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Southend United

2017–18 season
Chairman	Ron Martin
Manager	Phil Brown (until 17 January 2018) Chris Powell (from 23 January 2018)
Stadium	Roots Hall
League One	10th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	Simon Cox (10)
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The 2017–18 season was Southend United's 112th year in existence and their third consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 2 June 2017, Southend United had announced five pre-season friendlies against Braintree Town, Bishop's Stortford, Ebbsfleet United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cambridge United.

15 July 2017	Braintree Town	1–2	Southend United	Braintree
15:00 BST	Oliyide 41'	Report	Cox 26' Fortuné 44'	Stadium: Cressing Road

18 July 2017	Bishop's Stortford	0–4	Southend United	Bishop's Stortford
19:45 BST		Report	Cox 12' (69) Kightly 23' Cotton 83'	Stadium: Woodside Park

22 July 2017	Ebbsfleet United	1–1	Southend United	Northfleet
15:00 BST	McQueen 66'	Report	Trialist 74'	Stadium: Stonebridge Road Stadium

25 July 2017	Southend United	0–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST		Report	March 34', 41' Murray 45'	Stadium: Roots Hall

League One

League table

Result summary

Last updated: 10 March 2018.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matches

5 August 2017 1	Southend United	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Leonard 27' Kightly 38'	Report	Mulgrew 53' Lenihan  55' Nyambe  70' Williams  72'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 9,257 Referee: Lee Swabey

12 August 2017 2	Rotherham United	5–0	Southend United	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Moore 15', 16', 45+2',  70' Newell 23',  88' Williams 59'	Report	Cox  43'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,004 Referee: Michael Salisbury

19 August 2017 3	Southend United	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Bradley 6' (o.g.) Timlin  88'	Report	Fox  23' Edwards 61'  63'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,861 Referee: Dean Whitestone

26 August 2017 4	Gillingham	3–3	Southend United	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Byrne  51' Eaves 56', 63', 80'  90+3' Ogilvie  89'	Report	Timlin  11' Leonard 20' Demetriou  58' Kightly 65' Cox 73' Hendrie  87'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,339 Referee: Charles Breakspear

2 September 2017 5	Southend United	0–0	Rochdale	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	McLaughlin  35' Cox  45+3' Bwomono  83'	Report	Kitching  20' Williams  43' Henderson  50' McNulty  87'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,208 Referee: Tim Robinson

9 September 2017 6	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Southend United	Charlton
15:00 BST	Holmes  52' 68' Magennis 65' Clarke  84'	Report	McGlashan  43' White 78' Kightly  85'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 12,229 Referee: Christopher Ward

12 September 2017 7	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Southend United	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Rodman  14' Nolan 23' Brown  58' Whalley  90+2'	Report	Ferdinand  63' McLaughlin  77'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,129 Referee: Ross Joyce

16 September 2017 8	Southend United	2–2	Northampton Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Demetriou 48' Wordsworth 50' Timlin  61' Yearwood  62' Ferdinand  90+7'	Report	Barnett 20' Grimes  23' Moloney  40' Crooks  43'  90+6'  47' Powell  67'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,532 Referee: Nick Kinseley

23 September 2017 9	Fleetwood Town	2–4	Southend United	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Bell 4' O'Neill  31' Pond  44' Cole 90+1'	Report	Cox 2' McLaughlin 40' Ranger 45' (pen.) McGlashan 87'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,874 Referee: Carl Boyeson

26 September 2017 10	Southend United	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST	Demetriou 60'  73'	Report	McDonald  63'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,881 Referee: Graham Horwood

30 September 2017 11	Southend United	2–1	Blackpool	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Wordsworth 5' Leonard  31' Cox 46' Timlin  71'	Report	Vassell 56'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,688 Referee: John Brooks

7 October 2017 12	Doncaster Rovers	4–1	Southend United	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Marquis 45+1'  80' Whiteman 47', 50', 57' (pen.) Mason  85'	Report	Wordsworth  21' 38' White  49' Oxley  58' Bwomono  81' Ferdinand  90+5'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,369 Referee: Darren Handley

14 October 2017 13	Wigan Athletic	3–0	Southend United	Wigan
15:00 BST	Jacobs 8' Powell 84' Toney 88'	Report	McGlashan  59'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,133 Referee: John Busby

17 October 2017 14	Southend United	1–1	Peterborough United	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST	Fortuné 10' Demetriou  30' Yearwood  53' Cox  87'	Report	Baldwin  20' Marriott 55' Da Silva Lopes  84'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,789 Referee: Kevin Johnson

21 October 2017 15	Southend United	1–0	Bury	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Leonard 84'	Report		Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,787 Referee: Gavin Ward

28 October 2017 16	Walsall	0–1	Southend United	Bescot
15:00 BST	Donnellan  55' Gillespie  63' Wilson  63' Edwards  79'	Report	Cox 17'  69'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,145 Referee: Darren Drysdale

18 November 2017 17	Portsmouth	1–0	Southend United	Milton
15:00 GMT	Pitman 54'	Report	White  76'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,431 Referee: Carl Boyeson

21 November 2017 18	Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	Southend United	Denbigh
19:45 GMT	Wootton  4' Gilbey  10' Pawlett  64' Agard 76' (pen.)	Report	McLaughlin 27' Leonard  57' Oxley  75'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 7,521 Referee: Tim Robinson

25 November 2017 19	Southend United	1–1	Oxford United	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Cox 19' Timlin  44'	Report	Thomas 22' Xemi  34' Mowatt  49'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,797 Referee: Dean Whitestone

2 December 2017 20	Southend United	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Demetriou 17' (pen.)  40' Wright 54' McLaughlin  56'	Report	Doyle  90+3'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,608 Referee: Charles Breakspear

9 December 2017 21	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Southend United	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Bodin 15' Harrison 74' Sercombe 86'	Report	Ferdinand  44'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,062 Referee: Tom Nield

16 December 2017 22	Southend United	1–2	Bradford City	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Wright  41' Ranger  47' 75' Leonard  74'	Report	Poleon 9'  75' Knight-Percival  55' Wyke 90' (pen.) McMahon  90+1'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,097 Referee: Keith Stroud

23 December 2017 23	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Southend United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	van Veen 32' Townsend 63' Turner 86' (o.g.)	Report	Demetriou 25' Wordsworth  35'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,040 Referee: Martin Coy

26 December 2017 24	Southend United	3–1	Charlton Athletic	Southend-on-Sea
13:00 GMT	Cox 2' 79' Turner 11' Leonard  38' Coker  63' Ranger  77' Oxley  86'	Report	Reeves 66' Lennon  81' Konsa  90+2'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 9,588 Referee: Darren Drysdale

30 December 2017 25	Southend United	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Wright  34' Leonard 55' Turner  64'	Report	Coker 18' (o.g.) Godfrey 40' Whalley  62' Rodman  90'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,076 Referee: Gavin Ward

1 January 2018 26	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Southend United	London
15:00 GMT	Trotter 27' Soares 48'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,392 Referee: John Busby

6 January 2018 27	Northampton Town	3–1	Southend United	Northampton
14:00 GMT	O'Toole 19' Grimes 49' (pen.) Crooks  85' Revell 90'	Report	Demetriou 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,267 Referee: Michael Salisbury

13 January 2018 28	Southend United	1–2	Fleetwood Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Kightly 86'	Report	Diagouraga  53' 57' Madden 62' Coyle  78'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,489 Referee: Anthony Coggins

27 January 2018 29	Southend United	3–2	Scunthorpe United	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	McLaughlin  28' Kightly 37' McLaughlin 53' Turner 90+2'  90+2'	Report	Hopper 12' Burgess  47'  90+1' Goode  52' van Veen 56' Hopper  68'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,723 Referee: Craig Hicks

3 February 2018 30	Peterborough United	0–1	Southend United	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Bond  6' Tafazolli  69' Shephard  81'	Report	Demetriou 7' (pen) Yearwood  37' McLaughlin  79'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,114 Referee: Dean Whitestone

10 February 2018 31	Southend United	3–1	Wigan Athletic	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Turner 3' Ferdinand  31' Fortuné 36' Kightly 83'	Report	Powell  43' Dunkley  47' Vaughan 67'  90+4'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,623 Referee: Andy Woolmer

13 February 2018 32	Bury	0–0	Southend United	Bury
19:45 GMT	Dawson  33' Laurent  63'	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,795 Referee: Martin Coy

17 February 2018 33	Southend United	3–1	Portsmouth	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Clarke 6' (o.g.) Demetriou 12', 84'	Report	Evans 36' Thompson  64'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 9,397 Referee: Lee Probert

3 March 2018 34	Southend United	0–3	Walsall	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Yearwood  72'	Report	Oztumer 57', 66', 85' Leahy  60'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,413 Referee: Charles Breakspear

10 March 2018 35	Southend United	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT		Report	Baudry  52'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,766 Referee: Kevin Johnson

13 March 2018 36	Rochdale	0–0	Southend United	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Delaney  58'	Report	Kightly  27' Demetriou  51'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,286 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

17 March 2018 37	Blackpool	1–1	Southend United	Blackpool
	Robertson 45+2' Philliskirk  69'	Report	Fortuné 11' Cox  15' Turner  45+1' Timlin  65' Coker  84'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,213 Referee: Andy Haines

24 March 2018 38	Southend United	2–0	Rotherham United	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	McLaughlin 7' Cox 79'	Report	Mattock  76'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,719 Referee: Brett Huxtable

30 March 2018 39	Plymouth Argyle	4–0	Southend United	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Lameiras 3', 88' Carey 33', 52' Taylor  45+3'	Report	Wordsworth  42'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 11,965 (445 away) Referee: Brendan Malone

2 April 2018 40	Southend United	4–0	Gillingham	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Turner 8' Robinson 11' Kightly 18' McLaughlin 39'	Report	Hessenthaler  15' Martin  45+3' Nugent  57' Wagstaff  62' Byrne  65'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,466 Referee: Graham Salisbury

7 April 2018 41	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Southend United	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Graham 59' Smallwood  84' Downing  90'	Report	Cox  90'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 13,186 Referee: Andy Woolmer

14 April 2018 42	Oxford United	2–0	Southend United	Oxford
15:00 BST	Henry 6' Ricardinho 45+4'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,332 (776 away) Referee: Darren Handley

21 April 2018 43	Southend United	4–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Robinson 23', 31', 76' McLaughlin 62' Yearwood  78' Timlin  79'	Report	Tavernier  28' Aneke  30' Ward  88'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,546 Referee: Gavin Ward

24 April 2018 44	Oldham Athletic	0–3	Southend United	Oldham
19:45 BST	Doyle  81' Byrne  85'	Report	Robinson 5' Cox 52', 56' Demetriou  71'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,362 Referee: David Webb

28 April 2018 45	Bradford City	0–2	Southend United	Bradford
15:00 BST		Report	White 73' Fortuné 78'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 19,960 Referee: Trevor Kettle

5 May 2018 46	Southend United	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST	Mark Oxley  9' Harry Kyprianou  26'	Report	Ollie Clarke  10'  42' Tom Broadbent  75'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,179 Referee: Anthony Coggins

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Southend United were drawn away to Yeovil Town in the first round.

4 November 2017 First round	Yeovil Town	1–0	Southend United	Yeovil
15:00 GMT	Khan 29' (pen.) Bailey  66' Mugabi  80'	Report	Kightly  41'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,079 Referee: Craig Hicks

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Southend United were drawn at home to Newport County in the first round.

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) Round 1	Southend United	0–2	Newport County	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	McCoulsky 52', 58'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 2,998 Referee: Antony Coggins

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, Southend United were drawn in the Southern Group B against Colchester United, Gillingham and Reading U23s. After finishing as runners-up in their group, Southend were drawn away to Peterborough United in the second round.

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Gillingham	2–1	Southend United	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Parker 8'  33' Ferdinand 57' (o.g.) Ogilvie  63' Wilkinson  90+12'	Report	McLaughlin 31' White  55' Ba  66' McGlashan  73' Oxley  90+12'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,549

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Southend United	1–0	Reading U23s	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST	Fortuné  23' Robinson 31'	Report		Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 1,148 Referee: Andy Haines

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Southend United	2–0	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Wright 37' Robinson 49' Cox  85'	Report	Kent  89'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 2,781 Referee: Stuart Attwell

6 December 2017 Second round	Peterborough United	2–0	Southend United	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Edwards 16' Maddison 62' Miller  81' Kanu  83' Forrester  85'	Report	Demetriou  90+6'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 1,707 Referee: John Busby

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 28 October 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Mark Oxley	18	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	SCO	Stephen Hendrie	10	0	6+2	0	0	0	1	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Ben Coker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	ENG	Anthony Wordsworth	9	3	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Anton Ferdinand	14	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	ENG	Michael Turner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Michael Kightly	8	2	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	DF	EIR	Michael Timlin	18	0	16	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
9	FW	FRA	Marc-Antoine Fortuné	14	1	9+3	1	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
10	FW	EIR	Simon Cox	18	4	14+2	4	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
11	MF	ENG	Stephen McLaughlin	18	2	8+7	1	0+0	0	1	0	1+1	1
12	FW	FRA	Amadou Ba	3	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
13	GK	ENG	Nathan Bishop	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Nico Cotton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
15	DF	EIR	Rob Kiernan	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Dru Yearwood	8	0	4+1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
17	MF	ENG	Jermaine McGlashan	15	1	8+4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
18	MF	ENG	Ryan Leonard	18	3	16	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
19	MF	ENG	Jack Bridge	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	ENG	Michael Klass	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
22	GK	ENG	Ted Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Joe Bedford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	CYP	Jason Demetriou	15	2	13+1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF	CYP	Harry Kyprianou	9	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
31	FW	JAM	Theo Robinson	17	1	1+13	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
42	DF	ENG	Elvis Bwomono	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0
44	MF	ENG	Josh Wright	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	DF	ENG	John White	15	1	9+3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
50	FW	ENG	Nile Ranger	11	1	7+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	LB		Stephen Hendrie	West Ham United	Free
7 July 2017	LW		Michael Kightly	Burnley	Free
11 July 2017	CB		Michael Turner	Norwich City	Free
2 August 2017	FW		Amadou Ba	Free agent	Free
3 August 2017	CB		Rob Kiernan	Rangers	Undisclosed
16 September 2017	CM		Josh Wright	Gillingham	Free

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CM		Will Atkinson	Mansfield Town	Free
1 July 2017	RW		Zavon Hines	Chesterfield	Released
1 July 2017	CF		Dave Mooney	Leyton Orient	Released
1 July 2017	CF		Frank Nouble	Newport County	Released
1 July 2017	RB		Luke O'Neill	Gillingham	Released
1 July 2017	CB		Adam Thompson	Bury	Free
1 July 2017	CF		Jason Williams	Bishop's Stortford	Released
1 July 2017	RB		Jordan Williams	Free agent	Released

1. Zavon Hines joined Chesterfield following his release.
2. Dave Mooney joined Leyton Orient following his release.
3. Frank Nouble joined Newport County following his release.
4. Luke O'Neill joined Gillingham following his release.
5. Jason Williams joined Bishop's Stortford following his release.

References

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