Barry Hunter

[Napster]

New Rushden boss til end of season.

He was here on loan from Reading in 99

[McScriven]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Mar. 10 2004,13:36)]He was here on loan from Reading in 99
Yeah remember him being pretty good and scoring a few goals as well. Two in one match if I recal correctly.

[Napster]

Indeed. Look what I've found:

20 February 1999 (Saturday)
BATTLE OF THE SEASIDE RESORTS

Southend United 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 0

Southend News:
Southend are in the lower half of the table, just about clear of the demotion zone. They won earlier in the season 2-0 against the Albion at Priestfield.
Danger Men: none. Barry Conlon is well known (£90,000 signing for Southend from Manchester City making him the most expensive player in Division 3 at the time, but now exceeded by expensive purchases by Brentford).

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Roots Hall
Conditions: Warm for the time of the year, 12oC
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A minutes silence for a young Southend supporter who died of meningitis is respected by the Albion fans.
Albion scores placed first.
The large contingent (2000+) of Albion supporters are making themselves heard in the compact Roots Hall Stadium.
Southend get an early free kick on the edge of the Albion box, which is blocked successfully. 1 min.
First corner by Southend is cleared by the Albion. 7 mins.
Ian Culverhouse (Albion) fouls Barry Conlon (for the second time) who threatens to break through. 8 mins.
Paul Sturgess (Albion) corner. 12 mins. Albion retain possession.
Ian Culverhouse (Albion) catches Barry Conlon for an accidental foul, but escapes a booking. Good refereeing. 15 mins.
Gary Hart (Albion) flicks on to Richie Barker who crosses too far ahead of Stuart Storer. 18 mins.
0-1 Barry Hunter (Southend defender) with a well placed back-post header (unmarked) puts the home side ahead from a Scott Houghton corner. 18 mins. Weak header and someone on the post would have stopped it.
A single fan from the Albion runs on to the pitch. Police intervene. (There has been friction at this ground a long time before, but there have been very few visits in recent years).
0-2 Barry Hunter (Southend) heads in an unstoppable strike, again from a Southend corner by Scott Houghton. 24 mins.
Albion return to their old ways (at the beginning of the season) of letting in silly goals.
Kevin Rapley (Southend) heads in but the offside flag was up for a clear decision. 30 mins.
Another Scott Houghton (Southend) corner. 33 mins.
Free kick to the Albion just outside the penalty box (they miss Jeff Minton in these situations): Martyn Margetson in the Southend goal is not troubled by the Paul Sturgess free kick which loses momentum as it hits the Southend wall. 38 mins.
Paul Armstrong (Albion) corner. 43 mins.
Paul Sturgess (Albion) corner reaches Ross Johnson, but goes for a goal kick. 43 mins.
Michael Bennett (Albion) booked for retaliation. 43 mins.
Mark Walton in the Albion goal collects another Southend corner. 44 mins.
Paul Sturgess (Albion) corner. 44 mins. The ball is tipped over the bar by Martyn Margetson from a Derek Allan header.
Successive Paul Sturgess (Albion) corner. 44 mins.
Free kick to the Albion just outside the penalty box. Paul Armstrong shoots wide. 45 mins.
ht: 0-2 Albion are second best, letting in two set piece goals, although the home team did not create anything from open play, neither did the Albion. Rob Newman does a fine clearing up job at the back for Southend, as the Brighton final ball lets them down. Not nearly as bad as last week against Exeter.
Lawrence Davies on for the Albion in the second half, replacing defender Derek Allan, with an extra Albion player in midfield as Michael Bennett takes a more forward midfield position. 3-4-3, a system I approve, with the top midfield players out.
Richie Barker (Albion) is stopped in his tracks by Martin Booty and he is poised to strike, taking too long. 47 mins.
Albion fans in good voice, but the Southend police intervene to try and prevent the chanting. 50 mins.
Ross Johnson catches Barry Conlon who goes down. Swings and roundabouts as Barry Conlon puts himself about at bit.
Paul Armstrong (Albion) corner. 55 mins.
Paul Sturgess (Albion) corner from a separate move. 56 mins.
Barry Conlon (Southend) cross goes to Mark Walton in the Albion goal. 57 mins.
Barry Conlon (Southend) beats Ross Johnson but the ball goes to goes to Mark Walton in the Albion goal. 58 mins.
Albion fans still in good voice.
Albion's final ball still letting them down. A half chance for Stuart Storer is skewed badly wide. 59 mins.
Barry Conlon (Southend) fouled again, as Albion left short at the back pushing forward. 60 mins.
Paul Armstrong (Albion) creates a chance for Gary Hart, who is bundled off the ball. 61 mins.
Paul Armstrong (Albion) cross gains a corner as Andy Harris (Southend) defends well.
The ball is cleared off the line by Southend after a Richie Barker header from the corner, and then it hits the post in the scramble. The players brawl and Richie Barker (Albion) is booked. 64 mins.
0-3 Kevin Rapley runs at goal and shoots past Mark Walton; he picks up the ball given to him by Albion player Michael Bennett (normally dependable) for another silly goal. 65 mins.
(Albion pay the penalty for pushing forward too much to rectify then 2 goal deficit.)
Albion fans still chanting.
Barry Conlon (Southend) nearly gets on the end of a cross. 67 mins.
Ross Johnson treated for a nasty injury after a collison with Scott Houghton.68 mins. Ross Johnson (Albion) is booked for a clumsy challenge.
Barry Hunter excels in the Southend defence cutting out a Stuart Storer cross that goes for an Albion corner, leading to a sustained Albion attack. 71 mins.
Richie Barker goes down after a nasty bang. 72 mins.
Albion give the ball back to Martyn Margetson in the Southend goal as a sporting gesture for clearing the ball when Richie Barker is treated. 73 mins. (Last week Arsenal fail to do this against Sheffield United).
Richie Barker heads straight at Martyn Margetson in the Southend goal. 80 mins.
Stuart Storer (Albion) booked for a bad tackle. 81 mins.
Southend playing possession football as the game is blatantly beyond the Albion to recover from. 82 mins.
Gary Hart (Albion) pressurises the keeper and claims the ball is cleared by Martyn Margetson in the Southend goal outside the penalty area.
Lars Unger (Southend) the German player gets some play.
Lawrence Davies, the new Albion player, looks alright on the ball but does not create a chance.
Gary Hart (Albion) hits the bar with a beautiful shot from a Stuart Storer cross. Lawrence Davies, off balance, blasts the rebound over. 87 mins.
4 minutes stoppage time.
Kevin Rapley (Southend) shoots wide. 91 mins.
Barry Conlon (Southend) foiled by Mark Walton who is injured.
Scott Houghton (Southend) replaced by Alex Burns. 92 mins.
FT: 0-3 Another bad day for the Seagulls! The third goal killed off the Albion revival. Lack of concentration if defence responsible for a loss of 3 vital points at a time when the teams going up should be showing good form. Albion had just three good goal attempts, two from a corner and one from a cross.

Attendance: 6066



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Albion Team (5-3-2):
Mark Walton
Ian Culverhouse (capt.),
Michael Bennett, Derek Allan, Ross Johnson, Paul Sturgess,
Stuart Storer, Paul Armstrong, Andy Arnott,
Gary Hart, Richie Barker.
subs: Kerry Mayo, Lawrence Davies, Jamie Moralee.
res: Danny Davis (18 year old)
Referee M. J. Brandwood (Lichfield) (Rating 7)
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Yellow Cards
Southend Margetson 84 mins (unsporting behaviour)
Brighton Bennett 44 mins (dissent); Barker 64 mins (dissent); Johnson 70 mins (foul); Storer 80 mins (foul)

Shots On Target: Southend 5, Brighton 6

Corners: Southend 5, Brighton 9