Southend guide: official ticket route, Roots Hall, Roots Hall, food and drink options, hotel bases, supporter leads, videos, images and FanChants songbook hooks.
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Understand the club, get a ticket, pick a stand or route, plan food and a hotel, and find the fan culture around Southend.
Southend profile uses official, Wikidata/Wikipedia and local map sources for stable facts, with live checks before publishing volatile ticket or venue details.
| Competition | Result | Years / seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Third Division / League One (level 3) | champions (1) | 2005–06 |
| Fourth Division / League Two (level 4) | champions (1) | 1980–81 |
| Fourth Division / League Two (level 4) | play-off winners (2) | 2005, 2015 |
| Southern League Second Division | champions (2) | 1906–07, 1907–08 |
| FA Trophy | winners (1) | 2025–26 |
| Essex Professional Cup | winners (10) | 1949–50, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1971–72, 1972–73 |
| Essex Senior Cup | winners (4) | 1982–83, 1990–91, 1996–97, 2007–08 |
| Essex Thameside Trophy | winners (1) | 1990 |
Roots Hall is the working matchday ground/ground-area for this guide; use live club and map sources for exact gates and routes.
Use the official ticket route first; membership, loyalty, resale and ID rules can change by fixture. General sale is not assumed. Check the live fixture page before promising availability, delivery method or away allocation.
| Stand / area | What to say | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Home end | home atmosphere | partly verified |
| Main stand | premium and mixed seating | partly verified |
| Opposite stand | mixed seating | partly verified |
| Away allocation | visiting supporters | partly verified |
0 chants in the FanChants catalogue.
Option rows, not a single winner — different lanes for different fans.
Roots Hall · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Blue Boar
Roots Hall · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Eat Well
Roots Hall · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Oldham's Fish Restaurant
Roots Hall · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Bombay Blues
Roots Hall · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Tasty Chicken
Roots Hall · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Jade Garden
Roots Hall · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: O Picado
Roots Hall · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Sambuca
Area and fit, not prices. Prices and availability stay live-check fields.
| Hotel | Fit | Why it belongs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atantis Bed & Breakfast | near ground · station access | Practical hotel option for a ground-first football trip. keep with caveat: Named hotel option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking. | Atantis Bed & Breakfast |
| Skylark Hotel | near ground · station access | Practical hotel option for a ground-first football trip. keep with caveat: Named hotel option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking. | Skylark Hotel |
| Group | Type | Geography | Public page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southend official supporter information | official branch | official | Public page |
| Southend fan media and supporter-group search | fan media | public web | Public page |
Creator/research leads only — no embedding, cropping, transcription or clip extraction until permission and platform terms are cleared.
Southend matchday starts with Roots Hall and the surrounding Roots Hall area.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: stadium, Google Maps route search
Start with the official Southend ticket route before resale or fixture-day claims.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: Official ticket route or club site, Official club/team site or Wikidata official URL
Build a Southend food card from several named options near the ground, not one ranked pick.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Use the city and stadium-area rows to split pre-match, post-match and late-night plans.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: Oldham's Fish Restaurant, Bombay Blues
Show ground-first and night-out hotel options separately for Southend.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: Atantis Bed & Breakfast, Skylark Hotel
Use the FanChants Southend songbook for chant-count, top-song and search hooks.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: fanchants
Treat Southend supporter groups as public organisation leads, not private fan data.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Fan videos can help check chants, routes and food, but stay lead-only until permission is cleared.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: YouTube public video search lead
| Image | Licence | Creator | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Stadium - DPLA - 244656f5575e8c9905995bc8dbdb230a.jpg | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons contributor | candidate cc |
| Ohio Stadium - DPLA - b2199586d924703e117b3bc55de430b1.jpg | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons contributor | candidate cc |
| Southend Stadium c.1950.png | CC BY-SA 4.0 | RJRoweCollection | candidate cc |
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