List of Southend United F.C. seasons

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Southend United Football Club, an English association football club based in Southend, Essex, was founded in 1906. The club's first team won the Southern League Second Division championship in their first season. Southend had to apply for election alongside the two bottom First Division teams who were applying for re-election; they were unsusccessful.[1] Southend won the title again the following year, and this time, with more places available after two clubs had joined the Football League, they were elected.[2] By 1910–11, the Southern League had adopted automatic promotion and relegation, and Southend were relegated. They returned to the top tier as runners-up in 1912–13, and remained at that level until 1920, when the Football League added a Third Division made up almost entirely of the Southern League First Division teams. That same season, Southend reached the third round (last 16) of the FA Cup; they have progressed to the last 16 four times since, but have gone no further.[3]

Southend remained in the Third Division for the next 39 seasons. The closest they came to a change were via two successful application for re-election, in 1921–22, their second season as a Football League club, and then in 1934–35,[4] and two third-place finishes, in 1931–32 and 1949–50, at a time when only the divisional champions were promoted. In 1965–66, they were relegated to the Fourth Division, and spent the next 25 years oscillating between the two.[3] Southend's first trophy in the Football League came in 1980–81, courtesy of a strong defence and a particularly strong home record, as they won the Fourth Division title by a two-point margin.[5] Eight years later, they were again promoted from the fourth tier, this time in third place,[3] and the following season, a final-day defeat deprived Southend of the title but they were still sure of the runners-up spot that gained promotion to the second tier for the first time in the club's history.[6][7] Southend spent six seasons at the higher level, during which time they lost a penalty shoot-out to Notts County in the semi-final of the 1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup, before two consecutive relegations took them back whence they came.

In 2006–07, again after consecutive promotions, they played one more season in the Championship – the Football League's divisions had been rebranded two years earlier[8] – and produced their best League Cup performance, eliminating Manchester United in the fourth round before losing to Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-final via an arguably offside goal scored five minutes from the end of extra time.[9] Southend reached the final of the Football League Trophy, a cup competition open to teams in the lower divisions of the Football League, in both 2004 and 2005. Both finals were played at the Millennium Stadium while the new Wembley Stadium was under construction, and both ended in defeat by two goals to nil, to Blackpool in 2004 and Wrexham the following year.[10] They repeated the procedure in 2013, albeit this time at the new Wembley, losing 2–0 to Crewe Alexandra and equalling Brentford's record of three final appearances without winning.[11]

As of the end of the 2015–16 season, the team have spent 25 seasons in the fourth tier of the English football league system, 57 in the third, and 7 in the second.[12] The table details the team's achievements and the top goalscorer in senior first-team competitions from their debut season in the Southern League in 1906–07 to the end of the most recently completed season.

Key

Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season are shown in italics and appropriately footnoted.

Seasons

Season League[3][12] FA Cup[13] League Cup[6][lower-alpha 1] Other[6][3][15] Top scorer(s)[lower-alpha 2]
Division[lower-alpha 3] P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result Name Goals
1906–07 South 2 22 14 5 3 58 23 33 1st &
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1907–08 South 2 promoted 18 13 3 2 47 16 29 1st QR4 &
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1908–09 South 1 40 14 10 16 52 54 38 12th QR5 &
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1909–10 South 1 42 12 9 21 51 90 33 20th R2 &
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1910–11 South 1 relegated 38 10 9 19 47 64 29 19th R1 &
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1911–12 South 2 26 16 1 9 73 24 33 4th QR5 &
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1912–13 South 2 promoted 24 14 6 4 43 23 34 2nd R1 &
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1913–14 South 1 38 10 12 16 41 66 32 16th R1 &
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1914–15 South 1 38 10 8 20 44 64 28 18th R2 &
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1915–19 é
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1919–20 South 1 42 13 17 12 46 48 43 11th R1 &
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1920–21 Div 3 42 14 8 20 44 61 36 17th R3 &
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Albert Fairclough 15
1921–22 Div 3S 42 8 11 23 34 74 27 22nd[lower-alpha 4] R2 &
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Jimmy Evans[lower-alpha 5] 10
1922–23 Div 3S 42 12 13 17 49 54 37 15th QR5 &
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Billy Goodwin 22
1923–24 Div 3S 42 12 10 20 53 84 34 19th QR6 &
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Billy Goodwin 11
1924–25 Div 3S 42 19 5 18 51 61 43 10th QR5 &
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Jimmy McClelland 21
1925–26 Div 3S 42 19 4 19 78 73 42 11th R5 &
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Billy Hick 18
1926–27 Div 3S 42 14 6 22 64 77 34 19th R2 &
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Billy Hick 29
1927–28 Div 3S 42 20 6 16 80 64 46 7th R2 &
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Billy Hick 26
1928–29 Div 3S 42 15 11 16 80 75 41 12th R1 &
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Jimmy Shankly 35
1929–30 Div 3S 42 15 13 14 69 59 43 11th R2 &
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Fred Baron 22
1930–31 Div 3S 42 22 5 15 76 60 49 5th R1 &
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Jimmy Shankly 28
1931–32 Div 3S 42 21 11 10 77 53 53 3rd R2 &
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Jimmy Shankly 20
1932–33 Div 3S 42 15 11 16 65 82 41 13th R4 &
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Jack Morfitt 21
1933–34 Div 3S 42 12 10 20 51 74 34 16th R3 &
Third Division South Cup R2 Leo Stevens 21
1934–35 Div 3S 42 11 9 22 65 78 31 21st[lower-alpha 4] R3 &
Third Division South Cup R1 Harry Johnson 22
1935–36 Div 3S 42 13 10 19 61 62 36 18th R3 &
Third Division South Cup QF Harry Lane 17
1936–37 Div 3S 42 17 11 14 78 67 45 10th R2 &
Third Division South Cup R2 Billy Dickinson 19
1937–38 Div 3S 42 15 10 17 70 68 40 12th R3 &
Third Division South Cup R1 Tudor Martin 18
1938–39 Div 3S 42 16 9 17 61 64 41 12th R4 &
Third Division South Cup R1 Alf Smirk 18
1939–40 Div 3S 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 [lower-alpha 6] &
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1939–45 é
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1945–46 R1[lower-alpha 7] &
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Alf Smirk 1
1946–47 Div 3S 42 17 10 15 71 60 44 8th R3 &
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Cyril Thompson 27
1947–48 Div 3S 42 15 13 14 51 58 43 9th R1 &
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Cyril Thompson 14
1948–49 Div 3S 42 9 16 17 41 46 34 18th R1 &
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Frank Dudley 12
1949–50 Div 3S 42 19 13 10 66 48 51 3rd R3 &
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Albert Wakefield 28
1950–51 Div 3S 46 21 10 15 92 69 52 7th R1 &
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Les Stubbs 19
1951–52 Div 3S 46 19 10 17 75 66 48 9th R5 &
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Albert Wakefield 21
1952–53 Div 3S 46 18 13 15 69 74 49 8th R1 &
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Cyril Grant 13
1953–54 Div 3S 46 18 7 21 69 71 43 16th R2 &
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Ken Bainbridge 12
1954–55 Div 3S 46 17 12 17 83 80 46 10th R3 &
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Roy Hollis 32
1955–56 Div 3S 46 21 11 14 88 80 53 4th R4 &
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Roy Hollis 26
1956–57 Div 3S 46 18 12 16 73 65 48 7th R4 &
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Roy Hollis 20
1957–58 Div 3S[lower-alpha 8] 46 21 12 13 90 58 54 7th R3 &
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Sammy McCrory[lower-alpha 9] 33 ♦
1958–59 Div 3 46 21 8 17 85 80 50 8th R1 &
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Bud Houghton 20
1959–60 Div 3 46 19 8 19 76 74 46 12th R2 &
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Dudley Price 29
1960–61 Div 3 46 14 11 21 60 76 39 20th R2 R2 &
Jim Fryatt 16
1961–62 Div 3 46 13 16 17 57 69 42 16th R1 R1 &
Ken Jones 13
1962–63 Div 3 46 19 12 15 75 77 50 8th R2 R2 &
Ken Jones 10
1963–64 Div 3 46 15 15 16 77 78 45 14th R1 R3 &
Mike Beesley 13
1964–65 Div 3 46 19 8 19 78 71 46 12th R1 R3 &
Bobby Gilfillan 23
1965–66 Div 3 relegated 46 16 4 26 54 83 36 21st R3 R2 &
Eddie Firmani 20
1966–67 Div 4 46 22 9 15 70 49 53 6th R1 R1 &
Ray Smith 19
1967–68 Div 4 46 20 14 12 77 58 54 6th R1 R2 &
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1968–69 Div 4 46 19 13 14 78 61 51 7th R4 R2 &
Billy Best 31
1969–70 Div 4 46 15 10 21 59 85 40 17th R1 R3 &
Billy Best 24
1970–71 Div 4 46 14 15 17 53 66 43 18th R3 R1 &
Billy Best 22
1971–72 Div 4 promoted 46 24 12 10 81 55 60 2nd R2 R1 &
Bill Garner 26
1972–73 Div 3 46 17 10 19 61 54 44 14th R1 R2 &
Chris Guthrie 15
1973–74 Div 3 46 16 14 16 62 62 46 12th R3 R1 &
Stuart Brace 22
1974–75 Div 3 46 13 16 17 46 51 42 18th R3 R2 &
Chris Guthrie 17
1975–76 Div 3 relegated 46 12 13 21 65 75 37 23rd R5 R1 &
Peter Silvester 23
1976–77 Div 4 46 15 19 12 52 45 49 10th R3 R1 &
Stuart Parker 17
1977–78 Div 4 promoted 46 25 10 11 66 39 60 2nd R3 R1 &
Derrick Parker 23
1978–79 Div 3 46 15 15 16 51 49 45 13th R3 R1 &
Derrick Parker 12
1979–80 Div 3 relegated 46 14 10 22 47 58 38 22nd R2 R3 &
Derrick Parker 10
1980–81 Div 4 promoted 46 30 7 9 79 31 67 1st R1 R1 &
Derek Spence 21
1981–82 Div 3 46 18 15 13 63 51 69[lower-alpha 10] 7th R1 R1 Football League Group Cup Group Keith Mercer 13
1982–83 Div 3 46 15 14 17 66 65 59 15th R3 R1 Football League Group Cup Group Steve Phillips 17
1983–84 Div 3 relegated 46 10 14 22 55 76 44 22nd R1 R1 Associate Members Cup QF(S) Steve Phillips 20
1984–85 Div 4 46 13 11 22 58 83 50 20th R1 R1 Associate Members Cup R1(S) Steve Phillips 23
1985–86 Div 4 46 18 10 18 69 67 64 9th R1 R1 Associate Members Cup Group Richard Cadette[19] 25 ♦
1986–87 Div 4 promoted 46 25 5 16 68 55 80 3rd R2 R2 Associate Members Cup R1(S) Richard Cadette 31
1987–88 Div 3 46 14 13 19 65 83 55 17th R1 R3 Associate Members Cup R1(S) David Crown 17
1988–89 Div 3 relegated 46 13 15 18 56 75 54 21st R1 R2 Associate Members Cup R1(S) David Crown[lower-alpha 11] 29 ♦
1989–90 Div 4 42 22 9 15 61 48 75 3rd R1 R2 Associate Members Cup QF(S) David Crown 23
1990–91 Div 3 promoted 46 26 7 13 67 51 85 2nd[lower-alpha 12] R1 R2 Associate Members Cup SF(S) Brett Angell 26
1991–92 Div 2 46 17 11 18 63 63 62 12th R3 R1 Full Members Cup R2(S) Brett Angell 23
1992–93 Div 1[lower-alpha 13] 46 13 13 20 54 64 52 18th R5 R1 Anglo-Italian Cup Prelim Stan Collymore 18
1993–94 Div 1 46 17 8 21 63 67 59 15th R3 R2 Anglo-Italian Cup SF Ricky Otto 15
1994–95 Div 1 46 18 8 20 54 73 62 13th R3 R1 &
Gary Jones 11
1995–96 Div 1 46 15 14 17 52 61 59 14th R3 R2 Anglo-Italian Cup Group Dave Regis 9
1996–97 Div 1 relegated 46 8 15 23 42 86 39 24th R3 R1 &
Andy Rammell 10
1997–98 Div 2 relegated 46 11 10 25 47 79 43 24th R2 R2 Football League Trophy R1(S) Jeroen Boere 14
1998–99 Div 3 46 14 12 20 52 58 54 18th R1 R2 Football League Trophy R2(S) Barry Conlon 7
1999–2000 Div 3 46 15 11 20 53 61 56 16th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1(S) Martin Carruthers 19
2000–01 Div 3 46 15 18 13 55 53 63 11th R3 R1 Football League Trophy F(S) 10
2001–02 Div 3 46 15 13 18 51 54 58 12th R3 R1 Football League Trophy R2(S) Tes Bramble 13
2002–03 Div 3 46 17 3 26 47 59 54 17th R2 R1 Football League Trophy R1(S) Mark Rawle 12
2003–04 Div 3 46 14 12 20 51 63 54 17th R3 R1 Football League Trophy F Leon Constantine 25
2004–05 League 2[lower-alpha 14] promoted 46 22 12 12 65 46 78 4th[lower-alpha 15] R1 R1 Football League Trophy F Freddy Eastwood 24
2005–06 League 1 46 23 13 10 72 43 82 1st R2 R1 Football League Trophy R1(S) Freddy Eastwood 25
2006–07 Champ relegated 46 10 12 24 47 80 42 22nd R4 QF[lower-alpha 16] &
Freddy Eastwood 16
2007–08 League 1 46 22 10 14 70 55 76 6th[lower-alpha 17] R4 R3 Football League Trophy R1(S) Nicky Bailey 12
2008–09 League 1 46 21 8 17 58 61 71 8th R3 R1 Football League Trophy R1(S) Lee Barnard 11
2009–10 League 1 relegated 46 10 13 23 51 72 43 23rd R1 R2 Football League Trophy R2(S) Lee Barnard 17
2010–11 League 2 46 16 13 17 62 56 61 13th R1 R2 Football League Trophy QF(S) Barry Corr 21
2011–12 League 2 46 25 8 13 77 48 83 4th[lower-alpha 18] R2 R1 Football League Trophy SF(S) Ryan Hall 14
2012–13 League 2 46 16 13 17 61 55 61 11th R3 R1 Football League Trophy F 16
2013–14 League 2 46 19 15 12 56 39 72 5th[lower-alpha 19] R4 R1 Football League Trophy R2(S) Barry Corr 13
2014–15 League 2 promoted 46 24 12 10 54 38 84 5th[lower-alpha 20] R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1(S) Barry Corr 16
2015–16 League 1 46 16 11 19 58 64 59 15th R1 R1 Football League Trophy QF(S) Jack Payne 9

Notes

  1. The Football League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.[14]
  2. Includes goals scored in all nationally organised competitions, i.e. the Football League, including play-offs, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Third Division South Cup, Football League Group Cup, Associate Members Cup / Football League Trophy, Full Members Cup and Anglo-Italian Cup. For seasons from 1920–21 to 2009–10, sourced to the Southend United Football Club database;[16] from 2010–11 onwards sourced to Soccerbase.[17]
  3. From the 1920–21 Football League season onwards, divisions are sorted according to their level within the English football league system, and separately from the pre-Football League divisions.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Successfully applied for re-election to the Football League.[18]
  5. All of Evans' goals were penalty kicks.
  6. The 1939–40 Football League season was abandoned with three matches played when the Second World War began.[3]
  7. Although the Football League did not resume until the 1946–47 season, the FA Cup was contested in 1945–46. From the first round proper to the sixth round (quarter-final), results were determined on aggregate score over two legs.[13][3]
  8. Southend's top-half finish meant they were placed in the Football League Third Division when the regional sections were amalgamated into national Third and Fourth Divisions for the 1958–59 season.[14]
  9. Scored 31 goals in the Third Division South.[19]
  10. The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win instead of two.[14]
  11. Scored 26 goals in the Third Division.[19]
  12. Promoted to the second tier for the first time.
  13. The newly formed FA Premier League split from the Football League, and the remaining divisions of the Football League were renumbered upwards.[14]
  14. From the 2004–05 season, the Football League divisions were rebranded: Division One was renamed the Football League Championship, and Divisions Two and Three became Football League One and Football League Two respectively.[8]
  15. Promoted to League One via the play-offs, beating Northampton Town 1–0 on aggregate in the semi-final and Lincoln City 2–0 after extra time in the final.[3][20]
  16. Southend's best performance in the League Cup. They eliminated Manchester United in the fourth round before losing narrowly to Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-final.[9]
  17. Lost 5–1 on aggregate to Doncaster Rovers in the play-off semi-final.[21]
  18. Lost 3–2 on aggregate to Crewe Alexandra in the play-off semi-final.[22]
  19. Lost 3–2 on aggregate to Burton Albion in the play-off semi-final.[23]
  20. Promoted to League One via the play-offs, beating Stevenage 4–2 on aggregate in the semi-final[24] and Wycombe Wanderers on penalties in the final.[25]

References

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