2015–16 Millwall F.C. season

Millwall
2015–16 season
Chairman John Berylson
Manager Neil Harris
Stadium The Den
League One 4th
FA Cup 2nd round
(knocked out by Wycombe Wanderers)
League Cup 1st round
(knocked out by Barnet)
FL Trophy Southern area final
(knocked out by Oxford United
Top goalscorer League: Lee Gregory (18)
All: Lee Gregory (25)
Highest home attendance 16,301
vs Bradford City (20 May 2016)
Lowest home attendance 2,050
vs Peterborough (1 Sep 15)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 season is Millwall's 130th year in existence and their first back in League One since the 2009–10 season, after being relegated from The Championship the previous season.[1] It is Millwall's 89th consecutive season in The Football League and 42nd in the third tier. Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season marks the first full season in charge for club record goalscorer Neil Harris, who became manager in April. He led the club to fourth place, finishing with 81 points and a play-off place. This season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Squad

No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee Ends
Goalkeepers
1 David FordeGKRepublic of IrelandGalway363390Cardiff City5 June 2008Free2017
13Jordan ArcherGKScotlandEnglandWalthamstow23460Tottenham Hotspur22 June 2015Free2017
41Tom KingGKEnglandCroydon2100Crystal Palace31 August 2014FreeUndisclosed
Defenders
2 Shaun CummingsRBJamaicaEnglandHammersmith27321Reading12 January 2015Undisclosed2017
3 Joe MartinLBEnglandDagenham28403Gillingham22 June 2015Free2017
5 Tony CraigCBEnglandGreenwich311706Brentford4 July 2015Free2017
15Sid NelsonCBEnglandLewisham20290Academy1 July 2013Trainee2018
16Mark BeeversCBEnglandBarnsley261518Sheffield Wednesday5 October 2012Free2016
17Byron WebsterCBEnglandSherburn-in-Elmet29656Yeovil Town1 July 2014Free2017
25Christian MbuluCBEngland 2000Brentwood Town6 August 2015FreeUndisclosed
27Mahlon RomeoRBAntigua and BarbudaEnglandWestminster21181Gillingham5 May 2015Free2019
33Noah ChesmainLBEngland 1810Academy1 July 2015TraineeUndisclosed
Midfielers
4 Carlos EdwardsRWTrinidad and TobagoDiego Martin37391Free Agent24 August 2015Free2016
6 Shaun WilliamsDMRepublic of IrelandDublin30997Milton Keynes Dons27 January 2014UndisclosedUndisclosed
7 Paris Cowan-HallRWEnglandHillingdon25110Wycombe Wanderers1 January 2015Undisclosed2017
8 Ed UpsonCMEnglandBury St Edmunds26772Yeovil Town31 January 2014Undisclosed2016
10Fred OnyedinmaAMNigeriaEnglandPlumstead20524Academy1 July 2013Trainee2017
11Lee MartinLMEnglandTaunton29692Ipswich Town4 July 2013Free2016
18Shane FergusonLMNorthern IrelandDerry25473Newcastle United26 January 2016Undisclosed2017
19Chris TaylorLMEnglandOldham29133Blackburn Rovers17 March 2016Loan2016
23Jack PowellCMEnglandCanning Town2290West Ham United1 July 2013Free2016
24Ben ThompsonCMEnglandSidcup21382Academy1 July 2014TraineeUndisclosed
26Nadjim AbdouCMComorosFranceMartigues323218Plymouth Argyle3 July 2008FreeUndisclsoed
Forwards
9 Lee GregoryCFEnglandSheffield289536Halifax Town17 June 2014£250,0002017
20Steve MorisonCFWalesEnglandEnfield3319566Leeds United4 August 2015Free2017
22Aiden O'BrienCFRepublic of IrelandEnglandIslington239215Academy1 August 2011Trainee2019
28Jamie PhilpotCFEnglandPembury2081Academy1 July 2014TraineeUndisclosed
29Alfie PaveyCFEngland 2170Academy1 January 2014TraineeUndisclosed

Statistics

As of 19 July 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Republic of Ireland David Forde 10 0 7+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Jamaica Shaun Cummings 20 1 15+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
3 DF England Joe Martin 36 2 27+2 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 4+1 0
4 MF Trinidad and Tobago Carlos Edwards 19 0 15+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF England Tony Craig 21 1 16+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF Republic of Ireland Shaun Williams 39 4 31+1 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 2
8 MF England Ed Upson 39 0 16+16 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+2 0
9 FW England Lee Gregory 50 25 32+9 18 2+0 1 0+1 0 5+1 6
10 MF Nigeria Fred Onyedinma 41 4 17+16 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+3 0
11 MF England Lee Martin 11 0 2+6 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
13 GK Scotland Jordan Archer 46 0 39+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
14 FW Northern Ireland John Marquis 12 0 0+10 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
15 DF England Sid Nelson 14 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0
16 DF England Mark Beevers 50 4 42+0 4 1+0 0 0+1 0 6+0 0
17 DF England Byron Webster 48 6 35+5 6 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+1 0
18 MF Northern Ireland Shane Ferguson 42 3 28+10 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
19 MF England Chris Taylor (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 10 3 9+1 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW Wales Steve Morison 54 18 44+2 15 2+0 1 1+0 1 5+0 1
22 FW Republic of Ireland Aiden O'Brien 51 13 31+12 10 1+1 1 0+0 0 5+1 2
23 MF England Jack Powell 3 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 MF England Ben Thompson 33 2 19+9 1 2+0 1 0+0 0 1+2 0
26 MF Comoros Nadjim Abdou 31 1 27+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
27 DF Antigua and Barbuda Mahlon Romeo 18 1 18+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW England Jamie Philpot 6 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF England Noah Chesmain 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players out on loan:
7 FW England Paris Cowan-Hall (at Wycombe Wanderers) 6 0 0+3 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
29 FW England Alfie Pavey (at Aldershot Town) 6 0 0+4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the season:
21 MF England George Saville (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 15 0 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
25 MF England Jed Wallace (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 14 1 12+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0

Play-off Statistics

As of 19 July 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague One Play-offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF England Joe Martin 3 1 3+0 1
4 MF Trinidad and Tobago Carlos Edwards 3 0 3+0 0
5 DF England Tony Craig 3 0 1+2 0
6 MF Republic of Ireland Shaun Williams 3 0 0+3 0
9 FW England Lee Gregory 3 2 3+0 2
10 MF Nigeria Fred Onyedinma 1 0 0+1 0
13 GK Scotland Jordan Archer 3 0 3+0 0
16 DF England Mark Beevers 3 1 3+0 1
17 DF England Byron Webster 2 0 2+0 0
18 MF Northern Ireland Shane Ferguson 3 0 3+0 0
19 MF England Chris Taylor 3 0 3+0 0
20 FW Wales Steve Morison 3 1 3+0 1
22 FW Republic of Ireland Aiden O'Brien 2 0 0+2 0
24 MF England Ben Thompson 3 0 3+0 0
26 MF Comoros Nadjim Abdou 3 0 3+0 0

Goals record

As of 19 July 2016
Rank No. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Play-offs Total
1 9 FWEngland Lee Gregory 18106227
2 20FWEngland Steve Morison 15111119
3 22FWRepublic of Ireland Aiden O'Brien 10102013
4 17DFEngland Byron Webster 600006
16DFEngland Mark Beevers 400015
6 6 MFRepublic of Ireland Shaun Williams 200204
10MFNigeria Fred Onyedinma 400004
8 3 DFEngland Joe Martin 200013
18MFNorthern Ireland Shane Ferguson 300003
19MFEngland Chris Taylor 300003
11 24MFEngland Ben Thompson 110002
12 2 DFJamaica Shaun Cummings 100001
5 DFEngland Tony Craig 100001
25MFEngland Jed Wallace 100001
26MFComoros Nadjim Abdou 100001
27DFAntigua and Barbuda Mahlon Romeo 100001
Total 78416493

Disciplinary Record

As of 19 July 2016
Rank No. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Play-offs Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 3 DFEngland Joe Martin 10010002000130
2 6 MFRepublic of Ireland Shaun Williams 9100001000101
3 16DFEngland Mark Beevers 610000210082
17DFEngland Byron Webster 7010002000100
5 24MFEngland Ben Thompson 801000000090
6 20FWWales Steve Morison 600000000060
27DFAntigua and Barbuda Mahlon Romeo 510000000051
7 13GKScotland Jordan Archer 410000000041
19MFEngland Chris Taylor 400000001050
22FWRepublic of Ireland Aiden O'Brien 500000000050
10 11MFEngland Lee Martin 101010100040
21MFEngland George Saville 400000000040
12 5 DFEngland Tony Craig 300000000030
8 MFEngland Ed Upson 300000000030
9 FWEngland Lee Gregory 200000100030
15DFEngland Sid Nelson 200000100030
18MFNorthern Ireland Shane Ferguson 200000001030
26MFComoros Nadjim Abdou 300000000030
18 1 GKRepublic of Ireland David Forde 200000000020
25MFEngland Jed Wallace 200000000020
20 2 DFEngland Shaun Cummings 100000000010
4 MFTrinidad and Tobago Carlos Edwards 010000000001
10MFNigeria Fred Onyedinma 100000000010
28FWEngland Jamie Philpot 100000000010
Total 8754010112201056

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 GK Scotland Jordan Archer Tottenham Hotspur Free transfer [2]
1 July 2015 LB England Joe Martin Gillingham Free transfer [2]
1 July 2015 RB Antigua and Barbuda Mahlon Romeo Gillingham Free transfer [3]
4 July 2015 CB England Tony Craig Brentford Free transfer [4]
4 August 2015 CF England Steve Morison Leeds United Undisclosed [5]
6 August 2015 DF England Christian Mbulu Brentwood Town Free transfer [6]
24 August 2015 RB Trinidad and Tobago Carlos Edwards Millwall Free transfer [7]
26 January 2016 LM Northern Ireland Shane Ferguson Newcastle United Undisclosed [8]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CM England Nicky Bailey Barnet Released [9]
1 July 2015 LB Guyana Matthew Briggs Colchester United [lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [9]
1 July 2015 CB England Dylan Casey Kingstonian Released [9]
1 July 2015 CM England Richard Chaplow Doncaster Rovers [lower-alpha 2] Free transfer [9]
1 July 2015 RB Republic of Ireland Alan Dunne Leyton Orient Released [9]
1 July 2015 RB Trinidad and Tobago Carlos Edwards Millwall [lower-alpha 3] N/A [9]
1 July 2015 AM France Sofiane El-Bekri Free Agent Released [9]
1 July 2015 CF Jamaica Ricardo Fuller Oldham Athletic Released [9]
1 July 2015 GK England Denzel Gerrar Histon [lower-alpha 4] Free transfer [9]
1 July 2015 CB England Jake Goodman Free Agent Margatw [9]
1 July 2015 LW Senegal Magaye Gueye Adanaspor Released [9]
1 July 2015 RB Trinidad and Tobago Justin Hoyte Dagenham & Redbridge Released [9]
1 July 2015 CF Austria Stefan Maierhofer Free Agent Released [9]
1 July 2015 CM Spain Ángel Martínez Chesterfield [lower-alpha 5] Released [9]
1 July 2015 CB Nigeria Danny Shittu Free Agent Released [9]
1 July 2015 RB England Josh Siafa Free Agent Released [9]
1 July 2015 CB England Callum Webb Kingstonian Released [9]
1 July 2015 LW England Martyn Woolford Sheffield United [lower-alpha 6] Free transfer [9]
  1. Following Briggs' release he joined Colchester United.[10]
  2. Following Chaplow's release he joined Doncaster Rovers.[11]
  3. Following Edwards overcoming a serious knee injury he re-signed for Millwall.[7]
  4. Following Gerrar's release he joined Histon.[12]
  5. Following Ángel's release he joined Chesterfield.[13]
  6. Following Woolford's release he joined Sheffield United.[14]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
7 August 2015 LM Northern Ireland Shane Ferguson Newcastle United 9 January 2016[lower-alpha 1] [16]
6 October 2015 CM England George Saville Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 November 2016 [17]
8 January 2016 AM England Jed Wallace Wolverhampton Wanderers 16 March 2016 [18]
17 March 2016 LM England Chris Taylor Blackburn Rovers End of Season [19]
  1. On 1 September 2015, Ferguson's loan was extended until 9 January 2016.[15]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
24 July 2015 GK England Tom King Welling United 21 August 2015 [20]
26 September 2015 CF England Alfie Pavey Barnet 25 October 2015 [21]
23 November 2015 RW England Paris Cowan-Hall Bristol Rovers 22 December 2015 [22]
8 January 2016 CF England Alfie Pavey Aldershot Town 7 February 2016 [23]
15 January 2016 LM England Lee Martin Northampton Town 14 February 2016 [24]
23 January 2016 RW England Paris Cowan-Hall Wycombe Wanderers End of Season [25]
19 February 2016 GK England Tom King Braintree Town 18 March 2016 [26]
22 February 2016 CF Northern Ireland John Marquis Northampton Town End of Season [27]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 5 May 2015, Millwall announced a pre-season friendly with AFC Wimbledon to take place on 18 July 2015.[28] On 29 May 2015, Millwall added Stevenage to their pre-season schedule.[29] On 1 June 2015, the club announced a friendly against Bromley.[30] On 10 June 2015, Millwall announced they will host Portuguese side Tondela on 1 August 2015.[31]

League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Burton Albion (P) 46 25 10 11 57 37 +20 85 Promotion to Football League Championship
3 Walsall 46 24 12 10 71 49 +22 84 Qualification for League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Millwall 46 24 9 13 73 49 +24 81
5 Bradford City 46 23 11 12 55 40 +15 80
6 Barnsley (O, P) 46 22 8 16 70 54 +16 74
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
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

Result by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Result W L L D L W W L W D L W D W W D W L W L L L W L W W W D W W L W D D W D W L W D W L W W W W
Position 6 13 15 15 19 18 12 13 11 12 15 13 14 10 8 7 8 11 7 7 11 11 9 10 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4

Last updated: 8 May 2016.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Play Off

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Millwall were drawn at home against Barnet.[32]

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. Lions will host Peterborough United.[33] On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Millwall are to host Northampton Town.[34]

References

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  8. "Millwall seal permanent deal for Ferguson". Millwall FC. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Dunne among 18 released by Millwall". BBC Sport. 7 May 2015.
  10. "Matthew Briggs: Colchester United sign former Millwall defender". BBC Sport. 22 June 2015.
  11. "Doncaster Rovers sign midfielder Richard Chaplow". The Star. 6 July 2015.
  12. "Gerrar signs". Histon FC. 5 May 2015.
  13. "Angel Martinez: Chesterfield sign free agent Spanish midfielder". BBC Sport. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  14. "Blades sign winger Woolford". ITV Sport. 14 July 2015.
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  18. "Jed Wallace: Millwall sign Wolves midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  19. "Chris Taylor: Millwall re-sign Blackburn midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  20. "Millwall youngster King joins Welling on loan". Millwall FC. 24 July 2015.
  21. "Alfie Pavey: Barnet sign Millwall striker on loan". BBC Sport. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  22. "Bristol Rovers: Paris Cowan-Hall signs on loan from Millwall". BBC Sport. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  23. "Millwall: Aldershot sign striker Alfie Pavey on loan". BBC Sport. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  24. "Lee Martin: Millwall winger joins Northampton Town on loan". BBC Sport. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  25. "Paris Cowan-Hall: Wycombe re-sign winger from Millwall". BBC Sport. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  26. "Braintree Town sign Millwall goalkeeper Tom King on loan". BBC Sport. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  27. "John Marquis: Northampton Town re-sign Millwall striker". BBC Sport. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  28. "AFC Wimbledon date confirmed". Millwall FC. 5 May 2015.
  29. "Millwall to play Teddy Sherringham's Stevenage in a pre-season friendly". Millwall FC. 29 May 2015.
  30. "Millwall to face local side Bromley in a pre-season friendly". Millwall FC. 1 June 2015.
  31. "Millwall to host Portuguese Primeira Liga side CD Tondela". Millwall FC. 10 June 2015.
  32. "Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 1 Draw". Capital One Cup. 16 June 2015.
  33. "Lions drawn at home to Posh in JPT 1". Millwall FC. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  34. "Johnstone's Paint Trophy Round 2 draw". Football League. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
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