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biography

  1. Napster

    Best Southend biography/autobiography

    Can we have a list of all those autobiographies/biographies/diaries which reference Southend (either as player or manager), and reviews are good. A list to start: Tackling My Demons - Stan Collymore- 9/10. Good Southend coverage, excellent book overall. Feed the Goat - Shaun Goater - 8/10...
  2. Napster

    Bobby Moore autobiog

    New Bobby Moore biography is out. There's about 10 pages on Southend - he interviewed Alan Rogers, Pennyfather, Lampard Snr, and Brian Dear. Some points of interest: Bobby Moore was recommended to Anton Johnson by Harry Redknapp, who was friends with Anton Johnson (!) BM liked a drink (the...
  3. Has anyone got any footage of Roy McDonough?

    Hello everyone, As you may, or may not know, I have just finished trawling through the blood, booze, birds and early baths of Roy McDonough's career for a highly-entertaining biography, which is being published in August. To help promote Red Card Roy I am trying to get hold of any old footage...
  4. londonblue

    Chris Phillips

    This will make an interesting (potential) confict of interest when we play AFC Wimbledon: (From his Jazz FM biography.)
  5. Big Roy biog?

    This could be very interesting... http://uk.klikfc.com/article/255446:/roy-mcdonough-biography
  6. Ex-International turns down Manager's Job

    Just reading Bobby Robson's auto-biography and on page 61 he says that after playing for Fulham and England the first job he was offered was player-manager of Southend United. He declined our kind offer as he didn't want to continue playing --- he wanted to be a full-time manager and it didn't...
  7. southend4ever

    Adrian Clarke - SMS

    I was not aware that Adrian set up the SMS service!! Good luck to the fellow: http://soccerlens.com/interview-with-former-arsenal-and-southend-player-adrian-clarke/3768/ Although, this interview seems to disapper 5 seconds after loading so I will copy and paste for those interested. Soccerlens...
  8. canveyshrimper

    Happy Birthday Harry Patch

    Another remarkable veteran of WWI celebrates his 110th Birthday today. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7458315.stm Relating this to the book thread his biography is also an excellent read.
  9. Firestorm

    What book I am currently reading

    Picking up on MK's "so recommend me a book" thread , I thought it might be of interest to find out what the current reading material is. I am in the middle of So finally Then, the biography of Peter Cook (by his ex wife) With further biographies / Autobiographies of Boy George, Barry Fry, Roger...
  10. DTS

    Would you read Dad of DtS book?

    Right - I am in need of a bit of secrecy on this one....And as Dad of DtS is off on hols this week I am hoping he wont see this post but.... Basically my old man is writing a book at the moment. Its only really for his own enjoyment about his times watching Southend. Its not really a book...
  11. Bruce Springsteen

    I watched the Biography this lunchtime of the great man and then put on his greatest hits 3CDs of his music. Anyways, This is a true musician anyone who does not know he did it the hard way, street music on the east coast and graphed for his record contract and did the whole born to run album...
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