match report
coca-cola championship | saturday 9th september 2006 | roots hall

Southend United		0-0		Sheffield Wednesday
Attendance: 9,639 Referee: R Beeby

starting eleven
Southend 4-4-2 | Wednesday 4-4-2

flahavan	jones
francis	simek
clarke	bougherra
barrett	coughlan
hammell	spurr
campbell-ryce	sam
maher	adams
guttridge	whelan
gower	o'brien
eastwood	burton
paynter	tudgay

substitutes

hooper - eastwood (83 mins)	brunt - sam (60 mins)
harrold - paynter (83 mins)	bullen - adams (60 mins)
hunt	lunt - tudgay (86 mins)
cole	adamson
collis	mcallister

the report

Wednesday's woodwork woes

Wednesday's sluggish start to the new season continued at newly promoted Southend United as the Owls were held to a 0-0 stalemate. Glenn Whelan twice hit the woodwork and Burton O'Brien also went close. Chris Brunt could've won the game late on but in the end both sides had to settle for a point.

Sturrock verdict:

"I was disappointed but our confidence has been eroded. We have hit the woodwork so many times it is unbelievable. We could have got a penalty but I'm not going to whinge because not many teams are going to come here and win."

"Winning at home is the problem. We have a lot of injury problems - I don't need big money, I want my squad fit."