{"id":579445,"date":"2021-01-18T14:26:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=579445"},"modified":"2021-01-18T14:26:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:26:23","slug":"greg-halford-southend-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/18\/greg-halford-southend-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Halford Extends Southend United Contract Until End of Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>League Two&#8217;s bottom side, Southend United, have confirmed that Greg Halford has extended his contract until the end of the season. Halford <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/12\/15\/greg-halford-joins-southend-united-on-short-term-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">joined on a short-term deal<\/a> in December that was set to expire this month but has impressed in his short time with the Blues to earn an extension.<\/p>\n<h2>Greg Halford Extends Southend United Contract<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\ude4c \ud835\ude43\ud835\ude3c\ud835\ude47\ud835\ude41\ud835\ude4a\ud835\ude4d\ud835\ude3f \ud835\ude4e\ud835\ude4f\ud835\ude3c\ud835\ude54\ud835\ude4e<\/p>\n<p>\u270d\ufe0f We&#8217;re pleased to announce <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregHalford15?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@GregHalford15<\/a> has signed a contract extension with the club until the end of the season!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Southend United (@SUFCRootsHall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SUFCRootsHall\/status\/1351223250420842496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>Halford told the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southendunited.co.uk\/news\/2021\/january\/halford-signs-contract-extension\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> club website<\/a> about his new deal: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to be staying and to know where I\u2019m going to be playing my football for the next four months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully I&#8217;ll get many more games under my belt and help the team move up the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pleased with how it\u2019s gone so far. I\u2019ve wanted to play more minutes but obviously being out the length of time that I have been, the games that I\u2019ve had I\u2019ve done OK in. It\u2019s still [about] building fitness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarrow was my first start in over two years so I\u2019m probably ahead of schedule in terms of starting games. In terms of performances, I know there is still a lot more to come from me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was always confident in the ability that I had, it was just whether or not I was able to translate that inside a month to be able to warrant being given another contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really pleased and thankful to the manager and coaching staff for getting me up to speed and putting the faith into me. Hopefully, I can repay that over the next four or five months.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Time at Southend<\/h3>\n<p>Since joining Southend in December, Halford has gone on to make five appearances for the club.<\/p>\n<p>He scored on his debut in the 3-1 win against fellow strugglers Grimsby Town, and then made substitute appearances against Mansfield Town, Colchester United and Leyton Orient.<\/p>\n<p>Halford&#8217;s first start came in the 1-0 win against Barrow, but he was sent off for a second bookable offence shortly into the second half.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"SXN6tekCQ6hh9h4D1I3gOA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1291497082\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'SXN6tekCQ6hh9h4D1I3gOA',sig:'9xBGKYmSvXEOZFPjBOz6AXJxi_lnFStqhM-sJLv2rlE=',w:'594px',h:'424px',items:'1291497082',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>League Two&#8217;s bottom side, Southend United, have confirmed that Greg Halford has extended his contract until the end of the season. 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