List of Southend United F.C. seasons
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 unsuccessful.[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.
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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] | ||||||||||
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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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Not known | — |
1907–08 | South 2 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 29 | 1st | QR4 | & —
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Not known | — |
1908–09 | South 1 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 52 | 54 | 38 | 12th | QR5 | & —
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Not known | — |
1909–10 | South 1 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 51 | 90 | 33 | 20th | R2 | & —
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Not known | — |
1910–11 | South 1 | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 47 | 64 | 29 | 19th | R1 | & —
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Not known | — |
1911–12 | South 2 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 73 | 24 | 33 | 4th | QR5 | & —
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Not known | — |
1912–13 | South 2 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 34 | 2nd | R1 | & —
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Not known | — |
1913–14 | South 1 | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 41 | 66 | 32 | 16th | R1 | & —
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Not known | — |
1914–15 | South 1 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 28 | 18th | R2 | & —
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Not known | — |
1915–19 | The Southern League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War. |
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1919–20 | South 1 | 42 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 46 | 48 | 43 | 11th | R1 | & —
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Not known | — |
1920–21 | Div 3 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 44 | 61 | 36 | 17th | R3 | & —
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Fairclough, AlbertAlbert Fairclough | 15 |
1921–22 | Div 3S | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 74 | 27 | 22nd[lower-alpha 4] | R2 | & —
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Evans, JimmyJimmy Evans[lower-alpha 5] | 10 |
1922–23 | Div 3S | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 49 | 54 | 37 | 15th | QR5 | & —
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Goodwin, BillyBilly Goodwin | 22 |
1923–24 | Div 3S | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 53 | 84 | 34 | 19th | QR6 | & —
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Goodwin, BillyBilly Goodwin | 11 |
1924–25 | Div 3S | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 51 | 61 | 43 | 10th | QR5 | & —
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McClelland, JimmyJimmy McClelland | 21 |
1925–26 | Div 3S | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 78 | 73 | 42 | 11th | R5 | & —
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Hick, BillyBilly Hick | 18 |
1926–27 | Div 3S | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 64 | 77 | 34 | 19th | R2 | & —
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Hick, BillyBilly Hick | 29 |
1927–28 | Div 3S | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 80 | 64 | 46 | 7th | R2 | & —
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Hick, BillyBilly Hick | 26 |
1928–29 | Div 3S | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 80 | 75 | 41 | 12th | R1 | & —
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Shankly, JimmyJimmy Shankly | 35 |
1929–30 | Div 3S | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 69 | 59 | 43 | 11th | R2 | & —
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Baron, FredFred Baron | 22 |
1930–31 | Div 3S | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 76 | 60 | 49 | 5th | R1 | & —
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Shankly, JimmyJimmy Shankly | 28 |
1931–32 | Div 3S | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 77 | 53 | 53 | 3rd | R2 | & —
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Shankly, JimmyJimmy Shankly | 20 |
1932–33 | Div 3S | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 65 | 82 | 41 | 13th | R4 | & —
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Morfitt, JackJack Morfitt | 21 |
1933–34 | Div 3S | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 51 | 74 | 34 | 16th | R3 | & —
| Third Division South Cup | R2 | Stevens, LeoLeo Stevens | 21 |
1934–35 | Div 3S | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 65 | 78 | 31 | 21st[lower-alpha 4] | R3 | & —
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Third Division South Cup | R1 | Johnson, HarryHarry Johnson | 22 |
1935–36 | Div 3S | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 61 | 62 | 36 | 18th | R3 | & —
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Third Division South Cup | QF | Lane, HarryHarry Lane | 17 |
1936–37 | Div 3S | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 78 | 67 | 45 | 10th | R2 | & —
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Third Division South Cup | R2 | Dickinson, BillyBilly Dickinson | 19 |
1937–38 | Div 3S | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 70 | 68 | 40 | 12th | R3 | & —
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Third Division South Cup | R1 | Martin, TudorTudor Martin | 18 |
1938–39 | Div 3S | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 61 | 64 | 41 | 12th | R4 | & —
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Third Division South Cup | R1 | Smirk, AlfAlf Smirk | 18 |
1939–40 | Div 3S | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | —[lower-alpha 6] | & —
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1939–45 | The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War. |
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1945–46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R1[lower-alpha 7] | & —
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Smirk, AlfAlf Smirk | 1 |
1946–47 | Div 3S | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 71 | 60 | 44 | 8th | R3 | & —
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Thompson, CyrilCyril Thompson | 27 |
1947–48 | Div 3S | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 51 | 58 | 43 | 9th | R1 | & —
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Thompson, CyrilCyril Thompson | 14 |
1948–49 | Div 3S | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 41 | 46 | 34 | 18th | R1 | & —
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Dudley, FrankFrank Dudley | 12 |
1949–50 | Div 3S | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 66 | 48 | 51 | 3rd | R3 | & —
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Wakefield, AlbertAlbert Wakefield | 28 |
1950–51 | Div 3S | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 92 | 69 | 52 | 7th | R1 | & —
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Stubbs, LesLes Stubbs | 19 |
1951–52 | Div 3S | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 75 | 66 | 48 | 9th | R5 | & —
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Wakefield, AlbertAlbert Wakefield | 21 |
1952–53 | Div 3S | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 69 | 74 | 49 | 8th | R1 | & —
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Grant, CyrilCyril Grant | 13 |
1953–54 | Div 3S | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 69 | 71 | 43 | 16th | R2 | & —
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Bainbridge, KenKen Bainbridge | 12 |
1954–55 | Div 3S | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 83 | 80 | 46 | 10th | R3 | & —
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Hollis, RoyRoy Hollis | 32 |
1955–56 | Div 3S | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 88 | 80 | 53 | 4th | R4 | & —
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Hollis, RoyRoy Hollis | 26 |
1956–57 | Div 3S | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 73 | 65 | 48 | 7th | R4 | & —
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Hollis, RoyRoy Hollis | 20 |
1957–58 | Div 3S[lower-alpha 8] | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 90 | 58 | 54 | 7th | R3 | & —
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McCrory, SammySammy McCrory[lower-alpha 9] | 33 ♦ |
1958–59 | Div 3 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 85 | 80 | 50 | 8th | R1 | & —
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Houghton, BudBud Houghton | 20 |
1959–60 | Div 3 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 76 | 74 | 46 | 12th | R2 | & —
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Price, DudleyDudley Price | 29 |
1960–61 | Div 3 | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 60 | 76 | 39 | 20th | R2 | R2 | — | & —
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Fryatt, JimJim Fryatt | 16 |
1961–62 | Div 3 | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 57 | 69 | 42 | 16th | R1 | R1 | — | & —
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Jones, KenKen Jones | 13 |
1962–63 | Div 3 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 75 | 77 | 50 | 8th | R2 | R2 | — | & —
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Jones, KenKen Jones | 10 |
1963–64 | Div 3 | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 77 | 78 | 45 | 14th | R1 | R3 | — | & —
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Beesley, MikeMike Beesley | 13 |
1964–65 | Div 3 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 78 | 71 | 46 | 12th | R1 | R3 | — | & —
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Gilfillan, BobbyBobby Gilfillan | 23 |
1965–66 | Div 3 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 26 | 54 | 83 | 36 | 21st | R3 | R2 | — | & —
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Firmani, EddieEddie Firmani | 20 |
1966–67 | Div 4 | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 70 | 49 | 53 | 6th | R1 | R1 | — | & —
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Smith, RayRay 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 | — | & —
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Best, BillyBilly Best | 31 |
1969–70 | Div 4 | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 59 | 85 | 40 | 17th | R1 | R3 | — | & —
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Best, BillyBilly Best | 24 |
1970–71 | Div 4 | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 53 | 66 | 43 | 18th | R3 | R1 | — | & —
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Best, BillyBilly Best | 22 |
1971–72 | Div 4 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 81 | 55 | 60 | 2nd | R2 | R1 | — | & —
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Garner, BillBill Garner | 26 |
1972–73 | Div 3 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 61 | 54 | 44 | 14th | R1 | R2 | — | & —
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Guthrie, ChrisChris Guthrie | 15 |
1973–74 | Div 3 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 62 | 62 | 46 | 12th | R3 | R1 | — | & —
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Brace, StuartStuart Brace | 22 |
1974–75 | Div 3 | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 46 | 51 | 42 | 18th | R3 | R2 | — | & —
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Guthrie, ChrisChris Guthrie | 17 |
1975–76 | Div 3 | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 65 | 75 | 37 | 23rd | R5 | R1 | — | & —
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Silvester, PeterPeter Silvester | 23 |
1976–77 | Div 4 | 46 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 52 | 45 | 49 | 10th | R3 | R1 | — | & —
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Parker, StuartStuart Parker | 17 |
1977–78 | Div 4 | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 66 | 39 | 60 | 2nd | R3 | R1 | — | & —
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Parker, DerrickDerrick Parker | 23 |
1978–79 | Div 3 | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 51 | 49 | 45 | 13th | R3 | R1 | — | & —
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Parker, DerrickDerrick Parker | 12 |
1979–80 | Div 3 | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 47 | 58 | 38 | 22nd | R2 | R3 | — | & —
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Parker, DerrickDerrick Parker | 10 |
1980–81 | Div 4 | 46 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 79 | 31 | 67 | 1st | R1 | R1 | — | & —
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Spence, DerekDerek Spence | 21 |
1981–82 | Div 3 | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 63 | 51 | 69[lower-alpha 10] | 7th | R1 | R1 | Football League Group Cup | Group | Mercer, KeithKeith Mercer | 13 |
1982–83 | Div 3 | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 66 | 65 | 59 | 15th | R3 | R1 | Football League Group Cup | Group | Phillips, SteveSteve Phillips | 17 |
1983–84 | Div 3 | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 55 | 76 | 44 | 22nd | R1 | R1 | Associate Members Cup | QF(S) | Phillips, SteveSteve Phillips | 20 |
1984–85 | Div 4 | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 58 | 83 | 50 | 20th | R1 | R1 | Associate Members Cup | R1(S) | Phillips, SteveSteve Phillips | 23 |
1985–86 | Div 4 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 69 | 67 | 64 | 9th | R1 | R1 | Associate Members Cup | Group | Cadette, RichardRichard Cadette[19] | 25 ♦ |
1986–87 | Div 4 | 46 | 25 | 5 | 16 | 68 | 55 | 80 | 3rd | R2 | R2 | Associate Members Cup | R1(S) | Cadette, RichardRichard Cadette | 31 |
1987–88 | Div 3 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 65 | 83 | 55 | 17th | R1 | R3 | Associate Members Cup | R1(S) | Crown, DavidDavid Crown | 17 |
1988–89 | Div 3 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 56 | 75 | 54 | 21st | R1 | R2 | Associate Members Cup | R1(S) | Crown, DavidDavid Crown[lower-alpha 11] | 29 ♦ |
1989–90 | Div 4 | 42 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 61 | 48 | 75 | 3rd | R1 | R2 | Associate Members Cup | QF(S) | Crown, DavidDavid Crown | 23 |
1990–91 | Div 3 | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 67 | 51 | 85 | 2nd[lower-alpha 12] | R1 | R2 | Associate Members Cup | SF(S) | Angell, BrettBrett Angell | 26 |
1991–92 | Div 2 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 63 | 63 | 62 | 12th | R3 | R1 | Full Members Cup | R2(S) | Angell, BrettBrett Angell | 23 |
1992–93 | Div 1[lower-alpha 13] | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 54 | 64 | 52 | 18th | R5 | R1 | Anglo-Italian Cup | Prelim | Collymore, StanStan Collymore | 18 |
1993–94 | Div 1 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 63 | 67 | 59 | 15th | R3 | R2 | Anglo-Italian Cup | SF | Otto, RickyRicky Otto | 15 |
1994–95 | Div 1 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 54 | 73 | 62 | 13th | R3 | R1 | — | & —
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Jones, GaryGary Jones | 11 |
1995–96 | Div 1 | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 52 | 61 | 59 | 14th | R3 | R2 | Anglo-Italian Cup | Group | Regis, DaveDave Regis | 9 |
1996–97 | Div 1 | 46 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 86 | 39 | 24th | R3 | R1 | — | & —
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Rammell, AndyAndy Rammell | 10 |
1997–98 | Div 2 | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 47 | 79 | 43 | 24th | R2 | R2 | Football League Trophy | R1(S) | Boere, JeroenJeroen Boere | 14 |
1998–99 | Div 3 | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 52 | 58 | 54 | 18th | R1 | R2 | Football League Trophy | R2(S) | Conlon, BarryBarry Conlon | 7 |
1999–2000 | Div 3 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 53 | 61 | 56 | 16th | R1 | R1 | Football League Trophy | R1(S) | Carruthers, MartinMartin Carruthers | 19 |
2000–01 | Div 3 | 46 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 55 | 53 | 63 | 11th | R3 | R1 | Football League Trophy | F(S) |
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2001–02 | Div 3 | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 51 | 54 | 58 | 12th | R3 | R1 | Football League Trophy | R2(S) | Bramble, TesTes Bramble | 13 |
2002–03 | Div 3 | 46 | 17 | 3 | 26 | 47 | 59 | 54 | 17th | R2 | R1 | Football League Trophy | R1(S) | Rawle, MarkMark Rawle | 12 |
2003–04 | Div 3 | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 51 | 63 | 54 | 17th | R3 | R1 | Football League Trophy | F | Constantine, LeonLeon Constantine | 25 |
2004–05 | League 2[lower-alpha 14] | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 65 | 46 | 78 | 4th[lower-alpha 15] | R1 | R1 | Football League Trophy | F | Eastwood, FreddyFreddy Eastwood | 24 |
2005–06 | League 1 | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 72 | 43 | 82 | 1st | R2 | R1 | Football League Trophy | R1(S) | Eastwood, FreddyFreddy Eastwood | 25 |
2006–07 | Champ | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 47 | 80 | 42 | 22nd | R4 | QF[lower-alpha 16] | — | & —
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Eastwood, FreddyFreddy Eastwood | 16 |
2007–08 | League 1 | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 70 | 55 | 76 | 6th[lower-alpha 17] | R4 | R3 | Football League Trophy | R1(S) | Bailey, NickyNicky Bailey | 12 |
2008–09 | League 1 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 58 | 61 | 71 | 8th | R3 | R1 | Football League Trophy | R1(S) | Barnard, LeeLee Barnard | 11 |
2009–10 | League 1 | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 51 | 72 | 43 | 23rd | R1 | R2 | Football League Trophy | R2(S) | Barnard, LeeLee Barnard | 17 |
2010–11 | League 2 | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 62 | 56 | 61 | 13th | R1 | R2 | Football League Trophy | QF(S) | Corr, BarryBarry Corr | 21 |
2011–12 | League 2 | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 77 | 48 | 83 | 4th[lower-alpha 18] | R2 | R1 | Football League Trophy | SF(S) | Hall, RyanRyan 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) | Corr, BarryBarry Corr | 13 |
2014–15 | League 2 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 38 | 84 | 5th[lower-alpha 20] | R1 | R1 | Football League Trophy | R1(S) | Corr, BarryBarry Corr | 16 |
2015–16 | League 1 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 64 | 59 | 14th[lower-alpha 21] | R1 | R1 | Football League Trophy | QF(S) | Payne, JackJack Payne | 9 |
Notes
- ↑ The Football League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.[14]
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Successfully applied for re-election to the Football League.[18]
- ↑ All of Evans' goals were penalty kicks.
- ↑ The 1939–40 Football League season was abandoned with three matches played when the Second World War began.[3]
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ Scored 31 goals in the Third Division South.[19]
- ↑ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win instead of two.[14]
- ↑ Scored 26 goals in the Third Division.[19]
- ↑ Promoted to the second tier for the first time.
- ↑ The newly formed FA Premier League split from the Football League, and the remaining divisions of the Football League were renumbered upwards.[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]
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ Lost 5–1 on aggregate to Doncaster Rovers in the play-off semi-final.[21]
- ↑ Lost 3–2 on aggregate to Crewe Alexandra in the play-off semi-final.[22]
- ↑ Lost 3–2 on aggregate to Burton Albion in the play-off semi-final.[23]
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ Bury had three points deducted after the season ended for fielding an ineligible player; the deduction dropped Bury from 14th to 16th and raised Southend from 15th to 14th.[26]
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The retiring clubs, last on the tournament list—Crystal Palace and Northampton Town—both appealed for re-election, and Southend United (the head of the Second Division) and Croydon Town were also applicants for positions in the League. On a vote being taken, Crystal Palace (thirty-three votes) and Northampton (thirty) were re-elected, Croydon receiving two votes and Southend one.
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