Archive Updates

New matches, line-ups and players as they are added to the archive, and new features on the site. Newest first.

  1. Site · version 2.27.0

    New page: Squad Numbers — every 1st Team squad, number by number, since 1999/2000, and each player's numbers on his profile.

  2. Site · version 2.26.1

    League tables fit a phone screen without scrolling sideways: each club's record on one line, and what became of it — promoted, relegated, play-offs — on the line beneath.

  3. Site · version 2.26.0

    League tables on the Season by Season page — the final table for every first-team league season from 1906/07 to 2025/26, with where Southend finished.

  4. Site · version 2.25.1

    The Opponents and Players search boxes give the same count as the list below them.

  5. Archive update

    The 1908/09 season filled out: 28 more matches, with line-ups, goal times, crowds and gate receipts, plus this month's results

    • 1908/0928 new matches · 11 dates corrected · 12 results · 46 line-ups · 48 sets of scorers · 26 crowds · 20 match notes
    • 1983/841 line-up
    • 1995/961 line-up
    • 2026/276 new matches · 2 line-ups

    New results

    Players: 25 new players

  6. Archive update

    Youth and reserve football from 1985 to 1991: 66 more matches, and Essex cup competitions given their proper names

    • 1973/7418 line-ups · 12 sets of scorers · 4 match details corrected
    • 1974/7538 line-ups · 7 sets of scorers
    • 1986/8725 new matches · 1 line-up · 5 match details corrected
    • 1988/895 new matches · 4 dates corrected · 1 result · 23 match details corrected
    • 1990/914 new matches · 27 match details corrected
    • 1996/9733 line-ups · 1 set of bookings · 5 match details corrected
    Smaller changes in 56 more seasons
    • 1949/503 match details corrected
    • 1950/511 match detail corrected
    • 1951/521 match detail corrected
    • 1961/624 match details corrected
    • 1962/632 match details corrected
    • 1963/645 match details corrected
    • 1964/653 match details corrected
    • 1968/693 match details corrected
    • 1969/705 match details corrected
    • 1970/712 match details corrected
    • 1971/721 line-up · 1 set of scorers
    • 1972/734 line-ups · 1 set of scorers · 3 match details corrected
    • 1976/771 match detail corrected
    • 1977/782 match details corrected
    • 1978/793 match details corrected
    • 1979/803 match details corrected
    • 1980/812 match details corrected
    • 1981/821 match detail corrected
    • 1982/833 results · 2 line-ups · 2 sets of scorers · 4 match details corrected
    • 1983/842 dates corrected · 1 line-up · 1 crowd · 3 match details corrected
    • 1984/853 results · 1 line-up · 1 match note · 3 match details corrected
    • 1985/8622 new matches · 1 date corrected · 2 match details corrected
    • 1987/882 results · 1 match note · 2 match details corrected
    • 1989/9011 new matches · 1 date corrected · 16 match details corrected
    • 1991/924 match details corrected
    • 1992/931 match detail corrected
    • 1993/943 match details corrected
    • 1994/9514 line-ups · 4 sets of scorers · 3 match details corrected
    • 1995/964 line-ups · 3 sets of scorers · 5 match details corrected
    • 1997/984 match details corrected
    • 1998/992 match details corrected
    • 1999/004 match details corrected
    • 2000/012 match details corrected
    • 2001/021 match detail corrected
    • 2002/034 match details corrected
    • 2003/044 match details corrected
    • 2004/054 match details corrected
    • 2005/061 match detail corrected
    • 2007/085 match details corrected
    • 2008/091 match detail corrected
    • 2009/101 match detail corrected
    • 2010/114 match details corrected
    • 2011/122 match details corrected
    • 2012/133 match details corrected
    • 2013/141 match detail corrected
    • 2014/151 match detail corrected
    • 2015/161 match detail corrected
    • 2016/171 match detail corrected
    • 2017/181 match detail corrected
    • 2018/193 match details corrected
    • 2021/222 match details corrected
    • 2022/232 match details corrected
    • 2023/241 match detail corrected
    • 2024/251 match detail corrected
    • 2025/262 dates corrected · 1 match detail corrected
    • 2026/271 match detail corrected

    Players: 4 biographies

  7. Site · version 2.25.0

    New page: Goal on Debut — every player who scored in his first game, with the same filters as Hat-tricks.

  8. Archive update

    Loan players now have their own list, with the two newest, the Worthing draw and a 1984 friendly against Aveley

    178 loan players since 1912/13, from 73 clubs, listed by season and by the club that lent them.

    New results

    Players: 2 new players · 3 biographies · 18 dates of birth

  9. Site · version 2.24.2

    On the Players page, the links to guests, wartime guests, trialists and loan players are now beside the list (above it on a phone), each with how many players it holds.

  10. Site · version 2.24.1

    The Loan Players page now says that a player who later signed for Southend is generally not listed.

  11. Site · version 2.24.0

    A new Loan Players list — 176 players who came to Southend on loan since 1912/13, by season or by the club that lent them — and every loan player's page now says who lent him.

  12. Site · version 2.23.0

    A new Cards gallery — 448 trading cards and stickers of Southend players, each linked to the player's page.

  13. Site · version 2.22.1

    A shared link no longer fails the first time it is opened.

  14. Archive update

    Corrections to dates and results, and two newly added matches

    Smaller changes in 6 more seasons

    Players: 1 new player · 15 biographies

  15. Site · version 2.22.0

    You can now share your record. On My Southend United, open Share and account to make a link that shows the matches you went to — and your programmes and notes, if you choose — to anyone you give it to. It is off until you turn it on, and you can stop it at any time.

  16. Site · version 2.21.0

    On a phone, the tab you open on My Southend United now scrolls into view.

  17. Site · version 2.20.0

    My Southend United opens on a new tab, My SUFC stats: your record at the matches you went to — overall, home and away, your biggest win and defeat, your first and latest match, the club you have seen most, and by competition and season.

  18. Archive update

    Full names for Jack Robson, Robert Schooling and Walter 'Connie' Church, and the Halifax result

    Line-ups are filled in for a number of friendlies and reserve games from the 1950s to the 1970s, a 1953 Essex Professional Cup tie now has its date, and missed penalties since 2015 now show the minute. Every old address for a renamed player still works.

    • 1912/134 line-ups · 1 set of scorers
    • 1932/3348 line-ups · 13 sets of scorers
    • 1965/6612 line-ups · 3 crowds
    • 1966/6715 line-ups
    • 1967/685 line-ups · 1 set of scorers
    • 2026/273 new matches · 2 dates corrected · 14 sets of bookings
    Smaller changes in 27 more seasons

    New results

    Players: 8 new players · 14 biographies · 8 dates of birth

  19. Site · version 2.19.0

    A "2026/27 only" box on Players, Opponents and Birthdays, a picture of the day on the home page, and a one-season match search that reads from the first match.

  20. Site · version 2.18.0

    My matches now opens with your record at the matches you went to — won, drawn and lost, at home, away and on neutral grounds.

  21. Site · version 2.17.2

    The gold ticks on match lists now agree in every open tab — a match you mark in one tab is ticked in the others at once.

  22. Site · version 2.17.0

    My matches is now My Southend United, with a tab for your matches and a tab for your programmes. Old links to it still work.

  23. Site · version 2.16.0

    Signed in, you now see a gold tick beside every match you went to, in every list of matches on the site.

  24. Site · version 2.15.0

    You can now add a note to any match you went to — who you were with, where you stood — as well as to a programme. Press “+ Add a note” under the buttons; your notes show on My matches too.

  25. Site · version 2.14.0

    You can now sign in, with Google or an email address, and keep your own record of the matches you went to and the programmes you own. Press "I was there" or "I have the programme" on any match, and find them all on My matches. Your record is private to you.

  26. Site · version 2.13.1

    The source credit now shows at the end of 26 player biographies where it had gone missing.

  27. Archive update

    More line-ups and goalscorers for 1906 to 1915, and the latest 2026/27 results

    • 1906/073 dates corrected · 23 results · 52 line-ups · 47 sets of scorers · 13 crowds · 4 match notes
    • 1907/081 match removed · 73 line-ups · 28 sets of scorers
    • 1908/0944 line-ups · 14 sets of scorers
    • 1909/1049 line-ups · 17 sets of scorers · 1 match note
    • 2004/051 date corrected · 47 line-ups · 2 crowds · 14 match details corrected
    • 2005/0648 line-ups · 1 match note · 17 match details corrected
    Smaller changes in 60 more seasons
    • 1910/1131 line-ups · 5 sets of scorers
    • 1911/124 line-ups
    • 1912/1333 line-ups · 15 sets of scorers
    • 1913/1441 line-ups · 15 sets of scorers · 1 match note
    • 1914/1545 line-ups · 11 sets of scorers
    • 1920/211 date corrected
    • 1921/222 dates corrected · 2 line-ups · 1 set of scorers · 1 match detail corrected
    • 1927/282 line-ups
    • 1937/383 line-ups · 2 sets of scorers
    • 1946/472 dates corrected · 1 crowd
    • 1947/481 match note
    • 1948/493 line-ups
    • 1949/5025 dates corrected · 1 result · 3 line-ups
    • 1950/511 date corrected
    • 1951/521 date corrected
    • 1957/5813 line-ups · 2 sets of scorers
    • 1958/5934 line-ups · 4 sets of scorers
    • 1959/6014 line-ups · 2 sets of scorers
    • 1964/652 dates corrected
    • 1965/661 date corrected · 11 line-ups
    • 1966/675 dates corrected · 46 match details corrected
    • 1967/6846 match details corrected
    • 1968/692 dates corrected · 3 line-ups · 5 sets of scorers · 45 match details corrected
    • 1969/701 line-up · 2 sets of scorers
    • 1971/723 new matches · 11 line-ups · 7 sets of scorers
    • 1977/781 new match · 1 date corrected
    • 1978/792 new matches · 1 date corrected · 2 line-ups
    • 1979/802 new matches · 1 date corrected · 5 line-ups
    • 1980/812 dates corrected · 10 line-ups
    • 1981/821 line-up · 1 match note
    • 1982/833 new matches
    • 1983/841 match note
    • 1984/853 line-ups
    • 1986/873 new matches · 1 result · 1 crowd · 2 match details corrected
    • 1988/891 crowd
    • 1989/901 date corrected · 2 crowds
    • 1990/911 date corrected · 1 match note
    • 1991/921 match note
    • 1994/951 line-up · 1 match note
    • 1995/961 line-up · 1 crowd
    • 1997/981 date corrected
    • 1998/992 matches removed · 2 crowds
    • 1999/002 new matches · 3 dates corrected · 2 line-ups · 3 match notes
    • 2000/012 dates corrected · 25 line-ups · 2 crowds · 4 match notes · 2 match details corrected
    • 2001/022 dates corrected · 7 line-ups · 1 crowd · 3 match notes
    • 2002/031 date corrected · 5 line-ups · 1 crowd · 4 match notes · 24 match details corrected
    • 2003/043 dates corrected · 1 result · 6 line-ups · 1 set of scorers · 4 crowds · 2 match notes · 14 match details corrected
    • 2006/078 line-ups
    • 2010/111 match note
    • 2012/132 crowds
    • 2013/142 crowds
    • 2014/152 crowds
    • 2017/181 date corrected · 10 line-ups · 2 sets of scorers
    • 2018/191 date corrected · 7 line-ups
    • 2019/201 new match · 1 match note
    • 2021/221 result · 1 match detail corrected
    • 2022/231 date corrected
    • 2023/241 match note · 1 match detail corrected
    • 2025/261 match note · 1 match detail corrected
    • 2026/2714 new matches · 2 dates corrected · 1 line-up

    New results

    Players: 37 new players · 9 biographies · 7 dates of birth

  28. Site · version 2.12.1

    Each match names its opponent as the club was called that season — Halifax Town in 1968/69, Orient in the 1970s.

  29. Site · version 2.12.0

    A club's page now tells you when the Team filter is hiding some of its matches.

  30. Site · version 2.11.5

    The guest, trialist and birthday lists open without the occasional one-second wait.

  31. Site · version 2.11.4

    On the Players list, each player's years now match the years on his own page — a friendly played long after he left no longer stretches his career.

  32. Site · version 2.11.3

    On Goal Analysis, the Top Scorers table now opens with each player's total goals, puts penalties scored and missed together under one heading, and fits on a phone screen.

  33. Site · version 2.11.0

    On Match Statistics, the Player box now suggests names as you type. Pick one and the search finds that player's matches, not every player with a similar name.

  34. Site · version 2.10.4

    If you accepted analytics, the Cookies link in the footer is now there on every visit, so you can change your mind at any time.

  35. Site · version 2.10.1

    Cancelled matches now read C–C and are counted on their own, like abandoned and postponed ones.

  36. Site · version 2.10.0

    Abandoned and postponed matches now read A–A and P–P, and every won/drawn/lost record counts them on their own.

  37. Site · version 2.9.1

    Lists of players sorted by name now go by surname — Alan Little is under L, not A.

  38. Site · version 2.9.0

    A Match Statistics search can now be shared — the address

  39. Site · version 2.8.2

    The browser-tab icon is now the shrimp from the new logo.

  40. Site · version 2.8.1

    The site has a new logo.

  41. Site · version 2.8.0

    Match Statistics now shows the won, drawn, lost and goals record for whatever your search finds, above the results.

  42. Archive update

    The Boston and Berkhamsted games added, and full names for Peter Knight, Dave Milton and others

    Players known only by an initial now have their first names: Peter Knight, Dave Milton, Clifford Mills, Stephen Wheatley and Frank Ward among them. The 1949/50 Colts matches are now listed as youth games, and the 1922 Southend Hospital Cup match at Arsenal has its line-up. Every old address for a renamed player still works.

    • 1949/5025 dates corrected · 1 result · 3 line-ups
    • 1957/5813 line-ups · 2 sets of scorers
    • 1958/5934 line-ups · 4 sets of scorers
    • 1959/6014 line-ups · 2 sets of scorers
    • 1965/661 date corrected · 11 line-ups
    • 1980/8110 line-ups
    Smaller changes in 19 more seasons

    New results

    Players: 16 new players · 3 biographies · 4 dates of birth

  43. Site · version 2.7.2

    Players with an apostrophe in their name, such as Shane O'Connor, open from the Trialists and Guests pages again.

  44. Site · version 2.7.1

    On some iPhones a match search showed an empty page; the results now appear.

  45. Site · version 2.6.3

    A penalty is marked on the goal that was a penalty, not on every goal that player scored in the match.

  46. Site · version 2.6.2

    The youngest and oldest player records name the match, and 85 own goals missing from the goal records are back.

  47. Archive update

    Full names for a dozen players, and 71 new entries on the players list

    Players known only by an initial now have their first names — Harold Scaife, Herbert Childs, Alan Phillips, Dave Griffin among them — and a few spellings are corrected (William Hagger, Christian Hyslop). Every old address for them still works.

    • 1907/0812 line-ups · 2 sets of scorers
    • 1938/3915 line-ups · 3 sets of scorers
    • 1990/9113 line-ups · 1 set of scorers · 1 set of bookings · 1 match note
    • 1991/9220 line-ups
    • 1995/9621 line-ups · 2 sets of scorers · 1 set of bookings
    • 2025/2648 line-ups · 9 sets of scorers · 3 sets of bookings
    Smaller changes in 17 more seasons

    Players: 71 new players

  48. Site · version 2.6.1

    The match search page no longer opens on an empty panel.

  49. Site · version 2.6.0

    Four new Records pages, a Wartime Guests list, search that finds clubs by their former names, a page of archive updates, and a way to contact us.

  50. Archive update

    The 1907/08 season, and line-ups for the seasons either side of it

    Seventeen matches of 1907/08 are new, and its line-ups, scorers and results were added or corrected across the season. Line-ups changed in every season from 1906/07 to 1913/14, and 76 players join the archive.

    • 1907/0817 new matches · 3 dates corrected · 35 results · 68 line-ups · 65 sets of scorers · 33 crowds · 10 match notes · 4 match details corrected
    • 1909/1069 line-ups · 1 match note
    • 1910/111 date corrected · 57 line-ups · 13 sets of scorers · 1 match note
    • 1940/411 match removed · 34 line-ups · 18 sets of scorers · 1 crowd · 5 match notes · 2 match details corrected
    • 1945/4642 line-ups · 15 sets of scorers · 1 match detail corrected
    • 1961/6247 line-ups · 10 sets of scorers
    Smaller changes in 41 more seasons

    New results

    Players: 76 new players · 48 biographies · 1 date of birth

  51. Site · version 2.5.0

    A cleaner, lighter design across the site: page titles on the page, filter panels that fold away on a phone, and one footer everywhere.

  52. Site · version 2.4.2

    The header now reads Southend United History.

  53. Site · version 2.4.0

    The home page shows the latest match in the archive.

  54. Archive update

    Wartime line-ups and scorers for 1945/46, and 75 player biographies

    • 1939/4021 line-ups · 1 set of scorers
    • 1945/463 results · 46 line-ups · 29 sets of scorers · 16 match notes · 2 match details corrected
    • 1946/476 dates corrected · 18 line-ups · 2 sets of scorers · 2 match notes
    • 2016/171 line-up
    • 2026/272 new matches

    New results

    Players: 28 new players · 75 biographies · 7 dates of birth

  55. Site · version 2.3.0

    The Scorelines chart says when each scoreline last happened.

  56. Site · version 2.2.0

    New page: Hat-tricks — every time a Southend player scored three or more in a match.

  57. Archive update

    The first results of 2026/27, and match notes for 1909/10

    • 1909/1014 match notes
    • 1910/112 match notes · 1 match detail corrected
    • 1959/604 dates corrected
    • 1971/723 dates corrected
    • 1981/821 new match · 1 date corrected · 1 match note
    • 2026/274 new matches · 1 line-up · 1 crowd · 9 match details corrected
    Smaller changes in 10 more seasons

    New results

    Players: 1 new player · 7 biographies · 1 date of birth

  58. Site · version 2.1.3

    A player's page no longer says his career was one game when it was more.

  59. Site · version 2.1.0

    The Goal Times chart works for every player, and each chart page says what its chart shows.

  60. Site · version 2.0.0

    The archive is rebuilt from the August 2026 master spreadsheet. Eight player pages have new addresses.

  61. Site · version 1.2.0

    On a match page, the opponent's name links to that club.

  62. Site · version 1.1.0

    Head-to-Head is retired: each club's own page shows the same record, with more filters.

  63. Site · version 1.0.0

    A search results page, goalscorers beside the score on a match page, and every match list opens at the most recent match.