2012–13 Southend United F.C. season

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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
Away colours

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.

Squad statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

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 England ENG Paul Smith 15 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF England ENG Sean Clohessy 23 1 19 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
3 DF Grenada GRN Anthony Straker 12 0 5+5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
4 MF England ENG Ryan Hall 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Graham Coughlan 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF England ENG Ryan Cresswell 22 6 18+1 4 1 0 0 0 2 2
7 FW Wales WAL Freddy Eastwood 10 3 3+5 2 0+1 1 0+1 0 0 0
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Michael Timlin 19 0 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
9 FW England ENG Neil Harris 5 0 0+3 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Barry Corr 11 7 0+7 2 4 5 0 0 0 0
11 MF England ENG Dave Martin 13 1 10+2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 MF England ENG Jonson Clarke-Harris 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF England ENG Kevan Hurst 21 2 17+1 2 1 0 0+1 0 1 0
15 DF England ENG Mark Phillips 16 2 12+1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
16 DF England ENG Luke Prosser 13 0 7+2 0 0+1 0 1 0 2 0
17 GK England ENG Daniel Bentley 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF England ENG Ryan Leonard 12 0 6+3 0 0+1 0 1 0 1 0
19 MF England ENG John Spicer 13 0 10+2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Britt Assombalonga 21 11 18+1 10 0 0 0 0 2 1
21 FW England ENG Gavin Tomlin 19 6 16 5 1 0 0 0 2 1
23 DF England ENG Chris Barker 22 0 16+2 0 1 0 1 0 1+1 0
24 FW England ENG Elliot Benyon 6 0 2+2 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0
26 MF Scotland SCO Marc Laird 6 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
27 DF Malawi MWI Tamika Mkandawire 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF England ENG Alex Woodyard 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
31 GK England ENG Ted Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW England ENG Seedy Njie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
DF Tunisia 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 Republic of Ireland IRL Kane Ferdinand 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
34 GK England ENG Cameron Belford 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Top scorers[]

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

Disciplinary record[]

Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
8 Republic of Ireland MF Michael Timlin 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
10 Republic of Ireland FW Barry Corr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 England DF Luke Prosser 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
19 England MF John Spicer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Republic of Ireland MF Kane Ferdinand 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
4 England MF Ryan Hall 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
20 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Britt Assombalonga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Grenada DF Anthony Straker 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
15 England DF Mark Phillips 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 England MF Dave Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 England 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[]

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 42'
Mariano 52'
Burgui 75'
Harris 4' Attendance: 126
29 July 2012 Rayo Vallecano B 1–1 Southend United Ciudad Deportiva Rayo Vallecano
19:15 Ruben 9' Freddy Eastwood 17' Attendance: 136
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[]

League Two[]

League table[]

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[]

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[]

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 Yellow card 22' Yellow-red card 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
1 September 2012 4 Southend United 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Assombalonga 7' Report Attendance: 4,787
Referee:
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 Red card 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 Red card 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 Red card 81'
Attendance: 6,269
Referee: Rushton
2 October 2012 10 Southend United 1–1 Burton Albion Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
19:45 Spicer Red card 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 Red card 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 Red card 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 Red card 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[]

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 soccer ball with check mark
Clohessy soccer ball with check mark
Hurst soccer ball with check mark
Tomlin soccer ball with red X
Schumacher soccer ball with check mark
Doherty soccer ball with check mark
Worrall soccer ball with red X
Hewitt soccer ball with red X
Hughes soccer ball with red X
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[]

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[]

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
9 October 2012 Round 2 Southend United 2–0 Dagenham & Redbridge
19:45 Cresswell 17'
Assombalonga 62'
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
soccer ball with check mark Craddock
soccer ball with check mark Davis soccer ball with check mark Potter
soccer ball with red X
Tomlin
soccer ball with check mark Clohessey
soccer ball with check mark Hurst
soccer ball with check mark Timlin
soccer ball with check mark Benyon
soccer ball with check mark
5 February 2012 Area Finals 1st Leg Leyton Orient 0–1 Southend United Brisbane Road
57' Attendance: 5,600

Transfers[]

In[]

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

Loans in[]

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
34 GK Belford England 23 Bury 14 August 15 September Southend United Southend United
20 FW Assombalonga Democratic Republic of the Congo 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[]

N
P
Name
Country
Age
Type
Moving to
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Apps
Goals
Source
1 GK Morris England 28 Out of Contract Aldershot Town Summer Free 64 0 Southend Echo
21 FW Sturrock Scotland 30 Out of Contract Summer Free 41 0 Southend Echo
11 MF Sawyer England 22 Out of Contract Woking Summer Free 27 0 Southend Echo
20 FW Crawford Republic of Ireland 20 Out of Contract Dartford Summer Free 33 3 Southend Echo
31 FW Flood Republic of Ireland 27 Out of Contract St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland Summer Free 1 0 Southend Echo
28 FW Asante England 20 Out of Contract Summer Free 1 0 Southend Echo
29 MF James-Lewis England 19 Out of Contract Colchester United Summer Free 1 0 Southend Echo
MF Smith England 19 Out of Contract Summer Free 0 0 Southend Echo
25 DF Nesbitt England 19 Out of Contract Summer Free 2 0 Southend Echo
MF Stevens Northern Ireland 19 Out of Contract Summer Free 1 0 Southend Echo
DF Artemi England 18 Out of Contract Torquay United Summer Free 0 0 Southend Echo
19 MF Kalala Democratic Republic of the Congo 30 Out of Contract Summer Free 24 1 Southend Echo
36 DF Dailly Scotland 38 Retired Summer Free 3 0 Southend Echo
7 MF Grant England 25 Out of Contract Stevenage Summer Free 149 10 Southend United
3 DF Gilbert Wales 29 Out of Contract Summer Free 57 3 Southend Echo
12 MF Ferdinand Republic of Ireland 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[]

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
GK Chambers Wales 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[]

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