Crewe Alexandra 3-4 Southend United: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 September 2008

Result

Crewe Alexandra 3-4 Southend United

League One · Saturday 20 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Crewe Alexandra 3-4 Southend United: match report

Crewe Alexandra were beaten by Southend United 3-4 in the League One on Saturday 20 September 2008. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Dougie Freedman opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from M. O'Connor (25'), Tom Pope (42') and Calvin Makongo Zola (66'). Southend United scored through Dougie Freedman (4'), an own goal by Julien Baudet (21'), Dougie Freedman (69') and Anthony Grant (88').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received no yellow cards; Southend United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 18th on 6 points from 6 and Southend United 16th on 7 points from 6. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 22nd with 46 points, and Southend United 8th with 71.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Crewe Alexandra wins, 0 draws and 2 for Southend United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Dougie FreedmanSouthend United · 0-1
  • 21'Own goal · Julien BaudetSouthend United · 0-2
  • 25'Goal · M. O'ConnorCrewe Alexandra · 1-2
  • 42'Goal · Tom PopeCrewe Alexandra · 2-2
  • 66'Goal · Calvin Makongo ZolaCrewe Alexandra · 3-2
  • 69'Goal · Dougie FreedmanSouthend United · 3-3
  • 86'Yellow card · Kevin BetsySouthend United
  • 88'Goal · Anthony GrantSouthend United · 3-4

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 0, draws 0, Southend United 2.