After 80 minutes of football, it took a penalty shoot out to seperate these two fine sides in sticky conditions. Our boys set out to take the game to Southend but couldn’t break them down in the first half while Southend found chances scarce to come by too. They did take the lead just on half time with a brilliant free kick to go in 1 up. Second half saw a determined push by our boys and they created plenty chances while Tyler K was in top form keeping Southend out. Conall D grabbed the equaliser after a Ryan S free kick was parried. We continued to push for the winner but no joy. Extra time saw us create lots of chances with Richard H rattling the Southend crossbar, Ryan S and Will D also went very close to grabbing the winner. The dreaded penalty shoot out was always going to be tough and unfortunately our boys came out the wrong end of it. A brilliant , disciplined performance by all on duty for the 80 minutes. Fair play to the referee, Southend players and officials for their kind words to our lads after the game.