PREVIEW: WEALDSTONE vs Southend Utd
- Aryan Jolly
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The Stones end the 2025/26 Enterprise National League season by travelling to Southend United, with the game set to be somewhat of an early preview of the FA Trophy Final.
The Basics
Date: Saturday, April 25
Venue: Roots Hall Stadium, Victoria Avenue, SS2 6NQ
Competition: The Enterprise National League
Kick Off Time: 12:30 pm
Broadcast Information: The game will be available to watch live via DAZN
News From The Vale
Following the Stones’ final home game of the season last week, the club held its annual end-of-season awards ceremony in collaboration with the Wealdstone FC Supporters’ Club. The award winners were as follows:
Wealdstone FC Supporters Club Player Of The Season - Deon Woodman
Players' Player Of The Season - Micah Obiero
Women's Player Of The Season - Avril Clarke
Academy Player Of The Season - Kai Bartolo
Junior Stones Player Of The Season - Dante Baptiste
StonesCast Player Of The Year - Nathan Tshikuna
Moment Of The Season - Micah Obiero’s injury-time winner against Marine AFC
Supporter Of The Season - Phil Jeffreson
A deluge of information has been released about the FA Trophy Final in recent weeks. Make sure to check out the club’s dedicated Wembley website, https://wembley.wealdstone-fc.com/, to find out all of the latest information.
In addition to the merchandise available on the Wembley site, our partners Kelme are offering an excellent range of official apparel ahead of the final. You can purchase match kits and training wear with Wembley printing by clicking this link: https://wealdstonefcstore.co.uk/collections/official-fa-trophy-final-range.
The latest edition of the Stonesshot, the club’s official email bulletin, was sent out earlier this week. It contains further details about proceedings at The Vale on the day of the FA Trophy Final, and potential collection dates for Wembley fan merchandise.
If you would like to join the mailing list and find out detailed information about what’s going on at The Vale, click here.
The Opposition
Recent form: WDWWL
League Position: 6th
Saturday’s opposition are familiar opponents, the Stones having already played and beaten Southend twice this campaign.
Kevin Maher’s side have once again put together a strong run of form in the latter part of the season, this time securing themselves a playoff berth with games to spare.
However, a defeat against Hartlepool United on Tuesday night put an end to any hopes the Shrimpers had of securing a home tie in the semi-finals of the playoffs.
The reverse fixtures: As previously mentioned, this will be the third time Wealdstone face Kevin Maher’s side this season, and the previous two meetings have gone the way of the Stones.
The Shrimpers travelled to The Vale at the start of September, and the Stones secured a three-two victory in an entertaining game.
Enzio Boldewijn opened the scoring in the 22nd minute before Southend scored an incredibly lucky equalising goal just before the half-an-hour mark.
But the Stones had the better of general play throughout the game, and a quick-fire double from Sean Adarkwa, either side of the 70-minute mark, was enough to secure the victory, even if Gus Scott-Morriss’ 84th-minute goal from a free-kick did put some pressure on the Stones in the dying minutes.
The sides then faced each other in the FA Cup almost exactly two months later, and the game was defined by the dismissal of Southend’s Ben Goodliffe in the 17th minute after he hauled down a Stones attacker who was running through on goal.
Just two minutes later, Olufela Olomola scored the only goal of the game, sweeping Dom Hutchinson’s cross past Nick Hayes.
Both sides forced the opposition goalkeepers to make a couple of good saves throughout the remainder of the contest, but the scoreline remained the same and the Stones knocked the Shrimpers out of the FA Cup.
The danger man - Gus Scott-Morriss: Southend United’s right-back is perhaps one of the most unique players to play in the National League in recent years, and he has achieved tremendous individual success.
Scott-Morriss scored a remarkable 17 goals in the league last campaign, and he has come close to matching that number this season.
Th2 8-year-old is a threat from set pieces, as Stones fans will remember from the first game against Southend this season, but he is also adept at making late runs into the box and finding himself on the end of crosses.
Buy Your Tickets Now!
The Stones could secure their highest-ever finish in the National League with a good result on Saturday, and it is also the final chance to give the players a send-off before they take to the field at Wembley, so make sure to buy your tickets via the link below!