Thought it would be England but their closest game is when they play a friendly on 20th August - Wednesday againt Peter Cech Republic, then theres no game for England til 6th September, the 1st WC Qualifier
I think it might be on tele if there are no other reasons, the televised games for the Championship have been released. Sky will make it out to be some sort of South coast derby.
Looking on Southend's website, they've actually moved three games from Saturday to Friday, under the headline "Friday Night Football Returns", ours, Hartlepool and Leyton Orient.
It is August bank holiday weekend , so the game may have been switched to Friday on police advice. Is it something to do with the police budgets , because they have to pay out more in overtime/additional lieu days when they have a bank holiday to roster in ?