Southend United v FC Halifax Town LIVE

Just been pitchside. Town players and staff in good spirits. Lovely sunny afternoon here. A good afternoon’s football in store hopefully

Another big game for The Shaymen this afternoon at Roots Hall in the race for promotion. Not expecting Southend to play like a team with nothing to play for, even though they are. But having said that, I think there’s a chance for Town to come here and grab the game by the scruff of the neck, show just how much they want promotion and get a positive result. Don’t think a point would be a bad result at all, as long as they win against Yeovil next Saturday. Would have thought a draw would be the likeliest result but we’ll see.

Southend: P43, W16, D8, L19, F48, A65

Halifax: P45, W26, D9, L10, F, A42

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Eastleigh v Barnet

Solihull M v Aldershot

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Welcome to our live coverage of FC Halifax Town’s National League game against Southend United, live from Roots Hall. We’ll bring you all the updates from the game as they happen, plus an on-the-whistle match report and post-match reaction from Town boss Pete Wild on the Courier website.