Sturrock Jnr: 'The league has been the key for us all season'
After losing their long unbeaten record in midweek, the Shrimpers couldn't face a more difficult test outside Crawley to try and start another one going!
Third placed Cheltenham await and have only lost twice in the last 14 games, on the back of four successive wins, the two defeats being at Whaddon Road though, a good omen?
As for Blair, having scored his opening goal of the campaign against the other Robins, he hopes he's done enough to convince the old man to give him another start against the Gloucester ones.
Sturrock told www.echo-news.co.uk: “Hopefully I can stay in the team but we'll have to wait and see. The league has been the key for us all season and that means Saturday is a really important game. The cup matches you want to do well in when they come along but it's the league that matters more than anything else.”
Personally, it's back to the bench for Blair, but we will all find out Luggy's thinking soon enough.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Blair David Sturrock | ||
| Date of birth | 25 August 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Southend United | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2001 | Dundee United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–2001 | Dundee United | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Brechin City (loan) | 27 | (6) |
| 2001–2004 | Plymouth Argyle | 63 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Kidderminster Harriers | 22 | (6) |
| 2005–2006 | Rochdale | 31 | (6) |
| 2006–2009 | Swindon Town | 50 | (6) |
| 2008 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Torquay United (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Mansfield Town | 24 | (3) |
| 2010– | Southend United | 49 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:42, 18 September 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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