Source: FOOTYMAD
Ten man Shrimpers see off Bantams for first league win
Bradford City 0 Southend United 2 - Barry Corr and Anthony Grant grab the goals that see the Shrimpers jump up to 13th place gaining their first three points of the season over Spud Taylor's Bantams. Ten-man Southend gained their first league win of the season with a deserved 2-0 success at Bradford on Friday evening.The visitors, who were relegated from League One at the end of last term, had gained only one point from their first three matches but shook Bradford by going ahead after 16 minutes when Barry Corr lobbed the ball over the head of keeper Jon McLaughlin after collecting a lofted pass from Ryan Hall. Bradford manager Peter Taylor, who played for and managed Southend, introduced his three substitutes at the start of the second half but they had little effect on the course of the match and the visitors went further in front after 54 minutes with a low 25-yard shot from Anthony Grant after Sean Clohessy's angled pass had been played into his path. Bradford posed little threat on the Southend goal. James Hanson missed their best chance in the first half, shooting wide of advancing keeper Glenn Morris, while Gareth Evans snatched at a good chance six minutes from the end, sending the ball wide of the angle of the post and crossbar. The only blot on the night for Southend was the sending off of Clohessy for the second bookable offence in the 76th minute.(Report supplied by sister site www.teamtalk.com until our correspondant wakes up!)Npower League Two, Friday, 27th August 2010 @ 19:45Corr 16Grant 54Starting Line-ups 1McLaughlan 6Oliver 12Williams 3O'Brien 15Hunt 8Doherty 22Bullock (Syers 46)9Evans 7Daley 19Moult (Threlfall 46)17Hanson (Speight 46)Substitutes 28Threlfall (Moult 46)16Duff 20Adeyemi 10Speight (Hanson 46)13Saxton 23Syers (Bullock 46)5Rehman 47.8%Possession52.2%0Goal Attempts20On Target20Off Target00Hit Woodwork05Corners9Starting Line-ups 1Morris 23Barker 2Clohessy 6Bilel 3Gilbert 12Hall (Prosser 83)8Easton 7Grant 4Simpson 21Sturrock (Soares 77)10Corr (Paterson 80)Substitutes 9Paterson (Corr 80)24Evans 18Herd 14Bouzid 17Soares (Sturrock 77)5Coughlan 16Prosser (Hall 83)RefereePaul TierneyAttendance10,752Bradford City CardsEvans15 Unsporting behaviourBullock25 Unsporting behaviourSyers87 Unsporting behaviourSouthend Utd. CardsClohessy49 TimewastingEaston53 Unsporting behaviourGilbert65 Unsporting behaviourClohessy77 Second bookable offence
