Essex Senior Cup Third Round
Southend United 1 Waltham Forest 1 (Southend United win 6-5 on penalties)
Shrimpers shot stopper Luke Chambers was the hero as Southend survived the shoot-out and find themselves in the next round!
No extra time this season so the Blues reserves and the Ryman Premier side had to go to spot kicks to decide the tie after the teams were level at the end of 90 minutes..
A dull first half hinted at nothing of the drama that was to follow after the Stags took the lead on 70 minutes.
Manu Dagher making sure he got to the ball first from a corner in a packed penalty area to smash the ball home at the near post.
That might have been it, but with just ten minutes left on the clock the home side had equalised, and it was the forgotten man for the first team Jemal Johnson who claimed it.
The Forest defence froze as a high cross entered tanger zone, allowing JJ to control the ball before showing his class with a stunning drive into the top left hand corner from ten yards.
So to penalties and Sawyer, Johnson, James-Lewis and Smith all did their stuff , but then so did the Stags five, so on the shoot-out went.
Reserve team boss Graham Coughlan made sure with his, placing the pressure on Waltham scorer Dagher, who couldn't find the net again as Chambers flung himself to the right and pushed the ball to safety seeing his team make the fourth round.
For a more compehensive report: www.southendunited.co.uk
Southend United: Chambers, Furlonge, Artemi (Nesbitt 60), Coughlan, Prosser, James-Lewis, Sawyer, Agyakwa (Payne 71), Johnson, Smith, Mullings.
Subs not used: Stevens, Tatham, Paxman.
Waltham Forest: Ormand, Sackey, Nicholas, Mojeed, Molnar, Douglas, Dagher, Dauti, Hammond (Shittu 61), Palmer (Melton 90), Bonnett.
Subs not used: Campbell, Moore, Healey.
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.
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.
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 Waltham Forest 1 (Southend win 6-5 on penalties)
13 - FC Clacton 0-3 Canvey Island (Report)
14 - Ilford vs Grays Athletic
(Wednesday 9th November, 7:45pm)
15 - Redbridge vs Aveley
(Wednesday 16th November, 7:45pm)
16 - Billericay Town 1-3 Colchester United
17 - Romford 3-2 Braintree Town
18 - Great Wakering Rovers vs Chelmsford City
(Wednesday 9th November, 7:45pm)
19 - Thurrock vs AFC Hornchurch
(Monday 14th November, 7:45pm)
20 - Brentwood Town 3-4 Stanway Rovers
21 - Concord Rangers 5-0 Southend Manor
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 3rd December 2011)
The draw for the Fourth Round will be broadcast by competition supporters BBC Essex this Friday, 11th November, at 16.30.
To listen online, visit www.bbc.co.uk/essex or tune-in to 103.5 or 95.3FM, 729, 765 or 1530MW or on DAB digital.
Quarter-Finals (by 28th January 2012)
Semi-Finals (by 3rd March 2012)
Final (TBC)