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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Roots Hall
  • Attendance: 7388
  • Referee: Joslin, P

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

Tommy Black is booked for unsporting behaviour.

84 mins

Neal Trotman is booked for unsporting behaviour.

79 mins

Lewis Hunt is being taken off, Franck Moussa has come on in his place.

73 mins

It's red. He's off. Alan McCormack has been sent off.

65 mins

Oldham are replacing Gary McDonald with Jean-Paul Kalala.

54 mins

The referee has booked Chris Taylor.

46 mins

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

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by P Joslin

11 mins

The referee has booked Alan McCormack.

4 mins

Goal!! Lee Hughes scores for Oldham.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, December 22nd, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Oldham Athletic secured their first win at Southend United in 35 years thanks to Lee Hughes' early goal at Roots Hall.

The Latics took the lead on four minutes through Hughes. There appeared to be little danger when strike partner Craig Davies' header found him on the edge of the box.

But Hughes turned Adam Barrett before blasting the ball past Southend goalkeeper Steve Collis.

The hosts should have equalised four minutes later when skipper Kevin Maher fed Leon Clarke and he rounded Oldham keeper Mark Crossley only to shoot wide with the goal at his mercy.

Davies forced a smart parry from Collis before Barrett saw his header nodded off the line by Ryan Bertrand.

The match continued to be an end-to-end affair with Crossley saving from Maher before Dean Morgan saw his shot saved by the stopper from a cross-field Lewis Hunt cross.

At the other end of the field Collis saved from Davies and turned a 25-yard Neil Kilkenny shot wide of his right post.

After the break Crossley kept Oldham in front by producing two decent saves to deny Leon Clarke.

And the Latics were denied a good shout for a penalty after Peter Clarke handled the ball, while Hughes saw his goalbound shot deflected out for a corner.

Southend were reduced to ten men in the 73rd minute when Alan McCormack was sent off for his second bookable offence.

But Steve Hammell was denied a chance to equalise when his 35-yard free-kick was palmed out by the impressive Crossley.

The win was Oldham's fifth on the spin on the road and extended their unbeaten run to ten games.

Southend United Team

Oldham Athletic Team

Southend United

Oldham Athletic

Corners

9 4

Fouls

11 16

Goal attempts

14 14

Shots off target

5 5

Offsides

5 6

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