# 2019–20 Southend United F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Southend United's 114th year in existence and their fifth consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Pre-season

The pre-season schedule was confirmed by the club in June 2019.

## Competitions
### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 40 | 1.14 | |
| 18 | Rochdale | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 36 | 1.06 | |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 35 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 37 | 1.06 | |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 35 | 1.00 | |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 32 | 0.94 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 22 | Southend United (R) | 35 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 39 | 85 | −46 | 19 | 0.54 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 66 | −39 | 14 | 0.41 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 24 | Bury (D, R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | — | Club expelled |
* 1 2 Bolton Wanderers deducted 12 points for entering administration.
* 1 2 Bury deducted 12 points for entering into an insolvency event, before later being expelled from the EFL on 27 August 2019. At the time of their expulsion, they had played no matches.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2020. Source: BBC

#### Results by matchday

| 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 19 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |

#### Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.

### EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Leyton Orient | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | AFC Wimbledon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | L1 | Southend United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Brandon Goodship | Weymouth | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | Mark Milligan | Hibernian | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Richard Taylor | Burnley | Free transfer |
| 9 July 2019 | LB | Nathan Ralph | Dundee | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2019 | CB | Joe Shaughnessy | St Johnstone | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2019 | CB | Liam Ridgewell | Hull City | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2019 | LB | Andre Blackman | Free agent | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 7 August 2019 | LW | Layton Ndukwu | Leicester City | 8 January 2020 |
| 16 August 2019 | CM | Ethan Hamilton | Manchester United | 3 January 2020 |
| 20 February 2020 | GK | Patrik Gunnarsson | Brentford | 27 February 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Amadou Ba | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Renei Batlokwa | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Josh Bexon | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Ben Coker | Lincoln City | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Stephen Hendrie | Kilmarnock | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Dan Humphreys | Canvey Island | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Joe Mackenzie | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Sewa Marah | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Ted Smith | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Michael Turner | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Norman Wabo | Dartford | Released |
| 5 August 2019 | CM | Dru Yearwood | Brentford | Undisclosed |
| 4 October 2019 | LB | Andre Blackman | Free agent | Released |
| 16 January 2020 | CF | Simon Cox | Western Sydney Wanderers | Released |
| 23 January 2020 | CF | Tom Hopper | Lincoln City | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2020 | GK | Nathan Bishop | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | CB | Rob Kiernan | Free agent | Mutual consent |
| 31 January 2020 | CB | Liam Ridgewell | Free agent | Mutual consent |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 4 August 2019 | CM | Michael Klass | Bromley | September 2019 |
| 23 August 2019 | RB | Rob Howard | Dartford | September 2019 |
| 29 August 2019 | CF | Theo Robinson | Colchester United | 1 January 2020 |
| 18 October 2019 | DF | Sam Knock | Hullbridge Sports | November 2019 |
| 15 November 2019 | FW | Freddy Eastwood | Canvey Island | December 2019 |
| 14 January 2020 | CF | Theo Robinson | Colchester United | 30 June 2020 |
| 28 January 2020 | CF | Emile Acquah | Maidenhead United | March 2020 |
| 8 February 2020 | MF | Sam Brogan | Canvey Island | |
| 8 February 2020 | FW | Freddy Eastwood | Canvey Island | |
| 8 February 2020 | MF | O'Shane Stewart | Merstham | |