2015–16 Exeter City F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Exeter City's 114th year in existence and their fourth consecutive season in League Two.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Exeter City

2015–16 season
Owner	Exeter City Supporters' Trust
Chairman	Julian Tagg
Manager	Paul Tisdale
Stadium	St James Park
League Two	14th
FA Cup	Third round (Eliminated by Liverpool)
League Cup	Second round (Eliminated by Sunderland)
League Trophy	Second round (Eliminated by Plymouth)
Top goalscorer	League: Jayden Stockley (10) All: Jayden Stockley (10)
Highest home attendance	7,177 (2–1 vs Plymouth Argyle, 2 Apr 16)
Lowest home attendance	2,323 (2–0 vs Portsmouth, 1 Sep 15)
Average home league attendance	4,008

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CM		Alex Byrne	Academy	Trainee	[2]
1 July 2015	RW		Joe Charles	Academy	Trainee	[2]
1 July 2015	CF		Cameron Gill	Academy	Trainee	[2]
1 July 2015	LW		Lee Holmes	Preston North End	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2015	GK		Bobby Olejnik	Peterborough United	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2015	RM		Emmanuel Oyeleke	Brentford	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2015	DF		Josh Read	Academy	Trainee	[2]
3 July 2015	CB		Troy Brown	Cheltenham Town	Free transfer	[6]
30 July 2015	CF		Will Hoskins	Oxford United	Free transfer	[7]
8 August 2015	CF		Clinton Morrison	Free agent	Free transfer	[8]
21 August 2015	RW		Joel Grant	Yeovil Town	Free transfer	[9]
25 January 2016	CM		Jake Taylor	Reading	Free transfer	[10]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CB		Pat Baldwin	Weymouth [lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer	[12]
1 July 2015	CB		Scot Bennett	Notts County [lower-alpha 2]	Free transfer	[12]
1 July 2015	RM		Graham Cummins	St Johnstone [lower-alpha 3]	Free transfer	[12]
1 July 2015	CM		Liam Sercombe	Oxford United [lower-alpha 4]	Free transfer	[16]
1 September 2015	CM		Jimmy Keohane	Woking	Free transfer	[17]
1 February 2016	FW		Tom Nichols	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[18]

1. Following Baldwin's release he joined Weymouth.[11]
2. Following Bennett's release he joined Notts County.[13]
3. Following Cummins' release he joined St. Johnstone.[14]
4. Following Sercombe's release he joined Oxford United.[15]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
11 January 2016	CF		Jayden Stockley	Bournemouth	30 June 2016	[19]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
17 July 2015	CM		Alex Byrne	Weston-super-Mare	End of season	[20][21]
17 July 2015	CM		Jason Pope	Weston-super-Mare	31 January 2016	[20][21]
21 July 2015	LB		Connor Riley-Lowe	Truro City	End of season	[22][23]
29 September 2015	CF		Jamie Reid	Truro City	23 November 2015	[24][25]
22 November 2015	CF		Matt Jay	Hayes & Yeading United	End of season	[26][27]
22 January 2016	CF		Cameron Gill	Weston-super-Mare	End of season	[27]
25 February 2016	GK		James Hamon	Hayes & Yeading United	25 March 2016	[28]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 18 May 2015, Exeter City announced that Brazilian side Fluminense will bring an under-19 squad to face in a pre-season friendly on 20 July 2015.[29] A day later Exeter City announced a second friendly against Weston-super-Mare.[30] On 20 May 2015, Torquay United was added to the schedule.[31] A pre-season trip to Scotland was confirmed on 21 May 2015.[32] On 8 June 2015, a visit from AFC Bournemouth was confirmed.[33] A friendly against Sheffield United was announced a day later.[34] On 16 June it was announced that an Exeter City XI would play Bodmin Town.[35]

7 July 2015 Friendly	East Fife	1–1	Exeter City	Levenmouth, Scotland
19:30 BST	Austin  89'	Report	Ribeiro  82'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium Referee: Steven Reid

9 July 2015 Friendly	Arbroath	1–0	Exeter City	Arbroath, Scotland
19:45 BST	Hester  67'	Report		Stadium: Gayfield Park Referee: Scott Leslie

15 July 2015 Friendly	Weston-super-Mare	1–2	Exeter City	Weston-super-Mare
19:45 BST	Grubb  63'	Report	Fisher  31' Nichols  48'	Stadium: Woodspring Stadium Referee: Adam Penwell

18 July 2015 Friendly	Exeter City	1–2	AFC Bournemouth	Exeter
15:00 BST	Wheeler  32'	Report	Gosling  51' Stanislas  76'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,125 (360 away) Referee: Lee Swabey

20 July 2015 Friendly	Exeter City	0–2	Fluminense U-19	Exeter
19:00 BST		Report	Felipe  53' Andrey  80'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,046 Referee: Adam Bromley

23 July 2015 Friendly	Exeter City	1–2	Sheffield United	Exeter
19:30 BST	Nichols  56'	Report	Collins  14' Adams  80'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,122 (192 away)

28 July 2015 Friendly	Bodmin Town	1–3	Exeter City XI	Bodmin
19:30 BST	Thornton  75'	Report	Jay  48', 52' McCready  62'	Stadium: Priory Park

31 July 2015 Friendly	Torquay United	2–1	Exeter City	Torquay
19:30 BST	Murombedzi  21' Lavelle-Moore  64'	Report	Nichols  2'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 1,497 (383 away) Referee: Brett Huxtable

4 August 2015 Friendly	AFC St Austell	0–5	Exeter City XI	St Austell
19:30 BST		Report	Oyeleke  67' Reid  69', 82' (pen.) Watkins  74', 84'	Stadium: Poltair Park Attendance: 312

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Mansfield Town	46	17	13	16	61	53	+8	64
13	Wycombe Wanderers	46	17	13	16	45	44	+1	64
14	Exeter City	46	17	13	16	63	65	−2	64
15	Barnet	46	17	11	18	67	68	−1	62
16	Hartlepool United	46	15	6	25	49	72	−23	51

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

Results summary

Exeter City gained 29 points at home and picked up 35 points away, adding up to 64 in total.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	17	13	16	63	65	−2	64	6	11	6	32	33	−1	11	2	10	31	32	−1

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Exeter were a mid-table club for the entire season, spending two matchdays in the play-offs zone and falling to as low as 17th after a four-game losing streak in December and early January. For the first half of the season, the club's form was very inconsistent. From December onwards, Exeter suffered a four-game losing streak which was closely followed by a three-game winning streak. Then followed four matches without a win and a ten-match unbeaten run.

Despite this unbeaten streak, Exeter remained in fourteenth place from 20 February to 25 March. After a 2–0 win away at Crawley, Exeter rose to 11th in the table, 5 points off the play-offs zone. On 2 April 2016 and 9 April 2016, Exeter achieved a double against local rivals Plymouth Argyle and Yeovil Town, resulting in their continued rise up the table. After the latter match, Exeter were 9th, 2 places and on equal points with AFC Wimbledon and Wycombe Wanderers, although with an inferior goal difference.

This unbeaten streak, along with Exeter's realistic play-off hopes was broken by a 3–2 home loss to Mansfield Town. Exeter were mathematically confirmed to be remaining in League Two after another loss to Bristol Rovers. Exeter finished the season back in 14th position after suffering a 4–1 routing away to Luton.

Round	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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L
Position	8	13	9	8	13	7	6	9	14	9	11	11	13	11	11	14	14	13	10	11	12	14	16	17	15	14	13	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	10	9	9	10	12	11	14

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: soccerbase.com[36]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the 2015–16 season were announced.[37]

8 August 2015 1	Exeter City	3–2	Yeovil Town	Exeter
15:00 BST	Nichols  31' (pen.) Wheeler  41' Hoskins  84'	Report	Cornick  46' Dolan  63' (pen.)	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 5,659 Referee: Gavin Ward

15 August 2015 2	Northampton Town	3–0	Exeter City	Northampton
15:00 BST	Taylor  25' Cresswell  38' Richards  89'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,313 (316 away) Referee: Ross Joyce

18 August 2015 3	Dagenham & Redbridge	1–2	Exeter City	Dagenham
19:45 BST	Jones  86'	Report	Harley  36' Brown  62'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,567 (320 away) Referee: Roger East

22 August 2015 4	Exeter City	0–0	York City	Exeter
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,139 Referee: James Linington

29 August 2015 5	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Exeter City	Norbiton
15:00 BST	Francomb  28' Azeez  82'	Report	Harley  33'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,803 (467 away) Referee: Darren England

5 September 2015 6	Exeter City	4–0	Leyton Orient	Exeter
15:00 BST	Nichols  5', 56' Nicholls  37' Wheeler  77'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,648 Referee: Kevin Johnson

12 September 2015 7	Exeter City	1–0	Hartlepool United	Exeter
15:00 BST	Ribeiro  90+2'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,135 Referee: Andy Woolmer

19 September 2015 8	Accrington Stanley	4–2	Exeter City	Accrington
15:00 BST	Windass  33', 34' Mongoia  61' Kee  63'	Report	Holmes  75' Grant  90'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,403 (201 away) Referee: Richard Clark

26 September 2015 9	Exeter City	0–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Exeter
15:00 BST		Report	Jacobson  50' Thompson  57'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,639 Referee: Steve Martin

29 September 2015 10	Portsmouth	1–2	Exeter City	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	Roberts  90+3'	Report	Wheeler  20' Davies  56'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 15,822 (313 away) Referee: Nick Kinseley

3 October 2015 11	Newport County	1–1	Exeter City	Newport, Wales
15:00 BST	John-Lewis  73'	Report	Grant  61'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,870 (583 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

11 October 2015 12	Exeter City	3–3	Stevenage	Exeter
12:15 BST	Wheeler  4', 80' Morrison  15'	Report	Parrett  39' Kennedy  45' Whelpdale  90'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,235 Referee: Roger East

17 October 2015 13	Carlisle United	1–0	Exeter City	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Gilliead  77'	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,021 (130 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

21 October 2015 14	Exeter City	1–0	Cambridge United	Exeter
19:45 BST	Nichols  9'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,833 Referee: James Linington

24 October 2015 15	Exeter City	1–1	Notts County	Exeter
15:00 BST	Nichols  20'	Report	Noble  31'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,429 Referee: Graham Salisbury

31 October 2015 16	Barnet	2–0	Exeter City	Canons Park, London
15:00 GMT	Brown  34' (o.g.) Clarke  54'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 2,105 (610 away) Referee: Ben Toner

14 November 2015 17	Exeter City	2–2	Crawley Town	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Nicholls  8' Nichols  45'	Report	Bradley  28' Rooney  90+2'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,664 Referee: James Adcock

21 November 2015 18	Plymouth Argyle	1–2	Exeter City	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Threlkeld  61'	Report	Harley  30' (pen), 39'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 14,008 (968 away) Referee: Graham Scott

24 November 2015 19	Mansfield Town	0–2	Exeter City	Mansfield
19:45 GMT		Report	Grant  6' Holmes  41'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2,435 (140 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

28 November 2015 20	Exeter City	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Reid  90+4'	Report	Sinclair  83'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 5,548 Referee: Phil Gibbs

19 December 2015 21	Exeter City	2–3	Luton Town	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Nichols  71' Nicholls  82'	Report	McGeehan  30' (pen) Green  34' Benson  90+10'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,777 Referee: Brendan Malone

26 December 2015 22	Oxford United	3–0	Exeter City	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Lundstram  48' Baldock  67' Sercombe  90'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,683 (547 away) Referee: Graham Salisbury

29 December 2015 23	Exeter City	0–2	AFC Wimbledon	Exeter
15:00 GMT		Report	Elliott  17' Taylor  31'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 5,072 Referee: Lee Swabey

2 January 2016 24	Exeter City	1–2	Dagenham & Redbridge	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Nichols  43'	Report	Labadie  11' Chambers  74'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,451 Referee: Graham Horwood

12 January 2016 25	Morecambe	1–1	Exeter City	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Miller  49'	Report	Stockley  54'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,040 (62 away) Referee: Andy Haines

16 January 2016 26	Leyton Orient	1–3	Exeter City	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Palmer  1'	Report	Stockley  14', 32' Nichols  23'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 5,758 (529 away) Referee: Keith Hill

23 January 2016 27	Exeter City	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Nichols  5' Ribeiro  79'	Report	McCartan  3'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,669 Referee: Lee Collins

30 January 2016 28	Hartlepool United	0–2	Exeter City	Hartlepool
15:00 GMT		Report	Nicholls  36' Grant  85'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,678 (107 away) Referee: Darren Handley

13 February 2016 29	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Exeter City	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	McGinn  53'	Report		Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,358 (390 away) Referee: David Webb

16 February 2016 30	York City	2–0	Exeter City	York
19:45 GMT	Fewster  35', 64'	Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,920 (146 away) Referee: Mark Brown

20 February 2016 31	Exeter City	1–1	Newport County	Exeter
13:00 GMT	Tillson  51'	Report	Boden  84'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,924 Referee: Mark Heywood

23 February 2016 32	Exeter City	1–4	Oxford United	Exeter
19:45 GMT	Nicholls  77'	Report	Dunkley  7' Bowery  41', 59' MacDonald  62'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,089 Referee: Simon Hooper

27 February 2016 33	Stevenage	0–2	Exeter City	Stevenage
15:00 GMT		Report	Stockley  84', 90+7'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,812 (253 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

1 March 2016 34	Exeter City	1–1	Portsmouth	Exeter
19:45 GMT	Watkins  90'	Report	Chaplin  31'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,855 Referee: Brendan Malone

5 March 2016 35	Cambridge United	0–1	Exeter City	Cambridge
15:00 GMT		Report	Watkins  76'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,573 (273 away) Referee: Fred Graham

12 March 2016 36	Exeter City	2–2	Carlisle United	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Stockley  7' Wheeler  79'	Report	Wyke  27' Hope  85'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,375 Referee: Nick Kinseley

19 March 2016 37	Notts County	1–4	Exeter City	Nottingham
15:00	McLeod  36'	Report	Stockley  8' Taylor  68' Ribeiro  71' Watkins  78'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 3,813 (346 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

25 March 2016 38	Exeter City	1–1	Barnet	Exeter
15:00	Stockley  20'	Report	Weston  27'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,389 Referee: Trevor Kettle

28 March 2016 39	Crawley Town	0–2	Exeter City	Crawley
15:00		Report	Taylor  28' Watkins  74'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,416 (462 away) Referee: Andy Haines

2 April 2016 40	Exeter City	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Exeter
15:00	Watkins  80', 90+2'	Report	Matt  57'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 7,177 Referee: Keith Stroud

9 April 2016 41	Yeovil Town	0–2	Exeter City	Yeovil
15:00		Report	Watkins  16' Taylor  69'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 5,394 (1,513 away) Referee: Steve Martin

16 April 2016 42	Exeter City	0–0	Northampton Town	Exeter
15:00		Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 5,077 Referee: Oliver Langford

19 April 2016 43	Exeter City	2–3	Mansfield Town	Exeter
19:45	Watkins  64' Ribeiro  79'	Report	Tafazolli  11', 82' Benning  56'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,407 Referee: Charles Breakspear

23 April 2016 44	Bristol Rovers	3–1	Exeter City	Bristol
15:00	Bodin  13' Brown  45+4' M. Taylor  69'	Report	J. Taylor  48'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,254 (893 away) Referee: Nigel Miller

30 April 2016 45	Exeter City	1–1	Morecambe	Exeter
15:00	Ellison  85'	Report	Stockley  89' (pen.)	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,936 Referee: Darren Drysdale

7 May 2016 46	Luton Town	4–1	Exeter City	Luton
15:00	McGeehan  27' Marriott  33', 63' Pigott  34'	Report	Stockley  47'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,427 (310 away) Referee: Carl Boyeson

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition	Home	Away	Dou.	Agg.
Accrington Stanley	2–1	2–4		4–5
AFC Wimbledon	0–2	1–2		1–4
Barnet	1–1	0–2		1–3
Bristol Rovers	1–1	1–3		2–4
Cambridge United	1–0	1–0		2–0
Carlisle United	2–2	0–1		2–3
Crawley Town	2–2	2–0		4–2
Dagenham & Redbridge	1–2	2–1		3–3
Hartlepool United	1–0	2–0		3–0
Leyton Orient	4–0	3–1		7–1
Luton Town	2–3	1–4		3–7
Mansfield Town	2–3	2–0		4–3
Morecambe	1–1	1–1		2–2
Newport County	1–1	1–1		2–2
Northampton Town	0–0	0–3		0–3
Notts County	1–1	4–1		5–2
Oxford United	1–4	0–3		1–7
Plymouth Argyle	2–1	2–1		4–2
Portsmouth	1–1	2–1		3–2
Stevenage	3–3	2–0		5–3
Wycombe Wanderers	0–2	0–1		0–3
Yeovil Town	3–2	2–0		5–2
York City	0–0	0–2		0–2

Note: Exeter City goals are listed first.

FA Cup

During the First Round Proper draw on 26 October 2015, Exeter were drawn against 8th-tier side Didcot Town.[38] For the second round, Exeter faced League One team Port Vale, winning the fixture 2–0. During the draw for the third round, Exeter were drawn against Premier League side Liverpool. The match ended with a draw as Liverpool fielded a largely inexperienced side and was televised on BBC One.[39] A rematch was played at Anfield on 20 January.[40] It was reported that the two matches against Liverpool could eventually result in a £1,000,000 windfall for Exeter City. This amount was eventually revealed to be £700,000[41] Exeter were thoroughly overpowered in the replay, losing 3–0. Liverpool had 26 shots, compared to Exeter's 4.[42]

8 November 2015 First round	Didcot Town	0–3	Exeter City	Didcot
19:45 GMT		Report	Morrison  48' Nichols  73' Nicholls  78'	Stadium: Loop Meadow Attendance: 2,707 (600 away) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

6 December 2015 Second round	Exeter City	2–0	Port Vale	Exeter
14:00 GMT	Tillson  19' Watkins  89'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,565 Referee: Trevor Kettle

8 January 2016 Third round	Exeter City	2–2	Liverpool	Exeter
19:55 GMT	Nichols  9' Holmes  45'	Report	Sinclair  12' Smith  73'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 8,298 Referee: Stuart Attwell

20 January 2016 Replay	Liverpool	3–0	Exeter City	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Allen  10' Ojo  74' Teixeira  82'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,292 (6,000 away) Referee: Neil Swarbrick

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Exeter City were drawn away against Swindon Town.[43] On 11 August 2015, Exeter won against Swindon Town 2–1 with goals from David Wheeler and Alex Nicholls at the County Ground.[44] On 13 August 2015, the second round draw was made and Exeter City were drawn away against Premier League team Sunderland.[45] Sunderland scored two early goals before Exeter equalised through Emmanuel Oyeleke and David Wheeler. The score was 3–3 at half-time, which became 6–3 to Sunderland at full-time as Exeter's defence failed, including an incident where goalkeeper Bobby Olejnik was caught off his line.[46] This is the most goals Exeter have conceded all season so far, and was the second of five games in the season in which Exeter lost by three goals.

11 August 2015 First round	Swindon Town	1–2	Exeter City	Swindon
19:45 BST	Obika  65'	Report	Nicholls  37' Wheeler  42'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,693 (506 away)

25 August 2015 Second round	Sunderland	6–3	Exeter City	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Rodwell  12', 64' Defoe  16', 39', 87' Watmore  78'	Report	Oyeleke  19' Wheeler  31' McCready  43'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 14,360 (495 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell

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. Grecians hosted Portsmouth[47] and won the match 2–0, advancing to the next round. The draw for the second round was held on 5 September 2015, again live on Soccer AM.[48] Exeter were drawn against rivals Plymouth Argyle.

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

6 October 2015 Second round	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Exeter City	Plymouth
19:45 BST	Boateng  32' Tanner  49'	Report		Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,441 (877 away) Referee: Brendan Malone

Squad statistics

Source:[49][50]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Wycombe.

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

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
				League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total		Discipline
1	GK	AUT	Bobby Olejnik	45	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	53	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Danny Butterfield	8 (2)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	13 (2)	0	3	0
3	DF	ENG	Craig Woodman	22 (3)	0	3	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	26 (4)	0	3	0
4	MF	ENG	David Noble	24 (6)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	27 (6)	0	5	0
5	DF	SCO	Jamie McAllister	25 (3)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	28 (3)	0	6	0
6	DF	WAL	Christian Ribeiro	31 (4)	4	2	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	34 (5)	4	2	0
7	MF	ENG	Ryan Harley	26 (2)	4	1	0	1	0	2	1	30 (2)	5	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Matt Oakley	24 (5)	0	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	25 (8)	0	2	0
10	MF	ENG	Lee Holmes	30 (7)	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	35 (7)	3	4	0
11	MF	WAL	Arron Davies	10 (18)	1	3 (1)	0	2	0	1	0	16 (19)	1	1	0
13	FW	IRL	Clinton Morrison	4 (16)	1	2	1	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	6 (19)	2	2	0
14	FW	ENG	Alex Nicholls	26 (9)	5	3 (1)	1	1	1	2	1	32 (10)	8	2	0
15	DF	ENG	Jordan Moore-Taylor	32	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	38	0	2	0
16	FW	ENG	Will Hoskins	2 (7)	1	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	2 (10)	1	0	0
18	FW	NIR	Jamie Reid	8 (5)	1	2	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	10 (6)	1	1	0
19	MF	ENG	Emmanuel Oyeleke	4 (4)	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	7 (4)	1	1	0
20	FW	ENG	Tom Nichols	19 (4)	10	2 (2)	2	1	0	0 (1)	0	22 (7)	12	2	0
21	GK	GUE	James Hamon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	David Wheeler	26 (5)	6	2 (1)	0	2	2	2	0	32 (6)	8	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Tom McCready	8 (2)	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	11 (2)	1	1	0
26	MF	ENG	Jordan Tillson	22 (4)	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	28 (4)	2	6	0
27	MF	ENG	Matt Jay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
29	FW	ENG	Ollie Watkins	15 (5)	8	0 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	15 (7)	9	5	0
30	GK	ENG	Christy Pym	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	JAM	Joel Grant	19 (7)	4	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	21 (10)	4	2	0
33	DF	ENG	Josh Read	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	ENG	Jayden Stockley *	21 (1)	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	21 (1)	10	3	0
36	DF	ENG	Kyle Egan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	WAL	Jake Taylor	7 (9)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7 (9)	4	3	0
39	DF	WAL	Troy Brown	39 (1)	1	4	0	2	0	1	0	46 (1)	1	7	0

Players not included in matchday squads

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
28	MF	ENG	Jason Pope
32	GK	ENG	Kavanagh Keadell
34	MF	ENG	Joe Charles
35	FW	ENG	Cameron Gill

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