Southend beat Ewell 4-0 in a Club Friendly on 1st August 2026. The hosts controlled the tempo from the start and never really let the visitors back into the contest. By the final whistle the scoreline reflected a comfortable afternoon for the home side.
The first goal came early, in the eighth minute, and that set the pattern for the rest of the game. Southend kept their shape and worked their chances without rushing. Ewell struggled to find any rhythm and never really got going.
And here's the thing — the second goal didn't arrive until the seventy-sixth minute, which surprised me given the early lead. But Southend didn't panic. They kept possession and waited for the right moment to strike again, and by then the visitors had turned to the kids, looking for something different.
Two more goals followed in quick succession. The eighty-sixth and eighty-ninth minute strikes put the result beyond doubt. Ewell had three yellow cards by the end, which says something about their frustration, though no red cards were shown.
Southend dominated possession at 67 per cent and registered 69 attacks compared with Ewell's 53. They won four corners to four and had far fewer goal kicks, which tells you where the ball spent most of its time. The hosts never got caught out — just one offside all afternoon.
This was a friendly, so the result carries no weight in any table. But the recent form suggests Southend are building something. They drew with Leyton Orient and West Ham, lost narrowly to Northampton and Cambridge, and kept a clean sheet against Waldstone. Ewell's matches have been higher scoring, with four losses in five games.