecting a new offer.^[4] The following day, United announced the signing of Martyn Woolford on a free-transfer with him committing to Bramall Lane on a two-year deal.^[5]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
14 July 2015	LW	Martyn Woolford	Millwall	Free transfer	^[5]
25 July 2015	CF	Billy Sharp	Leeds United	Undisclosed	^[6]
26 August 2015	DF	Jake Phillips	Llandudno		^[7]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CB	Sam Berry	Alfreton Town ^[a]	Free transfer	^[9]
1 July 2015	CM	Ben Davies	Portsmouth ^[b]	Free transfer	^[9]
1 July 2015	CM	Michael Doyle	Portsmouth ^[c]	Free transfer	^[9]
1 July 2015	MF	Jason Paling	Alfreton Town	Free transfer	^[9]^[12]
1 July 2015	MF	Kyle Scarisbrick	Free Agent	Released	^[9]
1 July 2015	GK	Iain Turner	Tranmere Rovers ^[d]	Released	^[9]
14 August 2015	CF	Jamie Murphy	Brighton & Hove Albion	£1,500,000	^[14]^[15]
11 March 2016	CB	Neill Collins	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Released	^[16]

^ Following Berry's release he joined Alfreton Town.^[8]
^ Following Davies' release he joined Portsmouth.^[10]
^ Following Doyle's release he joined Portsmouth.^[11]
^ Following Turner's release he joined Tranmere Rovers.^[13]

Total income: £1,500,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
25 July 2015	CF		Conor Sammon	Derby County	End of season	^[6]
10 August 2015	CB		David Edgar	Birmingham City	End of season	^[17]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
7 August 2015	AM	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	Northampton Town	January 2016	^[18]
29 August 2015	AM	David Brooks	FC Halifax Town	27 September 2015	^[19]
29 August 2015	RW	CJ Hamilton	FC Halifax Town	27 September 2015	^[19]
3 September 2015	GK	George Willis	Matlock Town	3 October 2015	^[20]
11 September 2015	DF	Julian Banton	FC Halifax Town	10 October 2015	^[21]
23 September 2015	CF	Michael Higdon	Oldham Athletic	19 December 2015	^[22]

Contracts

New contracts and contract extensions.

Player	Date	Length	Contracted until	Ref.
Diego De Girolamo	13 July 2015	2 Year	Summer 2017	^[4]
Kler Heh	July 2015	?	?	^[23]
Louis Reed	24 July 2015	3 Year	Summer 2018	^[24]
Che Adams	25 August 2015	3 Year	Summer 2018	^[25]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 4 June 2015, Sheffield United announce they will play Newcastle United for Chris Morgan's testimonial.^[26] On 9 June 2015, a confirmed list of the club's pre-season schedule was released.^[27]

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Ilkeston	0–1	Sheffield United	Ilkeston
15:00 BST		Report	Calvert-Lewin 85'	Stadium: New Manor Ground Attendance: 1,278

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Sheffield United	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Morgan-Smith 45'	Report	Adams 13' Higdon 89' Baxter 90'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,247 (236 Blades fans)

23 July 2015 (2015-07-23) Friendly	Exeter City	1–2	Sheffield United	Exeter
19:30 BST	Nichols 56'	Report	Collins 15' Adams 79'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,122 (192 Blades fans)

26 July 2015 (2015-07-26) Chris Morgan Testimonial	Sheffield United	2–2	Newcastle United	Sheffield
13:00 BST	McNulty 47' Freeman 87'	Report	Wijnaldum 45' de Jong 78'	Stadium: Bramall Lane

29 July 2015 (2015-07-29) Friendly	Macclesfield Town	0–4	Sheffield United	Macclesfield
19:30 BST		Report	Diagne 11' (o.g.) Sharp 13' Adams 61', 89'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 999 (551 Blades)

2 August 2015 (2015-08-02) Friendly	Sheffield United	1–1	Hull City	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Murphy 44'	Report	Hernández 78'	Stadium: Bramall Lane

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Gillingham	46	19	12	15	71	56	+15	69
10	Rochdale	46	19	12	15	68	61	+7	69
11	Sheffield United	46	18	12	16	64	59	+5	66
12	Port Vale	46	18	11	17	56	58	−2	65
13	Peterborough United	46	19	6	21	82	73	+9	63

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

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	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	L
Position	24	12	7	4	2	5	5	7	6	6	7	6	6	5	6	8	8	11	12	12	11	9	8	8	7	7	8	7	10	8	9	7	10	12	11	11	12	11	13	8	10	9	8	9	10	11

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2016. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Gillingham	4–0	Sheffield United	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Norris 8' Oshilaja 43' Egan 82' Dack 90'	Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,511 Referee: Lee Collins

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	Peterborough United	1–3	Sheffield United	Peterborough
19:30 BST	Coulibaly 59'	Report	Sammon 15', 72' Baxter 85'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 6,526 Referee: Nigel Miller

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Sheffield United	2–0	Blackpool	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Sharp 60' McNulty 72'	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 5,224 Referee: Darren Dreadman

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Swindon Town	0–2	Sheffield United	Swindon
15:00 BST		Report	Collins 70' Sharp 75'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,614 Referee: Chris Sarginson

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 6	Sheffield United	1–3	Bury	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Sharp 72' (pen.)	Report	Pope 61' Riley 83' L. Clarke 90'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,708 Referee: David Webb

15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 7	Sheffield United	2–3	Colchester United	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Sharp 51' (pen.) Woolford 61'	Report	Moncur 6', 23' Sordell 82' Elokobi 86'	Stadium: Brammall Lane Attendance: 17,623 Referee: Darren Handley

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 8	Bradford City	2–2	Sheffield United	Bradford
12:00 BST	Meredith 33' Cole 47'	Report	Meredith 65' (o.g.) Sharp 70'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 19,317 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Sheffield United	3–1	Doncaster Rovers	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Basham 17' Sammon 35' Sharp 79'	Report	Stewart 25' MacKenzie 38'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,869 Referee: Mark Heywood

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10	Burton Albion	0–0	Sheffield United	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,029 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11	Port Vale	2–1	Sheffield United	Burslem
15:00	Moore 17' Ikpeazu 45'	Report	Done 90+5'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 6,822 Referee: Graham Salisbury

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12	Sheffield United	3–2	Rochdale	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Adams 29', 40' Collins 74'	Report	Vincenti 37' (pen.) Alessandra 72'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,039 Referee: Oliver Langford

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Sheffield United	Oldham
15:00 BST	Philliskirk 10' Burn 62'	Report	Done 30'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,743 Referee: Kevin Wright

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14	Sheffield United	3–0	Fleetwood	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Adams 1', 64' Sharp 72'	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 17,879 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15	Sheffield United	1–2	Millwall	Sheffield
12:15 BST	Baxter 70'	Report	O'Brien 30' O'Brien 80'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,617 Referee: Andy Haines

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Sheffield United	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Colclough 71'	Report		Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 5,227 Referee: Fred Graham

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17	Sheffield United	2–2	Southend	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Baxter 36' Collins 45'	Report	Leonard 29' Payne 31'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,007 Referee: Scott Duncan

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18	Walsall	1–1	Sheffield United	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Bradshaw 51'	Report	Baxter 66'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,780 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19	Sheffield United	2–4	Shrewsbury	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Sammon 17' Hammond 65'	Report	Kaikai 25' Black 26' Vernon 35' Collins 48'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 17,843 Referee: Richard Clark

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20	Barnsley	1–1	Sheffield United	Barnsley
12:15 GMT	Hourihane 90+5'	Report	Basham 14'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 13,571 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

13 December 2015 (2015-12-13) 21	Sheffield United	1–0	Coventry City	Sheffield
12:00 GMT	Sharp 79'	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 18,074 Referee: Iain Williamson

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22	Scunthorpe United	0–1	Sheffield United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT		Report	Sharp 50'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,150 Referee: Andy Haines

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) Postponed	Wigan Athletic	P–P	Sheffield United	Wigan
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: DW Stadium

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28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 23	Sheffield United	3–1	Bradford City	Sheffield
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[12] Following Davies' release he joined Portsmouth.^[10]

[14] Following Doyle's release he joined Portsmouth.^[11]

[17] Following Turner's release he joined Tranmere Rovers.^[13]

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