# 2012–13 Southend United F.C. season

This page shows the progress of Southend United F.C. in the 2012–13 football season. During this campaign, they played their third successive season in the fourth tier of English football, League Two.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 22 November 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Paul Smith | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Sean Clohessy | 23 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GRN | Anthony Straker | 12 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ryan Hall | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Graham Coughlan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ryan Cresswell | 22 | 6 | 18+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | WAL | Freddy Eastwood | 10 | 3 | 3+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Michael Timlin | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Neil Harris | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | IRL | Barry Corr | 11 | 7 | 0+7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Dave Martin | 13 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Jonson Clarke-Harris | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Kevan Hurst | 21 | 2 | 17+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Mark Phillips | 16 | 2 | 12+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Luke Prosser | 13 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | ENG | Dan Bentley | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ryan Leonard | 12 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | John Spicer | 13 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | COD | Britt Assombalonga | 21 | 11 | 18+1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Gavin Tomlin | 19 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Chris Barker | 22 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Elliot Benyon | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Marc Laird | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | MWI | Tamika Mkandawire | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Alex Woodyard | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Ted Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Seedy Njie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Bilel Mohsni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who no longer play for Southend United but have made appearances this season: ||||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | IRL | Kane Ferdinand | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | ENG | Cameron Belford | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | 20 | Britt Assombalonga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | DF | 6 | Ryan Cresswell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 12 | Kane Ferdinand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 21 | Gavin Tomlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 2 | Sean Clohessy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| = | DF | 15 | Mark Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 10 | Barry Corr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 7 | Freddy Eastwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 8 | MF | Michael Timlin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Barry Corr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Luke Prosser | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | John Spicer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Kane Ferdinand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Ryan Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Britt Assombalonga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Anthony Straker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Mark Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Dave Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ryan Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Oxford United | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 65 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 64 |
| 11 | Southend United | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 61 |
| 12 | Rochdale | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 68 | 70 | −2 | 61 |
| 13 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 60 |

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 16 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### Football League Trophy
## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 14 | MF | Kevan Hurst | 26 | EU | Walsall | Free Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free | Southend United |
| 3 | DF | Anthony Straker | 23 | EU | Aldershot Town | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | Southend United |
| 21 | FW | Gavin Tomlin | 28 | EU | Dagenham & Redbridge | Free Transfer | Summer | 2013 | Free | Southend United |
| 6 | DF | Ryan Cresswell | 24 | EU | Rotherham United | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | Southend United |
| 7 | FW | Freddy Eastwood | 28 | EU | Coventry City | Free Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free | Southend United |
| 19 | MF | John Spicer | 28 | EU | Notts County | Free Transfer | Summer | 2013 | Free | Southend United |
| 1 | GK | Paul Smith | 25 | EU | Nottingham Forest | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | Southend United |

### Loans in

| No. | P | Name | Country | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| 34 | GK | Belford | | 23 | Bury | 14 August | 15 September | Southend United | Southend United |
| 20 | FW | Assombalonga | | 19 | Watford | 17 August | | Southend United | |

### Out

| N | P | Name | Age | Type | Moving to | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Apps | Goals | Source |
| 1 | GK | Morris | 28 | Out of Contract | Aldershot Town | Summer | Free | 64 | 0 | Southend Echo |
| 21 | FW | Sturrock | 30 | Out of Contract | | Summer | Free | 41 | 0 | Southend Echo |
| 11 | MF | Sawyer | 22 | Out of Contract | Woking | Summer | Free | 27 | 0 | Southend Echo |
| 20 | FW | Crawford | 20 | Out of Contract | Dartford | Summer | Free | 33 | 3 | Southend Echo |
| 31 | FW | Flood | 27 | Out of Contract | St Patrick's Athletic | Summer | Free | 1 | 0 | Southend Echo |
| 28 | FW | Asante | 20 | Out of Contract | | Summer | Free | 1 | 0 | Southend Echo |
| 29 | MF | James-Lewis | 19 | Out of Contract | Colchester United | Summer | Free | 1 | 0 | Southend Echo |
| | MF | Smith | 19 | Out of Contract | | Summer | Free | 0 | 0 | Southend Echo |
| 25 | DF | Nesbitt | 19 | Out of Contract | | Summer | Free | 2 | 0 | Southend Echo |
| | MF | Stevens | 19 | Out of Contract | | Summer | Free | 1 | 0 | Southend Echo |
| | DF | Artemi | 18 | Out of Contract | Torquay United | Summer | Free | 0 | 0 | Southend Echo |
| 19 | MF | Kalala | 30 | Out of Contract | | Summer | Free | 24 | 1 | Southend Echo |
| 36 | DF | Dailly | 38 | Retired | | Summer | Free | 3 | 0 | Southend Echo |
| 7 | MF | Grant | 25 | Out of Contract | Stevenage | Summer | Free | 149 | 10 | Southend United |
| 3 | DF | Gilbert | 29 | Out of Contract | | Summer | Free | 57 | 3 | Southend Echo |
| 12 | MF | Ferdinand | 19 | Transfer | Peterborough United | Summer | £200,000 | 61 | 10 | Southend United |

### Loans out

| No. | P | Name | Country | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| | GK | Chambers | | 18 | Bishop's Stortford | 15 August | | Southend United | |