Football League Division Two · 1st Team · 1997/98 Full time
Walsall 3 Southend United Lost 1
Saturday 30 August 1997
Goalscorers
Southend United
11 of 11 recorded| 1 | Simon Royce | |
| 2 | Andy Harris | |
| 3 | Nathan Jones | |
| 4 | George Parris | |
| 5 | Leo Roget | |
| 6 | Keith Dublin | |
| 7 | Paul Byrne | |
| 8 | Carl Beeston | |
| 9 | Jeroen Boere | |
| 10 | Paul Williams | |
| 11 | Adrian Clarke | |
| Substitutes | ||
| 12 | Julian Hails | for 7 |
| 13 | Andy Rammell | for 10 |
| 14 | Phil Gridelet | for 4 |