Alex Bass has joined Southend on a seven-day emergency loan deal.
The Shrimpers are allowed to make the signing outside of the transfer window because of an injury to their regular keeper Mark Oxley.
Mark Molesley’s side have bounced back from a poor start to the season to climb out of the League Two drop zone and won 3-1 at promotion-chasing Forest Green earlier in the week.
The move gives Bass a chance of spending time out on the pitch again after recovering from a stress fracture in his leg.