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Financial issues mounted in the 2019–20 season: against a background of non-payment of wages, unpaid taxes, winding-up orders and a transfer embargo meant Southend were unable to avoid relegation to League Two, [11] [12] and even when the tax bill was paid after the sale of the stadium for housing, a 23rd-place finish in 2020–21 meant that ...
The 1976–77 season was the 78th completed season of The Football League. As of this season, goal difference (GD in league tables) was used to separate the clubs finishing level on points. The earlier system, used from the season 1894–95 until the 1975–76 had been the so-called goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more ...
Southend United F.C. was founded on 19 May 1906 in the Blue Boar Hotel [2] [3] after landlord Oliver Trigg invited a group of footballers and businessmen to discuss setting up a new professional club. [4] [a] The new Southend United would displace the more prominent Southend Athletic in the town, who later disbanded. [6]
In 1976 Southend suffered relegation again before taking another runners-up spot behind Watford in 1978. Another relegation in 1980 was directly followed by one of the most successful seasons in the club's history as they won the Fourth Division Championship in 1981, breaking a series of club records in the process. [ 6 ]
(20 March 1976) Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Sheffield United (27 March 1976) Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 Newcastle United (10 April 1976) Biggest away win: Birmingham City 1–5 West Ham United (1 November 1975) Burnley 1–5 Wolverhampton Wanderers (15 November 1975) Derby County 1–5 Queens Park Rangers (23 April 1976) Ipswich Town 2–6 Derby ...
The 1976–77 Eastern Counties Football League was the 35th season in the history of the Eastern Counties Football League. [1] [2] Three new clubs joined the league this season: Bury Town, transferred from the Southern Football League. [3] Colchester United reserves, [4] Felixstowe Town, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League. [5]
The 1976–77 Football League Cup was the 17th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 14 August 1976 and ended with the final going to a second replay on 13 April 1977.
The 1977–78 season was the 36th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England. [1]The league featured 21 clubs which competed in the league last season, no new clubs joined the league this season.