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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: County Ground
  • Attendance: 6378
  • Referee: Shoebridge, R

Live Commentary

90 mins

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

85 mins

Tommy Black is being taken off, Anthony Grant has come on in his place.

71 mins

Jon-Paul McGovern is being taken off, Sofiane Zaaboub has come on in his place.

66 mins

Southend are replacing Hal Robson-Kanu with Lee Barnard.

53 mins

Jack Smith is booked for unsporting behaviour.

46 mins

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

46 mins

Michael Timlin is being taken off, Lee Peacock has come on in his place.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by R Shoebridge

45 mins

Barry Corr is replaced by Billy Paynter.

18 mins

Goal!! Southend have scored with Simon Francis putting it in the back of the net.

11 mins

Simon Francis goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

6 mins

Michael Timlin is booked for unsporting behaviour.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Monday, March 24th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

In a poor game at the County Ground, Southend adapted better to the conditions, Simon Francis giving them a crucial win with the only goal of the game on 18 minutes.

Francis cut in from the right to see his 20-yard shot deflect off Swindon defender Hasney Aljofree and loop over the goalkeeper into the net via the crossbar.

This was just reward for the visitors who had dominated in the early exchanges, but they then seemed content to sit on their lead.

Swindon came back into the game, but there was little quality from either side although Mark Gower did produce some good work on the visitors' left.

Jon-Paul McGovern and Barry Corr had both earlier gone close for Swindon, but there was little to cheer for the home fans.

Swindon's woe continued just before the interval when Corr's injury-plagued season continued with what appeared at the time to be a shoulder injury.

Later Town manager Maurice Malpas confirmed that it was a shoulder injury which is likely to rule him out for the rest of the season and possibly longer.

Lee Peacock substituted for Michael Timlin at the start of the second half, but this tactical change made little difference as the visitors continued to have the better of the game.

Alan McCormack might easily have wrapped the game up with a second goal early in the second half, but was marginally offside as Gower's excellently judged cross reached the striker inside the home penalty area.

Swindon increasingly looked a ragged outfit as the visitors bossed the midfield, but could not find a decent finish.

Three scares in the closing moments might have seen former Southend player Billy Paynter equalise, but a brilliant save by Darryl Flahavan on one occasion and a wasteful shot over the bar on another, meant Southend kept their play-off hopes on track.

Swindon Town Team

Southend United Team

Swindon Town

Southend United

Corners

2 5

Fouls

21 13

Goal attempts

7 10

Shots off target

4 5

Offsides

0 4

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