2015–16 Macclesfield Town F.C. season

Macclesfield Town
2015–16 season
Manager John Askey
Stadium Moss Rose
National League 10th
FA Cup 1st Round
(knocked out by Portsmouth)
FA Trophy 3rd Round
(knocked out by Torquay United)
Top goalscorer League: Kristian Dennis (22)
All: Kristian Dennis (29)
Highest home attendance 3,037 vs. Tranmere Rovers (26 December 2015)
Lowest home attendance 507 vs. Truro City (19 January 2016)
Average home league attendance 1642
Home colours
Away colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is Macclesfield Town's 142nd season of existence and their fourth consecutive season in the National League.[1] Along with competing in the National League, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and FA 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 RM England Theo Bailey-Jones Wrexham Free transfer [2]
1 July 2015 LB England Curtis Haynes-Brown Lowestoft Town Free transfer [3]
1 July 2015 CF England Jack Sampson Morecambe Free transfer [4]
11 July 2015 CB Republic of Ireland Neill Byrne AFC Telford United Free transfer [5]
31 July 2015 CM England Danny Whitehead Accrington Stanley Free transfer [6]
7 August 2015 CF England John Marsden Southport Free transfer [7]
8 August 2015 GK Iraq Shwan Jalal Northampton Town Free transfer [8]
17 August 2015 CM England Damani Holness Northwich Victotia Free transfer [9]
3 September 2015 LB England David Fitzpatrick Southport Free transfer [10]
25 September 2015 CF England Fisayo Adarabioyo Crystal Palace Free transfer [11]
25 September 2015 CF England Lindon Meikle York City Free transfer [12]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 MF Wales Scott Barrow Newport County Free transfer [13]
1 July 2015 CB Scotland Will Haining Ashton United Free transfer [14]
1 July 2015 RM England Adriano Moké Wrexham Free transfer [15]
1 July 2015 GK Wales Rhys Taylor Newport County Free transfer [13]
11 July 2015 CF England Waide Fairhurst Torquay United Free transfer [16]
7 August 2015 CF England Malachi Lavelle-Moore Torquay United Free transfer [17]
4 September 2015 SS England John Marsden Colwyn Bay Free transfer [18]
27 November 2015 SS England Lindon Meikle Alfreton Town Free transfer [19]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2015 CF England Kristian Dennis Stockport County End of season [20]
10 July 2015 LB France Tony Diagne Lincoln City 2 January 2016 [21]
5 August 2015 CB Scotland Will Boyle Huddersfield Town 2 September 2015[lower-alpha 1] [23]
  1. ↑ On 2 September 2015, Boyle returned to Huddersfield Town.[22]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
8 August 2015 MF England Will Bailey Kidsgrove Athletic End of season [24]

Fitzpatrick
Macclesfield Town approximate starting lineup in 2015–16 season

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 8 May 2015, Macclesfield Town announced that Rochdale will visit on 18 July 2015 in a pre-season friendly.[25] On 18 May 2015, a friendly match against League One side Bury was confirmed.[26] A day later, Macclesfield Town added Kidsgrove Athletic and Nantwich Town to their pre-season schedule.[27] Another friendly was added to the pre-season schedule on 20 May 2015, against Stockport County.[28] On 27 May 2015, the club announced Stoke U21's will visit on 1 August 2015.[29] On 2 June 2015, a friendly against Sheffield United was announced.[30] On 30 July 2015, the game against Stoke was called off.[31] On 31 July 2015, this was replaced by a home friendly against Congleton Town.[32]

National League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Wrexham 46 20 9 17 71 56 +15 69
9 Gateshead 46 19 10 17 59 70 −11 67
10 Macclesfield Town 46 19 9 18 60 48 +12 66
11 Barrow 46 17 14 15 64 71 −7 65
12 Woking 46 17 10 19 71 68 +3 61
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 19 9 18 60 48  +12 66 10 5 8 28 21  +7 9 4 10 32 27  +5

Results by round

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAAHAHAAHHAHAHHAAHAHAAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHHAHHHA
Result L D W L L L W W L L W L W D W W W L L W W W W L L W L W W L L L L D L D D D W W W D D W L D
Position 17 20 14 15 18 21 16 14 16 17 17 17 16 18 14 13 11 13 13 11 10 9 7 9 9 6 6 6 5 7 7 8 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 9 10 10

Last updated: 30 April 2016.
Source: Statto
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 3 July 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming National League season was announced. Macclesfield Town started away against Torquay United.[33]

August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April

FA Cup

FA Trophy

Cheshire Senior Cup

Squad & Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Last updated on 6 March 2015
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup FA Trophy Cheshire Senior Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKRepublic of Ireland Ritchie Branagan 9(2)000301013(2)0
2DFEngland Andy Halls 39(2)0204(1)00045(3)0
3DFEngland Curtis Haynes-Brown 0000000000
3DFEngland John McCombe 11(1)100000011(1)1
4DFRepublic of Ireland Neill Byrne 25(2)20(1)0410029(3)3
5DFEngland George Pilkington 39(1)0203(1)00044(2)0
6MFEngland Paul Turnbull 31(7)121400037(7)2
7MFEngland Theo Bailey-Jones 0(4)00000101(4)0
8MFEngland Paul Lewis 23(2)50(1)0121025(3)7
9MFEngland Chris Holroyd 39(3)1103(1)00043(4)1
10FWEngland Jack Sampson 31(8)30(1)0410035(9)4
11MFEngland Danny Rowe 30(11)5203(1)00035(12)5
12DFEngland Dan Cowan 10(9)000300013(9)0
13GKIraq Shwan Jalal 370202000410
14FWEngland Kristian Dennis 32(7)2223540039(7)29
15DFFrance Tony Diagne 25(7)220300030(7)2
16DFNigeria Efe Sodje 0000000000
17DFEngland William Boyle 0000000000
17DFEngland Lindon Meikle 2(4)01000003(4)0
17MFEngland Omar Mbowe 00000(1)0101(1)0
18MFEngland Danny Whitehead 31(5)620310036(5)7
19FWEngland John Marsden 0(2)00000000(2)0
19DFEngland David Fitzpatrick 36(1)020500043(1)0
20MFEngland Damani Holness 00000(1)0101(1)0
20MFEngland Fisayo Adarabioyo 1(2)00000001(2)0
23MFEngland Danny Whitaker 43(1)720410049(1)8
24MFEngland Chris Churchman 0(1)0000(1)0101(2)0
25FWGibraltar Reece Styche 8(7)4001(1)0009(8)4
26MFEngland Chris Sutherland 2(6)00000103(6)0
27FWEngland Rhys Turner 1(1)0000(3)1001(4)1
28DFEngland Adam Anson 0000000000
28DFEngland Matty Templeton 0(1)00000000(1)0
29DFEngland Louis Robles 0(1)00000000(1)0
29DFEngland Jimmy Phillips 1(2)00000001(2)0
-DFEngland Joel Senior 0000001010
-MFEngland Braulio Maieco 0000001010
-MFEngland Nathan Danganga 0000001010
-FWEngland Cory Bentley-Knight 0000001010
-MFEngland Connor Bass 0000000(1)00(1)0
-FWEngland Liam Turner 0000000(1)00(1)0
-MFEngland Byron Jenkins 0000000(1)00(1)0

References

  1. ↑ "History". Statto.
  2. ↑ "Bailey-Jones Agrees Macc Deal". Macclesfield Town FC. 5 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Macclesfield Town Sign Curtis Haynes-Brown". Macclesfield Town FC. 17 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jack Sampson Signs For Silkmen". Macclesfield Town FC. 23 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Neill Byrne Completes Move To Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 11 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Danny Whitehead Signs For Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "John Marsden Signs For Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Macclesfield Confirm Signing Of Jalal". Macclesfield Town FC. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Damani Holness Joins Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Silkmen Sign Fitzpatrick". Macclesfield Town FC. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Fisayo Adarabioyo Joins Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Lindon Meikle Joins Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Taylor And Barrow Depart". Macclesfield Town FC. 29 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Haining In Ashton Move". Macclesfield Town FC. 15 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "Adriano Moke Joins Wrexham". Macclesfield Town FC. 20 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "Waide Fairhurst latest signing at Torquay United". Western Morning News. 11 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Duo Sign On Non-Contract Basis". Torquay United FC. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  18. ↑ "John Marsden Leaves Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  19. ↑ "Meikle Departs Silkmen". Macclesfield Town FC. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "Kristian Dennis Loan Deal To Macclesfield Town Agreed". Macclesfield Town FC. 24 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "Tony Diagne Signs For Silkmen". Macclesfield Town FC. 10 July 2015.
  22. ↑ "Boyle Returns To Huddersfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "William Boyle Joins Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town FC. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  24. ↑ "Will Bailey - First Team - Kidsgrove Athletic FC". Kidsgrove Athletic FC. 8 August 2015.
  25. ↑ "Rochdale Travel To Moss Rose". Macclesfield Town FC. 8 May 2015.
  26. ↑ "Bury Confirmed For Pre-Season Clash". Macclesfield Town FC. 18 May 2015.
  27. ↑ "Macc To Face Kidsgrove And Nantwich". Macclesfield Town FC. 19 May 2015.
  28. ↑ "Stockport To Visit In Pre-Season". Macclesfield Town FC. 20 May 2015.
  29. ↑ "Stoke City U21 Side To Visit Moss Rose". Macclesfield Town FC. 27 May 2015.
  30. ↑ "Macclesfield Town Announce Pre-Season Friendly With Sheffield United". Macclesfield Town FC. 2 June 2015.
  31. ↑ "Stoke U21 Fixture Cancelled". Macclesfield Town FC. 30 July 2015.
  32. ↑ "Macclesfield To Host Congleton On Saturday". Macclesfield Town FC. 31 July 2015.
  33. ↑ "2015/16 Macclesfield Town Fixtures". Macclesfield Town FC. 3 July 2015.
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