Fleetwood Town 2-4 Southend United: result and report

League One · Saturday 23 September 2017

Result

Fleetwood Town 2-4 Southend United

League One · Saturday 23 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Fleetwood Town 2-4 Southend United: match report

Fleetwood Town lost to Southend United 2-4 in the League One on Saturday 23 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-3.

Simon Cox opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Fleetwood Town's goals came from Amari'i Bell (4') and Devante Cole (90+1'). Southend United scored through Simon Cox (2'), Stephen McLaughlin (40'), Nile Ranger (45', penalty) and Jermaine McGlashan (87').

Discipline: Fleetwood Town received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Southend United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Fleetwood Town were 8th on 13 points from 7 and Southend United 17th on 7 points from 8. Fleetwood Town went on to finish that season 14th with 57 points, and Southend United 10th with 63.

Fleetwood Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Southend United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fleetwood Town win, 6 draws and 1 for Southend United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Simon CoxSouthend United · 0-1
  • 4'Goal · Amari'i BellFleetwood Town · 1-1
  • 31'Red card · Aiden O'NeillFleetwood Town
  • 40'Goal · Stephen McLaughlinSouthend United · 1-2
  • 44'Yellow card · N. PondFleetwood Town
  • 45'Penalty goal · Nile RangerSouthend United · 1-3
  • 87'Goal · Jermaine McGlashanSouthend United · 1-4
  • 90+1'Goal · Devante ColeFleetwood Town · 2-4

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Fleetwood Town 1, draws 6, Southend United 1.

Team news

Fleetwood Town line-up (3-5-2)

Alex Cairns, Lewie Coyle, Ashley Eastham, Nathan Pond, Cian Bolger, Amari'i Bell, Aiden O'Neill, Wes Burns, Markus Schwabl, Bobby Grant, Devante Cole

Southend United line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Oxley, Anton Ferdinand, Stephen McLaughlin, Harry Kyprianou, Anthony Wordsworth, Michael Timlin, Ryan Leonard, Jason Demetriou, Josh Wright, Simon Cox, Nile Ranger