Southend United 1-3 Gillingham: result and report

League One · Saturday 6 August 2016

Result

Southend United 1-3 Gillingham

League One · Saturday 6 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Southend United 1-3 Gillingham: match report

Southend United lost to Gillingham 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 6 August 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Stephen McLaughlin opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Southend United's goal came from Stephen McLaughlin (23'). Gillingham scored through Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (38'), Max Ehmer (47') and Emmanuel Osadebe (79').

Discipline: Southend United received no yellow cards; Gillingham received 2 yellow cards.

Southend United went on to finish that season 7th with 72 points, and Gillingham 20th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southend United wins, 4 draws and 3 for Gillingham.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Stephen McLaughlinSouthend United · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Jay Emmanuel-ThomasGillingham · 1-1
  • 47'Goal · Max EhmerGillingham · 1-2
  • 61'Yellow card · J. WrightGillingham
  • 77'Yellow card · Stuart NelsonGillingham
  • 79'Goal · Emmanuel OsadebeGillingham · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southend United 3, draws 4, Gillingham 3.

Team news

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Southend United line-up

Mark Oxley, Ben Coker, Adam Thompson, Adam Barrett, Stephen McLaughlin, Will Atkinson, Jermaine McGlashan, Ryan Leonard, Jason Demetriou, David Mooney, Simon Cox

Gillingham line-up

Stuart Nelson, Max Ehmer, Paul Konchesky, Ryan Jackson, Deji Oshilaja, Emmanuel Osadebe, Bradley Dack, Mark Byrne, Josh Wright, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Cody McDonald