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

Appearances and goals
As of 22 November 2012
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague TwoFA CupLeague CupFL Trophy
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  ENG Paul Smith 150120100020
2 DF  ENG Sean Clohessy 231191101020
3 DF  GRN Anthony Straker 1205+50001010
4 MF  ENG Ryan Hall 301+10001000
5 DF  IRL Graham Coughlan 100+10000000
6 DF  ENG Ryan Cresswell 22618+14100022
7 FW  WAL Freddy Eastwood 1033+520+110+1000
8 MF  IRL Michael Timlin 190160100020
9 FW  ENG Neil Harris 500+3000100+10
10 FW  IRL Barry Corr 1170+72450000
11 MF  ENG Dave Martin 13110+21000010
12 MF  ENG Jonson Clarke-Harris 300+30000000
14 MF  ENG Kevan Hurst 21217+12100+1010
15 DF  ENG Mark Phillips 16212+12101010
16 DF  ENG Luke Prosser 1307+200+101020
17 GK  ENG Daniel Bentley 403+10000000
18 MF  ENG Ryan Leonard 1206+300+101010
19 MF  ENG John Spicer 13010+20000010
20 FW  COD Britt Assombalonga 211118+110000021
21 FW  ENG Gavin Tomlin 196165100021
23 DF  ENG Chris Barker 22016+2010101+10
24 FW  ENG Elliot Benyon 602+2000100+10
26 MF  SCO Marc Laird 6150110000
27 DF  MWI Tamika Mkandawire 4040000000
30 MF  ENG Alex Woodyard 4020100010
31 GK  ENG Ted Smith 0000000000
32 FW  ENG Seedy Njie 1000000+1000
DF  TUN Bilel Mohsni 0000000000
Players who no longer play for Southend United but have made appearances this season:
12 MF  IRL Kane Ferdinand 4131001000
34 GK  ENG Cameron Belford 5040001000

Top scorers
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
1 September 2012 4 Southend United 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Assombalonga 7' Report Attendance: 4,787
Referee: Attwell
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
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
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
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

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