English National League

FT Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Southend United WWDWD 1
–
Rochdale WLWWW 2
1st2ndT
SOUT101
RCH112
Crown Oil Arena · 2,435 att.

Head to Head

SOUT leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

RCH · 3-5-2

  1. 1Oliver WhatmuffG
  2. 6Ethan Ebanks-LandellCD
  3. 25Callum PerryCD-L
  4. 2Kyron GordonCD-R
  5. 19Jake BurgerCM-L
  6. 4Ryan EastCM-R
  7. 8Harvey GilmourAM
  8. 22Daniel MossLM
  9. 14Tobi Adebayo-RowlingRM
  10. 40Ian HendersonCF-L
  11. 10Devante RodneyCF-R

SOUT · 5-3-2

  1. 30Collin Andeng-NdiG
  2. 15Joseph GubbinsCD
  3. 3Nathan RalphCD-L
  4. 16Harry TaylorCD-R
  5. 33Harry BoyesLB
  6. 2Gus Scott-MorrissRB
  7. 23James MortonCM
  8. 19Leon Chambers-ParillonCM-L
  9. 10Sam AustinCM-R
  10. 18Slavi SpasovCF-L
  11. 9Andrew DallasCF-R

Timeline

  1. 40' Gus Scott-Morriss (Southend United) Goal at 40'
  2. 44' Kyron Gordon (Rochdale) Goal at 44'
  3. 56' Tom Hopper (Southend United) Substitution at 56'
  4. 56' Emmanuel Dieseruvwe (Rochdale) Substitution at 56'
  5. 57' Keenan Appiah-Forson (Southend United) Substitution at 57'
  6. 72' Ben Goodliffe (Southend United) Substitution at 72'
  7. 72' Casey Pettit (Rochdale) Substitution at 72'
  8. 72' Tarryn Allarakhia (Rochdale) Substitution at 72'
  9. 73' Josh Walker (Southend United) Substitution at 73'
  10. 83' Jack Bridge (Southend United) Substitution at 83'
  11. 88' Joe Pritchard (Rochdale) Substitution at 88'
  12. 90' Harvey Gilmour (Rochdale) Goal at 90'
  13. 90'+6' Kyron Gordon (Rochdale) Yellow Card at 96'

National League News

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