2015–16 in English football

The 2015–16 season will be the 136th season of competitive association football in England.

Managerial changes
This is a list of changes of managers within English league football:

Diary of the season

 * 4 June: A plan to introduce an equivalent to the NFL's Rooney Rule for the 2016-17 season is announced by the Football League. Under the mooted plan, clubs will be required to interview at least one ethnic minority candidate when recruiting a new first-team manager or youth coach.
 * 5 June: The Football League announces that the 10-point penalty for clubs who enter administration, which has been in place since the 2004-05 season, will be increased to 12 points starting with the forthcoming season. Another new regulation also requires the supporters' trust of any club which enters administration to be given the opportunity to submit a bid.

Deaths

 * 2 June 2015: Dennis Fidler, 76, Manchester City, Port Vale, Grimsby Town, Halifax Town and Darlington winger.
 * 4 June 2015: Roy Stroud, 90, West Ham United forward.
 * 4 June 2015: Ray Weigh, 86, Bournemouth, Stockport County, Shrewsbury Town and Aldershot forward.
 * 7 June 2015: Ken Barrett, 77, Aston Villa and Lincoln City winger.
 * 10 June 2015: Johnny Fullam, 75, Republic of Ireland and Preston North End winger.
 * 11 June 2015: Ian McKechnie, 73, Arsenal, Southend United and Hull City goalkeeper.
 * 11 June 2015: Jimmy Robertson, 86, Arsenal and Brentford winger.
 * 15 June 2015: Doug Anderson, 51, Oldham Athletic, Tranmere Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Cambridge United and Northampton Town winger
 * June 2015: Howard Johnson, 89, Sheffield United and York City defender.
 * 18 June 2015: Brian Taylor, 78, Walsall, Shrewsbury Town, Birmingham City, Rotherham United, Port Vale and Barnsley winger.
 * 25 June 2015: Gordon Fearnley, 65, Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol Rovers forward.
 * 26 June 2015: Denis Thwaites, 70, Birmingham City outside left.
 * 26 June 2015: Larry Carberry, 79, Ipswich Town and Barrow right back.
 * 10 July 2015: Jimmy Murray, 82, Scotland and Reading forward.
 * 16 July 2015: Brian Hall, 68, Liverpool, Plymouth Argyle and Burnley midfielder.
 * 20 July 2015: Fred Else, 82, Preston North End, Blackburn Rovers and Barrow goalkeeper.
 * 20 July 2015: Des Horne, 75, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Blackpool winger.
 * 22 July 2015: Bobby Jones, 76, Bristol Rovers, Northampton Town and Swindon Town forward.
 * 5 August 2015: Tony Millington, 72, West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace, Peterborough United, Swansea City and Wales goalkeeper.
 * 6 August 2015: Danny Hegan, 72, Northern Ireland, Ipswich Town, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sunderland midfielder.

Retirements

 * 8 June 2015: Wade Elliott, 36, former Bournemouth, Burnley, Birmingham City and Bristol City midfielder.
 * 16 June 2015: John Oster, 36, former Wales, Grimsby Town, Everton, Sunderland, Burnley, Reading, Crystal Palace, Doncaster Rovers and Barnet midfielder.
 * 10 July 2015: Jason Koumas, 35, former Wales, Tranmere Rovers, West Bromwich Albion and Wigan Athletic midfielder.
 * 14 July 2015: Steven Caldwell, 34, former Scotland, Newcastle United, Sunderland, Burnley, Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City defender.
 * 17 July 2015: James Chambers, 34, former West Bromwich Albion, Watford, Leicester City, Doncaster Rovers and Walsall full back
 * 20 July 2015: Cherno Samba, 29, former Gambia and Plymouth Argyle striker.
 * 4 August 2015: Keith Andrews, 34, former Republic of Ireland, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Hull City. Milton Keynes Dons, Blackburn Rovers, West Bromwich Albion and Bolton Wanderers midfielder.