Southend United youngster Justin Hazell will travel to Telford on Saturday as part of Blues FA Cup squad.

16-year-old youth team prospect Justin Hazell, who joined the club as an eight-year-old, will travel to the game as a member of the first-team squad for the first time.

Hazell, a versatile forward, scored in the Blues midweek FA Youth Cup defeat to Brentford and will be joined in the squad by midfielder Stuart O'Keefe, who also scored twice against the Bees.

United will be without four of their loanees for the trip to the Blues Square North outfit.

Only Portsmouth's Jean-Francois Christophe having been given permission by their parent side to play in the first round of the FA Cup.

That means that boss Steve Tilson will be without Dan Harding, Adam Federici, Hal Robson-Kanu and Lee Sawyer.

Federici's absence should mean that goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall should be handed his first start since September having recovered from an ankle injury.

Southend's only two injury concerns are to strike pair Dougie Freedman and Lee Barnard who continue to return to full fitness following thigh and hamstring problems respectively.

Blues are able to name up to seven substitutes for tomorrow's clash with AFC Telford.