Before, during & after Southend
Left winger Mitchell Cole joined from Grays Athletic in July 2005 after their Conference South and FA Trophy successes. He featured in Southend's 2005/06 League One championship campaign and spent part of the following season on loan at Northampton Town before moving to Stevenage Borough in January 2007.
He later won the FA Trophy with Stevenage. Cole sadly died in 2012 aged just 27, and is warmly remembered by supporters across his clubs.

