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Southend United 2 Plymouth Argyle 0: The Highlights
Blues boss Paul Sturrock is well aware his side are not the finished article yet, sixth place or not: "In the first half we did not perform very well and did not get started. I think Tuesday night (when 10-man Southend beat Gillingham 1-0) took a lot more out of us than we thought. We looked leggy and Plymouth did well. We gave them a bit of a rocket at half-time and changed one or two things around and have got the win. But we are going to need to play better than we did in the first half if we are to beat the more dangerous sides that will come here."
Fair enough, but let's enjoy waching the goals that saw off poor old Peter Reid, and let's face it, if you let Peter Gilbert score after eight years, and then make a player/manager of Carl Fletcher who has just been shown a red card for trying to strangle Michael Timlin, something must be wrong!
Catch the (second half) action from the Beeb: http://news.bbc.co.uk
For all the League Two action from Saturday, September 17th, including Gills bashing Bulls for six!: http://news.bbc.co.uk
For the full S24 report on Shrimpers v Pilgrims, with player markings: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk
A local view: www.thisisplymouth.co.uk
Post match stats: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Post match views: Luggy: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk; Reid (before he got the boot!): www.southendunited-mad.co.uk
Goodbye Peter Reid: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk
Hello Carl Fletcher: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk
Fixtures
League Two
Saturday, September 24th; (all kick-off's 15.00): Aldershot v Crawley Town, Bradford v AFC Wimbledon, Cheltenham v Hereford, Crewe v Port Vale, Gillingham v Burton Albion, Morecambe v Bristol Rovers, Northampton v Dag & Red, Oxford Utd v Accrington Stanley, Plymouth v Macclesfield, Rotherham v Southend, Shrewsbury v Torquay, Swindon v Barnet.
| 1 | Morecambe | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 20 | +14 | ||||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 18 | +9 | ||||
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 17 | +4 | ||||
| 4 | Burton Albion | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 16 | +4 | ||||
| 5 | Crawley Town | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 16 | +1 | ||||
| 6 | Southend United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Oxford United | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | +3 | ||||
| 8 | Port Vale | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 14 | +5 | ||||
| 9 | Gillingham | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 14 | +5 | ||||
| 10 | Torquay United | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 14 | +3 | ||||
| 11 | Aldershot Town | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14 | +1 | ||||
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Cheltenham Town | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Swindon Town | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 12 | +3 | ||||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 12 | -1 | ||||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 12 | -2 | ||||
| 17 | Macclesfield Town | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | +2 | ||||
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 10 | -4 | ||||
| 19 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | -4 | ||||
| 20 | Northampton Town | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | -2 | ||||
| 21 | Barnet | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | -5 | ||||
| 22 | Bradford City | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | -4 | ||||
| 23 | Hereford United | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 5 | -16 | ||||
| 24 | Plymouth Argyle | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 1 | -16 | ||||