1995–96 Southend United F.C. season

In summer of 1995, former Liverpool player Ronnie Whelan agreed to become player-manager, and Southend finished 14th in Division One in his first season as a manager.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Sunderland	46	22	17	7	59	33	83
2.	Derby County	46	21	16	9	71	51	79
3.	Crystal Palace	46	20	15	11	67	48	75
4.	Stoke City	46	20	13	13	60	49	73
5.	Leicester City	46	19	14	13	66	60	71
6.	Charlton Athletic	46	17	20	9	57	45	71
7.	Ipswich Town	46	19	12	15	79	69	69
8.	Huddersfield Town	46	17	12	17	61	58	63
9.	Sheffield United	46	16	14	16	57	54	62
10.	Barnsley	46	14	18	14	60	66	60
11.	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	12	18	60	68	60
12.	Port Vale	46	15	15	16	59	66	60
13.	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	17	15	64	60	59
14.	Southend United	46	15	14	17	52	61	59
15.	Birmingham City	46	15	13	18	61	64	58
16.	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	59	55	57
17.	Grimsby Town	46	14	14	18	55	69	56
18.	Oldham Athletic	46	14	14	18	54	50	56
19.	Reading	46	13	17	16	54	63	56
20.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	13	16	17	56	62	55
21.	Portsmouth	46	13	13	20	61	69	52
22.	Millwall	46	13	13	20	43	63	52
23.	Watford	46	10	18	18	62	70	48
24.	Luton Town	46	11	12	23	40	64	45

Key
Promoted to the Premiership
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division Two

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Southend United's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1995	Portsmouth	A	2–4	10,630	Thomson
19 August 1995	Luton Town	H	0–1	4,630
26 August 1995	Millwall	A	0–0	10,536
29 August 1995	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	4,621	Thomson, Regis
1 September 1995	Reading	H	0–0	4,692
9 September 1995	Sunderland	A	0–1	13,805
13 September 1995	Derby County	A	0–1	9,242
16 September 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	6,322	Gridelet, Jones
23 September 1995	Leicester City	A	3–1	15,276	Hails (3)
30 September 1995	Grimsby Town	H	1–0	4,977	Regis
7 October 1995	Birmingham City	A	0–2	17,341
14 October 1995	Sheffield United	H	2–1	5,292	Regis, Tilson
21 October 1995	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–3	6,584
28 October 1995	Huddersfield Town	H	0–0	5,128
4 November 1995	Watford	A	2–2	7,091	Regis, Read
11 November 1995	Stoke City	H	2–4	5,967	Belsvik, Hails
18 November 1995	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	5,089	Regis
22 November 1995	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	9,757	Regis
25 November 1995	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	6,474	Snodin (own goal)
2 December 1995	Birmingham City	H	3–1	7,770	Bodley, Regis, Byrne
9 December 1995	Leicester City	H	2–1	5,837	Dublin, Gridelet
16 December 1995	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	5,269	Byrne
20 December 1995	Port Vale	H	2–1	4,506	Marsh
26 December 1995	Norwich City	A	1–0	17,029	Jones
1 January 1996	Barnsley	H	0–0	6,537
13 January 1996	Luton Town	A	1–3	6,566	Byrne
20 January 1996	Portsmouth	H	2–1	5,560	McNally, Tilson
3 February 1996	Millwall	H	2–0	7,323	McNally, Regis
10 February 1996	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–3	12,096	Marsh
17 February 1996	Derby County	H	1–2	8,331	Thomson
24 February 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	24,677
27 February 1996	Sunderland	H	0–2	5,810
2 March 1996	Norwich City	H	1–1	6,208	Byrne
5 March 1996	Charlton Athletic	A	3–0	11,927	Dublin, Tilson, Thomson
9 March 1996	Port Vale	A	1–2	6,222	Boere
16 March 1996	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	7,428	Thomson
19 March 1996	Reading	A	3–3	5,321	Willis (2), Rammell
23 March 1996	Barnsley	A	1–1	6,754	Rammell
30 March 1996	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0	4,738	Byrne, Boere
2 April 1996	Sheffield United	A	0–3	11,319
6 April 1996	Huddersfield Town	A	1–3	11,558	Willis
8 April 1996	Watford	H	1–1	5,348	Roget
13 April 1996	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	15,672
20 April 1996	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	8,363	Dublin, Marsh
27 April 1996	Oldham Athletic	H	1–1	5,389	Marsh
5 May 1996	Stoke City	A	0–1	18,897

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	West Ham United	A	0–2	23,284

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	19 September 1995	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	4,031	Byrne, Jones
R2 Second Leg	3 October 1995	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	6,588

Anglo-Italian Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Group B	5 September 1995	Brescia	H	0–0	2,849
Group B	11 October 1995	A.C. Reggiana	A	1–1	800	Tilson
Group B	8 November 1995	Salerno	A	1–2	1,200	Regis
Group B	13 December 1995	Foggia	H	1–2	2,570	Marsh

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Simon Royce
		GK	Paul Sansome
		DF	Anthony Barness (on loan from Chelsea)
		DF	Mick Bodley
		DF	Kenny Brown (on loan from West Ham United)
		DF	Keith Dublin
		DF	Phil Gridelet
		DF	Mark Hone
		DF	Chris Powell
		DF	Leo Roget
		DF	Mark Stimson
		DF	Mark McNally
		DF	Mike Lapper
		MF	Andy Ansah
		MF	Julian Hails
		MF	Mike Marsh

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Andy Sussex
		MF	Steve Tilson
		MF	Roger Willis
		MF	Paul Byrne
		MF	Andy Turner (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
		MF	Ronnie Whelan (player-manager)
		FW	Ken Charlery (on loan from Birmingham City)
		FW	Gary Jones
		FW	Andy Rammell
		FW	Paul Read (on loan from Arsenal)
		FW	Dave Regis
		FW	Andy Thomson
		FW	Jeroen Boere
		FW	Petter Belsvik (on loan from IK Start)
		FW	Dominic Iorfa

Southend United F.C.
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Football Conference

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European competitions

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Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Chelsea Coventry City Everton Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon
First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Norwich City Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Port Vale Reading Sheffield United Southend United Stoke City Sunderland Tranmere Rovers Watford West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Carlisle United Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Hull City Notts County Oxford United Peterborough United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Swansea City Swindon Town Walsall Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City
Third Division	Barnet Bury Cambridge United Cardiff City Chester City Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Torquay United Wigan Athletic
Others	Newport

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