2015–16 Peterborough United F.C. season

Peterborough United
2015–16 season
Chairman	Darragh MacAnthony
Manager	Dave Robertson; (until 6 September 2015); Graham Westley; (21 September 2015 – 23 April 2016)
Stadium	London Road
League One	13th
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Second round; (eliminated by Charlton Athletic)
FL Trophy	First round; (eliminated by Millwall)
Top goalscorer	League: Conor Washington (10); All: Conor Washington (15)
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The 2015–16 season will be Peterborough United's 56th year in the Football League and their third consecutive season in the third tier, League One. Along with League One, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Squad edit

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Ben Alnwick	GK	Prudhoe	37	86	0	Leyton Orient	25 July 2014	Free	2017
14	Mark Tyler	GK	Norwich	47	413	0	Luton Town	8 March 2016	Loan	2016
26	Dion-Curtis Henry	GK	Ipswich	26	1	0	Academy	1 July 2014	Trainee	2016
Defenders
2	Michael Smith	RB	Ballyclare	35	80	1	Bristol Rovers	25 July 2014	Undisclosed	2017
3	Kgosi Ntlhe	LB	Pretoria	30	97	4	Academy	6 October 2011	Trainee	2016
5	Gabriel Zakuani	CB	Kinshasa	37	245	9	Kalloni	8 June 2014	Free	2016
6	Jack Baldwin	CB	Barking	30	35	0	Hartlepool United	31 January 2014	£500,000	2018
12	Ricardo Almeida Santos	CB	Almada	28	66	0	Thurrock	5 February 2014	Free	2017
18	Andrew Fox	LB	Huntingdon	31	15	0	Midland/Odessa Sockers	20 July 2015	Free	2017
29	Bradley Maslen-Jones	CB	Wolverhampton	26	0	0	Academy	10 March 2015	Trainee	2016
50	Harry Toffolo	LB	Welwyn Garden City	28	5	0	Norwich City	21 January 2016	Loan	2016
Midfielders
7	Jon Taylor	RW	Liverpool	31	64	10	Shrewsbury Town	4 June 2014	Undisclosed	2017
8	Michael Bostwick	DM	Eltham	35	174	9	Stevenage	9 July 2012	Undisclosed	2018
10	Erhun Oztumer	AM	London	32	51	7	Dulwich Hamlet	9 June 2014	Undisclosed	2016
11	Marcus Maddison	LW	Durham	30	65	17	Gateshead	27 August 2014	£250,000	2018
15	Jermaine Anderson	CM	Camden Town	27	66	7	Academy	1 August 2012	Trainee	2016
16	Harry Beautyman	CM	Newham	32	33	2	Welling United	25 November 2014	Undisclosed	2016
20	Harry Anderson	RW	Slough	27	17	0	Academy	1 January 2015	Trainee	2016
22	Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	AM	Lisbon	25	4	0	Academy	1 July 2014	Trainee	2016
33	Christopher Forrester	DM	Dublin	31	33	2	St Patrick's Athletic	29 August 2015	Undisclosed	2018
36	Martin Samuelsen	AM	Haugesund	27	16	2	West Ham United	24 November 2015	Loan	2016
42	Adil Nabi	WG	Birmingham	30	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	21 January 2016	Undisclosed	2019
—	Callum Chettle	CM	Nottingham	27	0	0	Nuneaton Town	23 January 2016	Undisclosed	2018
Forwards
19	Joe Gormley	CF	Belfast	34	6	0	Cliftonville	1 July 2015	Free	2018
21	Tom Nichols	CF	Wellington	30	3	1	Exeter City	1 February 2016	Undisclosed	2020
24	Lee Angol	CF	Sutton	29	28	7	Luton Town	20 July 2015	Undisclosed	2018
28	Souleymane Coulibaly	ST	Abidjan	29	32	6	Bari	20 July 2015	Free	2016
34	Deon Moore	ST	England	25–26	0	0	Free agent	20 July 2015	Free	2015
39	Shaq Coulthirst	CF	Hackney	29	9	1	Tottenham Hotspur	22 January 2016	Undisclosed	2019
41	Aaron Williams	CF	Sandwell	30	1	0	Nuneaton Town	23 January 2016	Undisclosed	2018
Out on Loan
4	Shaun Brisley	CB	Macclesfield	33	93	2	Macclesfield Town	31 January 2012	Undisclosed	2016
9	Kyle Vassell	CF	Milton Keynes	31	36	6	Bishop's Stortford	11 November 2013	Undisclosed	2016
23	Jack Payne	CM	Gravesend	32	150	6	Gillingham	30 June 2013	Free	2016
25	Jack Friend	ST	King's Lynn	27	0	0	Academy	10 March 2015	Trainee	2016
27	Kieran Sadlier	LW	Haywards Heath	29	1	0	St Mirren	20 July 2015	Free	2016
29	Jonathan Edwards	CF	Luton	27	3	0	Academy	10 March 2015	Trainee	2016
33	Luke James	CF	Amble	29	34	2	Hartlepool United	1 September 2014	Undisclosed	2018

Statistics edit

As of 10 January 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Ben Alnwick	41	0	32+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	NIR	Michael Smith	34	0	27+1	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
3	DF	RSA	Kgosi Ntlhe	6	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	COD	Gabriel Zakuani	20	3	16+1	3	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Jack Baldwin	11	0	6+1	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Jon Taylor	39	7	23+8	5	3+1	2	1+1	0	2+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Michael Bostwick	34	3	25+1	3	4+0	0	1+1	0	2+0	0
10	MF	ENG	Erhun Oztumer	29	6	22+1	6	4+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Marcus Maddison	34	9	18+8	6	0+4	1	2+0	1	1+1	1
12	DF	POR	Ricardo Almeida Santos	35	0	26+2	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Stuart Moore (on loan from Reading)	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Jermaine Anderson	19	5	13+1	3	2+0	1	1+0	1	2+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Harry Beautyman	18	0	9+3	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
18	DF	ENG	Andrew Fox	15	0	3+7	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	FW	NIR	Joe Gormley	6	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
20	MF	ENG	Harry Anderson	7	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
21	FW	ENG	Tom Nichols	3	1	2+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	POR	Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Lee Angol	29	7	18+5	7	5+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	GK	ENG	Dion-Curtis Henry	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	CIV	Souleymane Coulibaly	32	5	14+13	5	0+2	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
33	MF	IRL	Chris Forrester	33	2	24+2	2	5+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
35	DF	ENG	Miles Addison	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	MF	NOR	Martin Samuelsen (on loan from West Ham United)	16	2	7+6	1	2+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW	ENG	Jordan Nicholson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	FW	ENG	Shaq Coulthirst	9	1	5+2	0	2+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
41	FW	ENG	Aaron Williams	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
42	MF	ENG	Adil Nabi	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
50	DF	ENG	Harry Toffolo (on loan from Norwich City)	5	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players currently out on loan:
4	DF	ENG	Shaun Brisley	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Kyle Vassell	6	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
23	MF	ENG	Jack Payne	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	EIR	Kieran Sadlier	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
14	FW	ENG	Conor Washington	32	16	21+4	10	3+0	4	2+0	1	2+0	1
17	DF	SCO	Alex Davey (on loan from Chelsea)	10	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Tobi Adebayo-Rowling	5	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	WAL	Jack Collison	12	0	2+8	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	AUS	Callum Elder (on loan from Leicester City)	24	1	20+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
38	DF	ENG	Lawrie Wilson (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)	4	0	1+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record edit

As of 20 January 2016

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	14	FW	Conor Washington	10	4	1	1	16
2	11	MF	Marcus Maddison	6	2	1	0	9
3	7	MF	Jon Taylor	5	2	0	0	7
3	24	FW	Lee Angol	7	0	0	0	7
5	10	MF	Erhun Oztumer	6	0	0	0	6
	15	MF	Jermaine Anderson	4	1	1	0	6
	28	FW	Souleymane Coulibaly	6	0	0	0	6
8	8	MF	Michael Bostwick	3	0	0	0	3
8	5	DF	Gabriel Zakuani	3	0	0	0	3
10	33	MF	Chris Forrester	2	0	0	0	2
10	36	MF	Martin Samuelsen	1	1	0	0	2
13	21	FW	Tom Nichols	1	0	0	0	1
	32	DF	Callum Elder	1	0	0	0	1
	35	DF	Miles Addison	1	0	0	0	1
	39	FW	Shaq Coulthirst	0	1	0	0	1
Total				54	10	2	0	66

Disciplinary record edit

As of 20 January 2016

No.	Po.	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
No.	Po.	Name
1	GK	Ben Alnwick	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2	DF	Michael Smith	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
3	DF	Kgosi Ntlhe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	Shaun Brisley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	Gabriel Zakuani	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
6	DF	Jack Baldwin	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7	MF	Jon Taylor	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	Michael Bostwick	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	10	0
9	FW	Kyle Vassell	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
10	MF	Erhun Oztumer	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11	MF	Marcus Maddison	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
12	DF	Ricardo Almeida Santos	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
14	FW	Conor Washington	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	MF	Jermaine Anderson	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
16	MF	Harry Beautyman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	DF	Alex Davey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	DF	Andrew Fox	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.
19	FW	Joe Gormley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	Harry Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF	Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	FW	Lee Angol	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
27	MF	Kieran Sadlier	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
28	FW	Souleymane Coulibaly	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
31	MF	Jack Collison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	DF	Callum Elder	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
33	MF	Chris Forrester	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
35	DF	Miles Addison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36	MF	Martin Samuelsen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
39	FW	Shaq Coulthirst	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
50	DF	Harry Toffolo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total			71	5	7	0	5	0	2	0	85	5

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	ST	Deon Moore	Free agent	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2015	CM	Jack Collison	Ipswich Town	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2015	ST	Joe Gormley	Cliftonville	Undisclosed	^[6]
20 July 2015	ST	Lee Angol	Luton Town	Undisclosed	^[7]
20 July 2015	RW	Souleymane Coulibaly	Bari	Free transfer	^[8]
20 July 2015	LB	Andrew Fox	Odessa Sockers	Free transfer	^[9]
20 July 2015	LW	Kieran Sadlier	St Mirren	Free transfer	^[10]
29 August 2015	RW	Christopher Forrester	St Patrick's Athletic	Undisclosed	^[11]
24 November 2015	CB	Miles Addison	Unattached	Free transfer	^[12]
24 December 2015	AM	Jordan Nicholson	Histon	Undisclosed	^[13]
21 January 2016	ST	Adil Nabi	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	^[14]
22 January 2016	ST	Shaq Coulthirst	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	^[15]
1 February 2016	CF	Tom Nichols	Exeter City	Undisclosed	^[16]

Transfers out edit

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CB	Christian Burgess	Portsmouth	£75,000	^[17]^[18]
1 July 2015	DF	Liam Marshall	Ilkeston	Free transfer	^[19]
1 July 2015	RW	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	Rochdale ^[a]	Free transfer	^[21]
1 July 2015	CM	David Norris	Yeovil Town ^[b]	Released	^[21]
1 July 2015	GK	Bobby Olejnik	Exeter City ^[c]	Free transfer	^[21]
29 July 2015	CM	Kane Ferdinand	Dagenham & Redbridge ^[d]	Free transfer	^[25]
5 August 2015	LW	Joe Newell	Rotherham United	Undisclosed	^[26]
19 January 2016	CF	Conor Washington	Queens Park Rangers		^[27]
13 February 2016	DM	Jack Collison	Retired	—	^[28]

^ Following Mendez-Laing's release he joined Rochdale.^[20]
^ Following Norris' release he joined Yeovil Town.^[22]
^ Following Olejnik's release he joined Exeter City.^[23]
^ Following Ferdinand's mutual departure he joined Dagenham & Redbridge.^[24]

Total incoming: £2,875,000

Loans in edit

Date from	Position	Name	From	Until	Ref.
8 August 2015	CB	Alex Davey	Chelsea	2 January 2016	^[29]^[a]
29 August 2015	LB	Callum Elder	Leicester City	4 January 2016	^[31]^[b]
24 November 2015	AM	Martin Samuelsen	West Ham United	End of Season	^[12]^[c]
4 January 2016	RB	Lawrie Wilson	Bolton Wanderers	1 February 2015	^[33]
21 January 2016	LB	Harry Toffolo	Norwich City	End of Season	^[d]
27 February 2016	GK	Stuart Moore	Reading	March 2016	^[34]

^ On 1 September 2015, Davey's loan was extended until 2 January 2016.^[30]
^ On 22 September 2015, Elder's loan was extended until 4 January 2016.^[32]
^ On 4 January 2016, Samuelsen's loan was extended to the end of the season.
^ On 21 January 2016,Toffolo signs on loan.

Loans out edit

Date from	Position	Name	To	Until	Ref.
10 July 2015	CF	Luke James	Bradford City	1 February 2016	^[35]
23 July 2015	ST	Jack Friend	Boston United	End of season	^[36]
25 July 2015	ST	Jonathan Edwards	Illeston	End of season
4 August 2015	GK	Henrich Ravas	Boston United	End of season
18 August 2015	LM	Andrew Fox	Kidderminster Harriers	17 September 2015	^[37]
1 September 2015	CM	Jack Payne	Leyton Orient	End of season	^[38]
11 September 2015	CB	Shaun Brisley	Northampton Town	9 October 2015	^[39]
8 January 2016	CF	Kyle Vassell	Shrewsbury Town	End of Season	^[40]
27 January 2016	CB	Shaun Brisley	Leyton Orient	End of Season	^[41]
1 February 2016	CF	Luke James	Hartlepool United	End of Season	^[42]

Competitions edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

On 29 May 2015, Peterborough United announced they will face Ipswich Town and Dulwich Hamlet during pre-season.^[43] Also a friendly against Barnet was confirmed.^[44] On 8 June 2015, it was confirmed West Ham United will visit on 11 July 2015.^[45] On 15 June 2015, the Posh added three more confirmed fixtures to the pre-season schedule.^[46] A date for the Chris Turner memorial match was announced on 16 June 2015.^[47] On 25 June 2015, Peterborough United announced a Tottenham Hotspur XI side will visit during pre-season.^[48]

8 July 2015 (2015-07-08) Friendly	Dulwich Hamlet	2–3	Peterborough United	East Dulwich
19:45 BST	Clunis 6' Drage 48'	Report	Anderson 8' Gormley 61' Taylor 88'	Stadium: Champion Hill Attendance: 737

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly	Peterborough United	3–3	West Ham United	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Santos 8' Taylor 39' Bostwick 60' (pen.)	Report	Noble 12' Sakho 13' Samuelsen 23'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 3,916

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15) Friendly	Cliftonville	0–6	Peterborough United	Belfast, Northern Ireland
TBC BST		Report	Trialist 28' Vassell 34' Gormley 49' Washington ?' Taylor 85' Bostwick 89'	Stadium: Solitude

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Peterborough United	3–2	Tottenham Hotspur XI	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Gormley 27' Washington 48' Vassell 85'	Report	Harrison 59' Azzaoui 77'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 3,852 (1,297)

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Barnet	1–2	Peterborough United	Canons Park
19:45 BST	Gash 89'	Report	Coulibaly 50' Anderson 66'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Peterborough United	0–0	Ipswich Town	Peterborough
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: London Road Attendance: 2,125 (632 Ipswich fans)

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Grimsby Town	2–1	Peterborough United	Cleethorpes
19:30 BST	Marshall 50' Arnold 83'	Report	Sadlier	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,389 (42 Posh fans)

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Chris Turner Memorial Match	Peterborough United	0–0	Cambridge United	Peterborough
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: London Road

4 August 2015 (2015-08-04) Friendly	Bishop's Stortford	4–2	Peterborough United	Bishop's Stortford
19:45 BST	Furlonge 2', 33' Merrifield 23' Suarez 58'	Report	Vassell 50' Coulibaly 71'	Stadium: ProKit UK Stadium

League One edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
14	Southend United	46	16	11	19	58	64	−6	59
15	Swindon Town	46	16	11	19	64	71	−7	59

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

Matches edit

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Rochdale	2–0	Peterborough United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Camps 18' Noble-Lazarus 69'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,319 Referee: Andy Haines

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Peterborough United	2–1	Colchester United	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Maddison 31', 34'	Report	Bonne 30'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 5,339 Referee: Mark Haywood

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	Burton Albion	2–1	Peterborough United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	El Khayati 36' Beavon 54'	Report	Maddison 67' Zakuani 58'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,407 Referee: Graham Salisbury

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Peterborough United	1–1	Gillingham	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Taylor 90'	Report	Oshilaja 85'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 5,083 Referee: Keith Stroud

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6	Southend United	2–1	Peterborough United	Southend-on-Sea
12:05 BST	Barrett 32' Hunt 70'	Report	Maddison 90'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,748 Referee: Simon Hooper

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7	Oldham Athletic	1–5	Peterborough United	Oldham
15:00 BST	Murphy 48'	Report	Angol 14', 78' Oztumer 38' Coulibaly 62', 65'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,566 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Peterborough United	1–1	Walsall	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Bostwick 87' (pen) J. Anderson 84'	Report	Sawyers 53'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,859 Referee: Mark Heywood

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Bradford City	0–2	Peterborough United	Bradford
15:00 BST		Report	56' Angol 57' Forrester	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,970 Referee: Paul Tierney

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10	Peterborough United	2–3	Bury	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Oztumer 25' Zakuani 43', 49'	Report	28' Clarke 64' Cameron 81' Pope	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,208 Referee: Steve Martin

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11	Peterborough United	5–3	Millwall	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Angol 15' Taylor 19', 81' Forrester 69' Washington 72'	Report	52' Webster 55' Craig 74' Beevers	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 6,402 Referee: Carl Boyeson

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12	Swindon Town	1–2	Peterborough United	Swindon
15:00 BST	Bostwick 73' (og)	Report	38' Taylor 52' Angol	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,025 Referee: Andy Madley

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13	Port Vale	1–1	Peterborough United	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Andoh 40'	Report	56' (pen) Bostwick	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,864 Referee: Richard Clark

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14	Peterborough United	2–3	Wigan Athletic	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Oztumer 61' Coulibaly 81'	Report	11' Wildschut 15' Grigg 82' Power	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,765 Referee: Oliver Langford

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15	Peterborough United	4–0	Doncaster Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Zakuani 9' Oztumer 36' Elder 46' Washington 73'	Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 6,092 Referee: Mark Brown

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16	Coventry City	3–2	Peterborough United	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Vincelot 56' Armstrong 80', 87'	Report	15' J Anderson 36' Oztumer	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 11,853 Referee: Gavin Ward

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17	Peterborough United	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Coulibaly 57' J Anderson 77'	Report	66' Ball	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,462 Referee: Lee Collins

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18	Crewe Alexandra	1–5	Peterborough United	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Colclough 64'	Report	6' Taylor 46' Washington 47', 82' J Anderson 54' Angol	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,094 Referee: Charles Breakspear

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19	Peterborough United	3–2	Barnsley	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Angol 24' Addison 62' Maddison 73'	Report	38 (pen)' Hourihane 77' Winnall	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,783 Referee: Nick Kinseley

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20	Scunthorpe United	0–4	Peterborough United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT		Report	4', 82', 90' Washington 49' Bostwick	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,790 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21	Peterborough United	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Washington 56'	Report	Barnett 79'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 5,568 Referee: Graham Horwood

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22	Blackpool	2–0	Peterborough United	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Cullen 3' Potts 31'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 6,204 Referee: Robert Lewis

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23	Peterborough United	2–0	Chesterfield	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Washington 45', 76'	Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 7,153 Referee: Andy Woolmer

28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 24	Walsall	2–0	Peterborough United	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Demetriou 80' Evans 89'	Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,142 Referee: Darren England

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 25	Sheffield United	2–3	Peterborough United	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Sharp 32' (pen) Bostwick 84' (og)	Report	18' Washington 48' Oztumer 84' Samuelsen	Stadium: Brammall Lane Attendance: 22,302 Referee: Darren Bond

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 26	Peterborough United	0–0	Southend United	Peterborough
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 7,057 Referee: Kevin Johnson

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 27	Gillingham	2–1	Peterborough United	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Norris 49' Dack 65'	Report	25' Oztumer	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,449 Referee: James Adcock

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26) 28	Peterborough United	0–1	Burton Albion	Peterborough
15:00 GMT		Report	3' Naylor	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,798 Referee: Tim Robinson

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 29	Chesterfield	0–1	Peterborough United	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT		Report	55' Nichols 58' Smith 78' Almeida Santos	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,544 Referee: David Coote

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 30	Peterborough United	0–4	Bradford City	Peterborough
15:00 GMT		Report	45', 68' Hanson 56' Reid 77' Davies	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,816 Referee: Dean Whitestone

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 31	Millwall	3–0	Peterborough United	London
15:00 GMT	Morison 30', 62'	Report	49' Gregory	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 8,722 Referee: Michael Bull

23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 32	Peterborough United	1–2	Oldham Athletic	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Coulibaly 39'	Report	2' Dummigan 73' (pen) Kelly	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 3,544 Referee: Keith Hill

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 33	Peterborough United	1–2	Swindon Town	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Maddison 12' (pen)	Report	49' Ajose 82' Doughty	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,124 Referee: Darren Handley

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 34	Bury	3–1	Peterborough United	Bury
19:45 GMT	L. Clarke 29' Lowe 33' Tutte 80'	Report	Maddison 52' Almeida Santos 79'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,180

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 35	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Peterborough United	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Grigg 71'	Report	Maddison 80'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,877

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 36	Peterborough United	2–3	Port Vale	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Taylor 2' Williams 41'	Report	Moore 49' Hooper 86' Dodds 89'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,942

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 37	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Peterborough United	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Coppinger 5'	Report	Williams 44' Almeida Santos 90+3'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,884

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) 38	Peterborough United	3–1	Coventry City	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Bostwick 45' Angol 61' Beautyman 69'	Report	Cole 65'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 6,021

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 39	Peterborough United	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Beautyman 14', 40' Angol 67'	Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,881

5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) 40	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Peterborough United	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Burns 38' Jónsson 68'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,134

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 41	Peterborough United	1–2	Rochdale	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Smith 34'	Report	Bunney 8' Mendez-Laing 23'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,785

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42	Colchester United	1–4	Peterborough United	Colchester
15:00 BST	Moncur 76'	Report	Taylor 2' Fox 67' Coulthirst 69' Maddison 90+4'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 5,965

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43	Barnsley	1–0	Peterborough United	Barnsley
19:45 BST	G. Williams 90'	Report	Forrester 43'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8,886

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44	Peterborough United	0–2	Scunthorpe United	Peterborough
15:00 BST		Report	Almeida Santos 51' (og) Hopper 76'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,065

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45	Shrewsbury Town	3–4	Peterborough United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Akpa Akpro 74' Mangan 85' Grimmer 89' Black 90+5'	Report	Baldwin 42' Angol 46', 69' Taylor 90+4'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,019

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 46	Peterborough United	5–1	Blackpool	Peterborough
12:30 BST	Maddison 48' (pen) Taylor 74', 84', 86' Coulthirst 76'	Report	Blyth 16'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 6,005

FA Cup edit

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) Round 1	Burton Albion	0–3	Peterborough United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT		Report	Washington 41', 71' J Anderson 84' Baldwin 90+4'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,517 Referee: David Webb

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) Round 2	Peterborough United	2–0	Luton Town	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Washington 35' Maddison 82'	Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 8,329 Referee: Nigel Miller

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Round 3	Peterborough United	2–0	Preston North End	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Samuelsen 7' Washington 52'	Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 7,665 Referee: Tony Harrington

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) Round 4	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Peterborough United	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Berahino 14', 84' McClean 67'	Report	Coulthirst 79' Smith 83' Angol 84' Taylor 86'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,517 Referee: Kevin Friend

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10) Round 4 replay	Peterborough United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	West Bromwich Albion	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Taylor 55'	Report	Fletcher 71'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 10,632 Referee: Mike Jones
	Penalties
	Bostwick Maddison Samuelsen Fox Angol		Pocognoli Berahino Gardner Fletcher Chester

League Cup edit

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round	Peterborough United	2–0	Crawley Town	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Washington 2' Maddison 49'	Report		Stadium: London Road Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Robert Lewis

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	Peterborough United	1–4	Charlton Athletic	Peterborough
19:45 BST	J Anderson 90+3'	Report	Kennedy 3' Ahearne-Grant 53' (pen.) Kashi 76' Vetokele 87'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 2,771 Referee: Gary Sutton

Football League Trophy edit

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. The Posh will travel to Millwall.^[49]

1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) First round	Millwall	1–0	Peterborough United	Bermondsey
19:45 BST	Williams 90'	Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Keith Hill

References edit

^ "Official Club Statement". Peterborough United FC. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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^ "Peterborough sack manager Graham Westley after seven months in charge". Sky Sports. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
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^ ^a ^b "Peterborough: Miles Addison and Martin Samuelsen sign". BBC Sport. 24 November 2015.
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^ "Tom Nichols: Peterborough United sign Exeter City forward". BBC Sport. 1 February 2016.
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^ ^a ^b ^c "The Retained List..." Peterborough United FC. 8 May 2015.
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[21] Following Mendez-Laing's release he joined Rochdale.^[20]

[24] Following Norris' release he joined Yeovil Town.^[22]

[26] Following Olejnik's release he joined Exeter City.^[23]

[28] Following Ferdinand's mutual departure he joined Dagenham & Redbridge.^[24]

[35] On 1 September 2015, Davey's loan was extended until 2 January 2016.^[30]

[38] On 22 September 2015, Elder's loan was extended until 4 January 2016.^[32]

[39] On 4 January 2016, Samuelsen's loan was extended to the end of the season.

[41] On 21 January 2016,Toffolo signs on loan.

[1] "Official Club Statement". Peterborough United FC. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

[2] "Official Statement From Darragh MacAnthony". Peterborough United FC. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

[3] "Peterborough sack manager Graham Westley after seven months in charge". Sky Sports. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

[4] "2015/16 Transfers - UpThePosh!". UpThePosh!. 29 May 2015.

[5] "Posh Swoop For Collison". Peterborough United FC. 29 May 2015.

[6] "Gormley Agrees Posh Switch". Peterborough United FC. 14 June 2015.

[7] "Striker Angol Joins From Hatters". Peterborough United FC. 20 July 2015.

[8] "Coulibaly Agrees Deal With Posh". Peterborough United FC. 20 June 2015.

[9] "Posh Secure Fox Signing". Peterborough United FC. 20 July 2015.

[10] "Sadlier Completes Move". Peterborough United FC. 20 July 2015.

[11] "Forrester Joins Posh". Peterborough United FC. 29 August 2015.

[AddisonSamuelsen-12] "Peterborough: Miles Addison and Martin Samuelsen sign". BBC Sport. 24 November 2015.

[Nicholson-13] "POSH INTERVIEW: The rapid rise of the latest Peterborough United signing". BBC Sport. 24 December 2015.

[AdilNabi-14] "Baggies Starlet Joins Posh". The Posh. 21 January 2016.

[Coulthirst-15] "Peterborough United sign Tottenham Striker". BBC Sport. 22 January 2016.

[16] "Tom Nichols: Peterborough United sign Exeter City forward". BBC Sport. 1 February 2016.

[17] "Burgess Joins Pompey". Peterborough United FC. 25 June 2015.

[18] "Christian sets sail for Portsmouth". Peterborough Today. 25 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.

[19] "Liam Marshall signs from Peterborough". Ilkeston FC. 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

[20] "Rochdale sign Nathaniel Mendez-Laing on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[Three_Released-22] "The Retained List..." Peterborough United FC. 8 May 2015.

[23] "David Norris: Yeovil Town sign former Plymouth and Leeds player". BBC Sport. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

[25] "Exeter City sign goalkeeper Olejnik". BBC Sport. 2 June 2015.

[27] "Kane Ferdinand: Midfielder joins Dagenham on short-term deal". BBC Sport. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[29] "Ferdinand Departs Posh". Peterborough United FC. 29 July 2015.

[30] "Newell Completes Move To Millers". Peterborough United FC. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

[31] "QPR sign Conor Washington from Peterborough to fill Charlie Austin gap". 19 January 2016.

[32] "Jack Collison: Ex-West Ham and Wales player retires at 27". BBC SPort. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.

[33] "Posh Sign Chelsea Defender". Peterborough United F.C. 8 August 2015.

[34] "Posh Extend Davey Loan Deal". Peterborough United FC. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[36] "Foxes Defender Joins Posh". Peterborough United F.C. 29 August 2015.

[37] "Elder Extends Loan Deal". Peterborough United FC. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.

[40] "Lawrie Wilson – Graham Westley factor in Peterborough move". BBC Sport. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

[42] "Stuart Moore: Peterborough sign Reading goalkeeper on loan". BBC Sport. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

[43] "James Joins Bantams". Peterborough United FC. 10 July 2015.

[44] "New Friend For Boston". Petetborough United FC. 23 July 2015.

[45] "Fox Joins Harriers". Peterborough United FC. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

[46] "Payne Joins Orient". Peterborough United FC. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[47] "Brisley Joins Cobblers". Peterborough United FC. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

[48] "Kyle Vassell and Richie Wellens sign for Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[49] "Shaun Brisley: Leyton Orient sign Peterborough United defender". BBC Sport. 27 January 2016.

[50] "Luke James: Hartlepool re-sign Peterborough United forward". BBC Sport. 1 February 2016.

[51] "Posh Confirm Ipswich Pre-Season Fixture". Peterborough United FC. 29 May 2015.

[52] "Posh To Face Bees At The Hive". Peterborough United FC. 29 May 2015.

[53] "Posh To Face Hammers". Peterborough United FC. 8 June 2015.

[54] "Posh Add Further Friendly Dates". Peterborough United FC. 15 June 2015.

[55] "Posh Confirm Cambridge Fixture Details". Peterborough United FC. 16 June 2015.

[56] "Spurs XI to Visit The ABAX". Peterborough United FC. 25 June 2015.

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