I miss...

[ozzie]

I miss Roots Hall being recognised as a very good ground, instead of an out of date one.

Love is in the eyes of the beholder.....will love her forever...built by people like us,for people like us...A ONE OFF

 

[ozzie]

The smell of LINSEED OIL..think thats the way its spelt...that smell when the players ran out before kick-off..
Who need pills,mags,dodgy birds...give me that smell anytime....IM READY:thumbsup:

 

[LCBB72]

I miss paying 50p for a programme.

I miss paying 5p a programme .

 

[Gt Yarmouth Shrimper]

Saturday afternoon reserve games.
Only 12 yrs old and getting served Double Diamond from the tea bar at back of West Stand then back in the North Bank for the second half.

Did we not play some reserve games at Wellstead Gardens, or is my memory shot?

 

[Mick]

Did we not play some reserve games at Wellstead Gardens, or is my memory shot?

We had an "A" team which played there and the youth team on occasions.

 

[Firestorm]

We had an "A" team which played there and the youth team on occasions.

iirc there was also a team in the Thundermite league in the early 70's , Southend Blues I think they were called, thumped everyone

 

[Mick]

I miss paying 50p for a programme.

I miss paying 5p a programme .

I miss paying 3d for a programme.

Actually what I miss is players hurt in a tackle trying to pretend they weren't hurt, rather than the other way round as it is now.

 

[Sleaford Shrimper]

The fluttering sound of an Izal bum-scraper toilet roll whizzing over your head on its way from the back of the North Stand towards its target of the goal net/crossbar.

The tall, gangly young lady who was, for years, at the back of the band as it marched round the pitch before the game and at half time.

 

[alginon1]

I remember an away game at Southport - Leaving at 6am and having a 53 - a -side football match against Bristol City fans on their way to Liverpool, in a service station car park - Think we lost 5-4!! :stunned:

 

[Kevin Hogg]

I miss Dave Smith at the start of MoTD

 

[Kevin Hogg]

Sammy Shrimper.

 

[E for B and Billy Best]

The smell of LINSEED OIL..think thats the way its spelt...that smell when the players ran out before kick-off..
Who need pills,mags,dodgy birds...give me that smell anytime....IM READY:thumbsup:

Oz, that smell was White Horse oils. They weren't cricket bats.

 

[E for B and Billy Best]

Did we not play some reserve games at Wellstead Gardens, or is my memory shot?

No. We used to play Combination Reserve League games on Saturdays at Roots Hall. Vividly remember going to a reserve game v Millwall, the day after Cassius Clay had beat Sonny Liston, on a Saturday afternoon and their support was as noisy as Mondays crowd.

 

[mervthe swerve]

The transfer from North to West.
The smell of the tobacco.
Changing ends in the West at half time.
Standing next to a group who used to have a bet running on corners where they passed the kitty on as each one awarded
Billy Best goal celebration, Stuart Brace and Willy Coulson. Tony Hadley scoring from the half way line 'mind the bounce'

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

I miss Willie Coulson running down the wing getting redder and redder until just before he looked as though he would explode when he either gave up or got subbed.

I miss thinking we might score when we got a free kick. Freddie aside, only Gerry Fell has ever given us that hope.

I miss the tap running in the West Stand bogs continuously. Though if someone had fixed it earlier we wouldn't have a club with crippled finances due to large water bills.

But above all I miss the South Bank, seeing its vast terrace and the (bar once) vast emptiness oddly made me think that the club were at least ambitious enough to think that we might be truly great one day and regularly fill it, as otherwise why would it have been built?

As Jilted John once said:"Gone are those happy days, and the bag I used to carry, gone forever is my paper round, and Keith, and Gary..."

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

The transfer from North to West.
The smell of the tobacco.
Changing ends in the West at half time.
Standing next to a group who used to have a bet running on corners where they passed the kitty on as each one awarded
Billy Best goal celebration, Stuart Brace and Willy Coulson. Tony Hadley scoring from the half way line 'mind the bounce'

How weird is that, as I was typing about old Willie you were too? A fine example of a type of player that will never ever be seen again. I suspect pasta and yoghurt were not his pre-match menu of choice.

 

[mfurok]

How weird is that, as I was typing about old Willie you were too? A fine example of a type of player that will never ever be seen again. I suspect pasta and yoghurt were not his pre-match menu of choice.

.........and after Willie of course came Alan Foggon...........

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

.........and after Willie of course came Alan Foggon...........

Ah, I have Foggie's autograph. He was with Smiffy downing pints at a programme fair somewhere in the bowels of the East Stand. Yep, Foggy at his peak was another who today would struggle to get in a pub team

 

[Bobby dazzler]

I miss Bilel Mohsni :blush:

 

[Spenser]

Definitely remember Neil Townsend scoring from halfway line.

The transfer from North to West.
The smell of the tobacco.
Changing ends in the West at half time.
Standing next to a group who used to have a bet running on corners where they passed the kitty on as each one awarded
Billy Best goal celebration, Stuart Brace and Willy Coulson. Tony Hadley scoring from the half way line 'mind the bounce'