Cheltenham Town 1 Southend United 2

Barry Corr and Kevan Hurst are on a mission to settle some unfinished business at Wembley.

The pair grabbed a goal each to keep Southend firmly in the play-off race.

Striker Corr, 29, cancelled out Byron Harrison's first half opener in the 64th minute, shortly after coming on as a substitute, before revealing:

"We lost in the Johnstone's Paint final at Wembley last season. I was on the bench and gutted not to play. I'd love to be back in the starting eleven and win there."

Corr was making his first appearance after completing a three match ban following a red card picked up against Bury. He said:

"It was unfortunate and a bit silly from me, so it was good to get the goal to repay the boys a bit. That's three wins on the bounce for us and at this time of the season building some momentum as you go into the play-offs.

And winger Hurst, 28, is determined to banish his own bad memories of Wembley. He explained:

"I've been there five times and only won once when I was with Scunthorpe when they were promoted, but I was injured and missed the final. Hopefully it will be sixth time lucky for me."

Delighted Shrimpers manager Phil Brown was especially pleased for Corr and said:

"It was brilliant for Barry who has had a bit of a tough time. He has had a harsh red card and a three-game ban. He then has to suffer the indignity of a club fine. To have him on the bench was just fantastic."

Furious Cheltenham boss Mark Yates called his players 'pathetic' and said:

"Maybe it is time to give one or two of the young kids a game - I can't wait for this season to end."

It was Brown's inspired substitution that kept Southend in the play-off places and killed off Cheltenham's lingering hopes.

Brown brought on Corr in the 62nd minute to ruffle the Robins' feathers.

Former Sunderland boss Brown added:

"One or two harsh words were said at half time. We made substitutions in a positive manner and it got us the win. Barry has worked hard for us and deserved his goal."

Striker Corr drilled in a low shot from just inside the area for his ninth goal of the season.

Hurst sealed the win three minutes later when he raced on to a defence splitting pass from midfielder Ryan Leonard and chipped in his twelfth goal of the campaign over keeper Scott Brown from twelve yards.

Striker Byron Harrison had opened the scoring for Cheltenham in added time at the end of the first half.

Winger Jermaine McGlashan laid the ball back to the edge of the box and Harrison drilled a low shot past keeper Daniel Bentley to notch up his fourteenth goal of the season.

But Yates blasted:

"The players know that I'm the angriest man in the world tonight. We stopped doing our jobs for ten minutes."

Lee Barnard had four chances to put Southend up before the break.

In the sixteenth minute Brown did well to block Barnard's shot from the edge of the box and eight minutes later the striker saw a shot from fourteen yards bobble past the upright.

Barnard then saw Brown claim a 25 yard drive before he glanced a right wing cross from Hurst narrowly wide of the far post.