# 2011–12 Southend United F.C. season

This page shows the progress of Southend United F.C. in the 2011–12 football season. During this campaign, they played their games in the fourth tier of English football, League Two.

## League data
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town (P) | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 88 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 3 | Crawley Town (P) | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 76 | 54 | +22 | 84 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 4 | Southend United | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 77 | 48 | +29 | 83 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Torquay United | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 81 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 77 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

### League Two results round 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 16 May 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 | Glenn Morris | 27 | 0 | 24+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Sean Clohessy | 56 | 0 | 47+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | Peter Gilbert | 40 | 3 | 31+2 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ryan Hall | 54 | 14 | 37+8 | 10 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | EIR | Graham Coughlan | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | TUN | Bilel Mohsni | 42 | 13 | 25+8 | 13 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Anthony Grant | 41 | 1 | 27+8 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | EIR | Michael Timlin | 48 | 4 | 41+1 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Neil Harris | 42 | 10 | 22+13 | 9 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | EIR | Barry Corr | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Lee Sawyer | 14 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | EIR | Kane Ferdinand | 45 | 7 | 29+8 | 7 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Dave Martin | 17 | 3 | 11+6 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Mark Phillips | 46 | 8 | 39+1 | 7 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Luke Prosser | 27 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | ENG | Dan Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ryan Leonard | 23 | 1 | 13+5 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | COD | Jean-Paul Kalala | 30 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | EIR | Harry Crawford | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | SCO | Blair Sturrock | 15 | 1 | 5+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Liam Dickinson | 37 | 12 | 28+2 | 10 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Chris Barker | 52 | 1 | 44+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Elliot Benyon | 17 | 2 | 9+8 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Teddy Nesbitt | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Pat Baldwin | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Kyle Asante | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Merrick James-Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Alex Woodyard | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | IRL | Anthony Flood | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Lee Hills | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ENG | Cameron Belford | 15 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | SCO | Christian Dailly | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | WAL | Freddy Eastwood | 9 | 2 | 7+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players released ||||||||||||||
| | MF | USA | Jemal Johnson | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players featured this season for Southend United on loan before returning to parent club: ||||||||||||||
| | FW | ENG | Jack Sampson | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Luke Daniels | 15 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | MF | 4 | Ryan Hall | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | DF | 6 | Bilel Mohsni | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | FW | 22 | Liam Dickinson | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Neil Harris | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | DF | 15 | Mark Phillips | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | MF | 12 | Kane Ferdinand | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Michael Timlin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 14 | Dave Martin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | DF | 3 | Peter Gilbert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | 24 | Elliot Benyon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 37 | Freddy Eastwood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 18 | Ryan Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 21 | Blair Sturrock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 19 | Jean-Paul Kalala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 16 | Luke Prosser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 7 | Anthony Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 23 | Chris Barker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| | | | TOTALS | 79 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 88 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 6 | DF | Bilel Mohsni | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Anthony Grant | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | Liam Dickinson | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Chris Barker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Sean Clohessy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | Elliot Benyon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Ryan Hall | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Michael Timlin | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Jean-Paul Kalala | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Mark Phillips | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Peter Gilbert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Kane Ferdinand | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Lee Sawyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Graham Coughlan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jemal Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ryan Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Dave Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | Cameron Belford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Neil Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Luke Prosser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 75 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 89 | 7 |

## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous Club | Fee | Ref. |
| 9 June 2011 | FW | Neil Harris | Millwall | Free | |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Jemal Johnson | Lokomotiv Sofia | Free | |
| 27 July 2011 | DF | Ryan Leonard | Plymouth Argyle | Free | |
| 27 July 2011 | MF | Jean-Paul Kalala | Bristol Rovers | Free | |
| 27 July 2011 | FW | Liam Dickinson | Plymouth Argyle | Free | |
| 1 January 2012 | FW | Elliot Benyon | Swindon Town | Undisclosed | |
| 4 January 2012 | MF | Dave Martin | Derby County | Undisclosed | |
| 5 January 2012 | MF | Michael Timlin | Swindon Town | Undisclosed | |
| 13 January 2012 | FW | Anthony Flood | Bohemians | Free | |
| 27 January 2012 | DF | Pat Baldwin | Colchester United | Free | |
| 16 March 2012 | DF | Christian Dailly | Portsmouth | Free | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 8 May 2011 | DF | Johnny Herd | Ebbsfleet United | Free | |
| 8 May 2011 | MF | Louie Soares | Hayes & Yeading United | Free | |
| 8 May 2011 | MF | Adam Bouzid | MC El Eulma | Free | |
| 8 May 2011 | DF | Miguel Comminges | Colorado Rapids | Free | |
| 8 May 2011 | GK | Rhys Evans | Staines Town | Free | |
| 30 June 2011 | MF | Craig Easton | Dunfermline Athletic | Free | |
| 19 December 2011 | MF | Jemal Johnson | Dover Athletic | Free | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 30 June 2011 | MF | Alassane N'Diaye | Crystal Palace | 31 August 2011 | |
| 31 August 2011 | MF | Michael Timlin | Swindon Town | 2 January 2012 | |
| 25 October 2011 | GK | Luke Daniels | West Bromwich Albion | 3 January 2012 | |
| 12 January 2012 | FW | Jack Sampson | Bolton Wanderers | 10 April 2012 | |
| 1 March 2012 | DF | Lee Hills | Crystal Palace | End of season | |
| 3 March 2012 | GK | Cameron Belford | Bury | End of season | |
| 22 March 2012 | FW | Freddy Eastwood | Coventry City | End of season | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 9 August 2011 | DF | George Artemi | Great Wakering Rovers | 30 June 2012 | |
| 9 August 2011 | MF | George Smith | Great Wakering Rovers | 30 August 2011 | |
| 9 August 2011 | MF | James Stevens | Great Wakering Rovers | 30 June 2012 | |
| 9 August 2011 | MF | Merrick James-Lewis | Braintree Town | 19 September 2011 | |
| 9 August 2011 | FW | Matt Paterson | Hamilton Academical | 1 January 2012 | |
| 30 August 2011 | MF | George Smith | Farnborough | 30 September 2011 | |
| 30 August 2011 | MF | Alex Woodyard | Farnborough | 30 September 2011 | |
| 9 September 2011 | DF | Teddy Nesbitt | Concord Rangers | 9 October 2011 | |
| 9 September 2011 | FW | Kyle Asante | Concord Rangers | 9 October 2011 | |
| 28 October 2011 | FW | Kyle Asante | Canvey Island | 28 November 2011 | |
| 6 January 2012 | FW | Matt Paterson | Forest Green Rovers | 6 February 2012 | |
| 26 January 2012 | DF | Teddy Nesbitt | Great Wakering Rovers | 26 February 2012 | |
| 27 January 2012 | FW | Kyle Asante | Thurrock F.C. | 27 February 2012 | |
| 16 March 2012 | DF | Pat Baldwin | Exeter City | 5 May 2012 | |
| 16 March 2012 | MF | Merrick James-Lewis | Carshalton Athletic | 16 April 2012 | |