Woking were dealt a very early blow at the start of the campaign as they lost their best striker Scott Rendell to a season-ending knee injury on the first day of the campaign away at Tranmere. The rotten luck continued as regular centre-back Ismail Yakubu suffered a serious knee injury before the end of August as well. But Garry Hill shrugged off these grievous setbacks and in signing Dan Holman on loan from Colchester for the rest of 2015, he unearthed an absolute jewel. The striker enjoyed a brilliant run of form and inspired the Cards to an immediate strong run of form that sent them into the top end of the table. They won five out of the next six games and also became the first team to take down pace-setters Forest Green in September. There was genuine quality in the team as John Goddard was pulling the strings from wide in midfield, chipping in with goals and assists, while the likes of Brian Saah, Jake Cole and Kieran Murtagh were impressive too. However, just when things looked quite bright, Woking hit a rough patch and began losing games at will. The loss of a few more important players to injuries stopped their momentum and the Sussex side actually lost six out of eight games until November. Hill was predicting a tough winter as the team dropped into mid-table, only for the Cards to once again rise and hit a strong run after that. They destroyed Tranmere for a superb 4:1 home win and then routed Gateshead before on the road before Christmas too. Holman was on a hot streak and made it 14 goals during his four months at the club. Yet the striker was lured by the division leaders Cheltenham in January and his loss proved the real undoing of this side. He was simply not replaced, as Giuseppe Sole failed to produce the same quality while Daniel Carr and Joe Quigley failed to convince too. A few decent wins after the turn of the year still kept Woking in the hunt for the play-offs but a rudderless loss at lowly Altrincham at February suddenly drained all the belief out of the squad. Woking went 13 games winless until late in the season and their campaign went badly off the rails. It was really quite dispiriting to witness but Hill just failed to get more out of this squad and that should be viewed as a disappointing campaign for the Cards.
