Southend United 2-1 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 14 February 2009

Result

Southend United 2-1 Tranmere Rovers

League One · Saturday 14 February 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Southend United 2-1 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Southend United beat Tranmere Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 14 February 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Theo Robinson opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Southend United's goals came from Theo Robinson (3') and Kevin Betsy (90'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Ian Thomas-Moore (63', penalty).

Discipline: Southend United received no yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southend United were 14th on 34 points from 28 and Tranmere Rovers 8th on 47 points from 29. Southend United went on to finish that season 8th with 71 points, and Tranmere Rovers 7th with 74.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Southend United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Tranmere Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Theo RobinsonSouthend United · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · B. SavageTranmere Rovers
  • 57'Yellow card · Gareth EddsTranmere Rovers
  • 63'Penalty goal · Ian Thomas-MooreTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 90'Goal · Kevin BetsySouthend United · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Ian Thomas-MooreTranmere Rovers

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Southend United 0, draws 1, Tranmere Rovers 2.