Club history
Founded 1900 by old boys of Southend High School for Boys. Six teams across the Essex Olympian League and Southend Borough Combination Veterans League. Home at Garon Park, with The Boundary clubhouse and a 3G all-weather pitch completed in 2019/20.
Old Southendian Football Club was founded in 1900 by old boys of Southend High School for Boys, and remains the club for former pupils, family, and friends connected to the school. More than a century on, the club fields six competitive sides across the Essex Olympian League and the Southend Borough Combination Veterans League.
The Saturday First XI plays at the highest level in the club's history, in the Essex Olympian Premier Division. The Reserves compete in Essex Olympian Senior Division 2 — also a club record. The A Team plays in the Southend Borough Combination, a league the club has been part of since its inception.
The club is based at Garon Park, with three grass pitches and a clubhouse known as The Boundary. During the 2019/20 season a 3G all-weather pitch with floodlights was completed, giving the club a year-round home for training and matches.
On Sundays, three Vets teams (1st XI, Reserves, and Over 50s) play in the Southend Borough Combination Veterans League, keeping members in football well into their fifties and beyond.
The club enters the 2026/27 season under Co-Chairmen Luke Stillwell and John Rees, with Luke continuing as Treasurer and John Roy as Honorary Secretary. The 2026/27 season is the start of a planned modernisation: a new constitution, a five-tier sponsorship programme, a refreshed events calendar, and the launch of this app as the digital home of the club.