Report: Town 0-2 Southend

By Aston
March 10 2007

Town put in a totally inept performance and were deservedly beaten 2-0 by Southend at Portman Road earlier today.

For some bizarre reason the entire Town side stopped dead in their tracks waiting for the offside flag to go up against Mark Gower, but it didn’t go up and he put the ball in off the post after 35 minutes.

 

The visitors made it 2-0 7 minutes later when Town failed to deal with a free kick and Peter Clarke volleyed home.

 

Town played the final 12 minutes with 10 men after Alan Lee, who had earlier talked himself into the referee’s book, was shown a second yellow card for handball.

 

Ipswich: Price, Wright, De Vos, Bruce, Harding, Peters, Legwinski (O'Callaghan 68), Garvan, Roberts (Clarke 78), Jeffers (Haynes 27), Lee.
Subs Not Used: Supple, Wilnis.

 

Sent Off: Lee (2x yellow).

Booked: Harding, Bruce, Clarke.

 

Southend: Flahavan, Hunt, Sodje, Clarke, Francis, Campbell-Ryce, Maher, McCormack, Gower (Hammell 83), Eastwood (Moussa 90), Bradbury (Harrold 81).
Subs Not Used: Collis, Prior.

Booked: Francis, McCormack.

Goals: Gower 35, Clarke 42.

 

Attendance: 24,051

Ref: M Atkinson (W Yorkshire).

 

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