All to no avail, and made worse by Bilel's red card, as the home side moved into the League Two play-off places with three vital points and their eighth consequitive home victory that continued the Shrimpers slide into mid-table obscurity.
Accrington took the lead when Ian Craney heading home in the 10th minute after a Sean McConville corner, once again Southend give away an early lead.
However, the travelling faithful were cheering in the second half, when two minutes before the hour Ryan Hall struck a terrific 25-yard free kick past Alex Cisak in the Stanley goal.
Sadly for them though their long trip for the rearranged fixture was not to be rewarded as on 80 minuted Terry Gornell struck from close range, to be followed only four minutes later by Phil Edwards from the spot after Bilel Mohsni had tripped Gornell in the box, looked a touch harsh, but there you go.
Referee David Webb decided to show the French Tunisian centre-back a second yellow card, following the first given on 33 minutes after a typical Bilel intervention in some handbags stuff that he had nothing to do with, and just as he returns from injury he's taken away again!
Southend player markings: Morris - 7, Clohessy - 5, Prosser - 5, Mohsni - 5, Barker - 6, Ferdinand - 5, Comingues - 5, Grant - 6, Hall - 6, Corr - 5, Asante - 5 (Sturrock 69 - 5).
| Competition: Npower League Two Date: Tuesday, 5th April 2011 Kick off: 19:45 Venue: Fraser Eagle Stadium | ||||
 | Accrington S. Craney 10 Gornell 80 Edwards 84 (pen) | 3 - 1 | Southend Utd. Hall 58 |  |
| Starting line-ups | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Cisak | |
| 12 | Philip Edwards | |
| 4 | Sean Hessey | |
| 26 | Joe Jacobson | |
| 3 | Dean Winnard | |
| 11 | Sean McConville | |
| 7 | Jimmy Ryan (Putterill 90) | |
| 6 | Andrew Proctor | |
| 27 | Ian Craney (Burey 88) | |
| 14 | Luke Joyce (Murphy 89) | |
| 24 | Terry Gornell | |
| Substitutes | ||
| 25 | Ian Dunbavin | |
| 5 | Kevin Long | |
| 17 | Peter Murphy (Joyce 89) | |
| 9 | Craig Lindfield | |
| 8 | Bevan Burey (Craney 88) | |
| 19 | Rory Boulding | |
| 10 | Ray Putterill (Ryan 90) | |
| Starting line-ups | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenn Morris | |
| 16 | Luke Prosser | |
| 19 | Miguel Comminges (Soares 76) | |
| 6 | Moshni Bilel | |
| 23 | Chris Barker | |
| 2 | Sean Clohessy | |
| 12 | Ryan Hall | |
| 7 | Anthony Grant | |
| 31 | Kane Ferdinand | |
| 28 | Kyle Asante (Sturrock 69) | |
| 10 | Barry Corr | |
| Substitutes | ||
| 21 | Blair Sturrock (Asante 69) | |
| 30 | Alex Woodyard | |
| 25 | Teddy Nesbitt | |
| 5 | Graham Coughlan | |
| 17 | Louie Soares (Comminges 76) | |
| 34 | George Smith | |
| 53.4% | Possession | 46.6% |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Goal Attempts | 1 |
| 3 | On Target | 1 |
| 0 | Off Target | 0 |
| 0 | Hit Woodwork | 0 |
| 4 | Corners | 0 |
| Referee | Attendance |
|---|---|
| David Webb | 2,222 |
| Accrington S. cards shown | ||
|---|---|---|
| 41 | Proctor | Unsporting behaviour |
| 58 | Joyce | Unsporting behaviour |
| Southend Utd. cards shown | ||
| 33 | Hall | Unsporting behaviour |
| 33 | Bilel | Unsporting behaviour |
| 45+2 | Prosser | Unsporting behaviour |
| 84 | Bilel | Second bookable offence |