Southend United 0 Gillingham 0 - Southend won 4-3 on penalties
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Gillingham's players watch the penalty
shoot-out Picture: Barry
Goodwin
by Luke Cawdell
Gillingham suffered penalty heartache
in the first round of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy.
Southend won the match at Roots Hall
4-3 in sudden death after the game ended goalless in normal
time.
Neither team were able to find the
target in the opening 45 minutes but both went close.
Gillingham’s best first half chances
came early in the game, with Luke Rooney shooting wide and Cody
McDonald sending a downward header just the wrong side of the
post.
With 18 minutes gone former Gills
transfer target Barry Corr had a shot that was tipped over by
keeper Lance Cronin.
Later in the half Cronin again made a
good save, this time with his legs, as he denied Adam Bouzid.
Southend came close to winning it late
on when Barry Fuller’s tackle on Matt Paterson fell to Blair
Sturrock but Cronin saved well.
Jack Payne had a good chance with
six minutes left but struck the shot over the bar from on the edge
of the box.
During the shoot-out John Nutter,
Kevin Maher and Mark McCammon scored and Cronin saved two from
Southend, but it wasn’t enough, as Sturrock scored the
deciding spot kick after Payne missed his in
sudden-death.
Gills: Cronin,
Fuller, Nutter, Gowling, Sinclair, J Payne, Spiller, Maher, Rooney
(Barcham 60mins), McCammon, McDonald (S Payne 68mins). Subs:
Julian, White, Essam.
Southend: Evans,
Gilbert, Bouzid (Soares 46mins), Simpson, Mohsni, Grant, Easton,
Hall (Zaaboub 46mins), Sturrock, Barker, Corr (Paterson 64mins).
Subs: Morris, Coughlan.
Attendance: 3,073
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Tuesday, August 31 2010
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