SOUTHEND United manager Phil Brown has reverted back to the team which started against Blackburn Rovers for this afternoon’s clash at Rotherham United.

Brown made five changes to his starting line-up for the League Cup clash against Newport County on Tuesday night.

But the 58-year-old has now gone back to the team he picked on the opening day with Mark Oxley, Anton Ferdinand, Michael Timlin, Michael Kightly and Marc-Antoine Fortune coming back into the side.

Southend United: Oxley, Demetriou, White, Ferdinand, Hendrie, McGlashan, Leonard, Timlin, Kightly, Cox, Fortune

Substitutes: Smith, McLaughlin, Ba, Kiernan, Yearwood, Kyprianou & Robinson