Essex Senior Cup Fourth Round
Southend United 0 Grays Athletic 0 (Grays Athletic win 4-1 on penalties)
A fairly strong Shrimpers side were knocked out of the Essex Senior Cup Tuesday evening by Grays after a comprehensive 4-1 penalty shoot-out defeat.
Lee Sawyer was pulled out of tonights side having failed a late fitnrss test due to the former Chelsea youth picking up an injury in training Monday.
The hero of the night was Grays keeper Andy Hall who saved two of the first three of Southend's spot kicks, he also made several good saves throughout the game, while the Ryman League One North side smashed in the four they had to so progressing into the last eight.
Alex Woodyard slotted home our single effort.
Returning form injury for the Blues was shot stopper Glen Morris who would also been pleased to have kept a clean sheet while annoyed that he wasn't able to keep one of their penalties out.
Teddy Nesbitt did have a goal disallowed for offside just after the half hour but mostly it was a night for the shot stoppers who did well at both ends, sadly for the home side, at the end of the game one had done slightly better than the other.
Southend United: Morris, Furlonge, Artemi, Coughlan, Prosser, Woodyard, Agyakwa, Grant (James-Lewis 62), Mullings (Stevens 74), Nesbitt, Sturrock (Smith 62).
Subs: Chambers, Payne.
Grays Athletic: Hall, Pope, Baker, Beaney (Bruce 74), Agombar (Cowley 74), Carlos, McKenzie (Dennis 27), Flynn, Ryan, Muguo, Thomas.
Subs not used: Brien, Sweeney.
For a more comprehensive report: www.southendunited.co.uk
Essex Senior Cup Update
The Essex Senior Cup is a knock-out system football competition that has been running since 1884, and is the most prestigious cup competition in the county.
The competition is supported by BBC Essex 103.5.
Last season the Shrimpers seconds reached the semi-final losing 2-1 to Aveley, who then lost to Billericay Town 2-0 on April 11th, 2011 at Ship Lane, home of Thurrock, with an attendance of 547.
(Tonight's resuts and full reports Wednesday)
Round One (by 10th September 2011)
1 - London APSA 0-5 Brightlingsea Regent (at Brightlingsea) (Report)
Round Two (by 8th October 2011)
2 - Eton Manor 0-5 Barking (Report)
3 - Stanway Rovers 4-0 Basildon United (Report)
4 - Burnham Ramblers 1-5 FC Clacton
5 - Brightlingsea Regent 2-0 Takeley (Report)
6 - Southend Manor 3-1 Wivenhoe Town (Report)
7 - Witham Town 1-0 Barkingside (Report)
8 - Bowers & Pitsea 1-0 Stansted (Report)
9 - Halstead Town 1-2 Hullbridge Sports
Round Three (by 12th November 2011)
10 - Harlow Town 2-1 Heybridge Swifts
11 - Hullbridge Sports 0-1 Brightlingsea Regent
12 - Southend United 1-1 Waltham Forest (6-5 pens) (Report)
13 - FC Clacton 0-3 Canvey Island (Report)
14 - Ilford 0-1 Grays Athletic (Report)
15 - Redbridge 1-2 Aveley (Report)
16 - Billericay Town 1-3 Colchester United (Report)
17 - Romford 3-2 Braintree Town
18 - Great Wakering Rovers 2-5 Chelmsford City (Report)
19 - Thurrock 0-0 AFC Hornchurch (3-4 pens) (Report)
20 - Brentwood Town 3-4 Stanway Rovers
21 - Concord Rangers 5-0 Southend Manor (Report)
22 - Maldon & Tiptree 2-1 Waltham Abbey (Report)
23 - East Thurrock United 2-4 Tilbury
24 - Dagenham & Redbridge 6-0 Bowers & Pitsea
25 - Barking 2-4 Witham Town
Round Four (by 10th December 2011)
26 - Dagenham & Redbridge vs Stanway Rovers
(Tuesday 6th December, 7:45pm)
27 - Harlow Town vs Maldon & Tiptree
(Tuesday 29th November, 7:45pm)
28 - Romford vs Canvey Island
(Tuesday 6th December, 7:45pm)
29 - Brightlingsea Regent vs Tilbury
(Tuesday 6th December, 7:45pm)
30 - Chelmsford City 1-4 Concord Rangers
31 - Colchester United vs AFC Hornchurch
(Tuesday 6th December, 7:30pm)
32 - Witham Town vs Aveley
(Tuesday 29th November, 7:45pm)
33 - Southend United vs Grays Athletic
(Tuesday 29th November, 7:45pm)
Quarter-Finals (by 28th January 2012)
The draw will be broadcast on BBC Essex on Friday 9th December at 4:30pm. BBC Essex broadcast on 103.5 or 95.3FM; 729, 765 or 1530MW or DAB digital, and online at www.bbc.co.uk/essex.
Semi-Finals (by 3rd March 2012)
Final (TBC)