Andre Blackman; searching for a new club since last October
Still only 19 Blackman must be tough as he's been a youth for both North London clubs and may well know the Arsenal boys that have signed for the Shrimpers recently.
Has played all along the left hand side in his time, the teenager will be used as a left winger Wednesday afternoon against Roy Keane's Tractor Boys.
Andre signed a two-year contract at Championship Bristol City in July 2009 and turned out twice for the Ashton Gate club in the Carling Cup.
However, he was released from that deal in October of last year.
As expected it's a stronger side that took on Colchester last time out, and lost 5-1, but Ipswich have announced an experienced side that will be tough to beat, though Ricky Duncan's team held them to a 2-2 draw last month.
Former ManU winger Lee Martin is in the Tractor Boy squad after being out with a hamstring injury, along with Connor Wickham, Devann Yeo, Reggie Lambe and Shane O'Connor.
Brian Murphy is included, even though he was on the bench for last night's Ipswich Town defeat at Peterborough, a loss that places the first team back in the relegation mire. Know how it feels lads.
For the Blues it'll be interesting how Spencer and Paterson work together, could be a first team strike force of the future, but no Dougie Freedman, probably getting too old for this sort of thing!
Free admission to those who brave the cold.
Southend United: Bentley, Sankofa, Herd, James-Lewis, Whittaker, Osifuwa, Asante, Dennis, Spencer, Paterson, Blackman.
Subs: Chambers, Milner, Stevens, Owinja, Woodward.
The Blackman Files
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andre Blackman | |
| Date of birth | 10 November 1990 (1990-11-10) | |
| Place of birth | London, England | |
| Playing position | Left footed utility player | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Unattached | |
| Number | - | |
| Youth career | ||
| 200?-2006 2006-2007 2007-2009 | Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 2009 | Bristol City | 0 (0) |
| ||
(Player information supplied by Wikipedia, for the full article go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Blackman)