page_title: Freddy Eastwood
section_title: Return to Southend
hierarchical_section_title: Freddy Eastwood / Club career / Return to Southend
caption_attribution_description: English: Freddy Eastwood arriving at Burroughs Park ahead of Southend United's pre season friendly against Great Wakering Rovers.
context_page_description: Freddy Eastwood is a former professional footballer who was released by Southend United on 23 May 2014. He started his career with West Ham United and has also played for Grays Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Coventry City. He has played eleven times in his international career for Wales.
context_section_description: On 22 March 2012, Eastwood returned on loan to his former club Southend United until the end of the 2011–12 season. He made his second Southend debut on 24 March 2012 in a 1–0 defeat against Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Ground. He scored his first Southend United goal since his return in his second appearance in Southend 4–0 win against Cheltenham Town on 30 March 2012. At the end of the 2011–12 season Eastwood underwent surgery on a troublesome knee problem.
  On 12 July 2012, Eastwood signed a two-year contract to stay at Southend, following his release from relegated Coventry City. On 22 September 2012, Eastwood scored his first goal since his permanent return to Southend when he headed in from close range to score the winner in a 2–1 triumph over Exeter City.
  Eastwood returned for the start of pre-season training ahead of the 2013–14 season, looking thinner and sharper and started the season in his best form since 2005 after scoring 4 goals in consecutive games and claimed he was feeling as confident now as he was in his first spell with the club. Manager Phil Brown, claimed Eastwood was in the form of his career.
  Eastwood spent much of the 2013-2014 season as a squad player, playing in 30 League games, 19 as substitute. On 23 May 2014, Southend announced that Eastwood's contract was not to be renewed bringing an end to an association with Southend that brought 77 goals over two spells. The club in a statement said that Eastwood was a 'Southend legend'.
caption: Freddy Eastwood arriving at Burroughs Park ahead of Southend United's pre-season friendly against Great Wakering Rovers in 2013.
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