2015–16 Southend United F.C. season

Southend United

2015–16 season

Chairman

Ron Martin

Manager

Phil Brown

Stadium

Roots Hall

League Cup

1st round
(knocked out by Brighton & Hove Albion)

← 2014–15

The 2015–16 season is Southend United's 110th year in existence and their first season back in League after gaining promotion last season.^[1] Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
2 July 2015	CF	Dave Mooney	Leyton Orient	Free transfer	^[2]
3 July 2015	LM	Anthony Wordsworth	Ipswich Town	Free transfer	^[3]
1 August 2015	CF	Noel Hunt	Ipswich Town	Free transfer	^[4]
28 August 2015	LM	Stephen McLaughlin	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	^[5]
1 September 2015	RB	Luke O'Neill	Burnley	Free transfer	^[6]
11 September 2015	LB	Harry Kyprianou	Watford	Free transfer	^[7]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CB	Josh Banton	Free Agent	Released	^[8]
1 July 2015	CF	Lee Barnard	Crawley Town ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free transfer	^[8]
1 July 2015	MF	Ellis Brown	Free Agent	Released	^[8]
1 July 2015	CM	Conor Clifford	Free Agent	Released	^[8]
1 July 2015	CF	Barry Corr	Cambridge United	Free transfer	^[10]
1 July 2015	LB	Kane Farrell	Free Agent	Released	^[8]
1 July 2015	CB	Mads Ibenfeldt	Free Agent	Released	^[8]
1 July 2015	GK	Paul Smith	Free Agent	Released	^[8]
30 July 2015	LB	Cameron John	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	^[11]

↑ Following Barnard's release he joined Crawley Town.^[9]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
8 August 2015	CF	Joe Pigott	Charlton Athletic	2 January 2016	^[12]
22 August 2015	RB	Luke O'Neill	Burnley	1 September 2015^{[lower-alpha 1]}	^[13]
28 August 2015	DM	Glen Rea	Brighton & Hove Albion	2 January 2016	^[14]
22 January 2016	MF	Glen Kamara	Arsenal	End of Season	.^[15]

↑ On 1 September 2015, O'Neill made is loan move into a permanent move.^[6]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 3 June 2015, Southend United announced their first confirmed pre-season friendly against Charlton Athletic.^[16] On 8 June 2015, a friendly against West Ham United.^[17] On 11 June 2015, a further two friendlies were announced.^[18] Also a trip to Dagenham & Redbridge was confirmed.^[19]

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15) Friendly	Great Wakering Rovers	0–1	Southend United	Great Wakering
19:45 BST		Report	Scott ?' (pen.)	Stadium: Burroughs Park

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Southend United	2–3	West Ham United	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Hurst 20' Payne 41'	Report	Payet 26', 29' Prosser 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Roots Hall

22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) Friendly	Canvey Island	0–4	Southend United	Canvey Island
19:45 BST		Report	Williams ?', ?' Bridge ?' Payne ?'	Stadium: The Prospects Stadium

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Dagenham & Redbridge	2–1	Southend United	Dagenham
15:00 BST	McClure 45', 54'	Report	Timlin 35'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 696 (inc. 278 from Southend)

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Southend United	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST	Wordsworth 30' Mooney 57'	Report	Kennedy 32'	Stadium: Roots Hall

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Bradford City	39	18	10	11	45	38	+7	64	Qualification to League One play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Barnsley	39	19	5	15	60	48	+12	62
8	Southend United	39	16	10	13	53	50	+3	58
9	Rochdale	39	16	9	14	55	50	+5	57
10	Coventry City	39	15	11	13	59	44	+15	56

Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Championship.

Result by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	W
Position	14	21	20	21	20	16	20	17	13	10

Last updated: 1 October 2015.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[20]

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Southend United	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	McManus 33'	Report	Worrall 84'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,228 Referee: David Webb

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Southend United	0–2	Walsall	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST		Report	Bradshaw 8' Mantom 48'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,149 Referee: Andy Davies

19 August 2015 (2015-08-19) 3	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Southend United	Doncaster
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,164 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Southend United	0–1	Swindon Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST		Report	Robert 62'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,839 Referee: Andy Woolmer

31 August 2015 (2015-08-31) 5	Coventry City	2–2	Southend United	Coventry
19:45 BST	Johnson 34' Ricketts 72'	Report	Hunt 36' Mooney 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 12,967 Referee: Darren Handley

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6	Southend United	2–1	Peterborough United	Southend-on-Sea
12:05 BST	Barrett 32' Hunt 70'	Report	Maddison 90'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,748 Referee: Simon Hooper

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7	Southend United	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST		Report	Knight-Percival 56'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,212 Referee: Dean Whitestone

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Millwall	0–2	Southend United	Bermondsey
15:00 BST		Report	Mooney 37' Barrett 49'	Stadium: New Den Attendance: 10,228 Referee: Mark Haywood

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Southend United	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Timlin 36' Coker 75'	Report	McSheffrey 8'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,708 Referee: Kevin Johnson

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Southend United	Crewe
19:45 BST	Inman 49'	Report	Pigott 47', 53'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,404 Referee: Darren Bond

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11	Burton Albion	1–0	Southend United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Prosser 51' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,948 Referee: Trevor Kettle

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12	Southend United	1–0	Port Vale	Southend-on-Sea
15:00	Pigott 63'	Report		Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,543 Referee: Iain Williamson

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13	Southend United	2–1	Barnsley	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Wordsworth 36' Prosser 43'	Report	Scowen 24' (pen.)	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,572 Referee: Charles Breakspear

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14	Chesterfield	3–0	Southend United	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Novak 8' Ebanks-Blake 37' 62'	Report		Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,703 Referee: Graham Salisbury

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15	Gillingham	1–1	Southend United	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Loft 89'	Report	McLaughlin 11'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,981 Referee: Ben Toner

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16	Southend United	2–2	Rochdale	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Mooney 39' (pen.) Leonard 41'	Report	Bunney 63' Rose 79'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,111 Referee: Steve Martin

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17	Sheffield United	2–2	Southend	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Baxter 36' Collins 45'	Report	Leonard 29' Payne 31'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,007 Referee: Scott Duncan

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18	Southend United	1–0	Blackpool	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Thompson 76'	Report		Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,290 Referee: Graham Horwood

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19	Oldham Athletic	2–5	Southend	Oldham
19:45 GMT	Higdon 56', 77'	Report	Payne 5' Mooney 43' Worrall 48' Atkinson 78' Prosser 82'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,301 Referee: Darren Bond

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20	Southend United	0–0	Wigan	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,117 Referee: Keith Stroud

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21 Postponed	Bradford City	P–P	Southend United	Bradford
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Valley Parade

18 December 2015 (2015-12-18) 21	Southend United	4–1	Bury	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Hunt 22', 31' Mooney 74' (pen.) Payne 78'	Report	L. Clarke 43'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,127 Referee: James Linington

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 22	Colchester United	0–2	Southend United	Colchester
15:00 GMT		Report	White 49' Mooney 73'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 9,222 Referee: Phil Gibbs

28 December 2015 23	Southend United	0 - 4	Millwall	Southend-on-Sea
13:00 GMT	Deegan 57' Mooney 74' Atkinson 78'	Report	Martin 27' Cummings 35' Onyedinma 45+1' Williams 60' O'Brien 70'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 10,099 Referee: Kevin Wright

2 January 2016 24	Southend United	0 - 3	Doncaster Rovers	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Leonard 50' Thompson 57' White 58' Deegan 90+3'	Report	Williams 44' Taylor-Sinclair 54' Tyson 58' (pen.) Alcock 84'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,134 Referee: Lee Collins

9 January 2016 25	Swindon Town	4 - 2	Southend United	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Ajose 42' 90' Obika 45+1' 78'	Report	Barnett 5' Thompson 13' 90+6' Deegan 53' Atkinson 90+2' Prosser 90+6'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,162 Referee: Graham Salisbury

16 January 2016 26	Peterborough United	0 - 0	Southend United	Peterborough
15:00 GMT		Report	Bolger 29' Hendrie 79'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 7,057 Referee: Kevin Johnson

23 January 2016 27	Southend United	3 - 0	Coventry City	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Payne 24' Barnett 31' 68' (pen.) Deegan 44' Bolger 90'	Report	Charles-Cook 66'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,767 Referee: Brendan Malone

2 February 2016 28	Shrewsbury Town	1 - 2	Southend United	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Mangan 47'	Report	Atkinson 24' Timlin 54' Hendrie 79' O'Neill 90+2' McQueen 90+4'	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 4,602 Referee: Chris Sarginson

6 February 2016 29	Southend United	3 - 0	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Thompson 5' Bolger 45' Wordsworth 82' Barrett 88' 90' McQueen 90+2' 90+3'	Report	Gilbey 36'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 10,279 Referee: Oliver Langford

13 February 2016 30	Scunthorpe United	1 - 0	Southend United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Madden 11'	Report	Atkinson 59' O'Neill 66' Loza 84' Bolger 88'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,550 Referee: David Coote

16 February 2016 31	Bradford City	2 - 0	Southend United	Bradford
19:45 GMT	McMahon 17' Darby 66' Hanson 74'	Report	Timlin 70' O'Neill 89' Wordsworth 90+1'	Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 17,701 Referee: Ross Joyce

22 February 2016 32	Southend United	3 - 1	Burton Albion	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Wordsworth 7' Barnett 63' Mooney 90+1'	Report	Beavon 44'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,503 Referee: Paul Tierney (referee)

26 February 2016 33	Port Vale	3 - 1	Southend United	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Dickenson 18' O'Connor 38' Coker 40' (o.g.) Kennedy 86'	Report	Timlin 38' Coker 42' Atkinson 57' McQueen 90+3'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,957 Referee: Andy Haines

1 March 2016 34	Southend United	1 - 1	Crewe Alexandra	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Wordsworth 58' Worrall 86' Barnett 87' Coker 87' Payne 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Hitchcock 54' Cooper 86'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,444 Referee: Dean Whitestone

FA Cup

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) First round	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Southend United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Madden 16', 78'	Report	Leonard 30'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,335 Referee: Peter Bankes

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Southend United were drawn at home against Brighton & Hove Albion.^[21]

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round	Southend United	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST		Report	LuaLua 90'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 4,485 Referee: Iain Williamson

Football League Trophy

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Southend will travel to Crawley Town.^[22]

6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) Second round	Crawley Town	0–3	Southend United	Crawley
19:45 BST		Report	Weston 26' Pigott 39', 87'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,139 Referee: Tim Robinson

11 November 2015 (2015-11-11) Area quarter-finals	Southend United	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	White 11'	Report		Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 3,495 Referee: Andy Woolmer

8 December 2015 (2015-12-08) Area semi-finals	Southend United	0–2	Millwall	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT		Report	Morison 34' Williams 65'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,972 Referee: Simon Hooper

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↑ "Midfielder pens a two-year deal with the Blues". Southend United FC. 3 July 2015.
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↑ "News: Southend United sign Stephen McLaughlin from Nottingham Forest". Southend United FC. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
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↑ "Crawley sign Barnard and Deacon". The Argus. 27 July 2015.
↑ "Cambridge sign Southend's Corr". BBC Sport. 2 June 2015.
↑ "Youth: Cameron John joins Wolverhampton Wanderers". Southend United FC. 30 July 2015.
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↑ "News: Luke O'Neill signs on loan from Burnley". Southend United FC. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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↑ "Southend United sign Arsenal's Glen Kamara on loan". Southend United FC. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
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↑ "Pre-Season Friendly: West Ham United to visit Roots Hall". Southend United FC. 8 June 2015.
↑ "News: Two more friendlies announced". Southend United FC. 11 June 2015.
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↑ "Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 1 Draw". Capital One Cup. 16 June 2015.
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Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

Football League cups	Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 21	Professional U21 Development Leagues U21 Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development Leagues FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

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Championship	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers

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