2015–16 Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. season
# 2015–16 Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is Dagenham & Redbridge's 9th season in the Football League and fifth consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Match details

### Football League Two

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 45 | 78 | −33 | 47 | |
| 21 | Morecambe | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 69 | 91 | −22 | 46 | |
| 22 | Newport County | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 43 | |
| 23 | Dagenham & Redbridge (R) | 46 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 46 | 81 | −35 | 34 | Relegation to the National League |
| 24 | York City (R) | 46 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 51 | 87 | −36 | 34 | Relegation to the National League |

**Matches**

Football League Two match details :

| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 August 2015 | 22nd | Portsmouth | A | L | 0–3 | | 16,948 |
| 15 August 2015 | 24th | Leyton Orient | H | L | 1–3 | Cureton 90' | 3,336 |
| 18 August 2015 | 24th | Exeter City | H | L | 1–2 | Jones 86' | 1,567 |
| 22 August 2015 | 24th | Wycombe Wanderers | A | D | 1–1 | McClure 7' | 3,343 |
| 29 August 2015 | 23rd | Stevenage | H | D | 1–1 | Hemmings 29' | 1,653 |
| 5 September 2015 | 20th | Northampton Town | A | W | 2–1 | McClure (2) 28', 39' | 4,032 |
| 12 September 2015 | 21st | Carlisle United | A | L | 1–2 | Doidge 11' | 3,871 |
| 19 September 2015 | 23rd | Newport County | H | D | 0–0 | | 1,654 |
| 26 September 2015 | 22nd | Barnet | A | L | 1–3 | Jones 66' | 2,079 |
| 29 September 2015 | 23rd | Notts County | H | D | 1–1 | Jones 72' | 1,327 |
| 3 October 2015 | 23rd | Mansfield Town | H | L | 3–4 | McClure 9', Chambers (2) 30', 32' | 1,597 |
| 10 October 2015 | 23rd | Yeovil Town | A | D | 2–2 | Ferdinand 18', Raymond 44' | 3,204 |
| 17 October 2015 | 23rd | Hartlepool United | H | L | 0–1 | | 1,771 |
| 20 October 2015 | 22nd | York City | A | D | 2–2 | Hemmings 31', Cureton 56' | 2,559 |
| 24 October 2015 | 24th | Accrington Stanley | A | L | 1–3 | Nosworthy 62' | 1,104 |
| 1 November 2015 | 24th | Luton Town | H | L | 0–2 | | 2,723 |
| 21 November 2015 | 24th | Oxford United | H | L | 0–1 | | 1,980 |
| 24 November 2015 | 22nd | AFC Wimbledon | A | W | 1–0 | Cureton 80' | 3,557 |
| 28 November 2015 | 22nd | Plymouth Argyle | H | D | 1–1 | Labadie 59' | 2,334 |
| 1 December 2015 | 22nd | Morecambe | A | L | 0–1 | | 1,027 |
| 12 December 2015 | 22nd | Crawley Town | A | L | 2–3 | Doidge 64', Cureton 85' | 1,543 |
| 19 December 2015 | 24th | Bristol Rovers | H | L | 0–3 | | 1,820 |
| 26 December 2015 | 24th | Cambridge United | H | L | 0–3 | | 2,425 |
| 28 December 2015 | 23rd | Stevenage | A | W | 3–1 | Chambers 18', Labadie 19', Doidge 37' | 3,152 |
| 2 January 2016 | 22nd | Exeter City | A | W | 2–1 | Labadie 11', Chambers 74' | 3,451 |
| 16 January 2016 | 22nd | Northampton Town | H | L | 1–2 | Doidge 62' | 2,379 |
| 23 January 2016 | 23rd | Newport County | A | D | 2–2 | Doidge 1', Worrall 6' | 2,323 |
| 6 February 2016 | 23rd | Cambridge United | A | L | 0–1 | | 4,494 |
| 9 February 2016 | 23rd | Wycombe Wanderers | H | L | 1–2 | Guttridge 72' | 1,446 |
| 13 February 2016 | 24th | Barnet | H | L | 0–2 | | 1,728 |
| 20 February 2016 | 24th | Mansfield Town | A | L | 2–3 | Hawkins 42', Cureton 86' | 2,822 |
| 27 February 2016 | 24th | Yeovil Town | H | L | 0–1 | | 2,942 |
| 27 February 2016 | 24th | Notts County | A | D | 0–0 | | 3,147 |
| 5 March 2016 | 24th | York City | H | W | 1–0 | Passley 78' | 1,767 |
| 8 March 2016 | 24th | Carlisle United | H | D | 0–0 | | 1,695 |
| 12 March 2016 | 24th | Hartlepool United | A | L | 1–3 | Cash 33' | 3,947 |
| 15 March 2016 | 24th | Oxford United | A | L | 0–4 | | 5,319 |
| 19 March 2016 | 24th | Accrington Stanley | H | L | 0–1 | | 1,345 |
| 5 April 2016 | 24th | Morecambe | H | W | 2–1 | Labadie 8', Cureton 30' | 1,233 |
| 9 April 2016 | 24th | Portsmouth | H | L | 1–4 | Hemmings 34' | 3,122 |
| 12 April 2016 | 24th | Luton Town | A | L | 0–1 | | 6,997 |
| 16 April 2016 | 24th | Leyton Orient | A | L | 2–3 | Cureton 59', Dikamona 60' | 5,696 |
| 19 April 2016 | 24th | AFC Wimbledon | H | L | 0–2 | | 2,027 |
| 23 April 2016 | 24th | Plymouth Argyle | A | W | 3–2 | Dikamona 13', Cash 24', Doidge 41' | 9,211 |
| 30 April 2016 | 23rd | Crawley Town | H | W | 3–0 | Doidge (2) 51', 53', Hemmings 80' | 1,643 |
| 7 May 2016 | 23rd | Bristol Rovers | A | L | 1–2 | Cash 12' | 11,130 |

### FA Cup

FA Cup match details :

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First round | 7 November 2015 | Morecambe | H | D | 0–0 | | 900 |
| First round replay | 17 November 2015 | Morecambe | A | W | 4–2 | Vassell (2) 13' pen., 50', Dunne 37', Labadie 70' | 1,176 |
| Second round | 6 December 2015 | Whitehawk | H | D | 1–1 | Cureton 5' | 1,983 |
| Second round replay | 16 December 2015 | Whitehawk | A | W | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Vassell 44', Passley 77', Obileye 100' | 2,174 |
| Third round | 9 January 2016 | Everton | A | L | 0–2 | | 30,918 |

### Football League Cup

Football League Cup match details :

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First round | 11 August 2015 | Charlton Athletic | A | L | 1–4 | Doidge 69' | 5,100 | |

### Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy match details :

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First round | 1 September 2015 | Cambridge United | A | W | 2–0 | Hemmings 20', McClure 27' | 1,618 |
| Second round | 7 October 2015 | Stevenage | A | W | 2–1 | Cureton 53', Chambers 55' | 1,401 |
| Southern quarter final | 11 November 2015 | Oxford United | H | L | 0–2 | | 1,011 |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Player | Club† | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| 30 June 2015 | Nyron Nosworthy | Blackpool | Free |
| 16 July 2015 | Josh Passley | (Fulham) | Free |
| 16 July 2015 | Matt McClure | (Wycombe Wanderers) | Free |
| 2 August 2015 | Matt Richards | (Cheltenham Town) | Free |
| 6 August 2015 | Kane Ferdinand | (Peterborough United) | Free |
| 11 August 2015 | Clévid Dikamona | Poiré-sur-Vie | Free |
| 30 September 2015 | Justin Hoyte | (Millwall) | Free |
| 15 January 2016 | Oliver Hawkins | Hemel Hempstead Town | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2016 | Luke Guttridge | (Luton Town) | Free |
| 29 March 2016 | Luke Pennell | Dunstable Town | Free |

    † Brackets around club names denote the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Dagenham & Redbridge.

### Out

| Date | Player | Club† | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 June 2015 | Abu Ogogo | Shrewsbury Town | Free |
| 1 July 2015 | Scott Doe | (Boreham Wood) | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | Brian Saah | (Woking) | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | Billy Bingham | (Crewe Alexandra) | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | Luke Howell | (Boreham Wood) | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | Bradley Goldberg | (Bromley) | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | Mason Bloomfield | (Chelmsford City) | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | Jon Nouble | (Bishop's Stortford) | Released |
| 25 August 2015 | Matt Partridge | (Basingstoke Town) | Released |
| 1 February 2016 | Kane Ferdinand | (East Thurrock United) | Released |
| 9 February 2016 | Nyron Nosworthy | | Retired |

    † Brackets around club names denote the player joined that club after his Dagenham & Redbridge contract expired.

### Loans in

| Date | Name | From | End date |
| - | - | - | - |
| 6 August 2015 | Niko Hämäläinen | Queens Park Rangers | 10 October 2015 |
| 18 August 2015 | Ayo Obileye | Charlton Athletic | 2 January 2016 |
| 7 October 2015 | Jake Mulraney | Queens Park Rangers | 5 December 2015 |
| 9 October 2015 | Frankie Sutherland | Queens Park Rangers | 5 November 2015 |
| 16 October 2015 | Josh Pask | West Ham United | 16 January 2016 |
| 28 October 2015 | James Dunne | Portsmouth | 2 January 2016 |
| 6 November 2015 | Kyle Vassell | Peterborough United | 2 January 2016 |
| 7 January 2016 | Ollie Muldoon | Charlton Athletic | End of the season |
| 8 January 2016 | Joe Worrall | Nottingham Forest | 5 April 2016 |
| 14 January 2016 | Harry Hickford | Milton Keynes Dons | 14 February 2016 |
| 1 February 2016 | Dominic Hyam | Reading | 7 May 2016 |
| 4 March 2016 | Matty Cash | Nottingham Forest | End of the season |
| 15 March 2016 | Quade Taylor | Bolton Wanderers | End of the season |

### Loans out

| Date | Name | From | End date |
| - | - | - | - |
| 13 August 2015 | Ian Gayle | St Albans City | 13 September 2015 |
| 4 September 2015 | Adeoye Yusuff | St Albans City | 3 October 2015 |
| 14 October 2015 | Adeoye Yusuff | Leatherhead | 14 November 2015 |
| 6 November 2015 | Ian Gayle | Bishop's Stortford | 2 January 2016 |
| 21 November 2015 | Adeoye Yusuff | East Thurrock United | 5 January 2016 |
| 1 February 2016 | Ian Gayle | Welling United | End of season |
| 1 February 2016 | Adeoye Yusuff | Welling United | End of season |
| 18 March 2016 | Jodi Jones | Coventry City | End of season |

## Appearances and goals

    Source:
    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club with Dagenham & Redbridge.
    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

Players contracted for the 2015–16 season :

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Liam O'Brien | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Josh Passley | 36 (2) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 (3) | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | IRL | Jack Connors | 7 (2) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 (3) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Joss Labadie | 26 (2) | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 (2) | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | JAM | Nyron Nosworthy † | 16 (1) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 (1) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CGO | Clévid Dikamona | 23 (4) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 29 (5) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Jamie Cureton | 21 (17) | 7 | 4 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 26 (19) | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | TRI | Andre Boucaud | 21 (4) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NIR | Matt McClure | 11 (9) | 4 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 (10) | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Ashley Chambers | 22 (10) | 4 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 (11) | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Zavon Hines | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | WAL | Christian Doidge | 29 (6) | 8 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 32 (10) | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Matt Richards | 9 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Kyle Vassell * † | 4 (4) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (4) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Oliver Hawkins | 4 (14) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (14) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Ian Gayle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Jodi Jones | 12 (15) | 3 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 (17) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Frankie Raymond | 8 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 10 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Adeoye Yusuff | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | FIN | Niko Hämäläinen * † | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Quade Taylor * | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Matt Partridge † | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | IRL | Frankie Sutherland * † | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Ollie Muldoon * | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | IRL | Jake Mulraney * † | 3 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 4 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Luke Guttridge | 2 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Ashley Hemmings | 37 (2) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 44 (3) | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Josh Pask * † | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Joe Worrall * † | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | IRL | Kane Ferdinand † | 14 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 (1) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Matty Cash * | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | James Dunne * † | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Dominic Hyam * | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Scott Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Jimmy Shepherd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Ayo Obileye * † | 15 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 19 (2) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Luke Pennell | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Mark Cousins | 22 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Tyrique Hyde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | TRI | Justin Hoyte | 23 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 (3) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Joe Widdowson | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Harry Hickford * † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Kai Heather | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ENG | Lewis Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
