League Two
December 21, 2012
Southend United
3 - 0
Chesterfield
League Two
19:45 +00:00, December 21, 2012
Roots Hall, England
Referee: R Lewis
Shrimpers ease past Spireites
Scoring Summary
| Southend United | Chesterfield |
|---|---|
| Ryan Cresswell (51') | |
| Gavin Tomlin (61') | |
| Gavin Tomlin (69') |
Teams
| Southend United | Chesterfield |
|---|---|
| 1 Paul Smith | 1 Tommy Lee |
| 23 Chris Barker | 6 Sam Hird |
| 27 Tamika Mkandawire | 3 Nathan Smith |
| 16 Luke Prosser | 31 Liam Cooper |
| 2 Sean Clohessy | 12 Tendayi Darwikwa |
| 6 Ryan Cresswell | 8 Sam Togwell |
| 14 Kevan Hurst | 25 Drew Talbot |
| 8 Michael Timlin | 23 Mark Randall |
| 26 Marc Laird | 34 James O'Shea |
| 21 Gavin Tomlin | 9 Marc Richards |
| 20 Britt Assombalonga | 37 Luis Boa Morte |
| Substitutes | |
| 17 Daniel Bentley | Richard O'Donnell 13 |
| 15 Mark Phillips | Terrell Forbes 4 |
| 3 Anthony Straker | Conor Townsend 33 |
| 12 Scott Donnelly | Craig Clay 15 |
| 11 David Martin | Scott Boden 18 |
| 7 Freddy Eastwood | Jonathan Wafula 22 |
| 10 Barry Corr | Brennan Dickenson 38 |
| Substitutions | |
| Freddy Eastwood for Gavin Tomlin (82) | Scott Boden for Marc Richards (44) |
| Barry Corr for Britt Assombalonga (82) | Brennan Dickenson for Luis Boa Morte (66) |
| Anthony Straker for Chris Barker (85) | Craig Clay for Mark Randall (72) |
| · Squads: Southend United | Chesterfield | |
Gavin Tomlin's second-half brace fired Southend to a 3-0 win against Chesterfield at Roots Hall.
The striker took his tally to 11 goals in 10 games with two fine efforts after Ryan Cresswell had opened the scoring.
The Shrimpers were easily able to make it 13 matches unbeaten as they moved up to fourth place in League Two.
Defender Cresswell put Southend in front in the 51st minute when he volleyed home his eighth goal of the season from 12 yards after Marc Laird's shot from Michael Timlin's cross had been blocked.
Paul Sturrock's side doubled their lead 10 minutes later when Tomlin swapped passes with Kevan Hurst before charging in to the box and heading home the midfielder's right-wing cross from 12 yards.
Tomlin was at it again in the 69th minute with the best goal of the night as he nodded in a chipped left-wing cross from Chris Barker following a number of successive passes.