# 2017–18 Southend United F.C. season

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.

### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 66 |
| 9 | Peterborough United | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 68 | 60 | +8 | 64 |
| 10 | Southend United | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 58 | 62 | −4 | 63 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 57 | 67 | −10 | 63 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 60 |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 March 2018. Source:

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 |

#### Matches
### FA Cup

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

### EFL Cup

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

### 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.
| Pos | Lge | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Gillingham (Q) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Southend United (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Colchester United (E) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | ACA | Reading U21s (E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 1 | |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 28 October 2017
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 | Name | From | Fee |
| 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 | Name | To | Fee |
| 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 |
* ↑ Zavon Hines joined Chesterfield following his release.
* ↑ Dave Mooney joined Leyton Orient following his release.
* ↑ Frank Nouble joined Newport County following his release.
* ↑ Luke O'Neill joined Gillingham following his release.
* ↑ Jason Williams joined Bishop's Stortford following his release.