2015–16 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town
2015–16 season
Owner Marcus Evans
Manager Mick McCarthy
Stadium Portman Road
Championship 7th
FA Cup Third round
(eliminated by Portsmouth)
League Cup Third round
(eliminated by Manchester United)
Top goalscorer League: Daryl Murphy & Brett Pitman (10)
All: Brett Pitman (11)
Highest home attendance 23,615 (vs QPR)
Lowest home attendance 16,488 (vs Blackburn Rovers)
Average home league attendance 18,989
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 season was Ipswich Town's 14th consecutive season in the second tier of English football and 138th year in existence.[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

This was to be Mick McCarthy's third full season as manager, having taken charge in November 2012.[2] In January both McCarthy and his assistant Terry Connor extended their contracts with the club until the summer of 2018.[3]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
23 June 2015 CB Wales Josh Yorwerth Cardiff City Free transfer [4]
26 June 2015 CF Jersey Brett Pitman Bournemouth Undisclosed [5]
31 July 2015 LB Denmark Jonas Knudsen Esbjerg Undisclosed [6]
3 August 2015 CM England Giles Coke Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer [7]
3 August 2015 CF Guinea Larsen Touré Arles-Avignon Free transfer [8]
4 August 2015 CM Republic of Ireland Jonathan Douglas Brentford Free transfer [9]
24 August 2015 CF England James Alabi Stoke City Free transfer [10]
28 August 2015 CB Poland Piotr Malarczyk Korona Kielce Undisclosed [11]
28 August 2015 LW Australia Tommy Oar Utrecht Free transfer [12]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
18 May 2015 LM England Darren Ambrose Colchester United Released [13]
18 May 2015 RW England Paul Anderson Bradford City [lower-alpha 1] Released [13]
18 May 2015 RB Wales Elliott Hewitt Notts County [lower-alpha 2] Released [13]
18 May 2015 CF England Jack Marriott Luton Town[lower-alpha 3] Free transfer [13]
18 May 2015 CF Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt Southend United[lower-alpha 4] Free transfer [13]
18 May 2015 LM Republic of Ireland Stephen Hunt Coventry City Released [13]
24 June 2015 CB England Omar Sowunmi Yeovil Town Free transfer [18]
25 June 2015 LB England Tyrone Mings Bournemouth £8,000,000 .[19]
3 July 2015 LM England Anthony Wordsworth Southend United Free transfer [20]
22 January 2016 LW Australia Tommy Oar Brisbane Roar Released [21]
  1. Following Anderson's release he joined Bradford City.[14]
  2. Following Hewitt's release he joined Notts County.[15]
  3. Following Marriott's release he joined Luton Town.[16]
  4. Following Hunt's release he joined Southend United.[17]

Total income: Increase £8,000,000

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Until Ref.
25 June 2015 RM Scotland Ryan Fraser Bournemouth [lower-alpha 1] End of season [19]
2 July 2015 RM England Ainsley Maitland-Niles Arsenal End of Season [22]
  1. Fraser's loan to Ipswich Town was included with the £8,000,000 sale of Tyrone Mings.[19]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
3 August 2015 CB England Matthew Clarke Portsmouth 3 January 2016 [23]
28 August 2015 LW England Cameron Stewart Doncaster Rovers 2 January 2016 [24]
29 September 2015 CB Wales Josh Yorwerth Crawley Town 25 October 2015 [25]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 27 May 2015, Ipswich Town announced they will travel to Ireland to face Shelbourne on 11 July 2015.[26] A second friendly was announced a day later when the club confirmed they will travel to face Cambridge United.[27] Also confirmed on 28 May 2015 was friendlies against Fortuna Düsseldorf[28] and Colchester United.[29] On 29 May 2015, Ipswich Town announced a friendly against Peterborough United.[30] On 9 July 2015, Ipswich announced a home friendly against Dutch side Utrecht.[31] On 23 July 2015, Ipswich announced a XI side will travel to face Bishop's Stortford;[32] the match was subsequently postponed following torrential rain.[33]

Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Derby County 46 21 15 10 66 43 +23 78 Qualification for Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
6 Sheffield Wednesday 46 19 17 10 66 45 +21 74
7 Ipswich Town 46 18 15 13 53 51 +2 69
8 Cardiff City 46 17 17 12 56 51 +5 68
9 Brentford 46 19 8 19 72 67 +5 65
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
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 18 15 13 53 51  +2 69 9 8 6 28 24  +4 9 7 7 25 27  −2

Last updated: 20 April 2016.
Source: Table

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAAHHAHHAHAHA
Result D W W W L L W D D L D L D D W W D W L W W L W W D W D L W L L L W W D L W L D D L D D D W W
Position 9 6 1 1 3 8 5 4 7 11 10 12 13 14 10 10 10 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 9 6 7 8 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7

Last updated: 20 April 2016.
Source: Fixtures Table
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[34]

FA Cup

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Ipswich Town were drawn at home against Stevenage.[35] Ipswich Town were drawn away to Doncaster Rovers in the second round.[36] The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Ipswich Town were drawn away to Manchester United.[37]

Top scorers

Correct as of 7th May 2016
Place Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
1 Brett Pitman 10 1 0 11
2 Daryl Murphy 10 0 0 10
3 Ryan Fraser 4 1 1 6
3= Freddie Sears 6 0 0 6
5 David McGoldrick 4 1 0 5
6 Luke Chambers 3 0 0 3
6= Jonathan Douglas 3 0 0 3
8 Kevin Bru 2 0 0 2
8= Ainsley Maitland-Niles 1 0 1 2
8= Ben Pringle 2 0 2
8= Tommy Smith 2 0 0 2
12 Jonathan Parr 1 0 0 1
12= Josh Yorwerth 0 1 0 1
12= Jay Tabb 0 1 0 1
12= James Alabi 0 1 0 1
12= Christophe Berra 1 0 0 1
12= Andre Dozzell 1 0 0 1
12= Liam Feeney 1 0 0 1
12= Jonas Knudsen 1 0 0 1
12= Tommy Oar 0 0 1 1
12= Luke Varney 1 0 0 1

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  15. "Notts County: Elliott Hewitt becomes 17th summer signing". BBC Sport. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  16. "Jack Marriott Joins Luton". Ipswich Town FC. 20 May 2015.
  17. "Noel Hunt: Southend United sign ex-Ipswich striker". BBC. 1 August 2015.
  18. "Omar Sowunmi joins Yeovil Town from Ipswich Town". Ipswich Town FC. 24 June 2015.
  19. 1 2 3 "Bournemouth break transfer record to sign £8m Tyrone Mings from Ipswich". The Guardian. 25 June 2015.
  20. "Southend United have signed Anthony Wordsworth". Sky Sports. 3 July 2015.
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  36. "Capital One Cup Round 2 draw". Capital One Cup. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  37. "Capital One Cup Round 3 draw". Capital One Cup. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
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