The English
football club
Southend United F.C. played in
League Two
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in the 2010–11 season, finishing 13th out of 24 clubs. It played in the first round of the
FA Cup
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and the second round of the
Football League Cup, and reached the quarter-final of the
Football League Trophy
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.
Season summary
On 5 July 2010 former
Sheffield Wednesday
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and
Plymouth Argyle manager
Paul Sturrock
Paul Whitehead Sturrock (born 10 October 1956) is a Scottish former football coach and former player.
As a player, Sturrock spent his entire senior career with Dundee United, making more than five hundred appearances between 1974 and 1989. He w ...
was announced as Southend's new manager with
Tommy Widdrington
Thomas Widdrington (born 1 October 1971) is an English former football player and manager who is manager of club Aldershot Town.
As a midfielder, he made 372 appearances in the English Football League in a 15-year career, before spending fiv ...
as his assistant. Sturrock's first signings for Southend were former
Northampton Town
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Founded in 1897, the club competed in the Midland ...
left back
Peter Gilbert and striker
Barry Corr who was released by
Exeter City
Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...
.
Both players had played under Sturrock previously. With Southend being under a transfer embargo, both players could only sign pre-contract agreements.
A squad of 17 players were only registered in time to play on the eve of the new season as the club's transfer embargo was lifted. Sturrock led Southend to a respectable 13th-placed finish in his first season.
League table
Results
League Two
FA Cup
Football League Cup
Football League Trophy
Squad
References
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Southend United F.C. seasons
Southend United
Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...