2015–16 Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy 2015–16
Region	England
Number of teams	48
Defending champions	Bristol City
Champions	Barnsley
Runner-up	Oxford United
Total matches played	49
Total goals scored	126
Top goal scorer	Lee Gregory Kemar Roofe Jordy Hiwula (4 goals each)
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The 2015–16 Football League Trophy was the 32nd season in the history of the competition, a knock-out tournament for English football clubs in League One and League Two, the third and fourth tiers of the English football. Barnsley of League One won the competition, defeating Oxford United of League Two 3–2 in the final.

In all, 48 clubs entered the competition. It was split into two sections, Northern and Southern, with the winners of each section contesting the final at Wembley Stadium. Bristol City were the reigning champions but were unable to defend their title following promotion to the Championship.

First round

Northern section

North West

1 September 2015	Port Vale	1–0	Carlisle United	Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Ikpeazu  60'	Report		Attendance: 2,571 Referee: Darren England

1 September 2015	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Oldham Athletic	New Meadow, Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	McAlinden  40' Barnett  49'	Report		Attendance: 1,817 Referee: Steve Martin

1 September 2015	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Bury	Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 GMT	Bruna  83'	Report	Hope  46' Tutte  70'	Attendance: 1,344 Referee: Tony Harrington

1 September 2015	Morecambe	2–0	Walsall	Globe Arena, Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Devitt  57' Barkhuizen  72'	Report		Attendance: 1,332 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Byes: Blackpool, Crewe Alexandra, Fleetwood Town, Wigan Athletic

North East

1 September 2015	Hartlepool United	1–1 (3–4 pen)	Sheffield United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:00 GMT	Fenwick  51'	Report	Flynn  7'	Attendance: 2,221 Referee: Scott Duncan
	Penalties
	Bingham Oates Harrison Fenwick Featherstone		Higdon Sharp McNulty Woolford McEveley

1 September 2015	Doncaster Rovers	0–0 (5–3 pen)	Burton Albion	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
19:45 GMT		Report		Attendance: 2,956 Referee: Ross Joyce
	Penalties
	Williams Main Middleton Chaplow Stewart		Akins Reilly Naylor Binnom-Williams

1 September 2015	Notts County	3–1	Mansfield Town	Meadow Lane, Nottingham
19:45 GMT	McLeod  52' Edwards  79' Jonathan Stead  90'	Report	Craig Westcarr  90' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,696 Referee: Richard Clark

1 September 2015	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Barnsley	Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Goode  90'	Report	Nyatanga  62' Watkins  76'	Attendance: 1,796 Referee: Ben Toner

Byes: Bradford City, Chesterfield, Rochdale, York City

Southern section

South West

1 September 2015	Yeovil Town	1–0	Barnet	Huish Park, Yeovil
19:45 BST	Dembélé  37' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 1,203 Referee: Tim Robinson

1 September 2015	Newport County	1–1 (6–7 pen)	Swindon Town	Rodney Parade, Newport
19:45 BST	Collins  72'	Report	Rodgers  19'	Attendance: 1,434 Referee: Kevin Johnson
	Penalties
	Byrne Ansah Klukowski Boden Ofori-Twumasi Owen-Evans Collins		Rodgers Robert Turnbull Brophy Branco Barry Randall

1 September 2015	Exeter City	2–0	Portsmouth	St James Park, Exeter
19:45 BST	Harley  54' (p) Nicholls  72'	Report		Attendance: 2,323 Referee: Lee Swabey

1 September 2015	AFC Wimbledon	2–3	Plymouth Argyle	Kingsmeadow, London
19:45 BST	Azeez  7' Taylor  25'	Report	Jervis  38' Brunt  54' McHugh  57'	Attendance: 1,251 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Byes: Bristol Rovers, Coventry City, Oxford United, Wycombe Wanderers

South East

1 September 2015	Luton Town	2–1	Leyton Orient	Kenilworth Road, Luton
19:45 BST	Green  29' O'Donnell  90'	Report	James  59' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,953 Referee: Nick Kinseley

1 September 2015	Millwall	1–0	Peterborough United	The Den, London
19:45 BST	Williams  29'	Report		Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Keith Hill

1 September 2015	Northampton Town	3–2	Colchester United	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
19:45 BST	Calvert-Lewin  9' Watson  50' Richards  85'	Report	Bonne  31', 82'	Attendance: 1,366 Referee: Darren Deadman

1 September 2015	Cambridge United	0–2	Dagenham & Redbridge	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
19:45 BST		Report	Hemmings  21' McClure  27'	Attendance: 1,618 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Byes: Crawley Town, Gillingham, Southend United, Stevenage

Second round

Northern section

North West

6 October 2015	Port Vale	1–2	Blackpool	Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST	Grant  52' (pen.)	Report	Rivers  44' Robertson  56'	Attendance: 2,720 Referee: Mark Heywood

6 October 2015	Bury	0–1	Morecambe	Gigg Lane, Bury
19:45 BST		Report	Miller  81'	Attendance: 1,508 Referee: Mark Brown

6 October 2015	Crewe Alexandra	2–3	Wigan Athletic	Gresty Road, Crewe
19:30 BST	Haber  6' Colclough  36'	Report	Hiwula  10', 70' Wildschut  76'	Attendance: 2,168 Referee: James Adcock

6 October 2015	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Hunter  69' Grant  90+1'	Report	Brown  25'	Attendance: 1,267 Referee: Kevin Wright

North East

6 October 2015	York City	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Bootham Crescent, York
19:45 BST	Oliver  5', 50'	Report		Attendance: 1,627 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

6 October 2015	Sheffield United	5–1	Notts County	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
19:45 BST	Baxter  20' (pen.), 36' (pen.) Done  23' Scougall  67' Adams  74' (pen.)	Report	Stead  62'	Attendance: 5,497 Referee: Carl Boyeson

6 October 2015	Rochdale	2–1	Chesterfield	Proact Stadium, Chesterfield
19:00 BST	Tanser  18' Alessandra  66'	Report	Eastham  65' (o.g.)	Attendance: 1,042 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

13 October 2015	Bradford City	1–2	Barnsley	Valley Parade, Bradford
19:45 BST	Knott  22'	Report	Watkins  45' Mawson  69'	Attendance: 4,127 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Southern section

South West

6 October 2015	Yeovil Town	0–0 (4–3 pen)	Coventry City	Huish Park, Yeovil
19:45 BST		Report		Attendance: 1,605 Referee: Kevin Johnson
	Penalties
	Dickson Bird Howells Laird		Tudgay Elford-Alliyu Murphy G. Thomas Ricketts

6 October 2015	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Exeter City	Home Park, Plymouth
19:45 BST	Boateng  32' Tanner  49'	Report		Attendance: 9,441 Referee: Brendan Malone

6 October 2015	Oxford United	2–0	Swindon Town	Kassam Stadium, Oxford
19:45 BST	Roofe  41', 53'	Report		Attendance: 9,013 Referee: Gavin Ward

6 October 2015	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Memorial Stadium, Bristol
19:45 BST	Taylor  4' Easter  11'	Report		Attendance: 3,243 Referee: Oliver Langford

South East

6 October 2015	Millwall	2–0	Northampton Town	The Den, London
19:45 BST	O'Brien  71' Gregory  75'	Report		Attendance: 2,254 Referee: Iain Williamson

6 October 2015	Crawley Town	0–3	Southend United	Broadfield Stadium, Crawley
19:45 BST		Report	Weston  26' Pigott  39', 87'	Attendance: 1,139 Referee: Tim Robinson

6 October 2015	Gillingham	2–1	Luton Town	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
19:45 BST	Ehmer  65' Dack  83'	Report	McGeehan  41'	Attendance: 3,428 Referee: Michael Bull

7 October 2015	Stevenage	1–2	Dagenham & Redbridge	Broadhall Way, Stevenage
19:45 BST	Kennedy  79' (pen.)	Report	Cureton  53' Chambers  55'	Attendance: 1,401 Referee: James Linington

Area quarter-finals

Northern section

10 November 2015	Wigan Athletic	4–0	Blackpool	DW Stadium, Wigan
19:15 GMT	Hiwula  20', 78' (pen.) Murray  63' Wildschut  71'	Report		Attendance: 5,224 Referee: Andrew Madley

10 November 2015	Rochdale	0–1	Morecambe	Spotland Stadium, Rochdale
19:45 GMT		Report	Mullin  17'	Attendance: 1,428 Referee: David Coote

10 November 2015	Fleetwood Town	0–0 (4–1 pen)	Sheffield United	Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood
19:45 GMT		Report		Attendance: 1,587 Referee: Christopher Kavanagh
	Penalties
	Grant Ball Ryan Haughton		Baxter Sharp McEveley

10 November 2015	Barnsley	2–1	York City	Oakwell, Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Pearson  67' Hammill  83'	Report	Coulson  40'	Attendance: 3,360 Referee: David Webb

Southern section

10 November 2015	Gillingham	1–1 (4–5 pen)	Yeovil Town	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
19:15 BST	Garmston  43'	Report	Cornick  13'	Attendance: 1,832 Referee: Dean Whitestone
	Penalties
	Dack Egan Loft Williamson Donnelly		Dolan Bird Tozer Cornick Roberts

10 November 2015	Plymouth Argyle	3–5	Millwall	Home Park, Plymouth
19:45 BST	Jervis  34', 85' Carey  56'	Report	Gregory  21', 49', 58' (pen.) Beevers  43' O'Brien  66'	Attendance: 5,869 Referee: James Linington

11 November 2015	Southend United	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST	White  11'	Report		Attendance: 3,495 Referee: Andy Woolmer

11 November 2015	Dagenham & Redbridge	0–2	Oxford United	Victoria Road, London
19:45 BST		Report	Hoban  1' MacDonald  47'	Attendance: 1,011 Referee: Andy Davies

Area semi-finals

Northern section

5 December 2015	Wigan Athletic	2–2 (2–4 pen)	Barnsley	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00 GMT	Grigg  48', 82'	Report	Hammill  42' Toney  53'	Attendance: 6,628 Referee: Keith Hill
	Penalties
	Power Davies Perkins Flores		Hourihane Toney Winnall Mawson

8 December 2015	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Morecambe	Highbury, Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Ball  63' Ryan  76'	Report		Attendance: 1,715 Referee: Paul Tierney

Southern section

8 December 2015	Oxford United	3–2	Yeovil Town	Kassam Stadium, Oxford
19:45 GMT	Evans  4' O'Dowda  42' Maguire  54'	Report	Fogden  37' Jeffers  90'	Attendance: 2,532 Referee: Keith Stroud

8 December 2015	Southend United	0–2	Millwall	Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT		Report	Morison  34' Williams  65'	Attendance: 5,972 Referee: Simon Hooper

Area finals

Northern section

9 January 2016	Barnsley	1–1	Fleetwood Town	Oakwell, Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Fletcher  73'	Report	Davies  60' (o.g.)	Attendance: 11,403 Referee: Fred Graham

4 February 2016	Fleetwood Town	1−1 (2−2 agg.) (2−4 pen)	Barnsley	Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Hunter  81'	Report	Hourihane  67'	Attendance: 3,705 Referee: Eddie Ilderton
	Penalties
	Ball Grant McLaughlin Bell		Long Hourihane Scowen Winnall Hammill

Southern section

14 January 2016	Millwall	0–2	Oxford United	The Den, London
19:45 GMT		Report	Roofe  15', 43'	Attendance: 7,275 Referee: Stuart Attwell

2 February 2016	Oxford United	0–1 (2–1 agg.)	Millwall	Kassam Stadium, Oxford
19:45 GMT		Report	Gregory  54'	Attendance: 10,138 Referee: Scott Duncan

Final

Main article: 2016 Football League Trophy Final

3 April 2016 14:30 GMT	Barnsley	3–2	Oxford United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 59,230 Referee: Andy Woolmer
	Dunkley  52' (o.g.) Fletcher  68' Hammill  74'	Report	O'Dowda  29' Hylton  76'

External links

• Official website