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

## Transfers
### Transfers in

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

### Loans in

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

### Loans out

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

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Henry Burnett | Crawley Town | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Luke Hyam | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Sam Mantom | Rushall Olympic | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DM | Mark Milligan | Macarthur | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Theo Robinson | Port Vale | Released |
| 2 July 2020 | CB | Joe Shaughnessy | St Mirren | Released |
| 22 August 2020 | LM | Sam Barratt | Maidenhead United | Released |
| 26 August 2020 | LM | Stephen McLaughlin | Mansfield Town | Rejected contract |
| 11 September 2020 | CF | Stephen Humphrys | Rochdale | Undisclosed |
| 2 October 2020 | LW | Isaac Hutchinson | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 14 October 2020 | CF | Charlie Kelman | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |

## Competitions
### EFL League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Relegation to National League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2021. Source: BBC

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
The 2020/21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.

### EFL Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 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 | |