2011–12 Southend United F.C. season explained

Club:	Southend United F.C.
Season:	2011–12
Manager:	Paul Sturrock
Chairman:	Ron Martin
League:	League Two
League Result:	4th (Play-off Semi Final)
Stadium:	Roots Hall
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Second round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round
Cup3:	FL Trophy
Cup3 Result:	Regional Semi Final
League Topscorer:	Bilel Mohsni (13)
Season Topscorer:	Ryan Hall (14)
Highest Attendance:	9,782 vs. Morecambe, 15 October 2011
Lowest Attendance:	2,053 vs. Crawley Town, 30 August 2011
Average Attendance:	5,712
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Prevseason:	2010–11
Nextseason:	2012–13

This page shows the progress of Southend United F.C. in the 2011–12 football season. During this campaign, they played their games in the fourth tier of English football, League Two.

League data

League Two results round by round

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

|-|colspan="14"|Players released|-|colspan="14"|Players featured this season for Southend United on loan before returning to parent club:|-|}

Top scorers

width=60	Place	width=60	Position	width=60	Nation	width=60	Number	width=150	Name	width=80	League Two	width=80	FA Cup	width=80	League Cup	width=80	FL Trophy	width=80	Total
1	MF		4	Ryan Hall	10	1	0	3	14
2	DF		6	Bilel Mohsni	13	0	0	0	13
3	FW		22	Liam Dickinson	10	1	0	1	12
4	FW		9	Neil Harris	9	0	0	1	10
5	DF		15	Mark Phillips	7	0	1	0	8
6	MF		12	Kane Ferdinand	7	0	0	0	7
7	MF		8	Michael Timlin	4	0	0	0	4
8	MF		14	Dave Martin	3	0	0	0	3
=	DF		3	Peter Gilbert	3	0	0	0	3
10	FW		24	Elliot Benyon	2	0	0	0	2
=	FW		37	Freddy Eastwood	2	0	0	0	2
12	MF		18	Ryan Leonard	1	0	0	0	1
=	FW		21	Blair Sturrock	0	0	0	1	1
=	MF		19	Jean-Paul Kalala	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF		16	Luke Prosser	1	0	0	0	1
=	MF		7	Anthony Grant	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF		23	Chris Barker	1	0	0	0	1
				Own goals	4	0	0	0	4
				TOTALS	79	2	1	6	88

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
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6		DF	Bilel Mohsni	7	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	10	2
7		MF	Anthony Grant	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	1
22		FW	Liam Dickinson	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
23		DF	Chris Barker	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
2		DF	Sean Clohessy	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
24		FW	Elliot Benyon	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
4		MF	Ryan Hall	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
8		MF	Michael Timlin	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
19		MF	Jean-Paul Kalala	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
15		DF	Mark Phillips	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
3		DF	Peter Gilbert	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
12		MF	Kane Ferdinand	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
11		MF	Lee Sawyer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
5		DF	Graham Coughlan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Jemal Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Ryan Leonard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Dave Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35		GK	Cameron Belford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Neil Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		DF	Luke Prosser	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	75	4	9	1	1	0	4	2	89	7

Results

League Two play-offs

See main article: 2012 Football League play-offs.

Football League Trophy

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
9 June 2011	FW	Neil Harris	Millwall	Free	^[1]
1 July 2011	MF	Jemal Johnson	Lokomotiv Sofia	Free	^[2]
27 July 2011	DF	Ryan Leonard	Plymouth Argyle	Free	^[3]
27 July 2011	MF	Jean-Paul Kalala	Bristol Rovers	Free	^[4]
27 July 2011	FW	Liam Dickinson	Plymouth Argyle	Free	^[5]
1 January 2012	FW	Elliot Benyon	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	^[6]
4 January 2012	MF	Dave Martin	Derby County	Undisclosed	^[7]
5 January 2012	MF	Michael Timlin	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	^[8]
13 January 2012	FW	Anthony Flood	Bohemians	Free	^[9]
27 January 2012	DF	Pat Baldwin	Colchester United	Free	^[10]
16 March 2012	DF	Christian Dailly	Portsmouth	Free	^[11]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
8 May 2011	DF	Johnny Herd	Ebbsfleet United	Free	^[12] ^[13]
8 May 2011	MF	Louie Soares	Hayes & Yeading United	Free	^[14] ^[15]
8 May 2011	MF	Adam Bouzid	MC El Eulma	Free	^[16]
8 May 2011	DF	Miguel Comminges	Colorado Rapids	Free	^[17] ^[18]
8 May 2011	GK	Rhys Evans	Staines Town	Free	^[19]
30 June 2011	MF	Craig Easton	Dunfermline Athletic	Free	^[20] ^[21]
19 December 2011	MF	Jemal Johnson	Dover Athletic	Free	^[22]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
30 June 2011	MF	Alassane N'Diaye	Crystal Palace	31 August 2011	^[23] ^[24]
31 August 2011	MF	Michael Timlin	Swindon Town	2 January 2012	^[25]
25 October 2011	GK	Luke Daniels	West Bromwich Albion	3 January 2012	^[26] ^[27]
12 January 2012	FW	Jack Sampson	Bolton Wanderers	10 April 2012	^[28]
1 March 2012	DF	Lee Hills	Crystal Palace	End of season	^[29]
3 March 2012	GK	Cameron Belford	Bury	End of season	^[30]
22 March 2012	FW	Freddy Eastwood	Coventry City	End of season	^[31]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
9 August 2011	DF	George Artemi	Great Wakering Rovers	30 June 2012	^[32]
9 August 2011	MF	George Smith	Great Wakering Rovers	30 August 2011	^[33]
9 August 2011	MF	James Stevens	Great Wakering Rovers	30 June 2012	^[34]
9 August 2011	MF	Merrick James-Lewis	Braintree Town	19 September 2011	^[35]
9 August 2011	FW	Matt Paterson	Hamilton Academical	1 January 2012	^[36]
30 August 2011	MF	George Smith	Farnborough	30 September 2011	^[37]
30 August 2011	MF	Alex Woodyard	Farnborough	30 September 2011	^[38]
9 September 2011	DF	Teddy Nesbitt	Concord Rangers	9 October 2011	^[39]
9 September 2011	FW	Kyle Asante	Concord Rangers	9 October 2011	^[40]
28 October 2011	FW	Kyle Asante	Canvey Island	28 November 2011	^[41]
6 January 2012	FW	Matt Paterson	Forest Green Rovers	6 February 2012	^[42]
26 January 2012	DF	Teddy Nesbitt	Great Wakering Rovers	26 February 2012	^[43]
27 January 2012	FW	Kyle Asante	Thurrock F.C.	27 February 2012	^[44]
16 March 2012	DF	Pat Baldwin	Exeter City	5 May 2012	^[45]
16 March 2012	MF	Merrick James-Lewis	Carshalton Athletic	16 April 2012	^[46]

Notes and References

1. News: Southend sign Millwall striker Neil Harris . BBC Football . 9 June 2011.
2. News: Southend United sign American winger Jemal Johnson . BBC Football . 1 July 2011.
3. News: LEONARD AGREES BLUES DEAL . Southend United F.C. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402055652/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10444~2402529%2C00.html . 2 April 2012 . dmy .
4. News: JP KALALA SIGNS ON . Southend United F.C . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120531092039/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10444~2402542%2C00.html . 31 May 2012 .
5. News: DICKINSON JOINS BLUES . Southend United F.C . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402055704/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10444~2402569%2C00.html . 2 April 2012 .
6. News: BLUES SET TO SIGN BENYON. Southend United F.C.
7. News: BLUES CAPTURE WINGER MARTIN . Southend United F.C . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120109041736/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10444~2566265%2C00.html . 9 January 2012 . dmy .
8. News: TIMLIN MAKES PERMANENT SWITCH . Southend United F.C..
9. News: BALDWIN SIGNS FOR BLUES. Southend United F.C..
10. News: LEONARD AGREES BLUES DEAL . Southend United F.C. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402055652/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10444~2402529%2C00.html . 2 April 2012 . dmy .
11. News: ONE IN, TWO OUT . Southend United F.C. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318220437/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10444~2662330%2C00.html . 18 March 2012 .
12. News: BOSS CONFIRMS FIVE ARE RELEASED. Southend United F.C.
13. News: Herd and Stav sign on after MyFC vote. Ebbsfleet United F.C..
14. News: BOSS CONFIRMS FIVE ARE RELEASED. Southend United F.C.
15. News: Hayes & Yeading sign Soares, Bentley and McClure. BBC Football . 12 August 2011.
16. News: BOSS CONFIRMS FIVE ARE RELEASED. Southend United F.C.
17. News: BOSS CONFIRMS FIVE ARE RELEASED. Southend United F.C.
18. News: Rapids sign Guadeloupe defender Comminges. L.A. Times.
19. News: BOSS CONFIRMS FIVE ARE RELEASED. Southend United F.C.
20. News: Craig Easton out, Blair Sturrock stays at Southend United. BBC Football . 1 July 2011.
21. News: Dunfermline sign Craig Easton as midfield cover. BBC Football . 26 August 2011.
22. News: CLUB STATEMENT: JEMAL JOHNSON. Southend United F.C.. 30 December 2011.
23. News: Alassane N'Diaye makes Southend United loan move . BBC Football . 30 June 2011.
24. News: BLUES TERMINATE N'DIAYE LOAN . Southend United F.C..
25. News: TIMLIN MAKES LOAN MOVE . Southend United F.C. . 31 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120603145253/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10444~2437876%2C00.html . 3 June 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
26. News: Southend United loan West Brom's Luke Daniels . BBC Football.
27. News: DANIELS RETURNS TO WEST BROM . Southend United F.C. . 4 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213015430/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10444~2564464,00.html . 13 February 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
28. News: Sampson In Southend Loan . Bolton Wanderers F.C..
29. News: BLUES SIGN HILLS ON LOAN . Southend United F.C..
30. News: BELFORD IN BLUES LOAN MOVE . Southend United F.C. . 3 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305234129/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10444~2631527,00.html . 5 March 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
31. News: EASTWOOD'S BACK! . Southend United F.C..
32. News: Rovers take Southend youth players on loan . Great Wakering Rovers F.C. . 10 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809045100/http://www.greatwakeringroversfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171:gwradmin&catid=40:gwradmin . 9 August 2011 . dead .
33. News: Rovers take Southend youth players on loan . Great Wakering Rovers F.C. . 10 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809045100/http://www.greatwakeringroversfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171:gwradmin&catid=40:gwradmin . 9 August 2011 . dead .
34. News: Rovers take Southend youth players on loan . Great Wakering Rovers F.C. . 10 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809045100/http://www.greatwakeringroversfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171:gwradmin&catid=40:gwradmin . 9 August 2011 . dead .
35. News: JAMES-LEWIS RECALLED FROM LOAN . Southend United F.C. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120531092354/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10444~2414571%2C00.html . 31 May 2012 . dmy .
36. News: PATERSON JOINS HAMILTON ON LOAN . Southend United F.C. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120102014316/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10444~2456129%2C00.html . 2 January 2012 .
37. News: SMITH & WOODYARD OUT ON LOAN . Southend United F.C..
38. News: SMITH & WOODYARD OUT ON LOAN . Southend United F.C..
39. News: YOUNGSTERS JOIN CONCORD ON LOAN . Southend United F.C..
40. News: YOUNGSTERS JOIN CONCORD ON LOAN . Southend United F.C..
41. News: Kyle Asante Joins The Gulls On Loan!. Canvey Island F.C.. 28 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111103093656/http://www.canveyislandfc.com/news/2011/10/kyle-asante-joins-gulls-loan. 3 November 2011. dead.
42. News: PATERSON MAKES FOREST GREEN LOAN MOVE . Southend United F.C..
43. News: NESBITT MAKES WAKERING LOAN MOVE . Southend United F.C..
44. News: ASANTE IN THURROCK LOAN SWITCH. Southend United F.C..
45. News: ONE IN, TWO OUT . Southend United F.C. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318220437/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10444~2662330%2C00.html . 18 March 2012 .
46. News: ONE IN, TWO OUT . Southend United F.C. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318220437/http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10444~2662330%2C00.html . 18 March 2012 .