Southend United just love their cup trips to Colchester's Layer Road ground.

In five outings in the various competitions over 48 years the Shrimpers have emerged triumphant no fewer than four times.

They won 4-1 (FA Cup first round 1956); 4-3 (Littlewoods League up round one 1989) followed by 3-2 (LDV Vans Trophy Southern Area Final last year) and last night's dramatic 5-3 penalty shoot-out win in the opening round of the same tournament after the teams had shared a 1-1 draw after extratime.

And with the clock ticking round to 10.46pm, substitute Jimmy Corbett, who had only been on the pitch three minutes, stepped up to fire in the all important spot-kick.

The Shrimpers former Ipswich Town schoolboy Tes Bramble and Colchester's ex-West Ham Australian Under-23 international Richard Garcia had already hit the goals that took the tie into extra-time.

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Published Thursday, September 30, 2004

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