2015–16 Exeter City F.C. season

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Exeter City
2015–16 season
OwnerExeter City Supporters' Trust
ChairmanJulian Tagg
ManagerPaul Tisdale
StadiumSt James Park
League Two14th
FA CupThird round
(Eliminated by Liverpool)
League CupSecond round
(Eliminated by Sunderland)
League TrophySecond round
(Eliminated by Plymouth)
Top goalscorerLeague: Jayden Stockley (10)
All: Jayden Stockley (10)
Highest home attendance7,177 (2–1 vs Plymouth Argyle, 2 Apr 16)
Lowest home attendance2,323 (2–0 vs Portsmouth, 1 Sep 15)
Average home league attendance4,008

The 2015–16 season was Exeter City's 114th year in existence and their fourth consecutive season in League Two.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CM England Alex Byrne Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 RW England Joe Charles Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 CF England Cameron Gill Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 LW England Lee Holmes Preston North End Free transfer [3]
1 July 2015 GK Austria Bobby Olejnik Peterborough United Free transfer [4]
1 July 2015 RM England Emmanuel Oyeleke Brentford Free transfer [5]
1 July 2015 DF England Josh Read Academy Trainee [2]
3 July 2015 CB Wales Troy Brown Cheltenham Town Free transfer [6]
30 July 2015 CF England Will Hoskins Oxford United Free transfer [7]
8 August 2015 CF Republic of Ireland Clinton Morrison Free agent Free transfer [8]
21 August 2015 RW Jamaica Joel Grant Yeovil Town Free transfer [9]
25 January 2016 CM Wales Jake Taylor Reading Free transfer [10]

Transfers out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CB England Pat Baldwin Weymouth [a] Free transfer [12]
1 July 2015 CB England Scot Bennett Notts County [b] Free transfer [12]
1 July 2015 RM Republic of Ireland Graham Cummins St Johnstone [c] Free transfer [12]
1 July 2015 CM England Liam Sercombe Oxford United [d] Free transfer [16]
1 September 2015 CM Republic of Ireland Jimmy Keohane Woking Free transfer [17]
1 February 2016 FW England Tom Nichols Peterborough United Undisclosed [18]
  1. ^ Following Baldwin's release he joined Weymouth.[11]
  2. ^ Following Bennett's release he joined Notts County.[13]
  3. ^ Following Cummins' release he joined St. Johnstone.[14]
  4. ^ Following Sercombe's release he joined Oxford United.[15]

Loans in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
11 January 2016 CF England Jayden Stockley Bournemouth 30 June 2016 [19]

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
17 July 2015 CM England Alex Byrne Weston-super-Mare End of season [20][21]
17 July 2015 CM England Jason Pope Weston-super-Mare 31 January 2016 [20][21]
21 July 2015 LB England Connor Riley-Lowe Truro City End of season [22][23]
29 September 2015 CF Northern Ireland Jamie Reid Truro City 23 November 2015 [24][25]
22 November 2015 CF England Matt Jay Hayes & Yeading United End of season [26][27]
22 January 2016 CF England Cameron Gill Weston-super-Mare End of season [27]
25 February 2016 GK Guernsey James Hamon Hayes & Yeading United 25 March 2016 [28]

Competitions[]

Pre-season friendlies[]

On 18 May 2015, Exeter City announced that Brazilian side Fluminense will bring an under-19 squad to face in a pre-season friendly on 20 July 2015.[29] A day later Exeter City announced a second friendly against Weston-super-Mare.[30] On 20 May 2015, Torquay United was added to the schedule.[31] A pre-season trip to Scotland was confirmed on 21 May 2015.[32] On 8 June 2015, a visit from AFC Bournemouth was confirmed.[33] A friendly against Sheffield United was announced a day later.[34] On 16 June it was announced that an Exeter City XI would play Bodmin Town.[35]

7 July 2015 (2015-07-07) Friendly East Fife 1–1 Exeter City Levenmouth, Scotland
19:30 BST Austin 89' Report Ribeiro 82' Stadium: Bayview Stadium
Referee: Steven Reid
9 July 2015 (2015-07-09) Friendly Arbroath 1–0 Exeter City Arbroath, Scotland
19:45 BST Hester 67' Report Stadium: Gayfield Park
Referee: Scott Leslie
15 July 2015 (2015-07-15) Friendly Weston-super-Mare 1–2 Exeter City Weston-super-Mare
19:45 BST Grubb 63' Report Fisher 31'
Nichols 48'		 Stadium: Woodspring Stadium
Referee: Adam Penwell
18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly Exeter City 1–2 AFC Bournemouth Exeter
15:00 BST Wheeler 32' Report Gosling 51'
Stanislas 76'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 2,125 (360 away)
Referee: Lee Swabey
20 July 2015 (2015-07-20) Friendly Exeter City 0–2 Fluminense U-19 Exeter
19:00 BST Report Felipe 53'
Andrey 80'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,046
Referee: Adam Bromley
23 July 2015 (2015-07-23) Friendly Exeter City 1–2 Sheffield United Exeter
19:30 BST Nichols 56' Report Collins 14'
Adams 80'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,122 (192 away)
28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly Bodmin Town 1–3 Exeter City XI Bodmin
19:30 BST 75' Report Jay 48', 52'
McCready 62'		 Stadium: Priory Park
31 July 2015 (2015-07-31) Friendly Torquay United 2–1 Exeter City Torquay
19:30 BST Murombedzi 21'
Lavelle-Moore 64'		 Report Nichols 2' Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 1,497 (383 away)
Referee: Brett Huxtable
4 August 2015 (2015-08-04) Friendly AFC St Austell 0–5 Exeter City XI St Austell
19:30 BST Report Oyeleke 67'
Reid 69', 82' (pen.)
Watkins 74', 84'		 Stadium: Poltair Park
Attendance: 312

League Two[]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Mansfield Town 46 17 13 16 61 53 +8 64
13 Wycombe Wanderers 46 17 13 16 45 44 +1 64
14 Exeter City 46 17 13 16 63 65 −2 64
15 Barnet 46 17 11 18 67 68 −1 62
16 Hartlepool United 46 15 6 25 49 72 −23 51
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

Results summary[]

Exeter City gained 29 points at home and picked up 35 points away, adding up to 64 in total.

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 17 13 16 63 65  −2 64 6 11 6 32 33  −1 11 2 10 31 32  −1

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by round[]

Exeter were a mid-table club for the entire season, spending two matchdays in the play-offs zone and falling to as low as 17th after a four-game losing streak in December and early January. For the first half of the season, the club's form was very inconsistent. From December onwards, Exeter suffered a four-game losing streak which was closely followed by a three-game winning streak. Then followed four matches without a win and a ten-match unbeaten run.

Despite this unbeaten streak, Exeter remained in fourteenth place from 20 February to 25 March. After a 2–0 win away at Crawley, Exeter rose to 11th in the table, 5 points off the play-offs zone. On 2 April 2016 and 9 April 2016, Exeter achieved a double against local rivals Plymouth Argyle and Yeovil Town, resulting in their continued rise up the table. After the latter match, Exeter were 9th, 2 places and on equal points with AFC Wimbledon and Wycombe Wanderers, although with an inferior goal difference.

This unbeaten streak, along with Exeter's realistic play-off hopes was broken by a 3–2 home loss to Mansfield Town. Exeter were mathematically confirmed to be remaining in League Two after another loss to Bristol Rovers. Exeter finished the season back in 14th position after suffering a 4–1 routing away to Luton.

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ResultWLWDLWWLLWDDLWDLDWWDLLLLDWWWLLDLWDWDWDWWWDLLDL
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Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: soccerbase.com[36]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the 2015–16 season were announced.[37]

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1 Exeter City 3–2 Yeovil Town Exeter
15:00 BST Nichols 31' (pen.)
Wheeler 41'
Hoskins 84'		 Report Cornick 46'
Dolan 63' (pen.)		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,659
Referee: Gavin Ward
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2 Northampton Town 3–0 Exeter City Northampton
15:00 BST Taylor 25'
Cresswell 38'
Richards 89'		 Report Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,313 (316 away)
Referee: Ross Joyce
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–2 Exeter City Dagenham
19:45 BST Jones 86' Report Harley 36'
Brown 62'		 Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 1,567 (320 away)
Referee: Roger East
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4 Exeter City 0–0 York City Exeter
15:00 BST Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,139
Referee: James Linington
29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5 AFC Wimbledon 2–1 Exeter City Norbiton
15:00 BST Francomb 28'
Azeez 82'		 Report Harley 33' Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 3,803 (467 away)
Referee: Darren England
5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6 Exeter City 4–0 Leyton Orient Exeter
15:00 BST Nichols 5', 56'
Nicholls 37'
Wheeler 77'		 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,648
Referee: Kevin Johnson
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7 Exeter City 1–0 Hartlepool United Exeter
15:00 BST Ribeiro 90+2' Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,135
Referee: Andy Woolmer
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8 Accrington Stanley 4–2 Exeter City Accrington
15:00 BST Windass 33', 34'
Mongoia 61'
Kee 63'		 Report Holmes 75'
Grant 90'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,403 (201 away)
Referee: Richard Clark
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9 Exeter City 0–2 Wycombe Wanderers Exeter
15:00 BST Report Jacobson 50'
Thompson 57'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,639
Referee: Steve Martin
29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10 Portsmouth 1–2 Exeter City Portsmouth
19:45 BST Roberts 90+3' Report Wheeler 20'
Davies 56'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 15,822 (313 away)
Referee: Nick Kinseley
3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11 Newport County 1–1 Exeter City Newport, Wales
15:00 BST John-Lewis 73' Report Grant 61' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,870 (583 away)
Referee: Dean Whitestone
11 October 2015 (2015-10-11) 12 Exeter City 3–3 Stevenage Exeter
12:15 BST Wheeler 4', 80'
Morrison 15'		 Report Parrett 39'
Kennedy 45'
Whelpdale 90'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,235
Referee: Roger East
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13 Carlisle United 1–0 Exeter City Carlisle
15:00 BST Gilliead 77' Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 4,021 (130 away)
Referee: Tony Harrington
21 October 2015 (2015-10-21) 14 Exeter City 1–0 Cambridge United Exeter
19:45 BST Nichols 9' Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 2,833
Referee: James Linington
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15 Exeter City 1–1 Notts County Exeter
15:00 BST Nichols 20' Report Noble 31' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,429
Referee: Graham Salisbury
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16 Barnet 2–0 Exeter City Canons Park, London
15:00 GMT Brown 34' (o.g.)
Clarke 54'		 Report Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 2,105 (610 away)
Referee: Ben Toner
14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17 Exeter City 2–2 Crawley Town Exeter
15:00 GMT Nicholls 8'
Nichols 45'		 Report Bradley 28'
Rooney 90+2'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,664
Referee: James Adcock
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18 Plymouth Argyle 1–2 Exeter City Plymouth
15:00 GMT Threlkeld 61' Report Harley 30' (pen), 39' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 14,008 (968 away)
Referee: Graham Scott
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19 Mansfield Town 0–2 Exeter City Mansfield
19:45 GMT Report Grant 6'
Holmes 41'		 Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 2,435 (140 away)
Referee: Oliver Langford
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20 Exeter City 1–1 Bristol Rovers Exeter
15:00 GMT Reid 90+4' Report Sinclair 83' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,548
Referee: Phil Gibbs
19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 21 Exeter City 2–3 Luton Town Exeter
15:00 GMT Nichols 71'
Nicholls 82'		 Report McGeehan 30' (pen)
Green 34'
Benson 90+10'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,777
Referee: Brendan Malone
26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 22 Oxford United 3–0 Exeter City Oxford
15:00 GMT Lundstram 48'
Baldock 67'
Sercombe 90'		 Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 9,683 (547 away)
Referee: Graham Salisbury
29 December 2015 (2015-12-29) 23 Exeter City 0–2 AFC Wimbledon Exeter
15:00 GMT Report Elliott 17'
Taylor 31'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,072
Referee: Lee Swabey
2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 24 Exeter City 1–2 Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter
15:00 GMT Nichols 43' Report Labadie 11'
Chambers 74'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,451
Referee: Graham Horwood
12 January 2016 (2016-01-12) 25 Morecambe 1–1 Exeter City Morecambe
19:45 GMT Miller 49' Report Stockley 54' Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 1,040 (62 away)
Referee: Andy Haines
16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 26 Leyton Orient 1–3 Exeter City Leyton
15:00 GMT Palmer 1' Report Stockley 14', 32'
Nichols 23'		 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 5,758 (529 away)
Referee: Keith Hill
23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 27 Exeter City 2–1 Accrington Stanley Exeter
15:00 GMT Nichols 5'
Ribeiro 79'		 Report McCartan 3' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,669
Referee: Lee Collins
30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 28 Hartlepool United 0–2 Exeter City Hartlepool
15:00 GMT Report Nicholls 36'
Grant 85'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,678 (107 away)
Referee: Darren Handley
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 29 Wycombe Wanderers 1–0 Exeter City High Wycombe
15:00 GMT McGinn 53' Report Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 3,358 (390 away)
Referee: David Webb
16 February 2016 (2016-02-16) 30 York City 2–0 Exeter City York
19:45 GMT Fewster 35', 64' Report Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 2,920 (146 away)
Referee: Mark Brown
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 31 Exeter City 1–1 Newport County Exeter
13:00 GMT Tillson 51' Report Boden 84' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,924
Referee: Mark Heywood
23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 32 Exeter City 1–4 Oxford United Exeter
19:45 GMT Nicholls 77' Report Dunkley 7'
Bowery 41', 59'
MacDonald 62'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,089
Referee: Simon Hooper
27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 33 Stevenage 0–2 Exeter City Stevenage
15:00 GMT Report Stockley 84', 90+7' Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 2,812 (253 away)
Referee: Dean Whitestone
1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 34 Exeter City 1–1 Portsmouth Exeter
19:45 GMT Watkins 90' Report Chaplin 31' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,855
Referee: Brendan Malone
5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 35 Cambridge United 0–1 Exeter City Cambridge
15:00 GMT Report Watkins 76' Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 4,573 (273 away)
Referee: Fred Graham
12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 36 Exeter City 2–2 Carlisle United Exeter
15:00 GMT Stockley 7'
Wheeler 79'		 Report Wyke 27'
Hope 85'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,375
Referee: Nick Kinseley
19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 37 Notts County 1–4 Exeter City Nottingham
15:00 McLeod 36' Report Stockley 8'
Taylor 68'
Ribeiro 71'
Watkins 78'		 Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 3,813 (346 away)
Referee: Tony Harrington
25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) 38 Exeter City 1–1 Barnet Exeter
15:00 Stockley 20' Report Weston 27' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,389
Referee: Trevor Kettle
28 March 2016 (2016-03-28) 39 Crawley Town 0–2 Exeter City Crawley
15:00 Report Taylor 28'
Watkins 74'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,416 (462 away)
Referee: Andy Haines
2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 40 Exeter City 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Exeter
15:00 Watkins 80', 90+2' Report Matt 57' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,177
Referee: Keith Stroud
9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 41 Yeovil Town 0–2 Exeter City Yeovil
15:00 Report Watkins 16'
Taylor 69'		 Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 5,394 (1,513 away)
Referee: Steve Martin
16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42 Exeter City 0–0 Northampton Town Exeter
15:00 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,077
Referee: Oliver Langford
19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43 Exeter City 2–3 Mansfield Town Exeter
19:45 Watkins 64'
Ribeiro 79'		 Report Tafazolli 11', 82'
Benning 56'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,407
Referee: Charles Breakspear
23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44 Bristol Rovers 3–1 Exeter City Bristol
15:00 Bodin 13'
Brown 45+4'
M. Taylor 69'		 Report J. Taylor 48' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 10,254 (893 away)
Referee: Nigel Miller
30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45 Exeter City 1–1 Morecambe Exeter
15:00 Ellison 85' Report Stockley 89' (pen.) Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,936
Referee: Darren Drysdale
7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46 Luton Town 4–1 Exeter City Luton
15:00 McGeehan 27'
Marriott 33', 63'
Pigott 34'		 Report Stockley 47' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,427 (310 away)
Referee: Carl Boyeson

Score overview[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition Home Away Dou. Agg.
Accrington Stanley 2–1 2–4 No 4–5
AFC Wimbledon 0–2 1–2 No 1–4
Barnet 1–1 0–2 No 1–3
Bristol Rovers 1–1 1–3 No 2–4
Cambridge United 1–0 1–0 Yes 2–0
Carlisle United 2–2 0–1 No 2–3
Crawley Town 2–2 2–0 No 4–2
Dagenham & Redbridge 1–2 2–1 No 3–3
Hartlepool United 1–0 2–0 Yes 3–0
Leyton Orient 4–0 3–1 Yes 7–1
Luton Town 2–3 1–4 No 3–7
Mansfield Town 2–3 2–0 No 4–3
Morecambe 1–1 1–1 No 2–2
Newport County 1–1 1–1 No 2–2
Northampton Town 0–0 0–3 No 0–3
Notts County 1–1 4–1 No 5–2
Oxford United 1–4 0–3 No 1–7
Plymouth Argyle 2–1 2–1 Yes 4–2
Portsmouth 1–1 2–1 No 3–2
Stevenage 3–3 2–0 No 5–3
Wycombe Wanderers 0–2 0–1 No 0–3
Yeovil Town 3–2 2–0 Yes 5–2
York City 0–0 0–2 No 0–2

Note: Exeter City goals are listed first.

FA Cup[]

During the First Round Proper draw on 26 October 2015, Exeter were drawn against 8th-tier side Didcot Town.[38] For the second round, Exeter faced League One team Port Vale, winning the fixture 2–0. During the draw for the third round, Exeter were drawn against Premier League side Liverpool. The match ended with a draw as Liverpool fielded a largely inexperienced side and was televised on BBC One.[39] A rematch was played at Anfield on 20 January.[40] It was reported that the two matches against Liverpool could eventually result in a £1,000,000 windfall for Exeter City. This amount was eventually revealed to be £700,000[41] Exeter were thoroughly overpowered in the replay, losing 3–0. Liverpool had 26 shots, compared to Exeter's 4.[42]

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) First round Didcot Town 0–3 Exeter City Didcot
19:45 GMT Report Morrison 48'
Nichols 73'
Nicholls 78'		 Stadium: Loop Meadow
Attendance: 2,707 (600 away)
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) Second round Exeter City 2–0 Port Vale Exeter
14:00 GMT Tillson 19'
Watkins 89'		 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,565
Referee: Trevor Kettle
8 January 2016 (2016-01-08) Third round Exeter City 2–2 Liverpool Exeter
19:55 GMT Nichols 9'
Holmes 45'		 Report Sinclair 12'
Smith 73'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 8,298
Referee: Stuart Attwell
20 January 2016 (2016-01-20) Replay Liverpool 3–0 Exeter City Liverpool
20:00 GMT Allen 10'
Ojo 74'
Teixeira 82'		 Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,292 (6,000 away)
Referee: Neil Swarbrick

League Cup[]

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Exeter City were drawn away against Swindon Town.[43] On 11 August 2015, Exeter won against Swindon Town 2–1 with goals from David Wheeler and Alex Nicholls at the County Ground.[44] On 13 August 2015, the second round draw was made and Exeter City were drawn away against Premier League team Sunderland.[45] Sunderland scored two early goals before Exeter equalised through Emmanuel Oyeleke and David Wheeler. The score was 3–3 at half-time, which became 6–3 to Sunderland at full-time as Exeter's defence failed, including an incident where goalkeeper Bobby Olejnik was caught off his line.[46] This is the most goals Exeter have conceded all season so far, and was the second of five games in the season in which Exeter lost by three goals.

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round Swindon Town 1–2 Exeter City Swindon
19:45 BST Obika 65' Report Nicholls 37'
Wheeler 42'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 4,693 (506 away)
25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round Sunderland 6–3 Exeter City Sunderland
19:45 BST Rodwell 12', 64'
Defoe 16', 39', 87'
Watmore 78'		 Report Oyeleke 19'
Wheeler 31'
McCready 43'		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 14,360 (495 away)
Referee: Stuart Attwell

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. Grecians hosted Portsmouth[47] and won the match 2–0, advancing to the next round. The draw for the second round was held on 5 September 2015, again live on Soccer AM.[48] Exeter were drawn against rivals Plymouth Argyle.

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
6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) Second round Plymouth Argyle 2–0 Exeter City Plymouth
19:45 BST Boateng 32'
Tanner 49'		 Report Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 9,441 (877 away)
Referee: Brendan Malone

Squad statistics[]

Source:[49][50]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with squad numbers struck through and marked Left club during playing season left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Wycombe.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
No. Pos. Nat. Name Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total Discipline
1 GK  AUT Bobby Olejnik 45 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 53 0 2 0
2 DF  ENG Danny Butterfield 8 (2) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 13 (2) 0 3 0
3 DF  ENG Craig Woodman 22 (3) 0 3 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 26 (4) 0 3 0
4 MF  ENG David Noble 24 (6) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 27 (6) 0 5 0
5 DF  SCO Jamie McAllister 25 (3) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 28 (3) 0 6 0
6 DF  WAL Christian Ribeiro 31 (4) 4 2 0 1 0 0 (1) 0 34 (5) 4 2 0
7 MF  ENG Ryan Harley 26 (2) 4 1 0 1 0 2 1 30 (2) 5 0 0
8 MF  ENG Matt Oakley 24 (5) 0 1 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 25 (8) 0 2 0
10 MF  ENG Lee Holmes 30 (7) 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 35 (7) 3 4 0
11 MF  WAL Arron Davies 10 (18) 1 3 (1) 0 2 0 1 0 16 (19) 1 1 0
13 FW  IRL Clinton Morrison 4 (16) 1 2 1 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 6 (19) 2 2 0
14 FW  ENG Alex Nicholls 26 (9) 5 3 (1) 1 1 1 2 1 32 (10) 8 2 0
15 DF  ENG Jordan Moore-Taylor 32 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 38 0 2 0
16 FW  ENG Will Hoskins 2 (7) 1 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 0 0 2 (10) 1 0 0
18 FW  NIR Jamie Reid 8 (5) 1 2 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 10 (6) 1 1 0
19 MF  ENG Emmanuel Oyeleke 4 (4) 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 (4) 1 1 0
20 Left club during playing season FW  ENG Tom Nichols 19 (4) 10 2 (2) 2 1 0 0 (1) 0 22 (7) 12 2 0
21 GK  GUE James Hamon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
22 MF  ENG David Wheeler 26 (5) 6 2 (1) 0 2 2 2 0 32 (6) 8 0 0
23 MF  ENG Tom McCready 8 (2) 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 11 (2) 1 1 0
26 MF  ENG Jordan Tillson 22 (4) 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 28 (4) 2 6 0
27 MF  ENG Matt Jay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
29 FW  ENG Ollie Watkins 15 (5) 8 0 (2) 1 0 0 0 0 15 (7) 9 5 0
30 GK  ENG Christy Pym 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF  JAM Joel Grant 19 (7) 4 1 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 21 (10) 4 2 0
33 Left club during playing season DF  ENG Josh Read 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW  ENG Jayden Stockley * 21 (1) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 (1) 10 3 0
36 DF  ENG Kyle Egan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF  WAL Jake Taylor 7 (9) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 (9) 4 3 0
39 DF  WAL Troy Brown 39 (1) 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 46 (1) 1 7 0
Players not included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name
28 MF  ENG Jason Pope
32 GK  ENG Kavanagh Keadell
34 MF  ENG Joe Charles
35 FW  ENG Cameron Gill

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