2015–16 Southend United F.C. season
2015–16 season | |
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Chairman | Ron Martin |
Manager | Phil Brown |
Stadium | Roots Hall |
League One | 14th |
FA Cup | First round |
League Cup | First round (knocked out by Brighton & Hove Albion) |
FL Trophy | Area semi-finals |
Top goalscorer | Jack Payne (9) |
The 2015–16 season was Southend United's 110th year in existence and their first season back in League One after gaining promotion the previous season.[1] Along with competing in League One, the club also participated 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 | Nationality | 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 | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2015 | CB | ![]() |
Josh Banton | Free Agent | Released | [8] |
1 July 2015 | CF | ![]() |
Lee Barnard | Crawley Town [a] | 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] |
Loans in
Date from | Position | Nationality | 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[a] | [13] |
28 August 2015 | DM | ![]() |
Glen Rea | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 January 2016 | [14] |
21 January 2016 | MF | ![]() |
Sam McQueen | Southampton | End of Season | [15] |
22 January 2016 | MF | ![]() |
Glen Kamara | Arsenal | End of Season | [16] |
Competitions
Pre-season friendlies
On 3 June 2015, Southend United announced their first confirmed pre-season friendly against Charlton Athletic.[17] On 8 June 2015, a friendly against West Ham United.[18] On 11 June 2015, a further two friendlies were announced.[19] Also a trip to Dagenham & Redbridge was confirmed.[20]
15 July 2015 Friendly | Great Wakering Rovers | 0–1 | Southend United | Great Wakering |
19:45 BST | Report | Scott ![]() |
Stadium: Burroughs Park |
18 July 2015 Friendly | Southend United | 2–3 | West Ham United | Southend-on-Sea |
15:00 BST | Hurst ![]() Payne ![]() |
Report | Payet ![]() Prosser ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall |
22 July 2015 Friendly | Canvey Island | 0–4 | Southend United | Canvey Island |
19:45 BST | Report | Williams ![]() Bridge ![]() Payne ![]() |
Stadium: The Prospects Stadium |
25 July 2015 Friendly | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2–1 | Southend United | Dagenham |
15:00 BST | McClure ![]() |
Report | Timlin ![]() |
Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 696 (inc. 278 from Southend) |
28 July 2015 Friendly | Southend United | 2–1 | Charlton Athletic | Southend-on-Sea |
19:45 BST | Wordsworth ![]() Mooney ![]() |
Report | Kennedy ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall |
League One
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | Port Vale | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 65 |
13 | Peterborough United | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 82 | 73 | +9 | 63 |
14 | Southend United | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 59 |
15 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 71 | −7 | 59 |
16 | Bury | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 57[a] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
- ^ Bury were deducted 3 points for playing the unregistered Callum Styles against Southend United on 8 May.[21]
Result by matchday
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[22]
8 August 2015 1 | Fleetwood Town | 1–1 | Southend United | Fleetwood |
15:00 BST | McManus ![]() |
Report | Worrall ![]() |
Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,228 Referee: David Webb |
15 August 2015 2 | Southend United | 0–2 | Walsall | Southend-on-Sea |
15:00 BST | Report | Bradshaw ![]() Mantom ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,149 Referee: Andy Davies |
19 August 2015 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 0–0 | Southend United | Doncaster |
19:45 BST | Report | Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,164 Referee: Seb Stockbridge |
22 August 2015 4 | Southend United | 0–1 | Swindon Town | Southend-on-Sea |
15:00 BST | Report | Robert ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,839 Referee: Andy Woolmer |
31 August 2015 5 | Coventry City | 2–2 | Southend United | Coventry |
19:45 BST | Johnson ![]() Ricketts ![]() |
Report | Hunt ![]() Mooney ![]() |
Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 12,967 Referee: Darren Handley |
5 September 2015 6 | Southend United | 2–1 | Peterborough United | Southend-on-Sea |
12:05 BST | Barrett ![]() Hunt ![]() |
Report | Maddison ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,748 Referee: Simon Hooper |
12 September 2015 7 | Southend United | 0–1 | Shrewsbury Town | Southend-on-Sea |
15:00 BST | Report | Knight-Percival ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,212 Referee: Dean Whitestone |
19 September 2015 8 | Millwall | 0–2 | Southend United | Bermondsey |
15:00 BST | Report | Mooney ![]() Barrett ![]() |
Stadium: New Den Attendance: 10,228 Referee: Mark Haywood |
26 September 2015 9 | Southend United | 2–1 | Scunthorpe United | Southend-on-Sea |
15:00 BST | Timlin ![]() Coker ![]() |
Report | McSheffrey ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,708 Referee: Kevin Johnson |
29 September 2015 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 1–2 | Southend United | Crewe |
19:45 BST | Inman ![]() |
Report | Pigott ![]() |
Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,404 Referee: Darren Bond |
3 October 2015 11 | Burton Albion | 1–0 | Southend United | Burton upon Trent |
15:00 BST | Prosser ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,948 Referee: Trevor Kettle |
10 October 2015 12 | Southend United | 1–0 | Port Vale | Southend-on-Sea |
15:00 | Pigott ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,543 Referee: Iain Williamson |
17 October 2015 13 | Southend United | 2–1 | Barnsley | Southend-on-Sea |
15:00 BST | Wordsworth ![]() Prosser ![]() |
Report | Scowen ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,572 Referee: Charles Breakspear |
20 October 2015 14 | Chesterfield | 3–0 | Southend United | Chesterfield |
19:45 BST | Novak ![]() Ebanks-Blake ![]() ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,703 Referee: Graham Salisbury |
24 October 2015 15 | Gillingham | 1–1 | Southend United | Gillingham |
15:00 BST | Loft ![]() |
Report | McLaughlin ![]() |
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,981 Referee: Ben Toner |
31 October 2015 16 | Southend United | 2–2 | Rochdale | Southend-on-Sea |
19:45 GMT | Mooney ![]() Leonard ![]() |
Report | Bunney ![]() Rose ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,111 Referee: Steve Martin |
14 November 2015 17 | Sheffield United | 2–2 | Southend | Sheffield |
15:00 GMT | Baxter ![]() Collins ![]() |
Report | Leonard ![]() Payne ![]() |
Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,007 Referee: Scott Duncan |
21 November 2015 18 | Southend United | 1–0 | Blackpool | Southend-on-Sea |
15:00 GMT | Thompson ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,290 Referee: Graham Horwood |
24 November 2015 19 | Oldham Athletic | 2–5 | Southend | Oldham |
19:45 GMT | Higdon ![]() |
Report | Payne ![]() Mooney ![]() Worrall ![]() Atkinson ![]() Prosser ![]() |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,301 Referee: Darren Bond |
28 November 2015 20 | Southend United | 0–0 | Wigan | Southend-on-Sea |
15:00 GMT | Report | Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,117 Referee: Keith Stroud |
18 December 2015 21 | Southend United | 4–1 | Bury | Southend-on-Sea |
19:45 GMT | Hunt ![]() Mooney ![]() Payne ![]() |
Report | L. Clarke ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,127 Referee: James Linington |
26 December 2015 22 | Colchester United | 0–2 | Southend United | Colchester |
15:00 GMT | Report | White ![]() Mooney ![]() |
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 ![]() Mooney ![]() Atkinson ![]() |
Report | Martin ![]() Cummings ![]() Onyedinma ![]() Williams ![]() O'Brien ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 10,099 Referee: ![]() |
2 January 2016 24 | Southend United | 0–3 | Doncaster Rovers | Southend-on-Sea |
15:00 GMT | Leonard ![]() Thompson ![]() White ![]() Deegan ![]() |
Report | Williams ![]() Taylor-Sinclair ![]() Tyson ![]() Alcock ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,134 Referee: ![]() |
9 January 2016 25 | Swindon Town | 4–2 | Southend United | Swindon |
15:00 GMT | Ajose ![]() ![]() Obika ![]() ![]() |
Report | Barnett ![]() Thompson ![]() ![]() Deegan ![]() Atkinson ![]() Prosser ![]() |
Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,162 Referee: ![]() |
16 January 2016 26 | Peterborough United | 0–0 | Southend United | Peterborough |
15:00 GMT | Report | Bolger ![]() Hendrie ![]() |
Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 7,057 Referee: ![]() |
23 January 2016 27 | Southend United | 3–0 | Coventry City | Southend-on-Sea |
15:00 GMT | Payne ![]() Barnett ![]() ![]() Deegan ![]() ![]() Bolger ![]() |
Report | Charles-Cook ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,767 Referee: ![]() |
2 February 2016 28 | Shrewsbury Town | 1–2 | Southend United | Shrewsbury |
19:45 GMT | Mangan ![]() |
Report | Atkinson ![]() Timlin ![]() ![]() Hendrie ![]() O'Neill ![]() McQueen ![]() |
Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 4,602 Referee: ![]() |
6 February 2016 29 | Southend United | 3–0 | Colchester United | Southend-on-Sea |
15:00 GMT | Thompson ![]() Bolger ![]() Wordsworth ![]() Barrett ![]() ![]() McQueen ![]() ![]() |
Report | Gilbey ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 10,279 Referee: ![]() |
13 February 2016 30 | Scunthorpe United | 1–0 | Southend United | Scunthorpe |
15:00 GMT | Madden ![]() |
Report | Atkinson ![]() O'Neill ![]() Loza ![]() Bolger ![]() |
Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,550 Referee: ![]() |
16 February 2016 31 | Bradford City | 2–0 | Southend United | Bradford |
19:45 GMT | McMahon ![]() Darby ![]() Hanson ![]() |
Report | Timlin ![]() O'Neill ![]() Wordsworth ![]() |
Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 17,701 Referee: ![]() |
22 February 2016 32 | Southend United | 3–1 | Burton Albion | Southend-on-Sea |
19:45 GMT | Wordsworth ![]() Barnett ![]() Mooney ![]() |
Report | Beavon ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,503 Referee: ![]() |
26 February 2016 33 | Port Vale | 3–1 | Southend United | Stoke-on-Trent |
19:45 GMT | Dickenson ![]() O'Connor ![]() Coker ![]() Kennedy ![]() |
Report | Timlin ![]() Coker ![]() Atkinson ![]() McQueen ![]() |
Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,957 Referee: ![]() |
1 March 2016 34 | Southend United | 1–1 | Crewe Alexandra | Southend-on-Sea |
19:45 GMT | Wordsworth ![]() Worrall ![]() Barnett ![]() Coker ![]() Payne ![]() |
Report | Hitchcock ![]() Cooper ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,444 Referee: ![]() |
5 March 2016 35 | Southend United | 0–1 | Chesterfield | Southend-on-Sea |
15:00 GMT | Coker ![]() |
Report | Banks ![]() Dimaio ![]() Novak ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,518 Referee: ![]() |
12 March 2016 36 | Barnsley | 0–2 | Southend United | Barnsley |
15:00 GMT | Winnall ![]() Mawson ![]() |
Report | Payne ![]() Bentley ![]() Wordsworth ![]() Timlin ![]() |
Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,903 Referee: ![]() |
19 March 2016 37 | Southend United | 1–1 | Gillingham | Southend-on-Sea |
Wordsworth ![]() |
Report | Norris ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 9,135 |
25 March 2016 38 | Rochdale | 4–1 | Southend United | Rochdale |
GMT | Holt ![]() Rafferty ![]() Allen ![]() Bunney ![]() |
Report | Payne ![]() |
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,018 |
30 March 2016 39 | Southend United | 3–1 | Sheffield United | Southend-on-Sea |
GMT | Barnett ![]() Worrall ![]() Payne ![]() |
Report | Hammond ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,004 |
2 April 2016 40 | Blackpool | 2–0 | Southend United | Blackpool |
GMT | Cullen ![]() Blyth ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 6,979 |
9 April 2016 41 | Southend United | 2–2 | Fleetwood Town | Southend-on-Sea |
GMT | Barrett ![]() Payne ![]() |
Report | Grant ![]() McLaughlin ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,644 |
16 April 2016 42 | Walsall | 1–0 | Southend United | Walsall |
GMT | Hiwula ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,732 |
19 April 2016 43 | Southend United | 0–1 | Oldham Athletic | Southend-on-Sea |
GMT | Report | Main ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,503 |
23 April 2016 44 | Wigan Athletic | 4–1 | Southend United | Wigan |
GMT | McCann ![]() Grigg ![]() Jacobs ![]() |
Report | Morgan ![]() |
Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,021 |
30 April 2016 45 | Southend United | 0–1 | Bradford City | Southend-on-Sea |
GMT | Report | Evans ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,571 |
8 May 2016 46 | Bury | 3–2 | Southend United | Bury |
GMT | Barrett ![]() Lowe ![]() |
Report | Moussa ![]() Mooney ![]() |
Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,575 |
FA Cup
On 26th Oct 2015, in the clubhouse of Thackley Juniors FC in West Yorkshire, Southend United were drawn away against Scunthorpe United, to create an earlier travel date to Glanford Park.
7 November 2015 First round | Scunthorpe United | 2–1 | Southend United | Scunthorpe |
15:00 GMT | Madden ![]() |
Report | Leonard ![]() |
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.[23]
11 August 2015 First round | Southend United | 0–1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Southend-on-Sea |
19:45 BST | Report | LuaLua ![]() |
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.[24]
6 October 2015 Second round | Crawley Town | 0–3 | Southend United | Crawley |
19:45 BST | Report | Weston ![]() Pigott ![]() |
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,139 Referee: Tim Robinson |
11 November 2015 Area quarter-finals | Southend United | 1–0 | Bristol Rovers | Southend-on-Sea |
19:45 GMT | White ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 3,495 Referee: Andy Woolmer |
8 December 2015 Area semi-finals | Southend United | 0–2 | Millwall | Southend-on-Sea |
19:45 GMT | Report | Morison ![]() Williams ![]() |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,972 Referee: Simon Hooper |
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