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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Roots Hall
  • Attendance: 9109
  • Referee: Taylor, P

Live Commentary

90 mins

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

90 mins

James Coppinger is replaced by Gareth Taylor.

88 mins

Jason Price is replaced by Mark McCammon.

87 mins

It's red. He's off. Paul Heffernan has been sent off.

80 mins

Doncaster are replacing Lewis Guy with James Hayter.

62 mins

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

46 mins

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

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

0 mins

It's 7:45pm on Friday, May 9th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Doncaster Rovers will be hoping home advantage will count next Friday in the League One play-off semi-final second leg after holding Southend to a goalless draw despite ending the match with ten men.

Rovers played out the last four minutes with ten men after Paul Heffernan was sent off for head-butting Charlie Mulgrew.

Doncaster shaded the opening exchanges and saw a driven 35-yard effort from James Coppinger fizz inches wide of Darryl Flahavan's right-hand post.

Mark Gower got Southend's first effort on target with a 25-yard effort that veteran Doncaster keeper Neil Sullivan smothered at the near post.

Doncaster went close when skipper Brian Stock's free-kick was headed just wide of the far post by Matt Mills.

Southend then tested Sullivan with a header from skipper Adam Barrett, before Mulgrew's cross-cum-shot from 40 yards was caught by the keeper.

Lee Barnard then saw his goalbound shot from 12 yards deflect out for a corner, before Flahavan made a reflex save to deny Paul Green a deflected goal.

The Shrimpers had the last say of the half with Simon Francis' effort from a Gower cross being parried by Sullivan.

Flahavan kept the Blues in the match minutes later when he palmed Stock's free-kick from the edge of the box out for a corner.

Rovers upped the pressure with a disappointed Heffernan firing wide from Lewis Guy's pass.

The best chance of the night fell to Rovers striker Jason Price, who found himself one-on-one with Flahavan but saw the keeper palm away his effort from 12 yards.

Southend thought they had got a goal advantage to take to the Keepmoat Stadium, but Barrett's goalbound header from a Nicky Bailey cross was deflected to safety.

Southend United Team

Doncaster Rovers Team

Southend United

Doncaster Rovers

Corners

4 5

Fouls

12 11

Goal attempts

17 10

Shots off target

8 4

Offsides

4 3

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