Southend United and Morecambe served up a busy afternoon of football, with the visitors edging proceedings in a match that finished with Morecambe taking the points.
Gus Scott-Morriss opened the scoring on 22 minutes, giving Southend an early foothold. Morecambe responded promptly, with Harry Boyes levelling a decade later before Miguel Azeez added a third goal just before half-time to put the visitors ahead at the break. Boyes had also picked up a yellow card at that point, and the half closed with the referee reaching for his notebook again as the tempo rose.
Southend made changes through the second period, introducing Andrew Dallas shortly after the restart, though Morecambe continued to press forward with purpose. Mo Sangare came on for the visitors in the 58th minute, and within three minutes Gwion Edwards and Joe Nuttall had both been brought into the action. Josh Walker added to Morecambe's tally on 62 minutes, extending their advantage.
James Morton and Tom Hopper were introduced in the 76th minute, and Hopper made an immediate impression, scoring that same minute before completing a brace in stoppage time to secure a convincing result for Morecambe. Ben Tollitt and Paul Lewis were also exchanged around that period as both benches emptied.
Jack Bridge and Sam Austin came on late for Southend and Morecambe respectively, but the outcome had long been settled. Morecambe left with the points, their second-half display doing the damage.
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