2015–16 Southend United F.C. season

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.

Southend United
2015–16 season
ChairmanRon Martin
ManagerPhil Brown
StadiumRoots Hall
League One14th
FA CupFirst round
League CupFirst round
(knocked out by Brighton & Hove Albion)
FL TrophyArea semi-finals
Top goalscorerJack Payne (9)

Transfers

Transfers in
Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
2 July 2015CFDave MooneyLeyton OrientFree transfer[2]
3 July 2015LMAnthony WordsworthIpswich TownFree transfer[3]
1 August 2015CFNoel HuntIpswich TownFree transfer[4]
28 August 2015LMStephen McLaughlinNottingham ForestUndisclosed[5]
1 September 2015RBLuke O'NeillBurnleyFree transfer[6]
11 September 2015LBHarry KyprianouWatfordFree transfer[7]

Transfers out
Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015CBJosh BantonFree AgentReleased[8]
1 July 2015CFLee BarnardCrawley Town [lower-alpha 1]Free transfer[8]
1 July 2015MFEllis BrownFree AgentReleased[8]
1 July 2015CMConor CliffordFree AgentReleased[8]
1 July 2015CFBarry CorrCambridge UnitedFree transfer[10]
1 July 2015LBKane FarrellFree AgentReleased[8]
1 July 2015CBMads IbenfeldtFree AgentReleased[8]
1 July 2015GKPaul SmithFree AgentReleased[8]
30 July 2015LBCameron JohnWolverhampton WanderersUndisclosed[11]
  1. Following Barnard's release he joined Crawley Town.[9]

Loans in
Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
8 August 2015CFJoe PigottCharlton Athletic2 January 2016[12]
22 August 2015RBLuke O'NeillBurnley1 September 2015[lower-alpha 1][13]
28 August 2015DMGlen ReaBrighton & Hove Albion2 January 2016[14]
21 January 2016MFSam McQueenSouthamptonEnd of Season[15]
22 January 2016MFGlen KamaraArsenalEnd of Season[16]
  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.[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 (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
Main article: 2015–16 Football 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[lower-alpha 1] 46 16 12 18 56 73 −17 57
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. Bury were deducted 3 points for playing the unregistered Callum Styles against Southend United on 8 May.[21]

Result by matchday
Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHHAHA
ResultDLDLDWLWWW
Position14212021201620171310
Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2015. Source: Statto.com
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 (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
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
5 March 2016 35 Southend United 0–1 Chesterfield Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Coker  64' Report Banks  59'
Dimaio  88'
Novak  89'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 7,518
Referee: Darren Drysdale
12 March 2016 36 Barnsley 0–2 Southend United Barnsley
15:00 GMT Winnall  90+4'
Mawson  90+6'		 Report Payne  4'
Bentley  23'
Wordsworth  37'
Timlin  90+6'		 Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 9,903
Referee: Brendan Malone
19 March 2016 37 Southend United 1–1 Gillingham Southend-on-Sea
Wordsworth  21' Report Norris  53' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 9,135
25 March 2016 38 Rochdale 4–1 Southend United Rochdale
GMT Holt  41'
Rafferty  49'
Allen  61'
Bunney  90'		 Report Payne  28' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,018
30 March 2016 39 Southend United 3–1 Sheffield United Southend-on-Sea
GMT Barnett  28'
Worrall  60'
Payne  90'		 Report Hammond  34' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 7,004
2 April 2016 40 Blackpool 2–0 Southend United Blackpool
GMT Cullen  49'
Blyth  79'		 Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,979
9 April 2016 41 Southend United 2–2 Fleetwood Town Southend-on-Sea
GMT Barrett  71'
Payne  82'		 Report Grant  53'
McLaughlin  90'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,644
16 April 2016 42 Walsall 1–0 Southend United Walsall
GMT Hiwula  88' Report Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 5,732
19 April 2016 43 Southend United 0–1 Oldham Athletic Southend-on-Sea
GMT Report Main  66' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,503
23 April 2016 44 Wigan Athletic 4–1 Southend United Wigan
GMT McCann  9'
Grigg  17', 36'
Jacobs  50'		 Report Morgan  74' (o.g.) Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 10,021
30 April 2016 45 Southend United 0–1 Bradford City Southend-on-Sea
GMT Report Evans  12' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 8,571
8 May 2016 46 Bury 3–2 Southend United Bury
GMT Barrett  21' (o.g.)
Lowe  29', 90'		 Report Moussa  8'
Mooney  23'		 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 (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.[23]

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.[24]

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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