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  1. Shrimperstrust

    Under 18's Match Report Youths Lose 3-0 at home to Millwall - 1st May 10

    Southend United’s faint hopes of retaining the Football League Youth Alliance South-East Conference title were extinguished as Millwall claimed a 3-0 victory at Boots & Laces. Rob Craven's Match Report can be found here.
  2. Thorpe Groyney

    Southchurch Independent Puts The Boot Into Council Road Projects

    A bit closer to home, in the council elections, amongst the usual guff in the letterbox from all candidates, was an outright allegation of one councillor deciding on a road project scheme to help herself. Southchurch Independent candidate Mike Wilson stated "At Cuckoo Corner a survey showed...
  3. pickledseal

    Being patriotic doesn't make you a fascist

    An interesting read, especially considering some of our recent discussion and debates on here. I'm a firm believer in this idea, and thank you Mr Billy Bragg for writing about it in this morning's Telegraph. ----------- A poll published this week suggested that the English were the least...
  4. The Hayemaker's 1st defence...

    ...Of his WBA Heavyweight Title will finally happen over Easter Weekend at the MEN Arena in Manchester on April 3rd Right hand healed, highly charged and ready for action, David "The Hayemaker" Haye will be full of confidence going into his next fight. Just the thought of a super-fight...
  5. Tangled up in Blue

    Out of recession?

    Business Recession Out of recession – but how did we get there and what happens next?Despite tomorrow's good news Labour fears economy may slip back again by the time of a May general election Buzz up! Digg it Patrick Wintour, political editor guardian.co.uk, Monday 25 January 2010 22.10 GMT...
  6. Tangled up in Blue

    "Here we go again"-Echo article

    1. HERE WE GO AGAIN ; Date: Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:43 am ((PST)) SOUTHEND United face another winding-up petition from the tax man, just weeks after settling a massive unpaid bill. Chairman Ron Martin<http://www.echo-news.co.uk/search/?search=Ron+Martin> claims HM Revenue and Customs is...
  7. Five Star Pac Man Reigns Supreme.

    If ever there was any doubt regarding Manny Pacquiao's claim to the pound-for-pound crown, it was swept away with a simply stunning performance last night. The Phillipino, dubbed Pac Man, stormed to a win over the supremely talented Miguel Cotto and, in doing so, claimed his fifth world title...
  8. Shrimperstrust

    Under 18's Match Report Youths Draw 3-3 at Orient - 7th Nov 09

    Duane Ofon-Acheampong’s second-half brace ensured that Southend United’s Under-18s claimed a share of the spoils after a 3-3 draw at Leyton Orient. Rob Craven's Match Report can be found here.
  9. DTS

    Question UK Border Force

    Does anyone watch this. As a current stay at home Dad I am wathcing more and more **** TV but this programme gets my goat and hits me what a ****ing joke this country is. Todays episode they caught a Ghanaian who was here illegaly. He admitted it and has been working here, not paying taxes etc...
  10. DoDTS

    Memory Lane Episode No 4 Season 1931-32

    In these days of doom and gloom perhaps it's better to look back than forward so here's the next episode in season 1931-32: Extracts from the "Forgotten Years of the Kursaal" by Peter William Baker Researched from the Southend Standard No. 4 TWO MORE AWAY WINS, FOUR OUT OF FOUR Southend...
  11. Hawkwell Blue

    Orient Report

    Having now cancellled the Echo thought I would have a peak at their website and thought their report on Friday's game interesting. "Blues enjoy 30-0 win" and so it went on... "Lee Barnard claimed the match ball after scoring all 30 goals in the Blues' convincing win over local rivals Leyton...
  12. OldBlueLady

    Not Revelling in it

    Here's what's on the email this week instead of Revs Lee Barnard Interview Whilst there may not have been an influx of players coming through the door at Roots Hall this summer, the improvement in two player’s fitness, Dougie Freedman and Lee Barnard, has felt like two new signings and Blues...
  13. Vange Shrimper

    Would you do this cos you wanted the day off work?

    Silly git.... Man hurt himself to 'avoid work' An Aberdeen hotel cleaner who attacked himself with a boulder and a razor to avoid going to work has been fined £100 for wasting police time. Steven Reid, 23, claimed he had been assaulted, but later admitted faking the attack because he wanted a...
  14. OldBlueLady

    Revelling in it 19/8/09

    Revelling In It This week starring: Matt ‘The Rat Controller’ Heath John ‘Boy band’ White Jean-Yves ‘Informer’ M’Voto Lee ‘Glass statue’ Barnard Adam ‘Voldermore’ Barrett Simon ‘Swampy’ Francis Alan ‘I think Shearer’s is boring’ McCormack Kevin ‘Jodie loves Chachi’ Betsy It’s hard to sum...
  15. Slipperduke

    Much To Do For United And Chelsea

    Meet the new season, same as the old season. If the starting line-ups looked a little familiar, so too was the mutual loathing shared by these two teams, a festering cauldron of hatred that bubbled up frequently in this surprisingly rumbustious encounter. Wayne Rooney's late strike forced a...
  16. Amir Khan? He Can

    TEN months on from his devastating first round knock out at the hands of Breidis Prescott, the so called "Boy who would be King" Amir Khan claimed his crown. In front of a packed MEN Arena, Khan produced the maturest display of his career in disposing of the canny German-based Ukrainian Andreas...
  17. Slipperduke

    Perez is Real-y Wrong

    Fresh from capturing the signatures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, Florentino Perez is now bent on global domination, according to reports in Spanish football newspaper, AS. It has been claimed that the Real Madrid President is rapidly drawing up plans to shift his club's kick-off times from...
  18. DTS

    Question Could you find a bride/groom in seven days...

    With just seven sleeps to go until my life sentance begins tension at home is at a climax. Mrs DtS is worrying about every little detail of the wedding from what colour the name tags should be to what songs the DJ plans to play over his four hour set list. I have similar worries such as who is...
  19. Mad Cyril

    Are you on a big salary but just don't know it?

    Are you on a big salary but just don't know it? Quite an interesting article on the BBC. Didn't realise that BoJo claimed that £250K PA was 'chickenfeed'. Should people this out of touch be making decisions that affect millions of people?
  20. Shrimper

    My two cents

    I'm getting very irritated with the lack of news regarding new faces or even links to new faces that could potentially join Southend United. As soon as we beat Cheltenham we lost two of our key players in the season with the end of Dervite and Robinson's loans from Tottenham and Watford...
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