English National League

FT Sunday, June 1, 2025
Southend United WWDWW 2
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Oldham Athletic DLWWW 3
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SOUT10102
OLD01023
Wembley Stadium · 52,115 att.

Match Report

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Oldham Athletic spell comeback to beat Southend United in playoff final thriller

Oldham Athletic will return to the Football League after twice coming from behind to beat Southend United in extra-time at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.

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Head to Head

SOUT leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

OLD · 3-5-2

  1. 1Matthew HudsonG
  2. 16Charlie RaglanCD
  3. 6Emmanuel MontheCD-L
  4. 2Reagan OgleCD-R
  5. 4Thomas PettCM-L
  6. 24Corry EvansCM-R
  7. 28Vimal YoganathanAM
  8. 3Mark KitchingLM
  9. 29Joe PritchardRM
  10. 14Joe GarnerCF-L
  11. 9Mike Fondop-TalomCF-R

SOUT · 3-5-2

  1. 1Nicholas HayesG
  2. 20Ben GoodliffeCD
  3. 3Nathan RalphCD-L
  4. 16Harry TaylorCD-R
  5. 17Cavanagh MileyCM-L
  6. 22Keenan Appiah-ForsonCM-R
  7. 8Noor HusinAM
  8. 7Jack BridgeLM
  9. 2Gus Scott-MorrissRM
  10. 24Charley KendallCF-L
  11. 21Tom HopperCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Emmanuel Monthe (Oldham Athletic) Own Goal at 5'
  2. 8' Cavanagh Miley (Southend United) Yellow Card at 8'
  3. 45'+2' Joe Pritchard (Oldham Athletic) Yellow Card at 47'
  4. 48' Joe Garner (Oldham Athletic) Penalty - Scored at 48'
  5. 64' Macauley Bonne (Southend United) Substitution at 64'
  6. 64' Leon Chambers-Parillon (Southend United) Substitution at 64'
  7. 67' Jesurun Uchegbulam (Oldham Athletic) Substitution at 67'
  8. 75' James Norwood (Oldham Athletic) Substitution at 75'
  9. 77' Oliver Coker (Southend United) Substitution at 77'
  10. 79' Corry Evans (Oldham Athletic) Yellow Card at 79'
  11. 84' Tom Conlon (Oldham Athletic) Substitution at 84'
  12. 90' Tom Hopper (Southend United) Yellow Card at 90'
  13. 90'+2' Emmanuel Monthe (Oldham Athletic) Yellow Card at 92'
  14. 90'+3' Josh Walker (Southend United) Substitution at 93'
  15. 91' Leon Chambers-Parillon (Southend United) Goal at 91'
  16. 98' Shaun Hobson (Oldham Athletic) Substitution at 98'
  17. 100' Shaun Hobson (Oldham Athletic) Yellow Card at 100'
  18. 101' Kian Harratt (Oldham Athletic) Substitution at 101'
  19. 110' James Norwood (Oldham Athletic) Goal at 110'
  20. 112' Kian Harratt (Oldham Athletic) Goal at 112'
  21. 114' Joseph Gubbins (Southend United) Substitution at 114'
  22. 114' Jordan Rossiter (Oldham Athletic) Substitution at 114'

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