Shrimpers march on
Southend extended their unbeaten run to eight matches in the league after trouncing torrid Torquay 4-1 at Roots Hall, with all of their goals coming in the second half.
The promotion pushing Shrimpers struggled to break down the visitors in the first half but they ran riot after the break, with midfielder Kane Ferdinand bagging a brace.
He opened the scoring just 20 seconds after the interval when he latched on to a deflected right-wing cross from Michael Timlin.
And he then doubled his tally in the 54th minute by brilliantly volleying home a deep right-wing cross from Neil Harris.
Southend remained on top and, in the 66th minute, Paul Sturrock's men made it 3-0 as top-goalscorer Liam Dickinson latched on to Timlin's through ball and blasted a low 20-yard shot in to the bottom left-hand corner of the net.
Four minutes later, defender Mark Phillips headed a left-wing corner from Ryan Hall past Robert Olejnik .
But Torquay, who have now not won for eight games, hit back with a consolation strike 13 minutes from time when Mark Ellis found the target.
Southend 4-1 Torquay: Match Report - view commentary, squad, and statictics of the game as it happened.
Source: DSG
