2009–10 Southend United F.C. season

Southend United
2009–2010 season
Chairman	Ron Martin
Manager	Steve Tilson
Stadium	Roots Hall
League One	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Average home league attendance	7,718
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Southend United's 104th season in existence and their third consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy. Southend were relegated from League One, having finished 23rd, whilst they were eliminated from the FA Cup in the first round, and from the League Cup and Football League Trophy in the second. The season covers the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.

Season summary

First-team squad

Players' ages as of 8 May 2010.^[2]

No.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Place of birth	Signed from	Note
Goalkeepers
1	Steve Mildenhall	(1978-05-13)13 May 1978 (aged 31)	Swindon	Yeovil Town
21	Kelvin Jack	(1976-04-29)29 April 1976 (aged 34)	Trincity	Gillingham
36	Dan Bentley	(1993-07-13)13 July 1993 (aged 16)	Basildon	Arsenal
Defenders
2	Simon Francis	(1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 25)	Nottingham	Sheffield United
3	Scott Malone	(1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 19)	Rowley Regis	Wolverhampton Wanderers	On loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers
5	Pat Baldwin	(1982-11-12)12 November 1982 (aged 27)	London	Colchester United	On loan from Colchester United
6	Adam Barrett	(1979-11-29)29 November 1979 (aged 30)	Dagenham	Bristol Rovers
15	Osei Sankofa	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 25)	Streatham	Charlton Athletic
18	Johnny Herd	(1989-10-03)3 October 1989 (aged 20)	Huntingdon	—
20	Jean-Yves Mvoto	(1988-09-06)6 September 1988 (aged 21)	Paris	Sunderland	On loan from Sunderland
Midfielders
4	Jean-François Christophe	(1987-06-27)27 June 1987 (aged 22)	Creil	Portsmouth
7	Anthony Grant	(1987-06-04)4 June 1987 (aged 22)	Lambeth	Chelsea
8	Alan McCormack	(1984-01-10)10 January 1984 (aged 26)	Dublin	Preston North End
12	Damian Scannell	(1985-04-28)28 April 1985 (aged 25)	Croydon	Eastleigh
14	Franck Moussa	(1989-07-24)24 July 1989 (aged 20)	Brussels	West Ham United
22	Stuart O'Keefe	(1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 19)	Eye	—
26	Francis Laurent	(1986-01-02)2 January 1986 (aged 24)	Paris	Mainz 05
29	Marcus Milner	(1991-11-28)28 November 1991 (aged 18)	Kingston	—
30	Harry Crawford	(1991-12-10)10 December 1991 (aged 18)	Saffron Walden	—
32	Alex Woodyard	(1993-05-03)3 May 1993 (aged 17)	Gravesend	—
33	Julian Okai	(1993-02-26)26 February 1993 (aged 17)	Southend-on-Sea	—
34	George Smith			—
Forwards
9	Matt Paterson	(1989-10-18)18 October 1989 (aged 20)	Dunfermline	Southampton
17	Scott Vernon	(1983-12-13)13 December 1983 (aged 26)	Manchester	Colchester United	On loan from Colchester United
28	Scott Spencer	(1989-01-01)1 January 1989 (aged 21)	Stockport	Rochdale
31	Kyle Asante	(1991-04-09)9 April 1991 (aged 19)	Chelmsford	—
Players no longer at club
3	John White	(1986-07-26)26 July 1986 (aged 23)	Colchester	Colchester United	On loan from Colchester United
5	Matt Heath	(1981-11-01)1 November 1981 (aged 28)	Leicester	Colchester United	On loan from Colchester United
17	Roy O'Donovan	(1985-08-10)10 August 1985 (aged 24)	Cork	Sunderland	On loan from Sunderland
23	George Friend	(1987-10-19)19 October 1987 (aged 22)	Barnstaple	Wolverhampton Wanderers	On loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers
28	Lee Sawyer	(1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 20)	Leytonstone	Chelsea	On loan from Chelsea
17	Jabo Ibehre	(1983-01-28)28 January 1983 (aged 27)	Islington	Milton Keynes Dons	On loan from Milton Keynes Dons
11	Alex Revell	(1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 26)	Cambridge	Brighton & Hove Albion	On loan at Wycombe Wanderers
5	Sean Morrison	(1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (aged 19)	Plymouth	Swindon Town	On loan from Swindon Town
21	Kevin Betsy	(1978-03-20)20 March 1978 (aged 32)	Woking	Bristol City	Betsy joined Wycombe Wanderers in January 2010
9	Lee Barnard	(1984-07-18)18 July 1984 (aged 25)	Romford	Tottenham Hotspur	Barnard joined Southampton in January 2010
10	James Walker	(1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 22)	Hackney	Charlton Athletic	Walker joined Gillingham in February 2010.
16	Dougie Freedman	(1974-01-21)21 January 1974 (aged 36)	Glasgow	Crystal Palace	Freedman retired in March 2010
29	Craig Calver	(1991-01-20)20 January 1991 (aged 19)	Cambridge	—	Calver joined A.F.C. Sudbury in March 2010.
24	Ian Joyce	(1985-07-12)12 July 1985 (aged 24)	Kinnelon	Watford	Joyce joined Colorado Rapids in March 2010.
10	Sanchez Watt	(1991-02-14)14 February 1991 (aged 19)	Hackney	Arsenal	On loan from Arsenal

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Hartlepool United	46	14	11	21	59	67	−8	50^[a]
21	Gillingham (R)	46	12	14	20	48	64	−16	50	Relegation to Football League Two
22	Wycombe Wanderers (R)	46	10	15	21	56	76	−20	45
23	Southend United (R)	46	10	13	23	51	72	−21	43
24	Stockport County (R)	46	5	10	31	35	95	−60	25

Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Hartlepool deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.^[3]

FA Cup

FA Cup match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	7 November 2009	Gillingham	Away	L	0–3	—	4,605	^[4]

Football League Cup

League Cup match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	11 August 2009	Cheltenham Town	Away	W	2–1	Barnard 77', 88'	1,918	^[5]
Second round	25 August 2009	Hull City	Away	L	1–3	Moussa 45'	7,994	^[6]

Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Second round	6 October 2009	Milton Keynes Dons	Away	L	0–2	—	4,792	^[7]

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Steve Mildenhall	48	0	44	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF	ENG	Simon Francis	49	1	45	1	1	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	John White	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Scott Malone	17	0	15+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	FRA	Jean-François Christophe	40	1	31+5	1	1	0	2	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Matt Heath	6	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Sean Morrison	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Pat Baldwin	18	1	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Adam Barrett	44	2	41	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF	ENG	Anthony Grant	41	0	38	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF	IRL	Alan McCormack	43	3	40+1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Lee Barnard	28	17	25	15	0	0	2	2	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Matt Paterson	16	2	9+7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	James Walker	16	0	2+11	0	1	0	1+1	0	0	0
10	MF	ENG	Sanchez Watt	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ENG	Alex Revell	5	0	1+2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
12	MF	ENG	Damian Scannell	26	1	15+10	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	BEL	Franck Moussa	47	6	41+2	5	1	0	2	1	1	0
15	DF	ENG	Osei Sankofa	13	0	10+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	FW	SCO	Dougie Freedman	23	1	9+11	1	1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
17	FW	IRL	Roy O'Donovan	5	1	3+1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW	ENG	Jabo Ibehre	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	ENG	Scott Vernon	17	4	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Johnny Herd	22	0	17+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF	FRA	Jean-Yves Mvoto	19	1	15+2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
21	MF	SEY	Kevin Betsy	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
21	GK	TRI	Kelvin Jack	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Stuart O'Keefe	9	0	3+4	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
23	DF	ENG	George Friend	6	1	5+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	USA	Ian Joyce	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	FRA	Francis Laurent	37	6	28+7	6	1	0	0	0	1	0
28	MF	ENG	Lee Sawyer	9	0	0+6	0	0	0	0+2	0	1	0
28	FW	ENG	Scott Spencer	12	0	5+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	ENG	Craig Calver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	JAM	Marcus Milner	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	IRL	Harry Crawford	7	1	2+5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	ENG	Kyle Asante	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Alex Woodyard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	ENG	Julian Okai	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	IRL	George Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	ENG	Dan Bentley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^[2]^[8]

References

^ "League One 2009/2010 - Attendance". World Football. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "FootballSquads - Southend United - 2009/10". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ "Points deduction rocks Hartlepool". BBC Sport. 5 June 2010. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
^ "Gillingham 3-0 Southend". BBC Sport. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Cheltenham 1-2 Southend". BBC Sport. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Hull 3-1 Southend". BBC Sport. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "MK Dons 2-0 Southend". BBC Sport. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Southend FC Player Appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[table_hth_HAR0.39036060329078-4] Hartlepool deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.^[3]

[1] "League One 2009/2010 - Attendance". World Football. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[footballsquads-2] "FootballSquads - Southend United - 2009/10". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

[3] "Points deduction rocks Hartlepool". BBC Sport. 5 June 2010. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.

[5] "Gillingham 3-0 Southend". BBC Sport. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[6] "Cheltenham 1-2 Southend". BBC Sport. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[7] "Hull 3-1 Southend". BBC Sport. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[8] "MK Dons 2-0 Southend". BBC Sport. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[9] "Southend FC Player Appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

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