2015–16 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth
2015–16 season
OwnerPompey Supporters Trust
ChairmanIain McInnes
ManagerPaul Cook
StadiumFratton Park
League Two6th
FA CupFourth round
(vs. Bournemouth)
League CupSecond round
(vs. Reading)
FL TrophyFirst round
(vs. Exeter City)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marc McNulty
Gareth Evans
(10 each)
All:
Marc McNulty (12)
Highest home attendance18,746 vs. Northampton Town
(7 May 2016)
Lowest home attendance13,616 vs. York City
(24 November 2015)
Average home league attendance16,181

The 2015–16 season was Portsmouth's third consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Players

Squad details

As of 19 May 2016
No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Club
apps 		Club
goals 		Int.
caps 		Int.
goals 		Signed from Date signed Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Paul Jones GK Snodland (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 29) 64 0 – – Crawley 4 June 2014 Free 30 June 2017
24 Brian Murphy GK Waterford (1983-05-07)7 May 1983 (aged 33) 25 0 – – QPR 8 August 2015 Free 30 June 2016
27 Ryan Fulton GK Burnley (1996-05-23)23 May 1996 (aged 19) 13 0 – – Liverpool 22 January 2016 Loan 30 June 2016
35 Alex Bass GK Southampton (1998-04-01)1 April 1998 (aged 18) – – – – Academy 12 August 2014 Trainee 30 June 2016
Defenders
2 Ben Davies RB/RW Birmingham (1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 34) 51 1 – – Sheffield United 6 August 2015 Free 30 June 2016
3 Enda Stevens LB Dublin (1990-07-09)9 July 1990 (aged 25) 53 0 – – Aston Villa 15 June 2015 Free 30 June 2017
4 Adam Webster CB/RB West Wittering (1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 21) 81 5 – – Academy 9 February 2011 Free 30 June 2017
6 Christian Burgess CB Barking (1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 24) 43 2 – – Peterborough 25 June 2015 Undisc. 30 June 2018
16 Jack Whatmough CB Gosport (1996-08-19)19 August 1996 (aged 19)[1] 38 0 – – Academy 19 August 2013 Free 30 June 2017
17 Kieron Freeman RB/LB Arnold (1992-03-21)21 March 1992 (aged 24) 7 0 – – Sheffield Utd 28 January 2016 Loan 30 June 2016
20 Matt Clarke CB/CM Barham (1996-09-22)22 September 1996 (aged 19) 33 1 – – Ipswich Town 3 August 2015 Loan 30 June 2016
36 Dory Yates CB Winchester (1998-04-25)25 April 1998 (aged 18) – – – – Academy 31 October 2015 Trainee 30 June 2016
38 Brandon Haunstrup LB Waterlooville (1996-10-26)26 October 1996 (aged 19) 5 0 – – Academy 25 June 2015 Free 30 June 2016
Midfielders
8 Michael Doyle CM Dublin (1981-08-08)8 August 1981 (aged 34) 50 2 1 0 Sheffield United 6 July 2015 Free 30 June 2016
11 Gary Roberts LW/AM Liverpool (1984-03-18)18 March 1984 (aged 32) 38 10 – – Chesterfield 17 June 2015 Undisc. 30 June 2018
14 Kal Naismith RW/LW/ST Glasgow (1992-02-18)18 February 1992 (aged 24) 22 3 – – Accrington Stanley 28 May 2015 Undisc. 30 June 2018
15 Adam Barton CM/CB Blackburn (1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (aged 25) 21 0 – – Coventry City 24 June 2015 Free 30 June 2017
18 Ben Tollitt LW/RW/AM Liverpool (1994-11-30)30 November 1994 (aged 21) 16 1 – – Skelmersdale 15 July 2015 Free 30 June 2016
23 Kyle Bennett LW/RW Telford (1990-09-09)9 September 1990 (aged 25) 51 7 – – Doncaster Rovers 21 May 2015 Free 30 June 2017
26 Gareth Evans RW/LW Macclesfield (1988-04-26)26 April 1988 (aged 28) 48 10 – – Fleetwood Town 28 July 2015 Free 30 June 2016
29 Danny Hollands CM Ashford (1985-11-06)6 November 1985 (aged 30) 94 8 – – Charlton 22 May 2014 Free 30 June 2016
30 Adam May CM Southampton (1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 18) 4 0 – – Academy 17 April 2015 Free 30 June 2016
32 C. Oxlade-Chamberlain CM Portsmouth (1998-06-24)24 June 1998 (aged 17) 1 0 – – Academy 31 October 2015 Trainee 30 June 2016
33 Ben Close CM Portsmouth (1996-08-08)8 August 1996 (aged 19) 23 0 – – Academy 3 May 2014 Free 30 June 2017
40 Kaleem Haitham LW Portsmouth (1998-06-04)4 June 1998 (aged 17) 1 0 – – Academy 31 October 2015 Trainee 30 June 2016
Forwards
7 Adam McGurk ST/RW/LW Larne (1989-01-24)24 January 1989 (aged 27) 36 6 – – Burton Albion 24 June 2015 Free 30 June 2017
10 Marc McNulty ST/AM Edinburgh (1992-09-14)14 September 1992 (aged 23) 34 12 – – Sheffield United 6 November 2015 Loan 30 June 2016
19 Conor Chaplin ST/LW Worthing (1997-02-16)16 February 1997 (aged 19) 49 12 – – Academy 20 October 2014 Free 30 June 2018
25 Conor Wilkinson ST Croydon (1995-01-13)13 January 1995 (aged 21) 1 0 – – Bolton 23 March 2016 Loan 30 June 2016
31 Brandon Joseph-Buadi ST Brighton (1997-10-02)2 October 1997 (aged 18) 1 0 – – Academy 31 October 2015 Trainee 30 June 2016

Transfers

Main article: List of English football transfers summer 2015

In

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
— Paul Cook 48 EU Chesterfield Job Offer Summer 2016 compensation Portsmouth FC
23 MF Kyle Bennett 24 EU Doncaster Rovers Transfer Summer 2017 Free Portsmouth FC
14 MF Kal Naismith 23 EU Accrington Stanley Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed Portsmouth FC
3 DF Enda Stevens 24 EU Aston Villa Transfer Summer 2017 Free Portsmouth FC
11 MF Gary Roberts 31 EU Chesterfield Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed Portsmouth FC
7 FW Adam McGurk 26 EU Burton Albion Transfer Summer 2017 Free Portsmouth FC
15 MF Adam Barton 24 EU Coventry City Transfer Summer 2017 Free Portsmouth FC
— DF Chad Field 18 EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
38 DF Brandon Haunstrup 18 EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
— DF Snorre Nilsen 18 EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
6 DF Christian Burgess 23 EU Peterborough United Transfer Summer 2018 £75,000 Portsmouth FC
8 MF Michael Doyle 33 EU Sheffield United Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
17 FW Jayden Stockley 21 EU Bournemouth Loan Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
18 MF Ben Tollitt 20 EU Skelmersdale United Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
26 MF Gareth Evans 27 EU Fleetwood Town Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
30 MF Adam May 17 EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
20 DF Matt Clarke 18 EU Ipswich Town Loan Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
2 MF Ben Davies 34 EU Sheffield United Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
24 GK Brian Murphy 32 EU Queens Park Rangers Transfer Summer 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
5 MF Romuald Boco 30 EU Bharat FC Transfer During season 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
27 GK Aaron McCarey 23 EU Wolverhampton Wanderers Loan During season 2015 Free Portsmouth FC
13 FW Caolan Lavery 22 EU Sheffield Wednesday Loan During season 2015 Free Portsmouth FC
10 FW Marc McNulty 23 EU Sheffield United Loan During season 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
27 GK Ryan Fulton 19 EU Liverpool Loan Winter 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
17 DF Kieron Freeman 23 EU Sheffield United Loan Winter 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
21 FW Michael Smith 24 EU Swindon Town Loan Winter 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
25 FW Conor Wilkinson 21 EU Bolton Wanderers Loan During season 2016 Free Portsmouth FC
22 GK Ryan Allsop 23 EU Bournemouth Loan During season 2016 Free Portsmouth FC

Total spending: £225,000

Out

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
15 FW Paul McCallum 21 EU West Ham United Loan Return Summer Free
18 DF Josh Passley 20 EU Fulham Loan Return Summer Free
24 DF Nyron Nosworthy 34 EU Blackpool Loan Return Summer Free
4 DF Danny East 23 EU Grimsby Town Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
BBC Sport
5 DF Joe Devera 28 EU Boreham Wood Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
BBC Sport
6 DF Ben Chorley 32 EU Bromley Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
BBC Sport
11 FW Tom Craddock 28 EU Guiseley Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
BBC Sport
17 DF Nicky Shorey 33 EU Pune City Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
19 MF Wes Fogden 27 EU Yeovil Town Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
BBC Sport
26 MF Bradley Tarbuck 19 EU Dorchester Town Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
34 DF Dan Butler 20 EU Torquay United Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
BBC Sport
9 FW Ryan Taylor 27 EU Oxford United Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
Oxford United FC
8 MF Jed Wallace 21 EU Wolverhampton Wanderers Transfer Summer £275,000 Portsmouth FC
20 FW Craig Westcarr 30 EU Mansfield Town Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
7 MF Andy Barcham 28 EU AFC Wimbledon Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
AFC Wimbledon
13 MF Johannes Ertl 32 EU Free agent Released Summer Free Portsmouth FC
22 GK Michael Poke 29 EU Eastleigh Loan Summer Free Portsmouth FC
5 DF Paul Robinson 33 EU AFC Wimbledon Mutual consent Summer Free Portsmouth FC
AFC Wimbledon
— DF Chad Field 18 EU Bognor Regis Town Loan Summer Free Portsmouth FC
— DF Snorre Nilsen 18 EU Bognor Regis Town Loan Summer Free Portsmouth FC
— MF Romuald Boco 30 EU Havant & Waterlooville Loan During season Free Portsmouth FC
34 DF Calvin Davies 18 EU Havant & Waterlooville Loan During season Free Portsmouth FC
27 GK Aaron McCarey 23 EU Wolverhampton Wanderers Loan return During season Free Portsmouth FC
— FW Liam Sayers 17 EU Dorchester Town Loan During season Free Dorchester Town FC
21 MF James Dunne 26 EU Dagenham & Redbridge Loan During season Free Portsmouth FC
30 MF Adam May 17 EU Gosport Borough Loan During season Free Portsmouth FC
14 MF Kal Naismith 23 EU Hartlepool United Loan During season Free Portsmouth FC
1 GK Paul Jones 29 EU Crawley Town Loan Winter Free Portsmouth FC
9 FW Matt Tubbs 31 EU Eastleigh Loan During season Free Portsmouth FC

Total spending: £275,000

Contracts

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
Name
 Age
 Status
 Contract length
 Expiry date
 Source
33 MF Ben Close 18 Signed 1 year June 2016 Portsmouth FC
2 DF Adam Webster 19 Signed 2 years June 2017 Portsmouth FC
8 FW Ryan Taylor 27 Collapsed 0 year June 2015 Portsmouth FC
30 MF Adam May 17 Signed 1 year June 2016 Portsmouth FC
19 FW Conor Chaplin 18 Signed 3 years June 2018 Portsmouth FC

Player statistics

Squad stats

As of 19 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Play-offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Paul Jones 10 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF Ben Davies 51 1 43 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
3 DF Enda Stevens 53 0 45 0 5 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0
4 DF Adam Webster 35 2 24+3 2 4+1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
6 DF Christian Burgess 43 2 37 2 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 FW Adam McGurk 36 6 12+15 2 4 3 2 1 1 0 0+2 0
8 MF Michael Doyle 50 1 43+1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 FW Marc McNulty 34 12 19+8 10 4+1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
11 MF Gary Roberts 38 10 27+6 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
14 MF Kal Naismith 18 3 8+7 3 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
15 MF Adam Barton 21 0 11+5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
16 DF Jack Whatmough 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Kieron Freeman 7 0 4+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Ben Tollitt 15 1 0+12 1 0 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0
19 FW Conor Chaplin 38 11 6+24 8 1+3 1 1+1 2 1 0 0+1 0
20 DF Matt Clarke 33 1 26+3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Kyle Bennett 51 7 40+2 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
24 GK Brian Murphy 25 0 20+1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Gareth Evans 48 10 32+8 10 3+1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
27 GK Ryan Fulton 13 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Danny Hollands 39 0 27+5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
30 MF Adam May 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
32 MF Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
33 MF Ben Close 14 0 6+1 0 2+1 0 2 0 1 0 0+1 0
35 GK Alex Bass 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF Dory Yates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Brandon Haunstrup 5 0 1 0 0+1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
40 MF Kaleem Haitham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players on loan to other clubs:
9 FW Matt Tubbs 17 5 8+8 5 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Brandon Joseph-Buadi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
34 DF Calvin Davies 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
— DF Chad Field 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF Snorre Nilsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
5 MF Romuald Boco 5 0 2+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 FW Caolan Lavery 13 4 11+2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Jayden Stockley 12 2 4+5 2 0+1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF James Dunne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Michael Smith 16 4 13+3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK Michael Poke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK Ryan Allsop 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
25 MF Nigel Atangana 13 0 8+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 GK Aaron McCarey 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Play-offs Total
1 FW 10 Marc McNulty 10 1 0 0 1 12
2 FW 19 Conor Chaplin 8 1 2 0 0 11
3 MF 26 Gareth Evans 10 0 0 0 0 10
MF 11 Gary Roberts 7 2 0 0 1 10
4 MF 23 Kyle Bennett 6 0 0 0 0 6
FW 7 Adam McGurk 2 3 1 0 0 6
5 FW 9 Matt Tubbs 5 0 0 0 0 5
6 FW 13 Caolan Lavery 4 0 0 0 0 4
FW 21 Michael Smith 4 0 0 0 0 4
7 MF 14 Kal Naismith 3 0 0 0 0 3
8 DF 4 Adam Webster 2 0 0 0 0 2
DF 6 Christian Burgess 2 0 0 0 0 2
FW 17 Jayden Stockley 2 0 0 0 0 2
7 DF 2 Ben Davies 1 0 0 0 0 1
MF 18 Ben Tollitt 1 0 0 0 0 1
DF 20 Matt Clarke 1 0 0 0 0 1
Own goals 2 0 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 75 8 3 0 2 88

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Play-offs Total
3 DF Enda Stevens 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
6 DF Christian Burgess 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
2 DF Ben Davies 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
10 FW Marc McNulty 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
8 MF Michael Doyle 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
19 FW Conor Chaplin 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
23 MF Kyle Bennett 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
29 MF Danny Hollands 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
20 DF Matt Clarke 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 MF Gary Roberts 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
26 MF Gareth Evans 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
4 DF Adam Webster 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
7 FW Adam McGurk 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 FW Jayden Stockley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 MF Adam Barton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
17 DF Kieron Freeman 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
13 FW Caolan Lavery 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 GK Brian Murphy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 MF Adam Barton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 56 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 66 7

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 6 May 2015, Portsmouth announced two pre-season friendlies, Away to Havant & Waterlooville on 11 July 2015 and Away to Bognor Regis Town on 17 July 2015.[2] On 28 May 2015, the club announced they will also travel to play Gillingham.[3] A day later, Portsmouth announced they will travel to face Woking.[4] On 31 May 2015, Portsmouth added Gosport Borough to their pre-season programme.[5] On 11 July 2015, Portsmouth announced a friendly against Coventry City.[6]

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly Havant & Waterlooville 1–1 Portsmouth Havant
15:00 BST Clifton 21' Report 48' Doyle Stadium: West Leigh Park
Referee: Dean Treleaven
17 July 2015 (2015-07-17) Friendly Bognor Regis Town 1–1 Portsmouth Bognor Regis
19:30 BST Rutherford 57' Report 8' Tubbs Stadium: Nyewood Lane
Referee: Ashley Slaughter
18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly Gosport Borough 2–3 Portsmouth Gosport
15:00 BST Bennett 73'
White 75'		 Report 13' 89' Chaplin
66' Robinson		 Stadium: Privett Park
Attendance: 2,020
Referee: Dan Crooke
21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly Portsmouth 2–1 Coventry City Havant
19:30 BST Chaplin 4'
Evans 45'		 Report 53' Thomas Stadium: West Leigh Park
Referee: Constantine Hatzidakis
24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Friendly Woking 0–2 Portsmouth Woking
19:30 BST Report 28' Evans
31' Clarke		 Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,562
Referee: Charlie Breakspear
1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly Gillingham 0–0 Portsmouth Gillingham
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Referee: Fred Graham
4 August 2015 (2015-08-04) Friendly Burnham 0–5 Portsmouth XI Burnham
19:30 BST Report McGurk 25'
Stockley 72'
Joseph-Buadi 82'
May
Oxlade-Chamberlain 		Stadium: The Gore
Referee: Kieran Bailey

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Accrington Stanley 46 24 13 9 74 48 +26 85 Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
5 Plymouth Argyle 46 24 9 13 72 46 +26 81
6 Portsmouth 46 21 15 10 75 44 +31 78
7 AFC Wimbledon (O, P) 46 21 12 13 64 50 +14 75
8 Leyton Orient 46 19 12 15 60 61 −1 69
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[7]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1 Portsmouth 3–0 Dagenham & Redbridge Portsmouth
15:00 BST Evans 51'
Bennett 63', 74'		 Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,948
Referee: Carl Boyeson
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2 Plymouth Argyle 1–2 Portsmouth Plymouth
15:00 BST Wylde 89' Report 45' (pen.) Tubbs
86' (pen.) Roberts		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 11,476
Referee: Steve Martin
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Crawley Town 0–0 Portsmouth Crawley
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 4,003
Referee: Fred Graham
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4 Portsmouth 3–3 Morecambe Portsmouth
15:00 BST Roberts 42', 65'
Stevens  72'
Stockley 90+5'		 Report 11' Barkhuizen
25' Goodall
38' Fleming		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,052
Referee: Roger East
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Luton Town 1–2 Portsmouth Luton
19:45 BST Mackail-Smith 15' (pen.) Report 8' Evans
90' Tubbs		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,083
Referee: Peter Bankes
5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6 Portsmouth 0–0 Accrington Stanley Portsmouth
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,745
Referee: Brendan Malone
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7 Portsmouth 3–1 Barnet Portsmouth
15:00 BST Chaplin 37', 90'
McGurk 54'		 Report Yiadom 25'
Stephens  66'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,217
Referee: Darren England
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8 Oxford United 1–1 Portsmouth Oxford
15:00 BST Sercombe 33' Report McGurk 61'
Doyle  81'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 9,093
Referee: Iain Williamson
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9 Bristol Rovers 1–2 Portsmouth Horfield
15:00 BST Easter 48' Report Evans 29'
Stockley 71'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 8,555
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10 Portsmouth 1–2 Exeter City Portsmouth
15:00 BST Roberts 90' Report Wheeler 20'
Davies 56'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,822
Referee: Nick Kinseley
3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11 Portsmouth 0–0 Yeovil Town Portsmouth
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,309
Referee: Darren Deadman
10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12 Cambridge United 1–3 Portsmouth Cambridge
15:00 BST Simpson 5'
M. Roberts  45+3'		 Report Legge 67' (o.g.)
Tubbs 69', 87'
Evans  90+5'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 6,607
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13 Newport County 0–1 Portsmouth Newport
15:00 BST Report Tubbs 45' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,298
Referee: James Adcock
20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14 Portsmouth 1–1 Stevenage Portsmouth
19:45 BST Chaplin 77' Report Williams 90' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 14,900
Referee: Andy Woolmer
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15 Portsmouth 0–0 Mansfield Town Portsmouth
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,210
Referee: Kevin Wright
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16 Notts County 2–1 Portsmouth Nottingham
15:00 GMT Burke 22'
Sheehan 77'		 Report Lavery 19' Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 6,917
Referee: Andy Haines
15 November 2015 (2015-11-15) 17 Portsmouth 0–0 AFC Wimbledon Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,892
Referee: Stuart Attwell
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18 Carlisle United 2–2 Portsmouth Carlisle
15:00 GMT Grainger 44' (pen.), 90' Report Lavery 66'
McNulty 68'		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,503
Referee: Scott Duncan
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19 Portsmouth 6–0 York City Portsmouth
19:45 GMT Davies 50'
McNulty 52', 60', 71'
Tollitt 80'
Chaplin 84'		 Report Greening  45' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 13,616
Referee: Iain Williamson
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20 Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Portsmouth High Wycombe
15:00 GMT Harriman 28'
Thompson 30'		 Report Lavery 45'
Webster 56'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 5,816
Referee: Mark Haywood
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21 Portsmouth 4–0 Hartlepool United Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Lavery 32'
Jackson 37' (o.g.)
Evans 61'
McNulty 90'		 Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,610
Referee: Chris Sarginson
19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22 Northampton Town 1–2 Portsmouth Northampton
15:00 GMT Cresswell 17' Report Evans 33'
Chaplin 85'		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,859
Referee: Fred Graham
26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23 Leyton Orient 3-2 Portsmouth Leyton
15:00 GMT Simpson 23' (pen.)
Palmer 45', 52'
Baudry  51'		 Report Webster  22'
Evans 4', 66'		 Stadium: Matchroom Stadium
Attendance: 5,848
Referee: Graham Horwood
28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 24 Portsmouth 0-0 Luton Town Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,668
Referee: Gavin Ward
2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 25 Portsmouth 3-0 Crawley Town Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Clarke 13'
McNulty 26'
Roberts 83'		 Report Walton  77' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,606
Referee: Dean Whitestone
16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 26 Accrington Stanley P–P Portsmouth Accrington
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Crown Ground
Referee: Trevor Kettle
Note: Match postponed due to frozen pitch
23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 27 Portsmouth 0–1 Oxford United Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Report Mullins  30'
Bowery 76'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,840
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) 28 Morecambe 1–1 Portsmouth Morecambe
19:45 GMT Fleming  58'
Beeley  89'
Roche 90+4'		 Report  31' Clarke
40' Evans		 Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 1,399
Referee: Richard Clark
6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 29 Portsmouth 0–1 Leyton Orient Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stevens  40' Report 53' McAnuff
 79' Cisak		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,643
Referee: Graham Salisbury
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 30 Portsmouth 3–1 Bristol Rovers Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Evans 19'
Smith 45+3'
McNulty 77'		 Report  25' Easter
 39' 90+1' Brown
 85' Montaño
 90+3' Lockyer		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,808
Referee: Trevor Kettle
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 31 Yeovil Town 1–1 Portsmouth Yeovil
15:00 GMT Tozer  64'
Zoko 73'		 Report  80'  81' Burgess
84' Roberts		 Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 6,051
Referee: Mark Haywood
23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 32 Barnet 1–0 Portsmouth Barnet
19:45 GMT Champion  22'
Akinde 41' (pen.)
Randall  59'
Yiadom  60'
Muggleton  66'		 Report  90+3' Webster Stadium: The Hive
Attendance: 2,557
Referee: Phil Gibbs
27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 33 Portsmouth 2–1 Cambridge United Portsmouth
15:00 GMT McNulty 41'  90+5'
Webster 62'
Chaplin  87'		 Report  70' 90' Berry
 79' Legge		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,425
Referee: Oliver Langford
1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 34 Exeter City 1–1 Portsmouth Exeter
19:45 GMT Watkins 90' Report Chaplin 31'
Burgess  38'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,855
Referee: Brendan Malone
5 March 2015 (2015-03-05) 35 Stevenage 0–2 Portsmouth Stevenage
15:00 GMT Wilkinson  38' Report McNulty 22',  23'
Naismith 82'		 Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 4,092
Referee: Kevin Johnson
8 March 2015 (2015-03-08) 26 Accrington Stanley 1–3 Portsmouth Accrington
19:45 GMT McCartan 83' Report Bennett 22'
Pearson 36' (o.g.)
Doyle 43'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,841
Referee: Chris Sarginson
12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 36 Portsmouth 0–3 Newport County Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stevens  24'
Hollands  34'
Burgess  40'
Roberts  53'  59'		 Report Byrne  21'
Jones 34'
Boden 69'
O'Sullivan  82'
Morgan 87'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,245
Referee: Ben Toner
19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 37 Mansfield Town 1–1 Portsmouth Mansfield
15:00 GMT Green 26',  31'
Dieseruvwe  28'
Rose  30'		 Report Tafazolli 43' (o.g.)
Stevens  66'		 Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 3,980
Referee: Carl Boyeson
25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) 38 Portsmouth 4–0 Notts County Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Bennett 44', 49'
Hollands  45'
Burgess 81'
McNulty 90+1'		 Report  5' Aborah
 40' Milsom
 45+3' Thompson
 74' Smith
 90' McLeod		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,670
Referee: Michael Bull
2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 40 Portsmouth 1–0 Carlisle United Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stevens  44'
Smith 57'		 Report  73' Raynes Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,416
Referee: Charles Breakspear
9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 41 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–4 Portsmouth Dagenham
15:00 GMT Hemmings 34'
Passley  45+2'
Doidge  67'
Hoyte  79'		 Report  45+1' 59' Doyle
 58' Smith
68' Burgess
 77' Clarke
85' Evans
88' Bennett		 Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 3,122
Referee: Lee Collins
16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42 Portsmouth 1–2 Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Smith 37'
Doyle  48'
Burgess  61'		 Report  19' McCormick
 35' McHugh
 50' Hartley
86' Matt
86' Wylde		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,423
Referee: Chris Sarginson
19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43 York City 3–1 Portsmouth York
19:45 GMT Fewster 30'
Alessandra 34'
Summerfield 48'  63'
Carson  86'		 Report  58' Davies
55' Evans		 Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 3,214
Referee: Nigel Miller
23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44 Portsmouth 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Roberts 37'
Chaplin 67'  90+5'		 Report  48' Stewart
73' Jombati
 80' Bean		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,187
Referee: Dean Whitestone
26 April 2016 (2016-04-26) 39 AFC Wimbledon 0–1 Portsmouth Kingston upon Thames
19:45 GMT Elliott  31'
Robinson  53'
C. Smith  89'		 Report  24' Roberts
 27' 35' M. Smith		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 4,799
Referee: Andy Madley
30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45 Hartlepool United 0–2 Portsmouth Hartlepool
15:00 GMT Jones  24' Report  36' Freeman
56' Naismith
84' Chaplin		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 5,046
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46 Portsmouth 1–2 Northampton Town Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Davies  38'
Freeman  47'
Naismith 48'
McGurk  69'
Evans  75'		 Report 14' (o.g.) Whatmough
 45' D'Ath
81' Collins		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,746
Referee: Mark Brown

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup
7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) First round Portsmouth 2–1 Macclesfield Town Portsmouth
15:00 GMT McGurk 3', 45' Report Dennis 15' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 9,834
Referee: Lee Swabey
5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) Second round Portsmouth 1–0 Accrington Stanley Portsmouth
15:00 GMT McGurk 21' Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 9,258
Referee: Kevin Johnson
9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Third round Ipswich Town 2–2 Portsmouth Ipswich
15:00 GMT Oar 53'
Fraser 88'		 Report Bennett 55'
Chaplin 86'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 17,020
Referee: David Coote
19 January 2016 (2016-01-19) Third round replay Portsmouth 2–1 Ipswich Town Portsmouth
19:45 GMT Roberts 32' (pen.)
McNulty 37'		 Report Malarczyk  14'  77'
Maitland-Niles 60'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,179
Referee: Andy Woolmer
30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) Fourth round Portsmouth 1–2 Bournemouth Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Burgess  22'
Roberts 43'		 Report King 71'
Pugh 83'
O'Kane  90+3'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,901
Referee: Mike Dean

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Portsmouth were drawn at home against Derby County.[8] In the second round, Portsmouth were drawn at home again this time against Reading.[9]

12 August 2015 (2015-08-12) First round Portsmouth 2–1 Derby County Portsmouth
19:45 BST McGurk 49'
Chaplin 76'		 Report Shackell 73' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 11,573
Referee: Paul Tierney
25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round Portsmouth 1–2 Reading Portsmouth
19:45 BST Chaplin 40' Report Blackman 64'
McCleary 84'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,190
Referee: Gavin Ward

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. Pompey travelled to Exeter City.[10]

1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) First round Exeter City 2–0 Portsmouth Exeter
19:45 BST Harley 54' (pen.)
Nicholls 72'		 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 2,323
Referee: Lee Swabey

Football League play-offs

Main article: 2016 Football League play-offs
12 May 2016 (2016-05-12) First leg Portsmouth 2–2 Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth
19:45 BST McNulty 3'
Hollands  40'
Barton  45+4'
Roberts 51' (pen.)		 Report 9' 19' Matt
 14' Carey
 50' Hartley
 60' Sawyer
 85' Purrington		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,622
Referee: Oliver Langford
15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) Second leg Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Portsmouth Plymouth
18:00 BST McHugh  29'
Hartley 90+1'		 Report  71' Close Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 15,011
Referee: Paul Tierney

References

  1. ^ Whatmough offers hope amid the gloom; Portsmouth News, 1 October 2013
  2. ^ "First Two Friendlies Confirmed". Portsmouth FC. 6 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Pompey Confirm Gills Friendly". Portsmouth FC. 28 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Blues To Face Woking". Portsmouth FC. 29 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Gosport Friendly This Summer". Portsmouth FC. 31 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Pompey Add Coventry Friendly". Portsmouth FC. 11 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Pompey start 2015/16 season at home to Dagenham & Redbridge". Portsmouth FC. 17 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 1 Draw". Capital One Cup. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Capital One Cup round 2 draw". Capital One Cup. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Pompey Away To Exeter In JPT". Portsmouth FC. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
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