2012–13 Southend United F.C. season

This page shows the progress of Southend United F.C. in the 2012–13 football season. During this campaign, they played their third successive season in the fourth tier of English football, League Two.

Southend United F.C.
2012–13 season
ChairmanRon Martin
ManagerPaul Sturrock/Phil Brown
StadiumRoots Hall
League Two11th
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
Football League TrophyRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Britt Assombalonga (6)
All: Britt Assombalonga (6)
Highest home attendance5,348 vs Dagenham & Redbridge, 8 September 2012
Lowest home attendance1,925 vs AFC Wimbledon, 4 September 2012
Average home league attendance4,339

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 22 November 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Paul Smith 15 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF   ENG Sean Clohessy 23 1 19 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
3 DF   GRN Anthony Straker 12 0 5+5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
4 MF   ENG Ryan Hall 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
5 DF   IRL Graham Coughlan 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF   ENG Ryan Cresswell 22 6 18+1 4 1 0 0 0 2 2
7 FW   WAL Freddy Eastwood 10 3 3+5 2 0+1 1 0+1 0 0 0
8 MF   IRL Michael Timlin 19 0 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
9 FW   ENG Neil Harris 5 0 0+3 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0
10 FW   IRL Barry Corr 11 7 0+7 2 4 5 0 0 0 0
11 MF   ENG Dave Martin 13 1 10+2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 MF   ENG Jonson Clarke-Harris 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   ENG Kevan Hurst 21 2 17+1 2 1 0 0+1 0 1 0
15 DF   ENG Mark Phillips 16 2 12+1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
16 DF   ENG Luke Prosser 13 0 7+2 0 0+1 0 1 0 2 0
17 GK   ENG Dan Bentley 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF   ENG Ryan Leonard 12 0 6+3 0 0+1 0 1 0 1 0
19 MF   ENG John Spicer 13 0 10+2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 FW   COD Britt Assombalonga 21 11 18+1 10 0 0 0 0 2 1
21 FW   ENG Gavin Tomlin 19 6 16 5 1 0 0 0 2 1
23 DF   ENG Chris Barker 22 0 16+2 0 1 0 1 0 1+1 0
24 FW   ENG Elliot Benyon 6 0 2+2 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0
26 MF   SCO Marc Laird 6 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
27 DF   MWI Tamika Mkandawire 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF   ENG Alex Woodyard 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
31 GK   ENG Ted Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW   ENG Seedy Njie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
DF   TUN Bilel Mohsni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who no longer play for Southend United but have made appearances this season:
12 MF   IRL Kane Ferdinand 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
34 GK   ENG Cameron Belford 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Top scorers edit

Place Position Nation Number Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1 FW   20 Britt Assombalonga 6 0 0 0 6
2 DF   6 Ryan Cresswell 2 0 0 1 3
3 MF   12 Kane Ferdinand 1 0 0 0 1
= FW   21 Gavin Tomlin 0 0 0 1 1
= DF   2 Sean Clohessy 1 0 0 0 0
= DF   15 Mark Phillips 1 0 0 0 1
= FW   10 Barry Corr 1 0 0 0 1
= FW   7 Freddy Eastwood 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 13 0 0 2 15

Disciplinary record edit

Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
                   
8   MF Michael Timlin 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
10   FW Barry Corr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16   DF Luke Prosser 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
19   MF John Spicer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12   MF Kane Ferdinand 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
4   MF Ryan Hall 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
20   FW Britt Assombalonga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3   DF Anthony Straker 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
15   DF Mark Phillips 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11   MF Dave Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18   MF Ryan Leonard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 12 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 18 2

Pre-season friendlies edit

14 July 2012 Southend United 0–3 West Ham United Roots Hall
15:00 Maynard   22'
Spence   34'
Baldock   64'
Attendance: 7,135
16 July 2012 Stambridge United 0–5 Southend United XI Stambridge Memorial Ground
19:45 Hyms   2'
Mullings  
Coker  
Payne  
Saggers   o.g.'
Attendance: 300
18 July 2012 Great Wakering Rovers 2–3 Southend United Burroughs Park
19:45 Johnson   6'
Frankis   35'
Prosser   21'
Benyon   41'
Tomlin   43'
Attendance: 800
21 July 2012 Braintree Town 0–2 Southend United Cressing Road
15:00 Brogan   48', 50' Attendance: 920
28 July 2012 Real Madrid C 3–1 Southend United Ciudad Real Madrid
10:00 Ramírez   42'
Mariano   52'
Burgui   75'
Harris   4' Attendance: 126
31 July 2012 Southend United 2–1 Ipswich Town Roots Hall
19:45 Ferdinand   7'
Chambers   11' (o.g.)
Phillips   71' (o.g.) Attendance: 1,180
7 August 2012 Southend United 1–2 Millwall Roots Hall
19:45 Spicer   63' Taylor   21'
N'Guessan   23'
Attendance: 1,469
8 August 2012 Charlton Athletic 3–2 Southend United The Valley
15:00 Wright-Phillips   78', 79'
Kerkar   82'
Martin   20'
Donnelly   40'
Attendance: 0
7 August 2011 Southend United 0–6 Tottenham Hotspur XI Roots Hall
19:45 Coulibaly   16'
Kane   37', 66', 74'
Townsend   67'
Obika   82'
Attendance: 2,737

Competitions edit

League Two edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Oxford United 46 19 8 19 59 60 −1 65
10 Exeter City 46 18 10 18 63 62 +1 64
11 Southend United 46 16 13 17 61 55 +6 61
12 Rochdale 46 16 13 17 68 70 −2 61
13 Fleetwood Town 46 15 15 16 55 57 −2 60
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2013. Source: BBC Sport[needs update]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHHAAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAH
ResultLLDWWWLWD
Position1624211613813811
Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2012. Source: southendunited.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

18 August 2012 1 Southend United 0–1 Accrington Stanley Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00 [1] Sheppard   61' Attendance: 4,673
Referee: Robinson
21 August 2012 2 Oxford United 2–0 Southend United Kassam Stadium, Oxford
19:45 Craddock   54', 87' Report Timlin   22'   27' Attendance: 6,001
Referee: Langford
25 August 2012 3 Northampton Town 3–3 Southend United Sixfields, Northampton
15:00 Akinfenwa   65'
Artell   82'
A.Nicholls   86'
Report Assombalonga   57'
Ferdinand   78'
Cresswell   90+5'
Attendance: 4,562
Referee: Martin
8 September 2012 5 Southend United 3–1 Dagenham & Redbridge Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Assombalonga   18', 37'
Cresswell   70'
Report Gayle   45+2'
Wilkinson   8'
Attendance: 5,348
Referee: Collins
15 September 2012 6 Cheltenham Town 1–3 Southend United Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00 McGlashan   15' Report Clohessy   44'
Assombalonga   49'
Phillips   52'
Attendance: 2,751
Referee: Duncan
18 September 2012 7 Gillingham 1–0 Southend United Priestfield, Gillingham
19:45 Kedwell   45+3' (pen.)
Dack   45+9'
Report Attendance: 4,920
Referee: Gibbs
22 September 2012 8 Southend United 2–1 Exeter City Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Corr   78'
Eastwood   88'
Report Bennett   51' Attendance: 4,964
Referee: Williamson
29 September 2012 9 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Southend United Home Park, Plymouth
15:00 MacDonald   50' Report Assombalonga   54'
Corr   81'
Attendance: 6,269
Referee: Rushton
2 October 2012 10 Southend United 1–1 Burton Albion Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
19:45 Spicer   12' Report MacDonald   90+1' Attendance: 4,150
Referee: Stroud
6 October 2012 11 Southend United 2–2 Barnet Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Eastwood   67' (pen.)
Hurst   84'
Report Holmes   54'
Hyde   65'
Attendance: 5,025
Referee: Malone
13 October 2012 12 Rotherham 0–3 Southend United Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Craddock   54', 87' Report Assombalonga   51', 65'
Martin   72'
Attendance: 7,328
Referee: Harrington
20 October 2012 13 Morecambe 1–0 Southend United Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00 Redshaw   88'
Brodie   90+4'
Report Attendance: 1,643
Referee: Clark
23 October 2012 14 Southend United 1–2 Aldershot Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
19:45 Phillips   68' Report Hylton   1'
Bradley   87'
Attendance: 4,225
Referee: Sheldrake
27 October 2012 15 Southend United 0–0 York Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Report Attendance: 5,397
Referee: Adcock
6 November 2012 16 Bristol Rovers 2–3 Southend United Memorial Stadium, Bristol
19:45 Broghammer   10'
Clarkson   85' (pen.)
Norburn   88'
Report Tomlin   40'
Hurst   44'
Cresswell   64'
Attendance: 4,721
Referee: Drysdale
10 November 2012 17 Southend United 0–0 Port Vale Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Report Attendance: 4,876
Referee: Ward
17 November 2012 18 Torquay United 1–4 Southend United Plainmoor, Torquay
15:00 Jarvis   52'
Mansell   57'
Report Tomlin   10', 46'
Assombalonga   39', 45'
Attendance: 2,449
Referee: Davies
20 November 2012 19 AFC Wimbledon 0–4 Southend United Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames
19:45 Report Tomlin   43', 67'
Cresswell   61'
Corr   88'
Attendance: 3,753
Referee: Bond

FA Cup edit

3 November 2012 First round Southend United 3–0 Stockport County Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Corr   33'
Laird   85'
Eastwood   88'
Report Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 3,084
Referee: Iain Williamson
1 December 2012 Second round Bury 1–1 Southend United Bury
15:00 Doherty   33' (pen.) Report Tomlin   41' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,391
Referee: Andy Haines
11 December 2012 Second round replay Southend United 1–1
(3–2 p)
Bury Southend-on-Sea
Tomlin   63' Thompson   59' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 3,043
Referee: Oliver Langford
Penalties
Eastwood  
Clohessy  
Hurst  
Tomlin  
Schumacher  
Doherty  
Worrall  
Hewitt  
Hughes  
5 January 2013 Third round Southend United 2–2 Brentford Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Corr   39', 54' Report Adeyemi   29'
Cresswell   38' (o.g.)
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 5,540
Referee: Dean Whitestone
15 January 2013 Third round replay Brentford 2–1 Southend United Brentford, London
19:45 Hayes   26'
Donaldson   76'
Report Corr   69' Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 6,526
Referee: Darren Drysdale

League Cup edit

14 August 2011 Round 1 Peterborough United 4–0 Southend United London Road, Peterborough
19:45 Tomlin   12'
Taylor   28'
Newell   29'
Boyd   58'
Report Attendance: 3,225
Referee: Brown

Football League Trophy edit

4 September 2012 Round 1 Southend United 2–1 AFC Wimbledon Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
19:45 Tomlin   59' (pen.)
Cresswell   90+5'
Report Merrifield   39' Attendance: 1,925
Referee: Davis
4 December 2012 Quarter-finals Southend United 2–1 Brentford
kandawire   27'
Hurst   39'
Report Hayes   85' Attendance: 3,052
Referee: Russell
Semi-finals Oxford United 3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)
Southend United
Marsh   14'
Craddock   31'
Rigg   89'
Report Corr   6', 59'
Clohessy   54'
Penalties
Rigg
  Craddock
  Davis   Potter
 
Tomlin
  Clohessey
  Hurst
  Timlin
  Benyon
 
5 February 2012 Area Finals 1st Leg Leyton Orient 0–1 Southend United Brisbane Road
Leonard   57' Attendance: 5,600

Transfers edit

In edit

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
14 MF   Kevan Hurst 26 EU Walsall Free Transfer Summer 2014 Free Southend United
3 DF   Anthony Straker 23 EU Aldershot Town Transfer Summer 2014 Undisclosed Southend United
21 FW   Gavin Tomlin 28 EU Dagenham & Redbridge Free Transfer Summer 2013 Free Southend United
6 DF   Ryan Cresswell 24 EU Rotherham United Transfer Summer 2014 Undisclosed Southend United
7 FW   Freddy Eastwood 28 EU Coventry City Free Transfer Summer 2014 Free Southend United
19 MF   John Spicer 28 EU Notts County Free Transfer Summer 2013 Free Southend United
1 GK   Paul Smith 25 EU Nottingham Forest Transfer Summer 2014 Undisclosed Southend United

Loans in edit

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
34 GK Belford   23 Bury 14 August 15 September Southend United Southend United
20 FW Assombalonga   19 Watford 17 August Southend United
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Out edit

N
P
Name
Country
Age
Type
Moving to
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Apps
Goals
Source
1 GK Morris   28 Out of Contract Aldershot Town Summer Free 64 0 Southend Echo
21 FW Sturrock   30 Out of Contract Summer Free 41 0 Southend Echo
11 MF Sawyer   22 Out of Contract Woking Summer Free 27 0 Southend Echo
20 FW Crawford   20 Out of Contract Dartford Summer Free 33 3 Southend Echo
31 FW Flood   27 Out of Contract St Patrick's Athletic   Summer Free 1 0 Southend Echo
28 FW Asante   20 Out of Contract Summer Free 1 0 Southend Echo
29 MF James-Lewis   19 Out of Contract Colchester United Summer Free 1 0 Southend Echo
MF Smith   19 Out of Contract Summer Free 0 0 Southend Echo
25 DF Nesbitt   19 Out of Contract Summer Free 2 0 Southend Echo
MF Stevens   19 Out of Contract Summer Free 1 0 Southend Echo
DF Artemi   18 Out of Contract Torquay United Summer Free 0 0 Southend Echo
19 MF Kalala   30 Out of Contract Summer Free 24 1 Southend Echo
36 DF Dailly   38 Retired Summer Free 3 0 Southend Echo
7 MF Grant   25 Out of Contract Stevenage Summer Free 149 10 Southend United
3 DF Gilbert   29 Out of Contract Summer Free 57 3 Southend Echo
12 MF Ferdinand   19 Transfer Peterborough United Summer £200,000 61 10 Southend United
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable; Apps = Total number of competitive appearances (including substitute appearances) at the club prior to departure; Goals = Total number of competitive goals scored at the club prior to departure.

Loans out edit

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
GK Chambers   18 Bishop's Stortford 15 August Southend United
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

References edit