Shaun Goater's penalty ? his sixth goal of the season ? fired Southend United back on top of the League One table on Saturday.

Bundled over in the box in the 58th minute, the Bermudian striker got up to slot his spot kick into the right hand corner, and although opponents Barnsley responded almost immediately with a Marc Richards goal in the 61st minute, the 1-1 draw was enough to put the Shrimpers back in pole position.

Division leaders going into the weekend, Huddersfield Town suffered a 4-3 reverse at Chesterfield.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic in the Major League Soccer play-offs, Khano Smith's New England Revolution went down to a surprise 1-0 defeat at the hands of the MetroStars.

Bermudian Smith came on as a 78th minute substitute but couldn't erase Amado Guevara's first half goal which was enough to give the MetroStars their first play-off win since September, 2001.