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The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
Lewis Hunt is being taken off, Jamal Campbell-Ryce has come on in his place.
Matt Harrold is replaced by Gary Hooper.
Goal!! Dele Adebola scores for Coventry.
Goal!! Freddy Eastwood scores for Southend.
Colin Cameron takes a penalty for Coventry and scores!.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 1.
Half time whistle is blown by D Drysdale
Goal!! Coventry have scored with Stephen Hughes putting it in the back of the net.
The referee has booked Michael Doyle.
The referee has booked Kevin Maher.
Freddy Eastwood takes a penalty for Southend and scores!.
Marcus Hall goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.
The referee has booked Luke Guttridge.
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
Dele Adebola was the Coventry City hero as his late goal ended the Sky Blues' two-match losing streak. But it piled on more misery for Southend United, who have now not won in seven matches. An open early spell saw Shrimpers striker a Matt Harrold and Coventry midfielder Michael Doyle both fire in attempts just off-target. But it was the hosts who got the first attempt on target following some good work on the right flank in the tenth minute Simon Francis' cross found Mark Gower well placed, but he scuffed his right-foot shot and his attempt was saved by Andy Marshall. Two minutes later the City keeper denied Shrimpers skipper Kevin Maher who tried his luck with a 30-yard shot. But having survived the scares, it took a smart save by Darryl Flahavan to parry the fit-again Leon McKenzie's header. The Sky Blues striker then stabbed the loose ball goalwards, but centre-half Adam Barrett cleared the danger on 17 minutes. The deadlock was broken after 30 minutes when centre-back Matt Heath shoved Luke Guttridge as he rose to meet another Francis cross. Referee Darren Drysdale pointed straight at the penalty spot and Freddy Eastwood stepped up to fire the ball down the centre for his seventh goal of the season. Marshall got his legs to the ball but couldn't keep it out. City were on terms 12 minutes later when a long punt forward was laid off by Adgebola for captain Stephen Hughes to score his first goal for nearly 2 years, his right-foot shot deflecting in off Barrett. Two minutes after the restart the visitors were in front when McKenzie, who had been out with a hip injury, found his run into the Southend box ended by Francis. Mr Drysdale again had no hesitation in awarding the spot-kick and midfielder Colin Cameron's centrally placed penalty gave Flahavan no chance. Southend pressed for an equaliser and came close on 57 minutes when Maher's fierce 30-yard shot was parried by Marshall before being cleared. The Shrimpers were then denied by the woodwork as Spencer Prior's bullet header from Steven Hammell's corner rattled the post, before Harrold's follow-up flashed across the face of the goal. The home side's persistence was rewarded after 73 minutes when Maher released Eastwood with a 40-yard pass and the striker fended off Heath to equalise with a fine shot. Adebola then saw Flahavan save his shot on the line, but he made no mistake when the ball fell to him with just ten minutes remaining. Doyle's effort was blocked by Barrett, but Adebola pounced on the loose ball and fired home into the bottom left corner of the net.
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