Southend United News

CHRIS Turner has long lamented the merits of a twogoal lead; on Saturday his fears were realised.

BOWERS and Pitsea look to need a miracle if they are to make the semi-finals of the League Cup.

Coca Cola League One Venue: Roots Hall Date: Saturday, 12 December Kick-off: 1500 GMT Coverage: BBC Sport website, BBC Radio 5 live, BBC local radio, Final Score & highlights on The Football League Show TEAM NEWS Southend right-back Simon Francis serves a one-game ban meaning he will miss the clash with Hartlepool.

Suicidally careless Hartlepool United ended up on the losing side at Southend United after throwing away a comfortable two-goal lead.

Boyd Bjornsson Monkhouse Sweeney Humphreys McSweeney Hartley Liddle Collins Austin Flinders HARTLEPOOL Pools subs : Cook , Clark, Jones, Rowell, Cherel, Greulich, Fredriksen, Purvis.

Southend United manager Steve Tilson is set to extend the loan deal of defender Sean Morrison from League One rivals Swindon Town.

THE wet weather continues to cause problems for the Essex Senior Cup competition.

SOUTHEND United left Charlton Athletic with plenty of plaudits but no points on Saturday.

THE Shrimpers were unable to halt their losing streak as they went down 1-0 at The Valley to second-placed Charlton Athletic.

Crawley gave a full debut to former Southend youngster Peggy Lokando away to Gateshead today.

THREE second half goals ended a 57 year wait for Norwich City at Southend United tonight.

Charlton kept up the pressure at the League One summit by producing their first away win in nine games against struggling Brighton .

SOUTHEND United chairman Ron Martin has defended the way he runs the club and insisted it would have been a oemorally wronga to allow it to slide into administration.

LES PARRY believes the continuing commitment and enthusiasm of the players at Prenton Park is helping Tranmere's caretaker management team buck a footballing trend.

Southend United have signed striker Jabo Ibehre on a one-month loan from fellow League One side MK Dons.

SCOTT Malone is aiming to become the latest Wolves left-back to impress on loan with Southend United.

TRANMERE produced a performance of tenacity and enterprise to carve out only their fourth victory of the League One campaign at Prenton Park.

Tranmere picked up their first league points in five outings with a deserved 2-0 success over out-of-sorts Southend at Prenton Park on Tuesday.

TRANMERE face the prospect of throwing a patched-up side into tonight's League One encounter with Southend United at Prenton Park after a bug hit the camp.

Just a little pre-match research and the freelance reporter at Chesterfield a fortnight ago could have answered his own questions.