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2006–07 Southend United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Southend United
season	2006–07
manager	Steve Tilson
chairman	Ron Martin
stadium	Roots Hall
league	Championship
league result	22nd (relegated)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Quarter-finals
league topscorer	Eastwood (11)
season topscorer	Eastwood (16)
average attendance	10,024
prevseason	2005–06
nextseason	2007–08

During the 2006–07 English football season, Southend United F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Southend United started the season reasonably well, beating Stoke City 1–0 on the opening day and defeating Sunderland 3–1 at Roots Hall several games later. After that, Southend did not win a league game for 18 games until 9 December when they beat Southampton 2–1. Southend followed this with a convincing 3–1 win over promotion-chasing West Bromwich Albion; on New Year's Day, in defeating Cardiff City 1–0 thanks to Lee Bradbury's 30-yard volley, Southend picked up their first away victory of the season and stretched their unbeaten run to five games. A 3–1 victory away to Birmingham City on 31 January saw the Shrimpers lift themselves from the bottom of the Championship, moving above Leeds United on goal difference. Southend finally pulled themselves out of the relegation zone on 13 March when Richie Foran came off the bench to score his first Southend United goal in the sixth minute of injury time, giving the Shrimpers a 1–0 victory over Burnley.

Regrettably, the form did not last and, after a humiliating 3–0 home defeat to local rivals Colchester United, the Shrimpers were relegated back to League One.

Southend pulled one of the shocks of the season when they defeated eventual champions and reigning cup holders Manchester United (whose starting lineup featured the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney) 1–0 at Roots Hall in the League Cup, Freddy Eastwood netting after 27 minutes to send the Shrimpers through to the quarter-finals, against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. Southend defended bravely against Spurs, taking the London club to extra time before Jermain Defoe scored the only goal of the game with five minutes of extra time left, although replays later proved he was offside.

Top scorer Freddy Eastwood was to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £1.5 million in the close season, in a move that struck a huge blow to Southend's hopes of an automatic return to the second tier.

Final league table

Main article: 2006–07 Football League

Results

Southend United's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 August 2006	Stoke City	H	1–0	8,971	Eastwood (pen)
8 August 2006	Crystal Palace	A	1–3	18,072	Eastwood
12 August 2006	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2	12,368
19 August 2006	Sunderland	H	3–1	9,848	Barrett (2), Bradbury
26 August 2006	Leicester City	A	0–1	19,427
9 September 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–0	9,639
12 September 2006	Norwich City	H	3–3	11,072	Eastwood, Hammell, Gower
16 September 2006	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	19,576	Harrold
24 September 2006	Cardiff City	H	0–3	7,901
30 September 2006	Derby County	A	0–3	22,395
13 October 2006	Coventry City	H	2–3	9,821	Eastwood (2, 1 pen)
17 October 2006	Burnley	A	0–0	10,461
21 October 2006	Ipswich Town	H	1–3	11,415	Francis
28 October 2006	Leeds United	A	0–2	19,528
31 October 2006	Hull City	H	2–3	10,234	Harrold, Eastwood
4 November 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–3	17,904	West
11 November 2006	Preston North End	H	0–0	9,263
18 November 2006	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–1	9,469	West
25 November 2006	Colchester United	A	0–3	5,954
28 November 2006	Barnsley	A	0–2	9,588
2 December 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	9,411
9 December 2006	Southampton	H	2–1	10,867	Eastwood, McCormack
15 December 2006	Luton Town	A	0–0	7,468
23 December 2006	Birmingham City	H	0–4	9,781
26 December 2006	Norwich City	A	0–0	25,433
30 December 2006	Coventry City	A	1–1	16,623	Gower
1 January 2007	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–1	9,907	Campbell-Ryce (2), Hunt
13 January 2007	Cardiff City	A	1–0	13,822	Bradbury
20 January 2007	Derby County	H	0–1	10,745
30 January 2007	Birmingham City	A	3–1	19,177	Maher, Eastwood, Gower
3 February 2007	Stoke City	A	1–1	23,017	Eastwood
9 February 2007	Queens Park Rangers	H	5–0	10,217	Bradbury, Gower, Sodje, Maher (2)
17 February 2007	Sunderland	A	0–4	33,576
20 February 2007	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	10,419
24 February 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–3	24,116	Hunt, Eastwood
3 March 2007	Leicester City	H	2–2	10,528	Eastwood, McCormack
10 March 2007	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	24,051	Gower, Clarke
13 March 2007	Burnley	H	1–0	8,855	Foran
17 March 2007	Leeds United	H	1–1	11,274	Gower
31 March 2007	Hull City	A	0–4	19,629
6 April 2007	Colchester United	H	0–3	10,552
9 April 2007	Preston North End	A	3–2	13,684	Maher (2), McCormack
14 April 2007	Barnsley	H	1–3	10,089	Gower
21 April 2007	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–2	11,097	Clarke
28 April 2007	Luton Town	H	1–3	10,276	Bradbury
6 May 2007	Southampton	A	1–4	32,008	West

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2007	Barnsley	H	1–1	5,485	Gower
R3R	16 January 2007	Barnsley	A	2–0	4,944	Maher, Bradbury
R4	27 January 2007	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	33,406	Eastwood (pen)

League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	22 August 2006	Bournemouth	A	3–1	3,764	Gower, Eastwood (2, 1 pen)
R2	19 September 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	3–2	4,819	Paynter, Hunt, Eastwood
R3	24 October 2006	Leeds United	A	3–1	10,449	Hammell (pen), Hooper (2)
R4	7 November 2006	Manchester United	H	1–0	11,532	Eastwood
R5	20 December 2006	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1(a.e.t.)	35,811

Squad

http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2006-2007/flcham/southend.htm

Left club during season

References

(7 November 2006). "Southend 1-0 Man Utd". BBC Sport.
"Southend United 2006-2007 Results - statto.com".

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