English National League

FT Saturday, November 29, 2025
Southend United LDLWW 1
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Forest Green Rovers LWWWD 2
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The Bolt New Lawn · 2,659 att.

Head to Head

SOUT leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

FGR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 42Harvey IstedG
  2. 32Abraham KanuCD-L
  3. 6Laurent MendyCD-R
  4. 24Jili BuyabuLB
  5. 11Tom KnowlesRB
  6. 25Harry WhitwellAM
  7. 16Harvey BunkerLM
  8. 8Nick HaughtonRM
  9. 27Temi BabalolaF
  10. 14Jayden ClarkeAM-L
  11. 7Kyle McAllisterAM-R

SOUT · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Nicholas HayesG
  2. 6Ben GoodliffeCD
  3. 3Nathan RalphCD-L
  4. 15Joseph GubbinsCD-R
  5. 17Cavanagh MileySW
  6. 10Sam AustinCM-L
  7. 28Oliver CokerCM-R
  8. 33Harry BoyesLM
  9. 2Gus Scott-MorrissRM
  10. 18Slavi SpasovCF-L
  11. 9Andrew DallasCF-R

Timeline

  1. 43' Joseph Gubbins (Southend United) Yellow Card at 43'
  2. 45' Harry Whitwell (Forest Green Rovers) Yellow Card at 45'
  3. 59' Jack Bridge (Southend United) Substitution at 59'
  4. 65' Aidan Dausch (Forest Green Rovers) Substitution at 65'
  5. 66' Laurent Mendy (Forest Green Rovers) Yellow Card at 66'
  6. 68' Slavi Spasov (Southend United) Goal at 68'
  7. 71' Cavanagh Miley (Southend United) Yellow Card at 71'
  8. 75' Nicholas Hayes (Southend United) Yellow Card at 75'
  9. 78' Harry Whitwell (Forest Green Rovers) Goal at 78'
  10. 80' Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers) Goal at 80'
  11. 81' Tom Hopper (Southend United) Substitution at 81'
  12. 81' James Morton (Southend United) Substitution at 81'
  13. 82' Isaac Moore (Forest Green Rovers) Substitution at 82'
  14. 86' Jordan Moore-Taylor (Forest Green Rovers) Substitution at 86'
  15. 90'+2' Josh Walker (Southend United) Substitution at 92'

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