Shrimpers are back!

Last updated : 01 January 2012 By exiledessexboy/ DSG

Hall: Bagged the equaliser

Hall: Bagged the equaliser; that shut the home crowd up!
 
Promotion-chasing Southend ended their mid-season stutter in impressive fashion with a 4-1 victory at 10-man AFC Wimbledon.

Ryan Hall brought the visitors level before an own goal from Jamie Stuart, a Mark Phillips header and a lob from Neil Harris - who had seen his second-minute penalty saved - ended a four-match losing streak for the Shrimpers in all competitions and clinched their first win in seven attempts.

Jack Midson had initially opened the scoring for the Dons, who were ultimately overrun after the break following Christian Jolley's dismissal just before half-time and went on to taste a fifth successive defeat of their own.

Southend wasted a golden opportunity to take the lead when Harris' penalty was saved by Seb Brown and the home side took the lead five minutes later as Midson pounced on a Phillips clearance to slide home the opener.

The scores were level on the half hour when Brown tipped Shrimpers full-back Sean Clohessy's cross into the path of Hall and he notched home.

There was still time for Jolley to receive a straight red card for a two-footed lunge on Michael Timlin before the break.

The visitors got the killer second goal after 51 minutes when Stuart deflected a Timlin effort into his own net and the game was settled by further efforts from Phillips and Harris.
 
Luggy: 'The first 20 minutes was poor but after that we did well and it's a very good win.'
 
Hall: 'Their fans don't like me because of a misunderstanding when I played for Bromley. I kicked the ball back but it went in."
 
Phillips:'Nice win and nice to be on the score sheet again.'
 
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1 Crawley Town 23 10 1 2 29 11 5 3 2 17 17 15 4 4 46 28 49 +18
2 Cheltenham Town 23 8 2 2 17 6 6 2 3 18 14 14 4 5 35 20 46 +15
3 Southend United 22 6 3 2 17 8 8 0 3 24 15 14 3 5 41 23 45 +18
 
4 Shrewsbury Town 23 8 2 0 17 5 4 3 6 17 18 12 5 6 34 23 41 +11
5 Swindon Town 23 7 2 1 23 7 5 2 6 13 12 12 4 7 36 19 40 +17
6 Burton Albion 23 6 4 1 16 11 5 3 4 22 23 11 7 5 38 34 40 +4
7 Gillingham 23 6 3 1 18 8 5 2 6 22 21 11 5 7 40 29 38 +11
 
Full results and round-up: http://news.bbc.co.uk
 
 
 
npower League Two Date: Saturday, 31st December 2011 Kick off: 15:00 Venue: Kingsmeadow
Click for AFC Wimbledon squad list AFC Wimbledon
Midson 7
1 - 4 Southend Utd.
Hall 30
Stuart 51 (og)
Phillips 64
Harris 79
Click for Southend United squad list
Match Finished
Starting line-ups
1 Sebastian Brown  
17 Mathew Mitchell-King  
13 Chris Bush (Johnson 56)  
5 Jamie Stuart  
23 Rashid Yussuf  
8 Ricky Wellard (Ademano 79)  
7 Sam Hatton  
10 Jack Midson  
15 Sammy Moore  
12 Christian Jolley  
11 Luke Moore (Mulley 46)  
Substitutes
9 Charles Ademano (Wellard 79)  
20 Jack Turner  
26 James Mulley (Moore 46)  
6 Brett Johnson (Bush 56)  
14 Lee Minshull  
Starting line-ups
31 Luke Daniels  
15 Mark Phillips  
2 Sean Clohessy  
23 Chris Barker (Coughlan 86)  
16 Luke Prosser  
18 Ryan Leonard (Ferdinand 78)  
19 Jean-Paul Kalala  
8 Michael Timlin  
7 Anthony Grant  
4 Ryan Hall (Sturrock 70)  
9 Neil Harris  
Substitutes
5 Graham Coughlan (Barker 86)  
12 Kane Ferdinand (Leonard 78)  
21 Blair Sturrock (Hall 70)  
30 Alex Woodyard  
1 Glenn Morris  
51.9%Possession48.1%
1 Goal Attempts 3
1 On Target 3
0 Off Target 0
0 Hit Woodwork 0
1 Corners 6
RefereeAttendance
Trevor Kettle 4,529
AFC Wimbledon cards shown
40 mins Jamie Stuart Unsporting behaviour
45 mins Christian Jolley Unsporting behaviour
59 mins Sammy Moore Unsporting behaviour
Southend Utd. cards shown
20 mins Ryan Hall Unsporting behaviour
84 mins Anthony Grant Dissent
90+1 mins Kane Ferdinand Unsporting behaviour

Click here to see a full list of the football results from Saturday, 31st December 2011.

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