# 2021–22 Southend United F.C. season

The 2021–22 Southend United F.C. season is the club's 116th season in their history and the first season in the National League following their second successive relegation. Along with the National League, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and FA Trophy.
The season saw a change in manager and first team coaches following the sacking of Phil Brown. Kevin Maher was recruited as first team coach, as well as multiple notable backroom-staff appointments, including former player, Stan Collymore as Senior Football Strategist and John Still as Head of Football.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Players

    As of 1 June 2022

### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Steve Arnold |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Rob Howard |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Nathan Ralph |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Abu Ogogo |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Shaun Hobson |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Josh Coulson |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jack Bridge |
| 8 | MF | ENG | James Dunne |
| 9 | FW | EIR | Rhys Murphy |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Sam Dalby |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Callum Powell |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Tom Clifford |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Lewis Gard |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Harry Phillips |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Matt Rush |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Simeon Akinola |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Will Atkinson |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Harrison Neal (On loan from Sheffield United F.C.) |
| 23 | GK | ENG | Collin Adeng-Ndi |
| 24 | DF | CYP | Jason Demetriou |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Jack Wood |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Matthew Dennis (On loan from Norwich City F.C.) |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Ollie Kensdale |
| 38 | MF | AFG | Noor Husin |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Harry Cardwell |
| 40 | DF | ENG | John White |
| — | DF | ENG | Leon Davies |
| — | DF | ENG | Kenny Clark (On loan from Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.) |
| — | DF | ENG | Joe Gubbins (On loan from Queens Park Rangers F.C.) |
| — | MF | ENG | Ashley Nathaniel-George |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 4 June 2021 | CM | James Dunne | Barnet F.C. | Free transfer |
| 9 June 2021 | CB | Josh Coulson | Leyton Orient F.C. | Free transfer |
| 9 June 2021 | LW | Jack Bridge | Bromley F.C. | Free transfer |
| 10 June 2021 | CF | Rhys Murphy | Yeovil Town F.C. | Free transfer |
| 25 June 2021 | CM | Abu Ogogo | Bristol Rovers F.C. | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2021 | GK | Steve Arnold | Northampton Town F.C. | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2021 | CF | Sam Dalby | Watford F.C. | Free transfer |
| 24 August 2021 | CM | Will Atkinson | Alfreton Town F.C. | Free transfer |
| 31 December 2021 | CB | Ollie Kensdale | Concord Rangers F.C. | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2022 | RB | Leon Davies | Cambridge United F.C. | Free transfer |
| 20 January 2022 | CM | Harry Cardwell | Chorley F.C. | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2022 | CM | Noor Husin | Dartford F.C. | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2022 | CM | Jack Wood | Kings Langley F.C. | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2022 | CF | Callum Powell | Kettering Town F.C. | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 13 August 2021 | CF | Matthew Dennis | Norwich City F.C. | End of season |
| 18 August 2021 | CF | Hamzad Kargbo | Queens Park Rangers F.C. | 28 October 2021 |
| 1 October 2021 | CF | Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka | Sunderland A.F.C. | 28 October 2021 |
| 28 October 2021 | CM | Zak Brunt | Sheffield United F.C. | 4 January 2022 |
| 28 October 2021 | CB | Kacper Łopata | Sheffield United F.C. | 12 March 2022 (recalled) |
| 4 January 2022 | CM | Harrison Neal | Sheffield United F.C. | End of season |
| 24 March 2022 | CB | Kenny Clark | Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. | End of season |
| 24 March 2022 | CB | Joe Gubbins | Queens Park Rangers F.C. | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 17 May 2021 | CB | Richard Taylor | Free Agent | Released |
| 17 May 2021 | CB | Jacob Mellis | Free Agent | Released |
| 17 May 2021 | CB | Alan McCormack | Retired | Released |
| 17 May 2021 | CB | Harry Kyprianou | Oxford City F.C. | Released |
| 5 June 2021 | CF | Brandon Goodship | Weymouth F.C. | Free transfer |
| 22 June 2021 | LB | Sam Hart | Oldham Athletic A.F.C. | Free transfer |
| 27 June 2021 | CF | Emile Acquah | Maidenhead United F.C. | Free transfer |
| July 2021 | CM | Michael Klass | Lewes F.C. | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Mark Oxley | Harrogate Town A.F.C. | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2021 | CM | Timothée Dieng | Exeter City F.C. | Free transfer |
| 22 July 2021 | CB | Harry Lennon | Wrexham A.F.C. | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2021 | CB | Greg Halford | Waterford F.C. | Free transfer |
| 14 August 2021 | CM | Ricky Holmes | Farnborough F.C. | Free transfer |
| 16 November 2021 | RB | Elvis Bwomono | Free agent | Released |
| 7 December 2021 | LB | Charlie Sayers | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2022 | CM | Nathan Ferguson | Wealdstone F.C. | Free transfer |
| 11 February 2022 | GK | Harry Seaden | Free Agent | Released |
| 16 February 2022 | CF | Louis Walsh | Barnet F.C. | Free transfer |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 22 January 2022 | CB | Miles Mitchell-Nelson | East Thurrock United F.C. | 22 February 2022 |
| 22 January 2022 | CM | Eren Kinali | Hendon F.C. | End of season |
| 22 January 2022 | RW | Terrell Egbri | Farnborough F.C. | End of season |
| 5 February 2022 | CB | Josh Coulson | King's Lynn Town F.C. | End of season |
| 11 February 2022 | RB | Rob Howard | Farnborough F.C. | End of season |
| 11 February 2022 | CF | Matt Rush | Chelmsford City F.C. | End of season |
| 11 February 2022 | LW | Ashley Nathaniel-George | Ebbsfleet United F.C. | 11 March 2022 |
| 11 March 2022 | CB | John White | Wimborne Town F.C. | End of season |
| 15 March 2022 | CB | Reiss Chandler | Aveley F.C. | End of season |

## Competitions
### National League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Torquay United | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 66 |
| 12 | Yeovil Town | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 59 |
| 13 | Southend United | 44 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 58 |
| 14 | Altrincham | 44 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 62 | 69 | −7 | 55 |
| 15 | Woking | 44 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 59 | 61 | −2 | 53 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 2022. Source: TheFishy

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 8 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |

#### Matches

The 2021–22 National League fixtures were announced on 7 July 2021.

### FA Cup

Southend entered the FA Cup at the fourth qualifying round.
Win  Draw  Loss

### FA Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss
Southend entered the FA Trophy at the third round