Southend United 2-1 Blackpool: result and report

League One · Saturday 30 September 2017

Result

Southend United 2-1 Blackpool

League One · Saturday 30 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Southend United 2-1 Blackpool: match report

Southend United defeated Blackpool 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 30 September 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

A. Wordsworth opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Southend United's goals came from A. Wordsworth (5') and Simon Cox (46'). Blackpool scored through Kyle Vassell (56').

Discipline: Southend United received 3 yellow cards; Blackpool received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Southend United were 14th on 13 points from 10 and Blackpool 6th on 18 points from 10. Southend United went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Blackpool 12th with 60.

Southend United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackpool in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southend United win, 0 draws and 1 for Blackpool.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · A. WordsworthSouthend United · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Ryan LeonardSouthend United
  • 46'Goal · Simon CoxSouthend United · 2-0
  • 56'Goal · Kyle VassellBlackpool · 2-1
  • 71'Yellow card · M. TimlinSouthend United
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Jason DimitriouSouthend United
  • 90+4'Missed penalty · Jimmy RyanBlackpool

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Southend United 1, draws 0, Blackpool 1.

Team news

Southend United line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Oxley, Anton Ferdinand, Stephen McLaughlin, Harry Kyprianou, Anthony Wordsworth, Michael Timlin, Ryan Leonard, Jason Demetriou, Josh Wright, Simon Cox, Nile Ranger

Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)

Ryan Allsop, Clark Robertson, Curtis Tilt, Ollie Turton, Colin Daniel, Sessi D'Almeida, Jimmy Ryan, Sean Longstaff, Viv Solomon-Otabor, K. Vassell, Nathan Delfouneso