Kick-off: 15:00
Venue: Huish Park
Attendance: 4820
Referee: East, R

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

85mins

Southend are replacing Alan McCormack with Franck Moussa.

83mins

Andy Kirk is being taken off, Jaime Peters has come on in his place.

81mins

Tommy Black is replaced by Anthony Grant.

80mins

Southend are replacing Lee Barnard with Charlie MacDonald.

69mins

Marvin Williams is replaced by Paul Warne.

64mins

Goal!! Mark Gower scores for Southend.

57mins

Yeovil are replacing Matthew Rose with Anthony Barry.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 2.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

41mins

The referee has booked Marvin Williams.

34mins

Goal!! Southend have scored with Peter Clarke putting it in the back of the net.

20mins

Goal!! Southend have scored with Lee Barnard putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Southend are on the verge of the League One playoffs after a comprehensive victory at Huish Park - but manager Steve Tilson warned "apart from Swansea at the top anyone can beat anyone else in this division so there is a long way to go."

Tilson was delighted with the result, pointing out that the Shrimpers had not done well against Yeovil in recent seasons. He was also pleased with the first full match for striker James Walker who joined Southend after a two month loan spell at Yeovil. His debut was delayed because of an irregular heartbeat but all worries are now behind him and in an impressive performance he was unlucky not to get a goal.

All three Southend goals came from right wing crosses, although home manager Russell Slade reckoned the first two were the result of poor decisions by the referee.

In the 20th minute, after Southend had survived some early Yeovil pressure, Tommy Black got in a cross which Lee Barnard crashed into the roof of the net from close range.

That goal followed a throw in which was given the wrong way and the second, on 41 minutes, from a disputed free kick near the dead ball line and just outside the box. Charlie Mulgrew got the cross in and Peter Clarke moved up from the back ummarked to head home.

On 64 minutes Simon Francis provided another pinpoint cross and this time the head of Mark Gower did the rest.

Said Slade "At the moment nothing is going right for us in either penalty box. We can't buy a goal for love or money. We just have to get back to the training ground and work things out."

Yeovil Town Team

Southend United Team

Yeovil Town

Southend United

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