L2 Southend (a) Friday April 15th Ko 7.45pm L0-4

Next fixture
L2 Burton (h) Tue April 19th Ko 7.45pm D1-1
L2 Sat April 23 15:00 (A) Accrington

Current table
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/tables/cc_league2.html

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Fixtures
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/Fixtures/0,,10266,00.html

Pictures


"Last Match" Highlights on Bantams Player
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/player/LastMatch/0,,10266~1612005~36,00.html

Links

BBC's end-of-season predictor.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_3/predictor/default.stm

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Match stats
http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=234#teamTabs=results

Stats: Southend - Bradford C
Possession: 53 - 47%
Shots on target: 8 - 5
Shots off target: 4 - 2
Fouls: 11 - 16
Corners: 8 - 6

Ref: Mark Brown (E. Yorkshire)
Yellow cards:
Southend: Ferdinand (32 min.)
Bradford C: Threlfall (61 min.)

Southend: 1. Glenn Morris, 2. Sean Clohessy, 5. Graham Coughlan, 23. Chris
Barker, 16. Luke Prosser (75), 7. Anthony Grant, 31. Kane Ferdinand, 8.
Craig Easton (83), 12. Ryan Hall, 10. Barry Corr, 20. Harry Crawford (71).
SUBS: 24. Rhys Evans (GK), 17. Louie Soares, 19. Miguel Comminges, 21. Blair
Sturrock (71), 25. Teddy Nesbitt (75), 28. Kyle Asante (83), 30. Alex
Woodyard.

Bradford C: 1. Jon McLaughlin, 3. Luke O'Brien, 22. Lee Bullock, 6. Luke
Oliver, 28. Robbie Threlfall, 20. Tom Adeyemi (63), 23. David Syers, 19.
Jonathan Worthington, 9. Gareth Evans (83), 4. Michael Flynn, 11. Scott
Dobie (64).
SUBS: 40. Lenny Pidgeley (GK), 10. Jake Speight (64), 14. Leon Osborne (63),
25. Chibuzor Chilaka, 30. Adam Robinson, 31. Alex Flett, 32. Dominic Rowe
(83).


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NPower League Two
Southend U (2) 4
Bradford C (0) 0
Att: 5,217

By Simon Parker (T&A)

City were crushed 4-0 at Roots Hall tonight to stay locked in the fight for
survival.

Jon McLaughlin's reflex save kept out a Graham Coughlan header before
Southend took the lead from the penalty spot.

Luke O'Brien, forced to play right back, fouled Harry Crawford and Barry
Corr slammed the spot-kick past the diving keeper.

As Southend took control, Luke Prosser headed over from close range. But the
Shrimpers grabbed their second two minutes before the break, Anthony Grant
firing home from 25 yards with a slight deflection off Jon Worthington.

City did improve straight after the break and Tom Adeyemi was denied at the
near post. Scott Dobie missed a great chance when he tried to round the
keeper from Michael Flynn's pass.

But any slight hope of a comeback disappeared after 65 minutes when Kane
Ferdinand headed Southend's third.

Four minutes later, the Shrimpers sealed the deal with the outstanding Hall
bagging his second after a blunder from McLaughlin.

Robbie Threlfall fired a late free-kick against the bar before clearing off
the line from Coughlan in stoppage time.




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DALEY BACK WITH BRADFORD CITY
By Simon Parker (T&A)

Omar Daley has returned to City from his loan with Rotherham.

The winger was back in training with the Bantams this morning (Saturday) ahead of
Tuesday's important home clash with Burton.

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STUART McCALL'S MOTHERWELL REACH SCOTTISH CUP FINAL

Motherwell secured a comfortable passage through to the final of the
Scottish Cup as a three goal first half blitz from Stuart McCall's men saw
them breeze past St Johnstone (3-0) at Hampden.

The Steelmen will now look to replicate the triumph of 1991, and the three
goal victory over the Perth side gives the former Bantam the chance to lift
silverware within the first six months of his Fir Park reign. They will
return to Hampden next month to face either Celtic or Aberdeen in the final.

McCall said: "First and foremost I'm absolutely delighted to be in the
final. I think we probably merited it but I looked at the clock after 25
minutes and we were 2-0 up and not really played to be honest. We got a goal
from a set-piece and a bit of individual brilliance from Jamie Murphy. I
said prior to the game we had players in the team like Murphy who could
produce a bit of individual brilliance and he certainly did that."

"Without being too negative, we could have played better in the first 45
minutes. St Johnstone had a lot of possession but the third goal was a
terrific goal, a good lay-off from Franny (Jeffers) and a great finish from
Sutty. The bits of excellence we got the two goals from and Lasley and
Murphy just went wide of the post. We played in little spells, if these
little spells are good enough to get you goals then great. In fairness to St
Johnstone they certainly deserved a goal in the second half but, all in all,
job done."

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