Southend United 0-1 Boreham Wood
Boreham Wood survived a pair of second-half red cards to open their National League campaign with a 1-0 win at Southend.
The Wood went ahead just short of the half-hour mark as two new signings combined, Danny Newton poking home after Dion Kelly-Evans had delivered a low cross after being released down the right wing.
Callum Powell drew a save from Nathan Ashmore with a bending effort shortly after the hour, before Chris Wreh did likewise with a header soon after as Southend chased a leveller.
The Wood were reduced to 10 men with 18 minutes to play when Lee Ndlovu was dismissed after catching Ollie Kensdale with an arm, and they lost Kelly-Evans at the end after a late challenge on Tom Clifford.
Match report supplied by PA Media
Line-ups
Southend
Formation 5-3-2
- 1Arnold
- 16Taylor
- 3Ralph
- 12Clifford
- 5Hobson
- 6Kensdale
- 17Miley
- 7BridgeSubstituted forPowellat 46′minutes
- 8Husin
- 22MooneySubstituted forFonguckat 84′minutes
- 39HydeSubstituted forWrehat 12′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Lomas
- 11Powell
- 18Fonguck
- 19Wreh
- 27Crowhurst
Boreham Wood
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Ashmore
- 5Evans
- 12Fyfield
- 17Payne
- 3Ilesanmi
- 2Kelly-EvansBooked at 89mins
- 4Ricketts
- 19Esteves Sousa
- 20BruntSubstituted forReesat 77′minutes
- 9NdlovuBooked at 72mins
- 11NewtonBooked at 45minsSubstituted forElliottat 71′minutes
Substitutes
- 6Stephens
- 7Rees
- 10Marsh
- 14Elliott
- 15Lewis
- Referees:
- Robert Massey-Ellis
- Attendance:
- 5,681
Live Text
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Match ends, Southend United 0, Boreham Wood 1.
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Second Half ends, Southend United 0, Boreham Wood 1.
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Dion Kelly-Evans (Boreham Wood) is shown the red card.
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Substitution, Southend United. Wesley Fonguck replaces Dan Mooney.
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Substitution, Boreham Wood. Josh Rees replaces Zak Brunt.
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Second yellow card to Lee Ndlovu (Boreham Wood) for a bad foul.
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Substitution, Boreham Wood. Daniel Elliott replaces Danny Newton.
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Substitution, Southend United. Callum Powell replaces Jack Bridge.
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Second Half begins Southend United 0, Boreham Wood 1.
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First Half ends, Southend United 0, Boreham Wood 1.
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Danny Newton (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Lee Ndlovu (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Goal! Southend United 0, Boreham Wood 1. Danny Newton (Boreham Wood).
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Substitution, Southend United. Chris Wreh replaces Jake Hyde.
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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.