2015–16 Crawley Town F.C. season
# 2015–16 Crawley Town F.C. season

The 2015–16 season will be Crawley Town's 120th season in their history and their first season back in League Two since being relegated from League One the previous season. Along with League Two, the club also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Competitions

### Pre-season friendlies

On 5 May 2015, Crawley Town announced a friendly against Brighton & Hove Albion on 22 July 2015. On 6 May 2015, Crawley added a trip to Burgess Hill Town on 15 July 2015 as part of their pre-season schedule. On 12 May 2015, Crawley Town announced a third friendly, they will visit Maidstone United on 25 July 2015. On 27 May 2015, Crawley Town announced another two friendlies against Reading and Nuneaton Town. A day later the club confirmed Fulham will visit on 18 July 2015. On 16 June 2015, Crawley Town announced they will visit Whitehawk during pre-season.

### League Two

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Stevenage | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 48 |
| 19 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 48 |
| 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 |

**Matches**

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Crawley Town were drawn away against Peterborough United.

### Football League Trophy

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Crawley are to host Southend United.

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Joe McNerney | Woking | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Simon Walton | Stevenage | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Luke Rooney | Ebbsfleet United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Shamir Fenelon | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free transfer |
| 8 July 2015 | DF | Jon Ashton | Stevenage | Free transfer |
| 27 July 2015 | FW | Lee Barnard | Southend United | Free transfer |
| 27 July 2015 | MF | Roarie Deacon | Stevenage | Free transfer |
| 29 July 2015 | GK | Callum Preston | Birmingham City | Free transfer |
| 7 August 2015 | DF | Bryan van den Bogaert | Royal Antwerp | Free transfer |
| 17 September 2015 | MF | Ross Jenkins | Watford | Free transfer |
| 16 October 2015 | GK | Darryl Flahavan | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 19 February 2016 | MF | Andy Bond | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 26 February 2016 | MF | Lyle Della-Verde | Fleetwood Town | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Blair Anderson | Basford United | Released | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Charles Banya | Maidstone United | Released | [24] [lower-alpha 1] |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | John Cofie | Wrexham F.C. | Released | [24] [lower-alpha 2] |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Ryan Dickson | Yeovil Town | Nominal | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Marvin Elliott | - | Released | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Bradley Issacs | - | Released | |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Brian Jensen | Mansfield Town | Free transfer | |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Dean Leacock | Whitehawk F.C. | Released | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Dean Morgan | U.S. Ancona 1905 | Released | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Emmett O'Connor | - | Released | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Ryan Richefond | Loxwood F.C. | Released | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Josh Simpson | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer | |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Joe Walsh | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Kelly Youga | - | Released | |
| 22 August 2015 | FW | Izale McLeod | Notts County | Undisclosed | |
| 29 August 2015 | DF | Bryan van den Bogaert | Whitehawk | Released | |
| 4 January 2016 | MF | Conor Henderson | Grimsby Town | Released | |
| 19 February 2016 | MF | Ross Jenkins | Poli Timișoara | Released | |
| 8 March 2016 | MF | Luke Rooney | Arizona United | Released | |

* ↑ Following Banya's release, he joined Maidstone United in November 2015
* ↑ Following Cofie's release, he later joined Wrexham F.C. in November 2015, on non-contract terms
* ↑ Following Jensen's release on 10 June 2015, he later joined Mansfield Town on 24 June 2015.
* ↑ Following Simpson's release on 10 June 2015, he later joined Plymouth Argyle on 6 July 2015.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 July 2015 | GK | Freddie Woodman | Newcastle United | 2 January 2016 |
| 31 July 2015 | DF | Liam Donnelly | Fulham | 27 August 2015 |
| 20 August 2015 | DF | Christian Scales | Crystal Palace | 2 January 2016 |
| 17 September 2015 | FW | Rhys Murphy | Oldham Athletic | 19 December 2015 |
| 29 September 2015 | DF | Josh Yorwerth | Ipswich Town | End of season |
| 2 October 2015 | DF | Mitch Hancox | Birmingham City | 2 January 2016 |
| 26 November 2015 | DF | Josh Emmanuel | Ipswich Town | 2 January 2016 |
| 9 January 2016 | DF | George Smith | Barnsley | 6 February 2016 |
| 14 January 2016 | MF | Chris Atkinson | Crewe Alexandra | 7 March 2016 |
| 1 February 2016 | GK | Paul Jones | Portsmouth | 23 March 2016 |
| 19 February 2016 | DF | Tom Dallison | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 March 2016 |
| 26 February 2016 | MF | Frankie Sutherland | Queens Park Rangers | 7 May 2016 |
| 1 March 2016 | DF | Charles Banya | Blackpool | End of season |
| 10 March 2016 | FW | Liam McAlinden | Wolverhampton Wanderers | End of season |
| 23 March 2016 | GK | Jack Rose | West Bromwich Albion | End of season |

* ↑ Donnelly's loan was extended on 28 August 2015, until 2 January 2016.

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 August 2015 | FW | Shamir Fenelon | Whitehawk | 26 September 2015 | |
| 27 November 2015 | MF | Conor Henderson | Grimsby Town | 30 December 2015 | |
