Football League Division One · 1st Team · 1996/97 Full time
Reading 3 Southend United Lost 2
Saturday 22 February 1997
Goalscorers
Southend United
11 of 11 recorded| 1 | Simon Royce | |
| 2 | Andy Harris | |
| 3 | Keith Dublin | |
| 4 | Mark McNally | |
| 5 | Leo Roget | |
| 6 | Adem Poric | |
| 7 | Phil Gridelet | |
| 8 | Mike Marsh | |
| 9 | Jeroen Boere | |
| 10 | Andy Thomson | |
| 11 | Paul Byrne | |
| Substitutes | ||
| 12 | Andy Rammell | for 10 |
| 13 | Julian Hails | for 11 |
| 14 | Paul Williams | for 13 |