Official Match Thread Crawley Town vs Southend United FA Cup 1st Round Replay

[Chapperz]

What a result after a worrying 2nd half.

https://www.shrimperzone.com/zoneratings/ratings.php?fixture=22

 

[Malcontent]

One good period of extra time doth not a summer make, however.

Let's not get too hubristic. It all starts again on Saturday.

It’s autumn. Actually it’s so sodding cold it could be mid winter

Not picking on anyone here but some of the negative comments are, to me, way over the top

 

[Chrisb]

We beat Aldershot 10-1 in the 90/91 season, I know that much

Fairly sure I've still got the VHS video of that game !

 

[AndyT]

Well, not bad for a fiver!

When was the last time it cost less to get in than the number of goals scored!?

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

We beat Aldershot 10-1 in the 90/91 season, I know that much

That was the last time we played Aldershot - they gave up after that

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

So at the risk of sounding repetitive...when did we last score 6?

25 years ago. Beat Oxford 6-2 with Tommy Mooney scoring a hat-trick.

 

[AndyT]

6-1 that was, Westcliff.

 

[Jai]

Hopefully that will give everyone a nice confidence boost. Yes it should have been over in normal time, hell it should have been over at Roots Hall. But we're into the next round, a couple of players who needed a boost have got goals and it didn't sound like any injuries tonight, for once.

Glad we scored those two early goals in ET as it gave Powell a chance to give Cox a breather. So important now to us, scored one and made two tonight.

Not been easy following our lads away over the last 18 months so racking up six is great for the fans who made the trip.

 

[Tommy2holes]

It’s autumn. Actually it’s so sodding cold it could be mid winter

Not picking on anyone here but some of the negative comments are, to me, way over the top

All due respect but we have taken two games and extra time to dispatch a very average league 2 Crawley. Hardly awe inspiring is it.

Let's see how we fare against Wimbledon and Scunny. Two defeats and Powell will be massively under pressure

 

[AndyT]

21 shots, 13 on target!

 

[bazzashrimper]

All due respect but we have taken two games and extra time to dispatch a very average league 2 Crawley. Hardly awe inspiring is it.

Let's see how we fare against Wimbledon and Scunny. Two defeats and Powell will be massively under pressure

We have 4 first team squad players out for the season. Out of those, Coker has been replaced by Hendrie who has been poor - CP didn’t have an option as he was tied in for another year. Hopper is key as we are missing the big guy up front. Perhaps this was a mistake from CP, but if he’s got budget for 4 up top, he has used his 4th choice for pace, perhaps thinking that another player he couldn’t shift, Robinson, might not make it. That signing (mccolsky) hasn’t worked out so far, but you can’t get them all right - CP has signed more good players than bad. Ron has generally been good at looking more broadly at what’s going on rather than just results. So I don’t think CP will be under too much pressure at the moment. He just needs January and a chance to bring in a big lad up front.

Anyway, great result. It sounded like we had chances in normal time to get 6 but missed, so hopefully bagging them in ET will build the confidence for Saturday and onwards.

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Went out to the pub at 0-2 and cruising....2 nil up and we almost f**ked it up....it's SUFC - never straight forward eh

 

[Stuart W]

Didn't we beat Aldershot 6-0 away with a Mario Walsh hat-trick? I think we followed that up a few years later with a 7-1 at home after Aldershot scored first?

Aldershot away was 5-0 and in that season 1989/90, Mario Walsh scored 2 goals (in the whole season).
I believe the last time we scored 6 goals away from home was in 1983/84 at Scunthorpe when Steve Phillips scored a hat-trick in a 6-1 win. We also beat Brentford 6-0 at home that season....and still got relegated.

 

[The Big Dady]

Chris Powell confirms Simon Cox scored the first goal of the game for Blues

 

[Harry Bullocks]

In summary, as stated above...cruising when I left for a "couple of nippy sweeties"...into usual bother....

4 x belated Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa's

and 2 x D'oh's


Off to bed with me....

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

6-1 that was, Westcliff.

There you go.

 

[AndyT]

Ricky Otto! .. Legendary stuff!

One thing I had completely forgotten was that Andy Ansah was still with us under Fry.

 

[AndyT]

That was the last time we played Aldershot - they gave up after that

LOL .. They did that night.

We have played Aldershot since, of course.

1 and 1/2 half games at their place one season!

 

[Firestorm]

LOL .. They did that night.

We have played Aldershot since, of course.

1 and 1/2 half games at their place one season!

That's a Aldershot Town FC (formed 1992) , we thrashed Aldershot FC who went pop 36 games into the 91-92 Season

 

[AndyT]

OK fair do's.

In essence though it's the same club.