BRISTOL ROVERS | 2 | vs. | 1 | SOUTHEND UNITED |
Steven Elliott 13 | 9207 | Adam Barrett 71 | ||
4-4-2 | TEAMS | 4-4-2 | ||
Kevin Miller | 6 | 7 | Bart Griemink | |
Craig Hinton | 6 | 7.5 | Duncan Jupp | |
Christian Edwards | 6.5 | 5.5 | Nicky Nicolau | |
Steve Elliott | 7.5 | 6 | Spencer Prior | |
Robbie Ryan | 5.5 | 8 | Adam Barrett | |
Ali Gibb | 5.5 | 6 | Carl Pettefer | |
James Hunt | 7 | 6.5 | Kevin Maher | |
Paul Trollope | 7.5 | 6.5 | Mark Bentley | |
Stuart Campbell | 7 | 5.5 | Mark Gower | |
Junior Agogo | 7.5 | 5 | Drewe Broughton | |
Lee Thorpe | 7.5 | 6 | Lawrie Dudfield | |
SUBS | ||||
Jamie Forrester (81) | 6 | Darryl Flahavan | ||
John Anderson (81) | 6 | 6 | (84) Lewis Hunt | |
Dave Savage (90) | 6 | Andy Edwards | ||
Craig Disley | 6 | (88) Wayne Gray | ||
Lewis Haldane | 6.5 | (74) Tesfaye Bramble |
Match Statistics |
Bristol Rovers (1)…2 Southend United (0)…1 @ the Memorial Ground in Coca-Cola League Two on Friday 27/08/04 |
Goals: Bristol Rovers: Elliott 13 (looping header that deceived Griemink and dropped into the net; inside area; timed at 12:31), Hunt (close range finish following an Anderson run and cross; inside area; timed at 85:20). Southend: Barrett 71 (low header into bottom corner from a Jupp cross; inside area; timed at 70:14). |
Bookings: Southend: Dudfield 63 (foul), Prior 90 (dissent) |
Sent-off: none |
Total Goal Efforts | Pirates 12 Shrimpers 13 |
Shots/Headers On Target | Pirates 10 Shrimpers 3 |
Shots/Headers Off Target | Pirates 2 Shrimpers 5 |
Blocked shots | Pirates 0 Shrimpers 5 |
Hit Woodwork | Pirates 0 Shrimpers 0 |
Corners | Pirates 5 Shrimpers 6 |
Free-kicks | Pirates 13 Shrimpers 12 |
Offsides | Pirates 3 Shrimpers 4 |
Sundries |
Match Time | 94:46 (First half: 46:00, Second half: 48:46) |
Indicated Stoppage Time | First half: 1 minute, Second half: 3 minutes |
Actual Stoppage Time | First half: 1:00, Second half: 3:46 |
Referee: Michael Jones (Cheshire) 7 out of 10 – flashed a very petty yellow card at Dudfield but other than that made few mistakes and generally, albeit rarely these days, let the game flow to an extent. |
Attendance: 9,287 (approximately 275 Shrimpers supporters) |
Programme Cover: Christian Edwards |
AND ANOTHER THING…
**Southend United find themselves bottom of the four divisions of the English League for the first time in their history. The Shrimpers did have to fight for re-election in the Division Three (South) days, but 23rd in 1967 (when Workington were below them) and 2003/4 (Carlisle United) was the previous worst placing.
**It is now eleven matches since that 3-2 win over Darlington, and seven without a victory on the road
**Adam Barrett’s goal, aside from being his first for Blues, was the club’s first from open play in 2004/5, and bridged a gap of 594 minutes between Lawrie Dudfield’s strike against Torquay United on the last day of 2003/4 and his header against his former club. That would be over 600 minutes – ten hours – if stoppage time were to be included.
**Barrett now surges to the best goals per game ratio of all the players on the current staff at Roots Hall. His strike rate of 0.33 goals per game ousts Lawrie Dudfield (0.32) from the top spot, and is better than Dudfield’s fellow front men Tesfaye Bramble (0.25), Wayne Gray (0.17) and Drewe Broughton (0.15). It was Barrett’s tenth League goal – he has eleven in all.
**Duncan Jupp was making his 250th competitive appearance – before his 53+1 matches for United he racked up 137 games for Fulham, 45 for Wimbledon, nine for Notts County and five for Luton Town.
**Carl Pettefer was making his 50th first-team appearance – his 20th including two substitute appearances for Blues.
**Drewe Broughton was playing his 50th match for Southend. 12 of those have been as a substitute, and in that time he has managed a meagre eight goals.
**Lawrie Dudfield’s 63rd minute booking was his first for the Shrimpers.
**Lewis Hunt was playing in his 50th first-team match; his 10th as a sub, with 8+5 of those games with Derby County.
Match Statistics: Mark Wallis
Layout and Facts: Robert Craven
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