2015–16 Southend United F.C. season

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Southend United
2015–16 season
Chairman Ron Martin
Manager Phil Brown
Stadium Roots Hall
League Cup 1st round
(knocked out by Brighton & Hove Albion)

The 2015–16 season is Southend United's 110th year in existence and their first season back in League One 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 Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
2 July 2015 CF Republic of Ireland Dave Mooney Leyton Orient Free transfer [2]
3 July 2015 LM England Anthony Wordsworth Ipswich Town Free transfer [3]
1 August 2015 CF Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt Ipswich Town Free transfer [4]
28 August 2015 LM Republic of Ireland Stephen McLaughlin Nottingham Forest Undisclosed [5]
1 September 2015 RB England Luke O'Neill Burnley Free transfer [6]
11 September 2015 LB Cyprus Harry Kyprianou Watford Free transfer [7]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CB England Josh Banton Free Agent Released [8]
1 July 2015 CF England Lee Barnard Crawley Town [lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [8]
1 July 2015 MF England Ellis Brown Free Agent Released [8]
1 July 2015 CM Republic of Ireland Conor Clifford Free Agent Released [8]
1 July 2015 CF Republic of Ireland Barry Corr Cambridge United Free transfer [10]
1 July 2015 LB England Kane Farrell Free Agent Released [8]
1 July 2015 CB Denmark Mads Ibenfeldt Free Agent Released [8]
1 July 2015 GK England Paul Smith Free Agent Released [8]
30 July 2015 LB England Cameron John Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed [11]
  1. Following Barnard's release he joined Crawley Town.[9]

Loans in

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

League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Peterborough United 46 19 6 21 82 73 +9 63
14 Bury 46 16 12 18 56 73 −17 60
15 Southend United 46 16 11 19 58 64 −6 59
16 Swindon Town 46 16 11 19 64 71 −7 59
17 Oldham Athletic 46 12 18 16 44 58 −14 54
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Result by matchday

Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
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]

FA Cup

League Cup

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

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]

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