2015–16 Cambridge United F.C. season

Cambridge United

2015–16 season
Chairman	Dave Doggett
Manager	Richard Money until 2 November 2015 Shaun Derry from 12 November 2015
Stadium	Abbey Stadium
League Two	9th
FA Cup	2nd round (knocked out by Doncaster Rovers)
League Cup	1st round (knocked out by Rotherham United)
League Trophy	1st round (knocked out by Dagenham & Redbridge)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2015–16 season was Cambridge United's 103rd season in their history and their second consecutive season in League Two.^[1] Along with League Two, the club also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Squad

Squad details at start of season

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps *	Goals *	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Chris Dunn	GK		Havering	29	43	0	Yeovil Town	10 June 2014	Free	2016
13	Sam Beasant	GK		Hendon	28	0	0	Stevenage	3 July 2015	Free	2016
Defenders
2	Elliot Omozusi	RB		Hackney	27	0	0	Leyton Orient	12 June 2015	Free	2017
3	Greg Taylor	LB		Bedford	26	89	0	Luton Town	20 June 2013	Free	2017
5	Mark Roberts	CB		Northwich	33	0	0	Fleetwood Town	25 May 2015	Free	2017
6	Leon Legge	CB		Bexhill-on-Sea	31	0	0	Gillingham	19 May 2015	Free	2017
14	Josh Coulson	CB		Cambridge	27	242	13	Academy	6 October 2007 #	Trainee	2016
22	George Taft	LB		Leicester	23	0	0	Burton Albion	31 July 2015	Loanee	January 2016
29	Danny Burns	CB			20	0	0	Academy		Trainee	2016
Midfielders
4	Keith Keane	CM		Luton	30	0	0	Preston North End	27 May 2015	Free	2017
7	Ryan Donaldson	AM		Newcastle upon Tyne	25	78	12	Gateshead	23 May 2013	Free	2017
8	Luke Berry	CM		Cambridge	24	128	22	Barnsley	15 June 2015	Undisclosed	2019
11	Harrison Dunk	LW		London	26	101	12	Bromley	7 June 2011	Free	2016
16	Gearóid Morrissey	CM		Cork, Ireland	25	8	0	Cork City	22 December 2014	Free	2016
17	Liam Hughes	AM		Rotherham	24	145	13	Academy	9 November 2010 #	Trainee	2016
18	Jeff Hughes	LM		Larne	31	0	0	Fleetwood Town	14 July 2015	Free	2017
24	Conor Newton	CM		Newcastle upon Tyne	25	0	0	Rotherham United	16 July 2015	Free	2017
27	Matt Lowe	CM			20	0	0	Academy		Trainee	2016
28	Ryan Horne	CM			21	0	0	Academy		Trainee	2016
32	Dylan Williams	RM			17	0	0	Academy		Trainee	2016
Forwards
9	Jordan Slew	CF		Sheffield	24	13	1	Blackburn Rovers	6 February 2015	Free	2016
10	Barry Corr	CF		Newcastle, Ireland	31	0	0	Southend United	2 June 2015	Free	2017
15	Robbie Simpson	CF		Poole	31	67	25	Leyton Orient	9 June 2014	Free	2016
19	Daniel Carr	CF		Lambeth	23	0	0	Huddersfield Town	25 June 2015	Free	2017
20	Jordan Chiedozie	CF		Bournemouth	22	6	0	Concord Rangers	28 November 2014	Free	2016
21	Rory Gaffney	CF		Galway, Ireland	27	0	0	Limerick	25 November 2014	Free	2016
26	James Akintunde	CF		Brent	20	1	0	Academy	14 February 2015 #	Trainee	2016
Out on Loan
	Will Norris	GK		Watford	23	18	0	Royston Town	16 July 2012	Free	2017

* Player appearances and goals for the club as of beginning of 2015–16 season.
# Date of first team debut

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CM		Luke Berry	Barnsley	Undisclosed	[2]
1 July 2015	CF		Daniel Carr	Huddersfield Town	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2015	CF		Barry Corr	Southend United	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2015	CM		Keith Keane	Preston North End	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2015	CB		Leon Legge	Gillingham	Free transfer	[6]
1 July 2015	RB		Elliot Omozusi	Leyton Orient	Free transfer	[7]
1 July 2015	CB		Mark Roberts	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	[8]
3 July 2015	GK		Sam Beasant	Stevenage	Free transfer	[9]
14 July 2015	LM		Jeff Hughes	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	[10]
16 July 2015	CM		Conor Newton	Rotherham United	Free transfer	[11]
14 January 2016	CM		James Dunne	Portsmouth	Free transfer	[12]
15 January 2016	FW		Ben Williamson	Gillingham	Undisclosed	[13]
30 January 2016	FW		Jimmy Spencer	Notts County	Free transfer	[14]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	AM		Nathan Arnold	Grimsby Town [lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer	[16]
1 July 2015	LM		Mitch Austin	Central Coast Mariners [lower-alpha 2]	Free transfer	[16]
1 July 2015	ST		Ayrton Bevins	Free Agent	Released	[16]
1 July 2015	CF		Ryan Bird	Yeovil Town [lower-alpha 3]	Free transfer	[16]
1 July 2015	CM		Tom Champion	Barnet [lower-alpha 4]	Free transfer	[16]
1 July 2015	RM		Luke Chadwick	Free Agent	Released	[16]
1 July 2015	CF		Tom Elliott	AFC Wimbledon [lower-alpha 5]	Free transfer	[16]
1 July 2015	DM		Johnny Hunt	Chester [lower-alpha 6]	Free transfer	[22]
1 July 2015	CB		Matteo Lanzoni	Free Agent	Released	[16]
1 July 2015	CB		Ian Miller	Free Agent	Released	[16]
1 July 2015	CB		Michael Nelson	Barnet [lower-alpha 7]	Free transfer	[16]
1 July 2015	RB		Richard Tait	Grimsby Town [lower-alpha 8]	Free transfer	[16]
1 July 2015	LM		Bobby-Joe Taylor	Maidstone United [lower-alpha 9]	Free transfer	[16]
10 December 2015	CM		Gearóid Morrissey	Cork City	Free transfer	[26]
29 December 2015	CF		Jordan Chiedozie	Boreham Wood [lower-alpha 10]	Free transfer	[28]
14 January 2016	CF		Rory Gaffney	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed	[29]
30 January 2016	AM		Liam Hughes	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free transfer	[30]
1 February 2016	CF		Jordan Slew	Chesterfield [lower-alpha 11]	Free transfer	[32]

1. Following Arnold's release he joined Grimsby Town.^[15]
2. Following Austin's release he joined Central Coast Mariners.^[17]
3. Following Bird's release he joined Yeovil Town.^[18]
4. Following Champion's release he joined Barnet.^[19]
5. Following Elliott's release he joined AFC Wimbledon.^[20]
6. Following Hunt's release he joined Chester.^[21]
7. Following Nelson's release he joined Barnet.^[23]
8. Following Tait's release he joined Grimsby Town.^[24]
9. Following Taylor's release he joined Maidstone United.^[25]
10. Following Chiedozie's release he joined Boreham Wood.^[27]
11. Following Slew's release he joined Chesterfield.^[31]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
31 July 2015	LB		George Taft	Burton Albion	28 October 2015	[33][34]
21 August 2015	CF		Jacob Blyth	Leicester City	21 September 2015	[35]
1 September 2015	LB		Mickey Demetriou	Shrewsbury Town	4 January 2016	[36]
15 October 2015	RB		Alie Sesay	Leicester City	15 November 2015	[37]
19 November 2015	CB		Terry Kennedy	Sheffield United	2 January 2016	[38]
19 November 2015	FW		Ben Williamson	Gillingham	3 January 2016	[38]
20 November 2015	MF		Ryan Ledson	Everton	End of season	[39][40][41][42][43]
24 November 2015	RB		Cameron Gayle	Oxford United	24 January 2016	[44]
26 November 2015	MF		Jordan Jones	Middlesbrough	18 December 2015	[45]
2 January 2016	DF		Lewis Page	West Ham United	6 March 2016	[40][41]
5 January 2016	DF		Darnell Furlong	Queens Park Rangers	End of season	[41][46][47][48]
16 January 2016	FW		Karlan Ahearne-Grant	Charlton Athletic	13 February 2016	[49]
1 February 2016	DF		Shane O'Neill	Apollon Limassol	End of season	[50]
13 February 2016	DF		Ryan Haynes	Coventry City	End of season	[51]
5 March 2016	MF		Zeli Ismail	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season	[42]
25 March 2016	MF		Max Clark	Hull City	22 April 2016	[52]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
7 July 2015	GK		Will Norris	Braintree Town	8 January 2016	[53]
18 August 2015	FW		Jordan Chiedozie	Braintree Town	17 September 2015	[54]
11 September 2015	DF		Danny Burns	Lowestoft Town	16 October 2015	[55]
18 September 2015	MF		Matt Lowe	Wealdstone	17 October 2015	[56]
17 October 2015	FW		James Akintunde	Brackley Town	16 November 2015	[57]
30 October 2015	DF		Danny Burns	Bishop's Stortford	29 November 2015	[58]
3 November 2015	MF		Ryan Horne	St Neots Town	23 November 2015	[58]
7 November 2015	MF		Matt Lowe	Wealdstone	6 December 2015	[58]
26 November 2015	FW		Rory Gaffney	Bristol Rovers	3 January 2016	[45]
26 November 2015	FW		Daniel Carr	Aldershot Town	9 January 2016	[45]
2 January 2016	MF		Jeff Hughes	Tranmere Rovers	End of Season	[59]
2 January 2016	DF		Danny Burns	Lowestoft Town	End of Season	[40]
8 January 2016	MF		Matt Lowe	Brackley Town	End of Season	[60]
14 January 2016	MF		Keith Keane	Stevenage	20 February 2016	[12]
6 February 2016	MF		Dylan Williams	Soham Town Rangers	12 April 2016	[61]
5 March 2016	FW		Daniel Carr	Woking	9 April 2016	[62]
5 March 2016	FW		James Akintunde	Needham Market	9 April 2016	[63]
5 March 2016	GK		Sam McDermid	Soham Town Rangers	9 April 2016	[64]
25 March 2016	MF		Keith Keane	Stevenage	22 April 2016	[52]

Appearances

No. Nat. Player Pos. League Two FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total 1 Chris Dunn GK 11 1 1 13 2 Elliot Omozusi DF 9+5 1 1 11+5 3 Greg Taylor DF 12+4 2 1 15+4 4 Keith Keane MF 3+1 1 4+1 5 Mark Roberts DF 26+4 2 1 1 30+4 6 Leon Legge DF 39 1 40 7 Ryan Donaldson MF 18+12 2 0+1 20+13 8 Luke Berry MF 41+5 2 1 1 45+5 9 Jordan Slew FW 4+6 1 1 6+6 10 Barry Corr FW 19+3 2 21+3 11 Harrison Dunk MF 41+4 2 0+1 43+5 12 Jacob Blyth FW 2+3 1 3+3 12 Alie Sesay DF 5 1 6 12 Terry Kennedy DF 2 2 12 Lewis Page DF 6 6 12 Max Clark MF 7+2 7+2 13 Sam Beasant GK 14+1 1 1 16+1 14 Josh Coulson DF 22+1 1 1 24+1 15 Robbie Simpson FW 14+17 1+1 1 0+1 16+19 16 Gearóid Morrissey MF 0+2 1 1+2 16 James Dunne MF 19 19 17 Liam Hughes MF 11+5 0+1 0+1 11+7 17 Shane O'Neill DF 1+1 1+1 18 Jeff Hughes MF 7+2 1 1 9+2 19 Daniel Carr FW 1+3 1 0+1 2+4 20 Jordan Chiedozie FW 0+2 0+2 20 Karlan Ahearne-Grant FW 1+2 1+2 20 Zeli Ismail MF 8+3 8+3 21 Rory Gaffney FW 3+3 0+1 3+4 21 Jimmy Spencer FW 11+7 11+7 22 George Taft DF 10+1 1 1 12+1 22 Ben Williamson FW 27+1 27+1 23 Ryan Ledson MF 27 1 28 24 Conor Newton MF 16+6 1+1 0+1 1 18+8 25 Mickey Demetriou DF 12+3 1+1 1 14+4 25 Darnell Furlong DF 21 21 26 James Akintunde FW 27 Matt Lowe MF 28 Ryan Horne MF 29 Danny Burns DF 32 Dylan Williams MF 0+1 0+1 33 Leon Davies DF 34 Cameron Gayle DF 4 4 34 Ryan Haynes DF 10 10 35 Jordan Jones MF 1 1 35 Will Norris GK 21 21 Goalscorers No. Nat. Player Pos. League Two FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total 5 Mark Roberts DF 2 2 6 Leon Legge DF 3 3 7 Ryan Donaldson MF 2 2 8 Luke Berry MF 12 1 13 10 Barry Corr FW 12 12 11 Harrison Dunk MF 4 4 12 Jacob Blyth FW 1 1 14 Josh Coulson DF 1 1 15 Robbie Simpson FW 4 4 16 James Dunne MF 1 1 18 Jeff Hughes MF 1 1 20 Zeli Ismail MF 1 1 21 Rory Gaffney FW 2 2 21 Jimmy Spencer FW 6 6 22 George Taft DF 1 1 22 Ben Williamson FW 12 12 34 Cameron Gayle DF 1 1 Own Goals 1 1 Totals 66 2 0 0 68 Yellow cards No. Nat. Player Pos. League Two FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total 3 Greg Taylor DF 1 1 4 Keith Keane MF 1 1 5 Mark Roberts DF 5 1 6 6 Leon Legge DF 4 4 7 Ryan Donaldson MF 1 1 8 Luke Berry MF 8 1 9 9 Jordan Slew FW 1 1 10 Barry Corr FW 3 1 4 11 Harrison Dunk MF 1 1 2 12 Jacob Blyth FW 1 1 12 Terry Kennedy DF 1 1 12 Max Clark MF 1 1 14 Josh Coulson DF 1 1 15 Robbie Simpson FW 1 1 16 James Dunne MF 7 7 17 Liam Hughes MF 2 1 3 18 Jeff Hughes MF 1 1 21 Jimmy Spencer FW 4 4 22 George Taft DF 2 2 23 Ryan Ledson MF 5 1 6 24 Conor Newton MF 3 3 25 Darnell Furlong DF 7 7 34 Ryan Haynes DF 1 1 35 Will Norris GK 2 2 Totals 62 6 0 1 69 Red cards No. Nat. Player Pos. League Two FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total 1 Chris Dunn GK 1 1 5 Mark Roberts DF 1 1 11 Harrison Dunk MF 1 1 Totals 3 0 0 0 3 Competitions Pre-season friendlies On 21 May 2015, Cambridge United announced they would face Coventry City in as part of their pre-season schedule.[65] On 28 May 2015, Cambridge United announced their second pre-season friendly against Ipswich Town.[66] On 8 June 2015, Norwich City was added to the pre-season fixture list.[67] On 16 June 2015, a date for Chris Turner's memorial match was announced.[68] St Neots Town v Cambridge United 11 July 2015 Friendly St Neots Town 2–7 Cambridge United St Neots 15:00 BST Gordon  45' Vieira  47' Report Slew  39' Hughes  56' Craddock  79', 86', 89', 90' Dunk  85' Stadium: Rowley Park Attendance: 702 Lowestoft Town v Cambridge United 14 July 2015 Friendly Lowestoft Town 1–4 Cambridge United Lowestoft 19:45 BST Eagle  47' Report Corr  28' Carr  31' Coulson  84' Craddock  87' Stadium: Crown Meadow Attendance: 312 Cambridge United v Norwich City 17 July 2015 Friendly (120 mins) Cambridge United 1–3 Norwich City Cambridge 19:30 BST Corr  34' Report Hooper  59' (pen.) van Wolfswinkel  62' Toffolo  95' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,890 Cambridge United v Ipswich Town 21 July 2015 Friendly Cambridge United 2–3 Ipswich Town Cambridge 19:45 BST Corr  39' Berry  54' Report Maitland-Niles  3' Pitman  29' McGoldrick  61' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,608 Concord Rangers v Cambridge United XI 24 July 2015 Friendly Concord Rangers 2–1 Cambridge United XI Canvey Island 19:45 BST Stokes  5' Cawley  39' Report Chiedozie  18' (pen.) Stadium: The Aspect Arena Referee: Elliott Kaye Bromley v Cambridge United 25 July 2015 Friendly Bromley 1–1 Cambridge United Bromley 15:00 BST Wall  81' (pen.) Report Simpson  90 +3' Stadium: Bromley Arena, Hayes Lane Cambridge United v Coventry City 28 July 2015 Friendly Cambridge United 1–0 Coventry City Cambridge 19:45 BST Legge  36' Report Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,934 Referee: Fred Graham Peterborough United v Cambridge United 1 August 2015 Chris Turner memorial match Peterborough United 0–0 Cambridge United Peterborough 15:00 BST Report Stadium: London Road League Two League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 7 AFC Wimbledon (O, P) 46 21 12 13 64 50 +14 75 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1] 8 Leyton Orient 46 19 12 15 60 61 −1 69 9 Cambridge United 46 18 14 14 66 55 +11 68 10 Carlisle United 46 17 16 13 67 62 +5 67 11 Luton Town 46 19 9 18 63 61 +2 66 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 (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted. Notes: Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One. Results by matchday Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground H A A H A H H A H A A H H A A H A H A H A H A H H A A H A H A H A H H A H A H A A H H A H A Result W D W L D L D D W L D L W L W L L L W W W D W W L L D D W W L W L W L D W L D D W D W W D D Position 1 6 4 7 9 12 12 13 10 15 15 15 14 16 14 18 17 18 17 14 12 11 11 10 11 12 12 12 11 9 11 11 12 12 13 12 10 11 12 12 12 12 9 8 8 9 Last updated: 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed. Matches On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[69] August Cambridge United v Newport County 8 August 2015 1 Cambridge United 3–0 Newport County Cambridge 15:00 BST Corr  24', 65' Dunk  71' Simpson  80' Report Hayden  45+4' Feely  55' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,031 (away 331) Referee: Darren Handley Carlisle United v Cambridge United 15 August 2015 2 Carlisle United 4–4 Cambridge United Carlisle 15:00 BST Héry 29' Ibehre  42', 44', 76' Grainger 45+4' Wyke  50' Report Keane  2' Corr  11', 45' Taft  21' Berry  58' Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,354 (away 278) Referee: Richard Clark AFC Wimbledon v Cambridge United 18 August 2015 3 AFC Wimbledon 1–2 Cambridge United Kingston upon Thames 19:45 BST Elliott  12' Report L.Hughes  45' Legge  46' Corr  48' Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,114 (away 640) Referee: Andy Woolmer Cambridge United v Crawley Town 22 August 2015 4 Cambridge United 0–3 Crawley Town Cambridge 15:00 BST Taft  21' Report Young  27' Deacon  39', 47' Donnelly  46', 81' Edwards  87' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,459 (away 173) Referee: Nigel Miller Barnet v Cambridge United 29 August 2015 5 Barnet 0–0 Cambridge United Harrow 15:00 BST Dembélé  73' Report Berry  90+1' Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 2,406 (away 762) Referee: Nick Kinseley September Cambridge United v Luton Town 5 September 2015 6 Cambridge United 1–3 Luton Town Cambridge 15:00 BST Legge  28' Dunk  42', 64' Report Lee  11' Guttridge  21' Wilkinson  66' Green  84' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,298 (away 1,425) Referee: Graham Salisbury Cambridge United v Leyton Orient 12 September 2015 7 Cambridge United 1–1 Leyton Orient Cambridge 15:00 BST Roberts  10' Blyth  53'  56' R.Simpson  84' Report J.Simpson  87' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,821 (away 1,739) Referee: Oliver Langford Hartlepool United v Cambridge United 19 September 2015 8 Hartlepool United 0–0 Cambridge United Hartlepool 15:00 BST Report Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,665 (away 208) Referee: Geoff Eltringham Cambridge United v Stevenage 26 September 2015 9 Cambridge United 1–0 Stevenage Cambridge 15:00 BST Dunk  90+7' Report Hitchcock  59' Lee  72' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,582 (away 573) Referee: Ross Joyce Wycombe Wanderers v Cambridge United 29 September 2015 10 Wycombe Wanderers 1–0 Cambridge United High Wycombe 19:45 BST Harriman  70' Report Dunn  53' L.Hughes  87' Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,152 (away 295) Referee: Stuart Attwell October York City v Cambridge United 3 October 2015 11 York City 2–2 Cambridge United York 15:00 BST Collins  44' Coulson  50' McCombe  54' Report Roberts  71'  90' Corr  81' Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,987 (away 474) Referee: Ben Toner Cambridge United v Portsmouth 10 October 2015 12 Cambridge United 1–3 Portsmouth Cambridge 15:00 BST Simpson  5' Corr  11' Roberts  45+3' J.Hughes  80' Report Tubbs  67', 69', 87' Davies  79' Evans  90+5' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,607 (away 1,866) Referee: Seb Stockbridge Cambridge United v Northampton Town 17 October 2015 13 Cambridge United 2–1 Northampton Town Cambridge 15:00 BST Dunk  39' Corr  50'  54' Report Richards  59' (pen.) O'Toole  69' D'Ath  76' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,459 (away 1,299) Referee: Darren England Exeter City v Cambridge United 21 October 2015 14 Exeter City 1–0 Cambridge United Exeter 19:45 BST Nichols  9' Report Taft  15' Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,883 (away 123) Referee: James Linington Yeovil Town v Cambridge United 24 October 2015 15 Yeovil Town 2–3 Cambridge United Yeovil 15:00 BST Laird  9' Bird  44'  63' Sheehan  79' Sokolik  83' Report Gaffney  4', 26' Berry  35' Donaldson  77' Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 3,224 (away 257) Referee: Chris Sarginson Cambridge United v Bristol Rovers 30 October 2015 16 Cambridge United 1–2 Bristol Rovers Cambridge 19:45GMT Corr  33' Report Harrison  66' Clarke  80' M.Taylor  82' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,115 (away 562) Referee: Brendan Malone November Oxford United v Cambridge United 14 November 2015 17 Oxford United 1–0 Cambridge United Oxford 15:00 GMT Taylor  25'  32' Lundstram  60' Report Legge  29' Roberts  37' Berry  79' Slew  83' Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,958 (away 568) Referee: Keith Hill Cambridge United v Accrington Stanley 21 November 2015 18 Cambridge United 2–3 Accrington Stanley Cambridge 15:00 GMT Corr  13' Berry  37' Kennedy  61' Newton  76' Report McConville  29' Crooks  38' Davies  48'  68' Pearson  52' Windass  53' (pen.)  77' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,107 (away 66) Referee: Iain Williamson Morecambe v Cambridge United 24 November 2015 19 Morecambe 2–4 Cambridge United Morecambe 19:45 GMT Molyneux  21' Wilson  26' Barkhuizen  55' Murphy  60'  67' Miller  62' Edwards  73' Report Legge  12' Donaldson  34' Gayle  35' Williamson  48' Berry  65' Ledson  79' Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,689 (away 167) Referee: Ben Toner Cambridge United v Notts County 28 November 2015 20 Cambridge United 3–1 Notts County Cambridge 15:00 GMT Legge  44' Corr  50' (pen.) Williamson  77' Berry  87' Report Campbell  24'  84' Hewitt  39' Smith  50' Sheehan  78' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,596 (away 532) Referee: Charles Breakspear December Plymouth Argyle v Cambridge United 12 December 2015 21 Plymouth Argyle 1–2 Cambridge United Plymouth 15:00 GMT Wylde  73' Threlkeld  90+2' Report Williamson  6' Corr  68' Ledson  70' Berry  86' Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 7,246 (away 164) Referee: Tim Robinson Cambridge United v Mansfield Town 19 December 2015 22 Cambridge United 1–1 Mansfield Town Cambridge 15:00 GMT Ledson  22' Donaldson  36' Report Chapman  23' Rose  33' Green  90+3' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,589 (away 297) Referee: Ross Joyce Dagenham & Redbridge v Cambridge United 26 December 2015 23 Dagenham & Redbridge 0–3 Cambridge United Barking and Dagenham 13:00 GMT Labadie  17' Dunne  29' Vassell  45' Widdowson  82' Dikamona  90+4' Report Newton  45+5' Simpson  51', 65' Berry  70' Corr  76' Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 2,425 (away 929) Referee: Lee Collins Cambridge United v Barnet 28 December 2015 24 Cambridge United 2–1 Barnet Cambridge 15:00 GMT Berry  71' Corr  72' Report Akinde  9'  60' Gash  73' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,003 (away 549) Referee: David Webb January Cambridge United v AFC Wimbledon 2 January 2016 25 Cambridge United 1–4 AFC Wimbledon Cambridge 15:00 GMT Berry  26' Roberts  70' Report Robinson  10' Taylor  64' Meades  76' Fuller  85' Azeez  86' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,754 (away 669) Referee: Tony Harrington Crawley Town v Cambridge United 9 January 2016 26 Crawley Town 1–0 Cambridge United Crawley 15:00 GMT Bradley  10' Harrold  36' Report Berry  28' Newton  43' Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,320 (away 501) Referee: Lee Swabey Luton Town v Cambridge United 16 January 2016 27 Luton Town 0–0 Cambridge United Luton 15:00 GMT Smith  45' Marriott  54' McQuoid  65' Benson  74' Lawless  80' Report Dunne  70' Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,227 (away 1,007) Referee: Andy Madley Cambridge United v Hartlepool United 23 January 2016 28 Cambridge United 1–1 Hartlepool United Cambridge 15:00 GMT Roberts  16' Williamson  90' Report Jackson  45' Richards  69' Gray  71' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,054 (away 186) Referee: Keith Hill Leyton Orient v Cambridge United 30 January 2016 29 Leyton Orient 1–3 Cambridge United Waltham Forest 15:00 GMT Baudry  48' Gnanduillet  57' Report Williamson  10', 53' Berry  29' Spencer  63' Dunne  78' Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 6,526 (away 1,237) Referee: Michael Bull February Cambridge United v Dagenham & Redbridge 6 February 2016 30 Cambridge United 1–0 Dagenham & Redbridge Cambridge 15:00 GMT Berry  82' (pen.) Report Widdowson  52' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,494 (away 258) Referee: Carl Boyeson Stevenage v Cambridge United 13 February 2016 31 Stevenage 2–0 Cambridge United Stevenage 15:00 GMT Harrison  18', 63' Wilkinson  29' Lee  50' Conlon  58' Ogilvie  64' Jones  89' Report Norris  64' Furlong  86' Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,945 (away 1,270) Referee: Chris Kavanagh Cambridge United v York City 20 February 2016 32 Cambridge United 3–1 York City Cambridge 15:00 GMT Spencer  10' Coulson  26' Williamson  60' Report Berrett  33' Satka  68' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,822 (away 424) Referee: Nick Kinseley Portsmouth v Cambridge United 27 February 2016 33 Portsmouth 2–1 Cambridge United Portsmouth 15:00 GMT Davies  27' McNulty  41'  90+5' Webster  62' Chaplin  87' Report Spencer  29' Berry  70'  90' Legge  79' Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 15,425 (away 587) Referee: Oliver Langford March Cambridge United v Wycombe Wanderers 1 March 2016 34 Cambridge United 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers Cambridge 19:45 GMT Stewart  27' (o.g.) Dunne  56' Furlong  82' Report Bloomfield  42' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,141 (away 325) Referee: Andy Davies Cambridge United v Exeter City 5 March 2016 35 Cambridge United 0–1 Exeter City Cambridge 15:00 GMT Report Watkins  76'  76' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,573 (away 273) Referee: Fred Graham Northampton Town v Cambridge United 12 March 2016 36 Northampton Town 1–1 Cambridge United Northampton 15:00 GMT Collins  26' Marquis  71' Byrom  79' Report Haynes  11' Spencer  90+1'  90+7' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,828 (away 901) Referee: Robert Lewis Cambridge United v Yeovil Town 19 March 2016 37 Cambridge United 3–0 Yeovil Town Cambridge 15:00 GMT Williamson  4', 45+2' Dunne  48' Coulson  60' Furlong  81' Spencer  87' Report Walsh  16' Laird  27' Tozer  29' Dickson  58' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,956 (away 265) Referee: Lee Swabey Bristol Rovers v Cambridge United 25 March 2016 38 Bristol Rovers 3–0 Cambridge United Bristol 15:00 GMT Bodin  9', 18' Taylor  73' Report Berry  46' Spencer  50' Furlong  85' Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,262 (away 443) Referee: Steve Martin Cambridge United v Oxford United 28 March 2016 39 Cambridge United 0–0 Oxford United Cambridge 15:00 BST Dunne  49' Report Skarz  38' Maguire  62' Wright  87' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,108 (away 1,328) Referee: Mark Haywood April Accrington Stanley v Cambridge United 2 April 2016 40 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Cambridge United Accrington 15:00 BST Fosu-Henry  77' Report Spencer  55' Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,185 (away 257) Referee: Nigel Miller Newport County v Cambridge United 9 April 2016 41 Newport County 0–1 Cambridge United Newport 15:00 BST Report Clark  66' Dunne  68' Furlong  85' Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,330 (away 185) Referee: Darren England Cambridge United v Carlisle United 16 April 2016 42 Cambridge United 0–0 Carlisle United Cambridge 15:00 BST Legge  15' Furlong  73' Report Wyke  8' Hope  23' Grainger  69' Miller  72' Ellis  83'  90+4' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,806 (away 403) Referee: Ben Toner Cambridge United v Morecambe 19 April 2016 43 Cambridge United 7–0 Morecambe Cambridge 19:45 BST Berry  6' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.) Dunk  17', 26' Williamson  29' Roberts  45+1' Ismail  59' Report Conlan  31' Edwards  90' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,941 (away 46) Referee: James Adcock Notts County v Cambridge United 23 April 2016 44 Notts County 1–2 Cambridge United Nottingham 15:00 BST Atkinson  13' Hollis  39' Smith  51' Hewitt  73' Noble  81' Report Berry  4' Williamson  54' Furlong  65' Dunne  75' Spencer  90+4' Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 4,450 (away 702) Referee: Ross Joyce Cambridge United v Plymouth Argyle 30 April 2016 45 Cambridge United 2–2 Plymouth Argyle Cambridge 15:00 BST Ledson  82' Williamson  84' Spencer 86' Norris  90' Report McHugh  7' Boateng  60' Matt  71' Tanner  82' Carey 90+2' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,714 (away 1,567) Referee: Trevor Kettle May Mansfield Town v Cambridge United 7 May 2016 46 Mansfield Town 0–0 Cambridge United Mansfield 15:00 BST Report Ledson  25' Dunne  74' Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,548 (away 564) Referee: Eddie Ilderton FA Cup On 26 October 2015 the draw for the first round of the FA Cup was drawn and Cambridge United host National League South side Basingstoke Town.[70] Cambridge United v Basingstoke Town 7 November 2015 First round Cambridge United 1–0 Basingstoke Town Cambridge 15:00 GMT J.Hughes 19' Berry  45' Taylor  82' Report Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,974 (away 266) Referee: John Brooks Cambridge United v Doncaster Rovers 6 December 2015 Second round Cambridge United 1–3 Doncaster Rovers Cambridge 14:00 GMT Berry  23' Ledson  25' Dunk  40' Roberts  74' Corr  83' Report Coppinger  26' Grant  46', 57' Lund  56' Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,951 (away 672) Referee: Mark Brown League Cup On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Cambridge United were drawn away against Rotherham United.[71] Rotherham United v Cambridge United 11 August 2015 First round Rotherham United 1–0 Cambridge United Rotherham 19:45 BST Bowery  45+1' Smallwood  55' Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 4,568 (away 408) Referee: Chris Sarginson 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. 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