2015–16 England Hockey League season

2015–16 England Hockey League
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The 2015–2016 English Hockey League season took place from September 2015 until April 2016. The regular season consisted of two periods September until December and then February until March.[1] The end of season playoffs known as the League Finals Weekend was held on the 16 & 17 of April.[2]

Wimbledon won the Men's Premier League title despite finishing fourth in the regular season league standings. Surbiton won the Women's Premier League as well as finishing top of the regular season league standings.

The Men's Cup was won by Beeston and the Women's Cup was won by Clifton.[3][4]

Men's Premier Division League Standings

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Holcombe 18 13 5 0 57 24 33 44
2 Surbiton 18 12 1 5 67 46 21 37
3 Reading 18 10 2 6 51 41 11 32
4 Wimbledon 18 10 2 6 41 35 6 32
5 Brooklands Manchester University 18 7 4 7 49 46 3 25
6 Beeston 18 5 4 9 38 40 -2 19
7 Hampstead and Westminster 18 5 4 9 26 36 -10 19
8 East Grinstead 18 5 3 10 36 50 -14 18
9 Canterbury 18 5 1 12 32 58 -26 16
10 Cannock 18 4 2 12 45 66 -21 14
= Qualified for League finals weekend
= Relegated

Results

Home \ Away Bee Bro Can Can EG HW Hol Rea Sub Wim
Beeston — 2–2 6–2 3–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–3 2–3 1–0
Brooklands MU 2–2 — 3–3 5–0 3–1 3–2 2–5 3–1 4–6 2–2
Cannock 2–1 6–4 — 2–4 4–3 1–2 2–3 2–6 3–6 2–4
Canterbury 4–3 3–2 1–3 — 2–2 1–2 0–3 2–4 4–2 0–4
East Grinstead 0–3 1–2 5–2 4–3 — 4–1 2–3 4–3 1–5 1–2
Hampstead and Westminster 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 — 0–3 3–1 1–4 2–2
Holcombe 4–1 3–1 4–1 7–2 3–0 1–1 — 3–3 3–1 3–1
Reading 3–2 3–1 3–2 4–0 2–4 1–0 2–2 — 1–2 5–3
Surbiton 4–3 3–5 5–3 6–2 7–0 4–2 1–1 5–4 — 2–3
Wimbledon 3–0 0–4 4–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–5 1–2 4–1 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Women's Investec Premier Division League Standings

[5]

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Surbiton 18 14 4 0 53 11 46
2 Canterbury 18 12 4 2 45 18 40
3 University of Birmingham 18 11 3 4 37 20 36
4 Holcombe 18 9 3 6 28 31 30
5 East Grinstead 18 7 4 7 36 30 25
6 Leicester 18 7 1 10 24 36 22
7 Clifton 18 5 3 10 30 46 18
8 Reading 18 4 2 12 24 44 13
9 Bowdon Hightown 18 4 1 13 21 44 13
10 Buckingham 18 3 3 12 19 37 12
= Qualified for League finals weekend
= Relegated

Results

Home \ Away Bow Buc Can Cli EG Hol Lei Rea Sub Bir
Bowdon Hightown — 1–2 0–1 2–3 0–5 1–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–2
Buckingham 0–1 — 2–3 0–0 1–3 1–3 3–3 1–1 1–3 0–1
Canterbury 7–1 3–1 — 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 5–0 1–1 2–1
Clifton 2–1 2–1 0–4 — 3–0 2–3 2–6 1–3 1–4 2–4
East Grinstead 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 — 4–1 4–0 3–2 0–2 1–3
Holcombe 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 — 1–3 3–0 0–5 3–1
Leicester 0–2 2–0 0–4 4–3 2–1 1–0 — 1–0 0–2 0–1
Reading 3–5 1–2 2–3 1–2 3–3 0–1 4–1 — 0–1 0–5
Surbiton 4–1 5–0 4–3 3–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 7–0 — 1–1
University of Birmingham 5–1 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–3 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


League Finals Weekend

Semi-finals

Division Team 1 Team 2 Score
Men's Premier Surbiton Reading 2-4
Men's Premier Holcombe Wimbledon 2-3
Women's Premier Surbiton Holcombe 2-0
Women's Premier Canterbury University of Birmingham 6-0

Finals

Men

Division Team 1 Team 2 Score
Men's Premier Wimbledon Reading 1-1 (4-3 p)[6]

Squads
[7] Wimbledon
James Bailey (gk), Chris Rea (gk), James Jewell, Tom Woods, Henry Weir, Ian Sloan, James Osborn, Steve Ebbers, Alastair Brogdon (capt), Michael Hoare, Peter Millar, Phil Roper, Richie Dawson-Smith, Phil Ball, Caspar Phijffer, Chris Gregg, Pieter Wiegman, Johnny Kinder, Coach: Ben Hawes

Reading
Tommy Alexander (gk), Chris Wyver (gk), John Jackson, Richard Mantell, Simon Mantell, Dan Shingles, Peter Kelly, Jonty Clarke, Andy Watts, Tim Atkins, Tom Carson, Ben Boon, Jack Smart, Chris Newman (capt), Nick Park, Montgomery Jefferson, James O'Neill, Oliver Deasy, Coach: Andy Watts

Women

Division Team 1 Team 2 Score
Women's Premier Surbiton Holcombe 0-0 (3-1 p)

Men's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Chichester Havant 3-1
Beeston Sheffield University Bankers 2-1
City of Peterborough Banbury 5-2
Surbiton Univ of Birmingham 3-1

Semi-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Beeston City of Peterborough 5-1
Chichester Surbiton 1-0

Final

(Held at the Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 14 February)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Beeston Chichester 3-0


Women's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Brooklands Poynton Barnes 2-1
Holcombe Bowdon Hightown 1-0
Buckingham Ben Rhydding 3-2
Clifton Univ of Birmingham 3-2

Semi-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Buckingham Brooklands Poynton 5-1
Clifton Holcombe 3-1

Final

(Held at Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 30 April)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Clifton Buckingham 1-0


References

  1. ^ "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.
  2. ^ "Results". England Hockey.
  3. ^ "2015–16 Men's Cup". England Hockey.
  4. ^ "2015–16 Women's Cup". England Hockey.
  5. ^ "2015–16 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
  6. ^ "Wimbledon hold their nerve to capture crown". England Hockey.
  7. ^ "Match report". England Hockey. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
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