 After extending his loan deal for a further month, Cole went on to make seven more appearances for the Midlands based outfit, scoring one goal against Millwall in a 1–0 away victory.He returned to Southend in November 2006, and made three more appearances for the club before his run was curtailed by injury.Cole found it increasingly hard to break into the first-team at Southend, and subsequently joined Conference National side Stevenage Borough for a five-figure fee in January 2007.