Before, during & after Southend
Quick and direct striker Mark Rawle arrived from Boston United in February 2001, after scoring heavily in non-League football. His first Southend goal came away at Cheltenham Town that May, and he later struck twice in the memorable 3–0 Roots Hall victory over Macclesfield Town.
He scored twenty times across 89 competitive first-team appearances before joining Oxford United in June 2003.

