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Voted for my favourite (94-95) although surely its too soon to have a top on there from 2015. How old does a top have to be before it classed as "Retro"
Voted for my favourite (94-95) although surely its too soon to have a top on there from 2015. How old does a top have to be before it classed as "Retro"
Only thing with that one was the red in it.
It was much the same with me when yellow almost predominated the shirt in the 90s'.
Blue is the colour; football is the game...
Scarfs and bobble hats in the 70s were red , white and blue
The colours that I personally still today believe are Southend United's true colours
Always a discussion point this - original colours (as in 1906) were royal blue shirts, with black collars and cuffs (snigger), white shorts and white socks.
We last wore this in 1998/99 with Progressive Printing as the sponsor.
When I first started my pilgrimages to Roots Hall, we were in the royal blue and yellow phase - but personally I prefer the navy blue and white phase we are in now... Bit smarter.
The Shrimpers Trust poll result on the next two retro shirts to be produced is now out! The '76-'78 shirt and the '85-86 shirt were the clear winners, and encouragingly over 250 votes cast overall, so there is a decent bit of interest out there re it all. Details on design etc are now being finalised, SUEPA models warmed up, and we should be able to go live on this in about four weeks - we'll keep you posted.
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Brilliant news. I forgot to vote but 1976-1978 would have been mine as that is when I started going as a kid. Will definitely be getting one.The Shrimpers Trust poll result on the next two retro shirts to be produced is now out! The '76-'78 shirt and the '85-86 shirt were the clear winners, and encouragingly over 250 votes cast overall, so there is a decent bit of interest out there re it all. Details on design etc are now being finalised, SUEPA models warmed up, and we should be able to go live on this in about four weeks - we'll keep you posted.
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Brilliant news. I forgot to vote but 1976-1978 would have been mine as that is when I started going as a kid. Will definitely be getting one.
Getting quite nostalgic about the 70s at the moment as I’m on my 3rd run of TV series Life on Mars. Life seemed much more innocent and straightforward back then.
Back then, of course, shirt numbers went with position - it's not quite my favourite shirt, that is the one that preceded it, worn by Terry Nicholls, Stuart Parker and Peter Silvester amongst others.Massive question now - which number to go on the back of each???
I'm sure @OldBlueLady can give an opinion on one...
Back then, of course, shirt numbers went with position - it's not quite my favourite shirt, that is the one that preceded it, worn by Terry Nicholls, Stuart Parker and Peter Silvester amongst others.
So is your favourite the 1975/76 one? With red socks rather than white?
This is the version I made for the Blue Anorak website back in the day: Jobson-era badgeThe badge on the custard splat reproduction doesn't look quite the same as it did on the original shirt. I know it's difficult to find a good copy of that version of the badge online though. Wonder if the club have it hidden away somewhere?
Without information on specifics like pantone colours and vector images we have to have a go at trying to get as close as we can which is not always that easy - but in the end they are 'Retro' shirts and not replicas.
IIRC the 76-78 shirt doesn’t have the little Bukta ‘ticks’ down the arms? Only stripes...The Shrimpers Trust poll result on the next two retro shirts to be produced is now out! The '76-'78 shirt and the '85-86 shirt were the clear winners, and encouragingly over 250 votes cast overall, so there is a decent bit of interest out there re it all. Details on design etc are now being finalised, SUEPA models warmed up, and we should be able to go live on this in about four weeks - we'll keep you posted.
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IIRC the 76-78 shirt doesn’t have the little Bukta ‘ticks’ down the arms? Only stripes...
Any plans for a shirt from the 79-80 season?