League Two
December 15, 2012
Southend United
2 - 2
Bradford City
League Two
15:00 +00:00, December 15, 2012
Roots Hall, England
Referee: Stephen Martin
Shrimpers leave it late
Scoring Summary
| Southend United | Bradford City |
|---|---|
| Ryan Cresswell (80') | Nahki Wells (28') |
| Gavin Tomlin (90') | Luke Prosser (og 64') |
Teams
| Southend United | Bradford City |
|---|---|
| 1 Paul Smith | 12 Matt Duke |
| 23 Chris Barker | 23 Rory McArdle |
| 27 Tamika Mkandawire | 3 James Meredith |
| 16 Luke Prosser | 2 Stephen Darby |
| 2 Sean Clohessy | 16 Carl McHugh |
| 6 Ryan Cresswell | 18 Gary Jones |
| 14 Kevan Hurst | 11 Garry Thompson |
| 8 Michael Timlin | 24 Nathan Doyle |
| 26 Marc Laird | 14 Will Atkinson |
| 21 Gavin Tomlin | 9 James Hanson |
| 20 Britt Assombalonga | 21 Nahki Wells |
| Substitutes | |
| 17 Daniel Bentley | Jon McLaughlan 1 |
| 3 Anthony Straker | Curtis Good 27 |
| 18 Ryan Leonard | Richard Ravenhill 4 |
| 12 Scott Donnelly | Craig Forsyth 15 |
| 11 David Martin | Blair Turgott 26 |
| 7 Freddy Eastwood | Alan Connell 17 |
| 10 Barry Corr | Zavon Hines 20 |
| Substitutions | |
| Barry Corr for Tamika Mkandawire (69) | Craig Forsyth for Garry Thompson (59) |
| Freddy Eastwood for Chris Barker (86) | Zavon Hines for Nahki Wells (71) |
| Richard Ravenhill for Nathan Doyle (81) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Michael Timlin (25) | Nathan Doyle (58) |
| · Squads: Southend United | Bradford City | |
Southend staged a stunning late fight back to secure a 2-2 draw against Bradford at Roots Hall.
The Shrimpers were 2-0 down with 10 minutes to go but claimed a share of the spoils thanks to late goals from Ryan Cresswell and Gavin Tomlin.
Prior to that, Bradford seemed set to continue their run of good results and went in front in the 27th minute with Nahki Wells tapping home from close range after his first effort had been well blocked by Luke Prosser.
The Bantams doubled their lead in the 64th minute when Will Atkinson's low right-wing cross was sliced in to his own net by Prosser.
However, the Shrimpers got back in to the game in the 80th minute when Cresswell headed home a right-wing corner from Kevan Hurst and they made sure of a point in the dying seconds when a long ball forward picked out Tomlin.
The striker showed great composure to fire home from 12 yards for his ninth goal in as many games as Southend made it 12 without defeat.