The 2015–16 season was West Bromwich Albion's sixth consecutive season in the Premier League and their 138th year in existence. This season West Bromwich Albion participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
Background The writers of the Birmingham Mail forecast that Albion would finish somewhere between 10th and 16th, the average of all their predictions being 13th place. The Guardian also forecast a 13th-place finish for Albion, predicting that Tony Pulis would "be able to drive his side to safety" in his first full season in charge.
The club created a "fanzone", in which up to 2,000 supporters could gather before and after home matches. The fanzone is based in the vicinity of the 19th century Grade Two listed Hawthorns pub, adjacent to Albion's home ground, The Hawthorns. In order to facilitate this, the wings of the pub building were demolished and the central structure renovated inside and out. The work was initially delayed due to the discovery of horsehair in the building's plaster, which needed to be tested for anthrax spores. Work resumed once the tests came back negative.
Players First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Statistics Appearances and goals
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Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee 1 July 2015 LW James McClean Wigan Athletic £1,500,000 29 July 2015 CB James Chester Hull City £8,000,000 31 July 2015 ST Rickie Lambert Liverpool £3,000,000 10 August 2015 CF Salomón Rondón Zenit Saint Petersburg £12,000,000 29 August 2015 CB Jonny Evans Manchester United £6,000,000 31 August 2015 GK Anders Lindegaard Manchester United Free Total outgoing: £30,500,000
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee 1 July 2015 RB Wes Atkinson Notts County Free transfer 1 July 2015 DM Chris Baird Derby County Free transfer 1 July 2015 CB Donervon Daniels Wigan Athletic Undisclosed 1 July 2015 LB Jason Davidson Huddersfield Town Free transfer 1 July 2015 RM Graham Dorrans Norwich City £3,000,000 1 July 2015 LB Bradley Garmston Gillingham Free transfer 1 July 2015 MF Alex Jones Birmingham City Free transfer 1 July 2015 DM Youssuf Mulumbu Norwich City Free transfer 1 July 2015 CM Mani O'Sullivan Free agent Released 1 July 2015 AM Kemar Roofe Oxford United Undisclosed 17 July 2015 LW Georgios Samaras Free agent Released 24 August 2015 DM Liam O'Neil Chesterfield Undisclosed 31 August 2015 CF Brown Ideye Olympiacos Undisclosed 1 September 2015 CB Joleon Lescott Aston Villa Undisclosed 21 January 2016CFAdil NabiPeterborough UnitedUndisclosed
Total incoming: £3,000,000
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until 1 July 2015 RW Serge Gnabry Arsenal 31 January 2016 29 January 2016DMSandroQueens Park RangersEnd of season1 February 2016AMAlex PritchardTottenham HotspurEnd of season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until 24 June 2015 GK Alex Palmer Kidderminster Harriers 2 January 2016 5 August 2015 CF Andre Wright Kidderminster Harriers 2 January 2016 7 August 2015 LW Tahvon Campbell Kidderminster Harriers 22 October 2015 28 August 2015 CF Adil Nabi Delhi Dynamos 15 December 2015 11 September 2015 CB Jack Fitzwater Chesterfield 9 October 2015 2 January 2016 LW Tahvon Campbell Yeovil Town 2 February 2016 23 January 2016 GK Anders Lindegaard Preston North End End of season 23 March 2016GKJack RoseCrawley TownEnd of season
Pre-season On 1 May 2015, it was announced that West Bromwich Albion would face Walsall in a pre-season friendly on 28 July 2015. Also announced was that West Bromwich Albion will go on tour to the United States and face Orlando City, Charleston Battery and Richmond Kickers. On 12 May 2015, it was announced that a West Bromwich Albion XI side will travel to Forest Green Rovers on 28 July 2015. On 7 July 2015, West Bromwich Albion announced a friendly fixture against Swindon Town.
Premier League For the club's final home match of the season, against Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion temporarily installed 96 red seats in the away end of The Hawthorns. Each seat featured the name of one of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster and remained unoccupied throughout the match.
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
Cup competitions FA Cup
League Cup West Bromwich Albion enter in the second round and were drawn at home against Port Vale. The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. West Brom were drawn away to Norwich City.
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