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SATURDAY
17 JULY 2004
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East
Thurrock United 0 Southend United 7
A
comprehensive victory for the Shrimpers
in their first outing of the summer;
it's only East Thurrock but, who knows?
Far too many past summers have been
spent watching the Shrimpers puff and
pant against lesser opposition in pre-season
games. Seven goals seems to signal a
fresher approach to these warm-up matches
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Match
report by Paul Napper
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MONDAY
19 JULY 2004
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Southend
United 2 Canvey Island 1
Another
victory over the Marsh Rats and another
21-man scuffle between the two near-neighbours.
The gargoyles from the Rock took the
lead through goal machine Lee Boylan
but skipper Kevin Maher and Wayne "Striking
Sensation" Gray were on hand to
put those Conference boys back in their
place ...
Match
report by Lee Morgan
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WEDNESDAY
21 JULY 2004
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Southend
United 0 Millwall 2
Three
games in less than a week and it showed.
Just over 2,300 paying customers were
treated to a fairly anonymous performance
from both sides that threatened to send
many in the stands into a deep sleep.
However there were individual performances
of note, including Darryl Flahavan's
jaw-dropping dashes from his line ...
Match
report by Paul Napper
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SATURDAY
24 JULY 2004
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Dagenham
& Redbridge 3 Southend United 3
Southend
United threw away a three-goal lead
at Dagenham & Redbridge and raised
some serious questions about the sides
ability to concentrate for a full 90
minutes.
An opening goal from Broughton plus
two more goals from Wayne "Striking
Sensation" Gray put the Shrimpers
firmly in control before the Daggers
pulled three back in the final 15 minutes
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Match
report by Lee Morgan
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MONDAY
26 JULY 2004
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Billericay
Town 1 Southend United 1
A
second
successive draw against non-league opposition
shouldn't really be cause to ring the
alarm bells; this is pre-season
after all. Broughton scored the opener
after just four minutes before former
Shrimper David McSweeney equalised with
twenty minutes remaining in an entertaining
encounter at New Lodge ...
Match
report by Ken Jarvis
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WEDNESDAY
28 JULY 2004
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Southend United 0
Brighton & Hove Albion 0
A
third
successive draw for the Shrimpers but
this time they really worked for it
against an extremely physical side from
the South Coast. Southend played some
wonderful stuff at times and were lucky
not to have come away with a victory
after both Lewis Hunt and Tes Bramble
went close ...
Match
report by Paul Napper
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