2020–21 Southend United F.C. season

The 2020–21 Southend United F.C. season is the club's 115th season in their history and the first season in EFL League Two following their relegation. Along with League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Southend United
2020–21 season
ChairmanRon Martin
ManagerMark Molesley
(until 9 April)[1]
Phil Brown
(since 9 April)[1]
StadiumRoots Hall
League Two23rd (relegated)
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupFirst round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tom Clifford
Timothée Dieng
(3 goals)

All:
Tom Clifford
Timothée Dieng
James Olayinka
(3 goals)

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
5 September 2020 CB   Shaun Hobson   AFC Bournemouth Free transfer [2]
17 September 2020 CF   Simeon Akinola   Barnet Free transfer [3]
17 September 2020 DM   Alan McCormack   Northampton Town Free transfer [4]
5 October 2020 LM   Ashley Nathaniel-George   Crawley Town Undisclosed [5]
11 November 2020 LB   Sam Hart   Blackburn Rovers Free transfer [6]
15 December 2020 CB   Greg Halford   Free agent [7]
26 December 2020 MF   Louis Walsh   Nottingham Forest Free transfer [8]
28 January 2021 CM   Nathan Ferguson   Crawley Town Undisclosed [9]
1 February 2021 CM   Jacob Mellis   Gillingham Undisclosed [10]
18 February 2021 LW   Ricky Holmes   Northampton Town Free transfer [11]
18 February 2021 CF   Nile Ranger   Spalding United Free transfer [12]

Loans in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
20 August 2020 RW   Jordan Green   Barnsley 8 October 2020[a] [13][14]
25 September 2020 CM   Kyle Taylor   AFC Bournemouth 1 January 2021 [15]
9 October 2020 CF   Kazaiah Sterling   Tottenham Hotspur 4 January 2021 [16]
17 October 2020 CM   James Olayinka   Arsenal 27 January 2021 [17]
7 January 2021 CF   Reeco Hackett-Fairchild   Portsmouth End of season [18]
25 January 2021 CB   Tyler Cordner   Bournemouth End of season [19]
27 February 2021 GK   Alex Bass   Portsmouth 6 March 2021 [20]
2 March 2021 GK   James Montgomery   Gateshead 16 March 2021 [21][22]
  1. ^ Loan cut short due to an ankle injury.

Loans out

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Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
23 October 2020 CB   Harry Kyprianou   Bromley 2 January 2021 [23]
26 February 2021 CB   Richard Taylor   Barnet End of season [24]

Transfers out

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Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 MF   Henry Burnett   Crawley Town Released [25][26]
1 July 2020 CM   Luke Hyam   Unattached Released [25]
1 July 2020 CM   Sam Mantom   Rushall Olympic Released [25][27]
1 July 2020 DM   Mark Milligan   Macarthur Released [25][28]
1 July 2020 CF   Theo Robinson   Port Vale Released [25][29]
2 July 2020 CB   Joe Shaughnessy   St Mirren Released [30][31]
22 August 2020 LM   Sam Barratt   Maidenhead United Released [32][33]
26 August 2020 LM   Stephen McLaughlin   Mansfield Town Rejected contract [34][35]
11 September 2020 CF   Stephen Humphrys   Rochdale Undisclosed [36]
2 October 2020 LW   Isaac Hutchinson   Derby County Undisclosed [37]
14 October 2020 CF   Charlie Kelman   Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed [38]

Pre-season

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29 August 2020 Friendly Southend United 0–3 Millwall Southend-on-Sea
14:00 BST Report Leonard   6'
Thompson   35'
Parrott   57'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0

Competitions

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EFL League Two

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 −9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 −9 54
19 Walsall 46 11 20 15 45 53 −8 53
20 Colchester United 46 11 18 17 44 61 −17 51
21 Barrow 46 13 11 22 53 59 −6 50
22 Scunthorpe United 46 13 9 24 41 64 −23 48
23 Southend United (R) 46 10 15 21 29 58 −29 45 Relegation to National League
24 Grimsby Town (R) 46 10 13 23 37 69 −32 43
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[39]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 10 15 21 29 60  −31 45 5 6 12 17 30  −13 5 9 9 12 30  −18

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

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Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHHAAHHAAHAAHHAHAHAHHHAAAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultLLLDDLLLLLLWLLDWWDWLWDLLLLWDLWDLDLDDDWLDDDLWWD
Position24242423222424242424242424242424242423242424242424242322222222222323232323232323232323232323
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020/21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[40]

12 September 2020 1 Southend United 0–4 Harrogate Town Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST Taylor   7'
Hutchinson   90+3'
Report Muldoon   25', 69'
Kerry   44'
Martin   46'   60'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antony Coggins
19 September 2020 2 Carlisle United 2–0 Southend United Carlisle
13:00 BST Anderton   16'
Patrick   36'
Kayode   39'
Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Graham Salisbury
26 September 2020 3 Southend United 1–2 Morecambe Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST Gibson   5' (o.g.)
Taylor   15'
Demetriou   37'
Report Phillips   33'   73'
Kenyon   37'
Wildig   55'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Charles Breakspear
3 October 2020 4 Crawley Town 1–1 Southend United Crawley
15:00 BST Nadesan   21'
Craig   90+4'
Report Ralph   84' Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brett Huxtable
10 October 2020 5 Southend United 2–2 Exeter City Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST Goodship   26'
Demetriou   65' (pen.)
Report Randall   40'
Fisher   90+5'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
17 October 2020 6 Southend United 0–2 Cheltenham Town Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST Demetriou   67' Report Sercombe   10' (pen.)
Lloyd   52'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
20 October 2020 7 Salford City 3–0 Southend United Salford
19:45 BST Lennon   26' (o.g.)
Clarke   50'
Wilson   58'
Henderson   63'
Thomas-Asante   71'
Report Olayinka   27'
Dieng   43'
Lennon   45+1'
Taylor   81'
Demetriou   90+1'
Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
24 October 2020 8 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Southend United Birkenhead
15:00 BST Clarke   31'
Vaughan   52'   83'
Report Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Woolmer
27 October 2020 9 Southend United 1–2 Oldham Athletic Southend-on-Sea
19:00 GMT Clifford   76' Report Grant   49'
Piergianni   74'
Dearnley   89'
Clarke   90+4'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson
31 October 2020 10 Southend United 0–2 Port Vale Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Lennon   85' Report Legge   22'
Pope   48', 64'
Clark   83'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
3 November 2020 11 Bradford City 3–0 Southend United Bradford
19:00 GMT Cooke   5'
Watt   33'
Pritchard   43'   80'
Donaldson   77'
Report Demetriou   43'
Acquah   54'
Dieng   90'
Stadium: Utilita Energy Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
14 November 2020 12 Walsall 0–1 Southend United Bescot
15:00 GMT Bates   83'   90+3' Report Lennon   43'
Acquah   88'
Stadium: Banks's Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Hicks
24 November 2020 13 Southend United 0–1 Forest Green Rovers Southend-on-Sea
19:00 GMT Dieng   62'
McCormack   88'
Report Young   63' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Keith Stroud
28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 14 Bolton Wanderers 3–0 Southend United Bolton
15:00 BST Delfouneso   45+1'
Sarcevic   53'
Doyle   65' (pen.), 81'
White   79'
Report Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby
5 December 2020 15 Stevenage 0–0 Southend United Stevenage
15:00 GMT Newton   57' Report Taylor   68'
Olayinka   74'
Stadium: Lamex Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
12 December 2020 16 Southend United 1–0 Scunthorpe United Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Olayinka   80' Report Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Stephen Martin
15 December 2020 17 Southend United 3–1 Grimsby Town Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT Taylor   1'
Clifford   57'
Halford   75'
Egbri   89'
Report Jackson Jr   45+4'
Hewitt   68'
Waterfall   73'   90+4'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
19 December 2020 18 Mansfield Town 1–1 Southend United Mansfield
15:00 GMT Clarke   56'
Cook   77'
Bowery   79'
Report Olayinka   27'
Egbri   65'
Klass   72'
Taylor   78'
Stadium: One Call Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brett Huxtable
26 December 2020 19 Southend United 2–0 Colchester United Southend-on-Sea
13:00 GMT Akinola   10'
Hart   17'
Dieng   22'
Hobson   90+6'
Report Eastman   43'
Senior   59'
Chilvers   90+6'
Lapslie   90+6'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Neil Hair
29 December 2020 20 Leyton Orient 2–0 Southend United Leyton
19:00 GMT McAnuff   53'
Wilkinson   78'
Angol   90'
Johnson   90+1'
Report Dieng   52'
Bwomono   53'
Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Hicks
9 January 2021 21 Southend United 1–0 Barrow Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Hackett-Fairchild   3'
Halford   17'   52'
Oxley   79'
Report Hird   54'
Kay   83'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard
16 January 2021 22 Grimsby Town 0–0 Southend United Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Habergham   71'
Spokes   90+1'
Report McCormack   74'
White   75'
Demetriou   90+4'
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
19 January 2021 23 Southend United 1–2 Cambridge United Southend-on-Sea
19:00 GMT Akinola   27'
Hart   40'
Oxley   90+6'
Report Digby   40'
Iredale   46'
Ironside   68'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
23 January 2021 24 Southend United 0–1 Mansfield Town Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Dieng   54'   84'
Hart   78'
Report Reid   64'
Quinn   70'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Speedie
26 January 2021 25 Southend United 1–3 Bradford City Southend-on-Sea
19:00 GMT Bwomono   31'
Cordner   37'
Report Evans   23',   74'
Rowe   57'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevor Kettle
30 January 2021 26 Port Vale 5–1 Southend United Burslem
15:00 GMT Rodney   1', 45+2'
Cordner   20' (o.g.)
Crookes   27'
Oyeleke   89'
Report Demetriou   23'
Nathaniel-George   67'
Ferguson   85'
Hobson   90+3'
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Brook
9 February 2021 27 Newport County 0–1 Southend United Newport
19:00 GMT Report Clifford   74' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paul Howard
13 February 2021 28 Cambridge United 0–0 Southend United Cambridge
15:00 GMT May   41'
Okedina   85'
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce
20 February 2021 29 Southend United 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Ferguson   32'
Bwomono   83'
Report Williams   75'
Miller   82'
John   85'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
24 February 2021 30 Forest Green Rovers 1–3 Southend United Nailsworth
18:00 GMT Moore-Taylor   35'
Wagstaff   82'
Matt   86'
Report Hobson   20',   51'
Dieng   55'
Bwomono   67'
Ferguson   70'
Stadium: The Innocent [Insert Name Here] Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Swabey
27 February 2021 31 Southend United 0–0 Salford City Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Hackett-Fairchild   14'
McCormack   79'
Report Gotts   61' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dean Whitestone
2 March 2021 32 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Southend United Cheltenham
19:00 GMT Thomas   53' (pen.) Report Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
6 March 2021 33 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Southend United Oldham
15:00 GMT Report Demetriou   88' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates
9 March 2021 34 Southend United 0–2 Tranmere Rovers Southend-on-Sea
19:00 GMT White   55'
Hackett-Fairchild   86'
Report Lewis   8'
Ray   24'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tim Robinson
13 March 2021 35 Southend United 0–0 Stevenage Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT McCormack   66'
Demetriou   77'
Hackett-Fairchild   81'
Report Prosser   45+4' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
20 March 2021 36 Scunthorpe United 1–1 Southend United Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT Karacan   75'
Clarke   78'
Beestin   90'
Report Hart   62'
Dieng   67'
Nathaniel-George   79' (pen.)
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
23 March 2021 37 Southend United 0–0 Walsall Southend-on-Sea
19:00 GMT McCormack   4'
White   36'
Hart   67'
Report Gordon   31'
Lavery   36'
Clarke   82'
Leak   83'
Osei   90'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Rock
27 March 2021 38 Harrogate Town 0–1 Southend United Harrogate
15:00 GMT Hall   87' Report Demetriou   44'
Hobson   67'
Nathaniel-George   69',   90+2'
Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Leigh Doughty
3 April 2021 39 Southend United 0–2 Carlisle United Southend-on-Sea
13:00 BST Akinola   38'
Taylor   38'
Report Zanzala   17'
McDonald   31'
Touré   79'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young
6 April 2021 40 Morecambe 1–1 Southend United Morecambe
18:30 BST Stockton   56' Report Dieng   18'
Dimitriou   68'
Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
10 April 2021 41 Southend United 0–0 Crawley Town Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST Halford   49'
Demetriou   70'
Clifford   76'
Report Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Charles Breakspear
17 April 2021 42 Exeter City 0–0 Southend United Exeter
12:30 BST Page   45'
Willmott   74'
Report Walsh   38' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale
20 April 2021 43 Colchester United 2–0 Southend United Colchester
19:00 BST Folivi   30'
Pell   37'
Harriott   49'
Report Demetriou   69'
White   75'
Cordner   90+1'
Halford   90+3'
Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
24 April 2021 44 Southend United 2–1 Leyton Orient Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST Cordner   42',   83'
Rush   76'
Hart   80'
Walsh   82'
Report Dennis   45+3' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevor Kettle
1 May 2021 45 Barrow 1–2 Southend United Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST Quigley   19'
Kay   29'
Thomas   61'
Ntlhe   65'
Andrew   79'
Brown   90+5'
Report White   30'
Cordner   40'
Hart   45'
Egbri   52'
Stadium: Furness Building Society Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
8 May 2021 46 Southend United 1–1 Newport County Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST Hobson   11',   51'
Halford   41'
Rush   61'
Report Demetriou   56' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Brooks

FA Cup

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The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[41]

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 November 2020 First round Boreham Wood 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
Southend United Borehamwood
15:00 GMT Fyfield   8'
Ricketts   51'
Ilesanmi   53'
Rhead   73'
Mafuta   76'
Tshimanga   93' (pen.)
Ashmore   96'
Thomas   104'
Report Goodship   59'
Egbri   63'
Olayinka   100'
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
Penalties
Coulthirst  
Mingoia  
Thomas  
Tshimanga  
Mafuta  
Olayinka  
Clifford  
Rush  
Nathaniel-George  
Demetriou  

EFL Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[42]

5 September 2020 First round Gillingham 1–0 Southend United Gillingham
13:00 BST Ogilvie   27'
Jackson   40'   58'
O'Keefe   60'
Report Hobson   25'
White   47'
Hutchinson   56'
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard

EFL Trophy

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  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[43]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ACA West Ham United U21 3 3 0 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Portsmouth 3 2 0 0 1 5 1 +4 6
3 L2 Colchester United 3 1 0 0 2 6 4 +2 3
4 L2 Southend United 3 0 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: EFL.com
8 September 2020 Group stage Southend United 1–3 West Ham United U21 Southend-on-Sea
17300 BST Humphrys   13'   35' Report Odubeko   2', 84'
Ashby   63'
Costa Da Rose   71'
Coventry   90+1'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Rock
6 October 2020 Group stage Southend United 0–3 Portsmouth Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST Rush   35'
Coker   59'
Taylor   84'
Report Marquis   21' (pen.)
Curtis   40', 77'
Bolton   78'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paul Howard
10 November 2020 Group stage Colchester United 6–1 Southend United Colchester
19:00 GMT Brown   16', 38', 57' (pen.)
Folivi   62'
Marshall-Miranda   67'
Chilvers   70'
Poku   83'
Report White   39'
Egbri   54'
Chandler   61'
Hobson   90'
Sterling   90+2'
Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young

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