# 2015–16 Southend United F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Southend United's 110th year in existence and their first season back in League One after gaining promotion the previous season. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

On 3 June 2015, Southend United announced their first confirmed pre-season friendly against Charlton Athletic. On 8 June 2015, a friendly against West Ham United. On 11 June 2015, a further two friendlies were announced. Also a trip to Dagenham & Redbridge was confirmed.

### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Port Vale | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 65 |
| 13 | Peterborough United | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 82 | 73 | +9 | 63 |
| 14 | Southend United | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 59 |
| 15 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 71 | −7 | 59 |
| 16 | Bury | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 57 |
* ↑ Bury were deducted 3 points for playing the unregistered Callum Styles against Southend United on 8 May.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000003B-QINU`"'

#### Result by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 14 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 10 |

#### Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

On 26th Oct 2015, in the clubhouse of Thackley Juniors FC in West Yorkshire, Southend United were drawn away against Scunthorpe United, to create an earlier travel date to Glanford Park.

### League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Southend United were drawn at home against Brighton & Hove Albion.

### Football League Trophy

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Southend will travel to Crawley Town.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 2 July 2015 | CF | Dave Mooney | Leyton Orient | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2015 | LM | Anthony Wordsworth | Ipswich Town | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2015 | CF | Noel Hunt | Ipswich Town | Free transfer |
| 28 August 2015 | LM | Stephen McLaughlin | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2015 | RB | Luke O'Neill | Burnley | Free transfer |
| 11 September 2015 | LB | Harry Kyprianou | Watford | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Josh Banton | Free Agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Lee Barnard | Crawley Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Ellis Brown | Free Agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Conor Clifford | Free Agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Barry Corr | Cambridge United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | LB | Kane Farrell | Free Agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Mads Ibenfeldt | Free Agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Paul Smith | Free Agent | Released |
| 30 July 2015 | LB | Cameron John | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Following Barnard's release he joined Crawley Town.'"`UNIQ--ref-000001C1-QINU`"'

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 8 August 2015 | CF | Joe Pigott | Charlton Athletic | 2 January 2016 |
| 22 August 2015 | RB | Luke O'Neill | Burnley | 1 September 2015 |
| 28 August 2015 | DM | Glen Rea | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 January 2016 |
| 21 January 2016 | MF | Sam McQueen | Southampton | End of Season |
| 22 January 2016 | MF | Glen Kamara | Arsenal | End of Season |
* ↑ On 1 September 2015, O'Neill made his loan move into a permanent move.'"`UNIQ--ref-000001CC-QINU`"'