Southend United = Commentaminute

Opinion: Ben Coker was my man of the match (and last season's playoffs).

Southend v. Peterborough – United in football

1: Familiar face spotted from the playoffs at the end of last season, Ben Coker the left back.

2: Peterborough free kick headed over the bar.

3: It is all Peterborough.

4: Timlin challenge results in a free kick.

5: Peterborough corner taken short and wasted.

6: Dave Robertson, Peterborough manager, whistles at his players.

7: Ryan Leonard of Southend aims a shot at the moon.

8: Two players on the ground in the Peterborough area but nothing is given.

9: Santos of Peterborough blocks the shot.

10: Peterborough earn yet another corner.

11: Timlin heads the ball off the line to save a certain goal.

12: Mooney heads a decent cross over the bar.

13: Mooney v. Santos battle results in great noise from the crowd as Santos pushes Mooney over.

14: Ricardo Santos is shown close up after Michael Timlin shows the referee what he did.

15: Great free kick down the wing comes to nothing.

16: Hunt and Mooney get in each other’s way as a good chance results in no goal.

17: Santos clearly shoves Mooney to the ground. Southend free kick.

18: Midfield challenges demonstrate that both teams want to win this.

19: Free kick to Peterborough near the centre circle.

20: Peterborough goal kick.

21: Corner to Peterborough.

22: Daniel Bentley punches the ball clear.

23: Leonard wing to wing pass to Worrall who passes back to White who then crosses to Mooney.

24: Peterborough’s Jon Taylor hits the side netting.

25: Ben Alnwick in the Peterborough goal holds onto the cross.

26: Another Southend attack comes to nothing.

27: Phil Brown appears with a notepad while shouting at his players.

28: Joe Gormley controls the ball into touch.

29: Nothing happened.

30: Good move by Peterborough but no strike on goal.

31: GOAL FOR SOUTHEND – Adam Barrett hacks the ball in.

32: Phil Brown puts that happy frown on his face.

33: Mooney shoots and Alnwick saves.

34: Peterborough shot into the upper tier of the stand.

35: Ball across the Southend goal but no Peterborough players to connect with it.

36: Maddison shot blocked by the defender.

37: Barry Fry is sat in the stands admiring his Peterborough team.

38: Washington fouls Coker to give Southend a free kick.

39: Leonard proves that shooting is not an easy skill as he passes to the grandstand.

40: Brain dead now.

41: GREAT tackle by Southend.

42: Peterborough get a free kick.

43: The game is looking tired now.

44: Maddison shot well saved by Daniel Bentley.

45: One Minute of Time to be added.

46: The first half peters out with Southend 1-0 up.

SECOND HALF

46: Hectic but uncontrolled start to the second half.

47: They are changing the football as something is wrong with it.

48: Maddison goes down in the area and Southend get a goal kick.

49: Southend are offside.

50: Peterborough kick the ball out.

51: Southend get caught, recover and play the ball back to Bentley.

52: Peterborough corner comes to nothing.

53: Peterborough hit the crossbar.

54: Peterborough get another corner.

55: Peterborough get another corner.

56: Alnwick makes a great save to keep Peterborough in the match.

57: Bentley catches the ball one handed to prevent a Peterborough chance.

58: Peterborough corner played short and shot over.

59: Phil Brown croaks something unintelligible.

60: Period of to and fro.

61: Ben Coker heads a shot off the line.

62: Long throw from Leonard leads to a headed chance for Southend.

63: Ryan Leonard dives in the box and gets booked for trying to con the referee.

64: Ben Coker controls the ball back to Bentley with his chest.

65: Wordsworth shoots the ball over the bar.

66: Peterborough work a chance but shoot across the goal.

67: Wife interrupted my viewing and I am not going to rewind.

68: Thank you wife for this lovely cup of tea in front of me.

69: Hunt heads Southend into a two goal lead.

70: Replay shows an inch perfect cross from Ben Coker onto Hunt’s head.

71: Michael Timlin is lucky to get away with a robust challenge.

72: A quiet minute.

73: Another quiet minute.

74: Timlin shoots over the bar.

75: Mooney puts a great chance just wide of the post.

76: On Target stats appear – Southend 7 Peterborough 1.

77: What do you call a group of bankers? A wunch!

78: Lovely tippy tappy stuff from Southend, I could watch this lot.

79: Ben Coker tidies up nicely once again.

80: Southend knock the ball across the face of the Peterborough net.

81: Free kick to Peterborough.

82: Quick break from Southend looks good but comes to nothing.

83: Joe Pigott comes on as substitute for Noel Hunt.

84: Free kick to Peterborough in the centre circle.

85: Southend clear easily with a solid defence.

86: WORRALL and WHITE work a good chance but it travels across goal.

87: Stephen McLaughlin comes on to replace David Worrall.

88: Word is passed that there will be 4 additional minutes.

89: McLaughlin gives the ball away and Maddison scores for Peterborough.

90: Luke O’Neill comes on for David Mooney, a defender for a striker.

91: Ryan Leonard races from the half way line to take the ball into the corner.

92: Maddison shoots over the bar for Peterborough.

93: Foul by Peterborough on McLaughlin near the corner flag.

94: Two Peterborough players manhandle a blue shirt in the corner.

95: Peterborough Corner with Alnwick in the Southend area.

The referee blows the final whistle and Southend have won 2-1.