If he does go back down, Chelmsford Prison FC have one of a player
S24's official report will be up early tomorrow morning, we can only apologise, our correspondant has texted saying he's tired, and probably rather emotional.
Plus, once he's calmed down, he can write something down that's printable about the match officials.
So for now, and especially for our Aussie readers, here's what the Press Association guy posted from somewhere, of course missing the real emotion this game had for both sets of supporters, but especially the standing ovation the home side received and deserved.
I can give one important spoiler about the EEB report, Ryan Hall is man-of-the-match, bugger, that spoiled it for a few.
The visitors took the lead in the seventh minute when Curtis Weston passed inside to the onrushing Cody McDonald, who scored with a low right-footed effort into the bottom corner for his 18th goal of the season.
But Blues equalised in the 15th minute when Hall curled a 30-yard free-kick around a five-man Gills wall and past Alan Julian.
However, two minutes later and the away side were back in front. Blair Sturrock's foul on McDonald resulted in a penalty, and Adebayo Akinfenwa made no mistake from 12 yards as he fired low into the corner beyond the dive of Rhys Evans.
Yet eight minutes after the restart Hall levelled again when he was teed up by Sturrock and blasted home into the top left corner from just inside the box.
Both teams hit the woodwork while Julian and Evans made some fine saves, before Chris Barker's late goal-line clearance denied the Kent visitors victory.
EEB's full report is now available here:
www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/
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The Play-Off Dream Stays Alive
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 35 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 54 | 37 | 56 | +17 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 35 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 60 | 44 | 55 | +16 |
| 6 | Port Vale | 34 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 33 | 55 | +8 |
| 7 | Gillingham | 36 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 50 | 42 | 53 | +8 |
| 8 | Torquay United | 34 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 40 | 48 | +11 |
| 9 | Southend United | 34 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 43 | 48 | +4 |
| 10 | Oxford United | 35 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 45 | 47 | -1 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 32 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 46 | 44 | 46 | +2 |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 64 | 54 | 45 | +10 |
| 13 | Stevenage | 34 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 32 | 45 | +9 |
| Competition: Npower League Two Date: Tuesday, 8th March 2011 Kick off: 19:45 Venue: Roots Hall | ||||
 | Southend Utd. Hall 15, 52 | 2 - 2 | Gillingham McDonald 7 Akinfenwa 18 (pen) |  |
| Starting line-ups | ||
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Rhys Evans | |
| 5 | Graham Coughlan | |
| 3 | Peter Gilbert | |
| 23 | Chris Barker | |
| 2 | Sean Clohessy | |
| 12 | Ryan Hall | |
| 8 | Craig Easton | |
| 7 | Anthony Grant | |
| 11 | Lee Sawyer | |
| 21 | Blair Sturrock (Crawford 83) | |
| 10 | Barry Corr | |
| Substitutes | ||
| 17 | Louie Soares | |
| 28 | Kyle Asante | |
| 16 | Luke Prosser | |
| 18 | Johnny Herd | |
| 19 | Miguel Comminges | |
| 20 | Harry Crawford (Sturrock 83) | |
| 1 | Glenn Morri | |
| Starting line-ups | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Julian | |
| 6 | Garry Richards | |
| 3 | John Nutter | |
| 15 | Matt Lawrence | |
| 4 | Curtis Weston | |
| 28 | Jack Payne | |
| 7 | Kevin Maher | |
| 2 | Barry Fuller | |
| 27 | Adebayo Akinfenwa (Oli 46) | |
| 10 | Cody McDonald | |
| 11 | Andy Barcham (Rooney 75) | |
| Substitutes | ||
| 29 | Tony Sinclair | |
| 14 | Luke Rooney (Barcham 75) | |
| 16 | Josh Gowling | |
| 18 | Danny Jackman | |
| 26 | Lance Cronin | |
| 32 | Joe Martin | |
| 21 | Dennis Oli (Akinfenwa 46) | |
| 50.6% | Possession | 49.4% |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Goal Attempts | 2 |
| 2 | On Target | 2 |
| 0 | Off Target | 0 |
| 0 | Hit Woodwork | 0 |
| 4 | Corners | 8 |
| Referee | Attendance |
|---|---|
| James Linington | 5,771 |
| Southend Utd. cards shown | ||
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Gilbert | Unsporting behaviour |
| Gillingham cards shown | ||
|---|---|---|
| 23 | Nutter | Unsporting behaviour |
| 43 | Weston | Dissent |
| 75 | McDonald | Dissent |
| 90+1 | Lawrence | Unsporting behaviour |