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2008–09 Southend United F.C. season

This article documents the 2008–09 season of Essex football club Southend United F.C.

Southend United F.C.
2008–09 season
ManagerSteve Tilson[1]
Football League One8th
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
Football League TrophyFirst round

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
6 Scunthorpe United (O, P) 46 22 10 14 82 63 +19 76 Qualification for League One play-offs
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 11 14 62 49 +13 74
8 Southend United 46 21 8 17 58 61 −3 71
9 Huddersfield Town 46 18 14 14 62 65 −3 68
10 Oldham Athletic 46 16 17 13 66 65 +1 65
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2009. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

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League One

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9 August 2008 1 Southend United 1–0 Peterborough United Southend
Clarke   76' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 8,665
16 August 2008 2 Millwall 1–1 Southend United London
Brkovic   90' Revell   7' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 8,114
22 August 2008 3 Southend United 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Southend
Murray   74'
Forster   89'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 7,976
30 August 2008 4 Walsall 5–2 Southend United Walsall
Reich   23'
Grant   48' (o.g.)
Demontagnac   50', 69', 84'		 Robson-Kanu   33'
Barnard   87'		 Stadium: Banks' Stadium
Attendance: 3,843
6 September 2008 5 Carlisle United 2–1 Southend United Carlisle
Graham   63' (pen.)
Taylor   79'		 Freedman   22' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 6,561
13 September 2008 6 Southend United 1–0 Hereford United Southend
Barnard   29' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,393
20 September 2008 7 Crewe Alexandra 3–4 Southend United Crewe
O'Connor   25'
Pope   42'
Zola   66'		 Freedman   4', 69'
Baudet   21' (o.g.)
Grant   88'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,574
26 September 2008 8 Southend United 3–0 Leyton Orient Southend
Barnard   1'
Sawyer   12'
Freedman   70'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 9,261
4 October 2008 9 Yeovil Town 1–2 Southend United Yeovil
Schofield   88' Barnard   24' (pen.)
Robson-Kanu   86'		 Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 4,008
11 October 2008 10 Southend United 1–1 Stockport County Southend
Barnard   19' McSweeney   64' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 7,125
18 October 2008 11 Southend United 2–1 Swindon Town Southend
Revell   11'
Laurent   71'		 Paynter   60' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 7,965
21 October 2008 12 Scunthorpe United 1–1 Southend United Scunthorpe
Hayes   79' (pen.) Barrett   47' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 4,324
25 October 2008 13 Bristol Rovers 4–2 Southend United Bristol
Lambert   10', 16', 33', 55' Clarke   70'
Laurent   75'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 7,055
28 October 2008 14 Southend United 1–0 Leeds United Southend
Harding   18' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 10,132
1 November 2008 15 Southend United 3–3 Colchester United Southend
Clarke   8'
Laurent   13'
Christophe   90'		 Jackson   35'
Yeates   71'
Wordsworth   81'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 8,920
15 November 2008 16 Tranmere Rovers 2–2 Southend United Birkenhead
Thomas-Moore   8'
Savage   14'		 Betsy   10'
Revell   35'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 5,019
22 November 2008 17 Southend United 1–2 Oldham Athletic Southend
Walker   53' Taylor   67'
Hughes   71'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 7,041
25 November 2008 18 Cheltenham Town 0–0 Southend United Cheltenham
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 2,908
6 December 2008 19 Leicester City 3–0 Southend United Leicester
Fryatt   6', 76', 80' (pen.) Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 16,836
13 December 2008 20 Southend United 0–1 Huddersfield Town Southend
Craney   48' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 8,382
19 December 2008 21 Hartlepool United 3–0 Southend United Hartlepool
Kyle   4', 61'
Robson   36'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,123
26 December 2008 22 Southend United 1–0 Northampton Town Southend
Stanislas   90' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 7,767
28 December 2008 23 Milton Keynes Dons 2–0 Southend United Milton Keynes
O'Hanlon   8'
Baldock   58'		 Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 10,432
17 January 2009 24 Stockport County 3–1 Southend United Stockport
Pilkington   20', 38'
Rowe   84'		 Revell   62' Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 5,762
20 January 2009 25 Leyton Orient 1–1 Southend United London
Boyd   11' Walker   90' Stadium: Matchroom Stadium
Attendance: 3,835
24 January 2009 26 Southend United 0–1 Yeovil Town Southend
Brown   6' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,409
27 January 2009 27 Leeds United 2–0 Southend United Leeds
Marques   6'
Naylor   11'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 20,392
31 January 2009 28 Southend United 1–0 Bristol Rovers Southend
Freedman   57' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 7,234
14 February 2009 29 Southend United 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Southend
Robinson   3'
Betsy   90'		 Thomas-Moore   63' (pen.) Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,507
17 February 2009 30 Southend United 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Southend
Jones   34' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,614
21 February 2009 31 Colchester United 0–1 Southend United Colchester
Moussa   14' Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium
Attendance: 8,651
24 February 2009 32 Southend United 2–0 Scunthorpe United Southend
Robinson   54'
McCormack   87'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,028
28 February 2009 33 Peterborough United 1–2 Southend United Peterborough
Keates   6' (pen.) Christophe   25'
Blackett   63' (o.g.)		 Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 7,341
3 March 2009 34 Southend United 0–1 Millwall Southend
Alexander   39' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 7,620
7 March 2009 35 Southend United 2–0 Walsall Southend
Betsy   50'
Robinson   72'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,973
10 March 2009 36 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–3 Southend United Brighton
Owusu   45' Barnard   23', 85'
Robinson   89'		 Stadium: Withdean Stadium
Attendance: 5,035
14 March 2009 37 Hereford United 0–1 Southend United Hereford
Robinson   87' (pen.) Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,663
17 March 2009 38 Swindon Town 3–0 Southend United Swindon
Robson-Kanu   13'
Cox   19' (pen.), 90' (pen.)		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,269
21 March 2009 39 Southend United 3–0 Carlisle United Southend
Clarke   14'
Scannell   69'
McCormack   80'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 7,789
27 March 2009 40 Southend United 3–2 Hartlepool United Southend
Barnard   17' (pen.)
Moussa   19'
Robinson   43'		 Porter   33' (pen.)
Jones   62'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 7,227
4 April 2009 41 Huddersfield Town 0–1 Southend United Huddersfield
Barnard   63' (pen.) Stadium: Galpharm Stadium
Attendance: 12,203
10 April 2009 42 Southend United 0–2 Milton Keynes Dons Southend
Wright   59', 90' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 10,241
13 April 2009 43 Northampton Town 2–3 Southend United Northampton
Akinfenwa   50'
Prijović   80'		 Christophe   38'
Robinson   56'
Barnard   60'		 Stadium: Sixfields
Attendance: 5,190
18 April 2009 44 Southend United 0–2 Leicester City Southend
Fryatt   60' (pen.), 70' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 10,089
25 April 2009 45 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Southend United Oldham
Eardley   51' (pen.) Barnard   60' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,830
2 May 2009 46 Southend United 2–0 Cheltenham Town Southend
Barrett   54'
Christophe   89'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 8,192

FA Cup

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8 November 2008 Round 1 A.F.C. Telford United 2–2 Southend United Telford
Adams   70', 83' Laurent   34'
Christophe   90'		 Stadium: New Bucks Head
Attendance: 3,631
18 November 2008 Round 1 Replay Southend United 2–0 A.F.C. Telford United Southend
Francis   74'
Walker   79'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 4,415
28 November 2008 Round 2 Southend United 3–1 Luton Town Southend
Stanislas   34', 84'
Walker   90'		 Spillane   80' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 4,111
3 January 2009 Round 3 Chelsea 1–1 Southend United London
Kalou   31' Clarke   90' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,090
14 January 2009 Round 3 Replay Southend United 1–4 Chelsea Southend
Barrett   16' Ballack   45'
Kalou   60'
Anelka   78'
Lampard   90'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 11,314

League Cup

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12 August 2008 Round 1 Southend United 0–1 (a.e.t.) Cheltenham Town Southend
Gill   115' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 2,998

Football League Trophy

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12 August 2008 Round 1 Southend United 2–4 Leyton Orient Southend
Sawyer   13', 34' Jarvis   20'
Chambers   25'
Melligan   48'
Boyd   86'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 3,499

Players

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First-team squad

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Includes all players who were awarded squad numbers during the season.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Steve Mildenhall
2 DF   ENG Simon Francis
4 DF   FRA Dorian Dervite (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
5 DF   ENG Peter Clarke
6 DF   ENG Adam Barrett
7 MF   ENG Anthony Grant
8 MF   IRL Alan McCormack
9 FW   ENG Lee Barnard
10 MF   ENG James Walker
11 FW   ENG Alex Revell
12 MF   ENG Damian Scannell
14 MF   BEL Franck Moussa
15 DF   ENG Osei Sankofa
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW   ENG Dougie Freedman
17 FW   ENG Theo Robinson (on loan from Watford)
18 DF   ENG Johnny Herd
19 FW   ENG Charles Ademeno
20 MF   FRA Jean-François Christophe
21 FW   ENG Kevin Betsy
24 GK   USA Ian Joyce
25 GK   ENG Clark Masters
26 MF   FRA Francis Laurent
27 MF   COD Peggy Lokando
30 MF   ENG Stuart O'Keefe
37 MF   ENG Justin Hazell
41 MF   ENG Femi Orenuga

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF   ENG Nicky Bailey
20 FW   ENG Matt Harrold
17 MF   ENG Hal Robson-Kanu
28 MF   ENG Lee Sawyer (on loan from Chelsea)
32 GK   AUS Adam Federici (on loan from Reading)
34 MF   ENG Liam Feeney (on loan from Salisbury City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF   ENG Dan Harding (on loan from Ipswich Town)
33 DF   ENG Robert Milsom (on loan from Fulham)
35 MF   ENG Junior Stanislas (on loan from West Ham United)
22 FW   IRL Richie Foran
29 FW   ENG Paul Furlong

References

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  1. ^ "Southend Manager History; Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
  2. ^ "League One Betting | 2008/09 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
  3. ^ "Southend United match record: 2009". www.11v11.com.
  4. ^ "FootballSquads - Southend United - 2008/09". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
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