Southend United 2-2 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Wednesday 16 May 2012

Result

Southend United 2-2 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Wednesday 16 May 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Southend United 2-2 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Southend United drew with Crewe Alexandra 2-2 in the League Two on Wednesday 16 May 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

AJ Leitch-Smith opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Southend United's goals came from Neil Harris (64') and Chris Barker (88'). Crewe Alexandra scored through AJ Leitch-Smith (24') and Max Clayton (86').

Discipline: Southend United received 1 yellow card; Crewe Alexandra received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southend United were 4th on 83 points from 47 and Crewe Alexandra 7th on 73 points from 47. Southend United went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Crewe Alexandra 7th with 77.

Southend United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Southend United wins, 0 draws and 4 for Crewe Alexandra.

Going into the match Southend United's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Crewe Alexandra's W-D-D-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · AJ Leitch-SmithCrewe Alexandra · 0-1
  • 36'Yellow card · AJ Leitch-SmithCrewe Alexandra
  • 36'Yellow card · AJ Leitch-SmithCrewe Alexandra
  • 63'Yellow card · H. DavisCrewe Alexandra
  • 64'Goal · Neil HarrisSouthend United · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · N. PowellCrewe Alexandra
  • 74'Yellow card · Anthony GrantSouthend United
  • 86'Goal · Max ClaytonCrewe Alexandra · 1-2
  • 88'Goal · Chris BarkerSouthend United · 2-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Southend United 5, draws 0, Crewe Alexandra 4.

Team news

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

Cameron Belford, Sean Clohessy, Bilel Mohsni, Ryan Hall, Anthony Grant, Michael Timlin, Elliot Benyon, Freddy Eastwood, Peter Gilbert, Luke Prosser, Chris Barker

Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-4-2)

Steve Phillips, Matt Tootle, Harry Davis, Adam Dugdale, Kelvin Mellor, Ashley Westwood, Nick Powell, AJ Leitch-Smith, Byron Moore, David Artell, Lee Bell