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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Brunton Park
  • Attendance: 9122
  • Referee: Taylor, A

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90 mins

Goal!! Lee Barnard scores for Southend.

89 mins

The referee has booked Mark Gower.

83 mins

Carlisle are replacing Danny Graham with Paul Thirlwell.

80 mins

Tommy Black is being taken off, Alex Revell has come on in his place.

67 mins

It's red. He's off. David Raven has been sent off.

58 mins

Nicky Bailey goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

55 mins

The referee has booked Marc Bridge-Wilkinson.

52 mins

Goal!! Simon Hackney scores for Carlisle.

46 mins

Grant Smith is being taken off, Gary Madine has come on in his place.

46 mins

Paul Reid is replaced by Peter Murphy.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by A Taylor

7 mins

Goal!! Southend have scored with Charlie Mulgrew putting it in the back of the net.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, April 19th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Lee Barnard snatched a stoppage-time winner as lucky Southend United left Carlisle United heartbroken at Brunton Park.

The result was harsh on the home side who had dominated after the break despite being reduced to ten men when full-back David Raven was controversially sent off on 67 minutes.

The result leaves the Cumbrians with just one win in six, but their hopes of automatic promotion still lay in their own hands and six points from their last two games will secure Championship football for next season.

The visitors made Carlisle pay for a terrible first-half display when Charlie Mulgrew's seventh minute 40-yard free-kick drifted over a clutch of defenders and crept inside Keiren Westwood's far post.

Eleven minutes later Danny Graham finished neatly from Marc Bridge-Wilkinson's cross only to be hauled back for a dubious offside.

Barnard and Mark Gower both forced Westwood into good saves as the first half drew to a close but the Shrimpers never looked likely to land a second goal.

A double substitution at half-time for Carlisle gave them some much-needed momentum before another fortunate free-kick gave the home side an equaliser.

Simon Hackney's curling cross from near the corner flag looked easy for Darryl Flahavan to gather but instead the keeper appeared to bump into his post and carry the ball over the line.

Carlisle were now rampant with Hackney, Scott Dobie and Danny Livesey all going close but the home side's dominance was halted 23 minutes from time.

Referee Tony Taylor produced a straight red card for Raven for a foul on Nicky Bailey, who was himself very lucky to still be on the pitch after a series of bad challenges.

With seven minutes remaining Barnard curled a delightful shot past Westwood only to see his effort strike the inside of the post and roll agonisingly along the line and out.

But the in-form striker wasn't to be denied and, deep into stoppage time, he headed home from six yards from Gower's perfect far post cross to send the visiting fans wild with delight.

Carlisle United Team

Southend United Team

Carlisle United

Southend United

Corners

5 4

Fouls

10 13

Goal attempts

9 13

Shots off target

4 2

Offsides

1 1

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