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  1. Napster

    TV's Top 25 put-downs

    TV's top 25 put-downs published Lord Blackadder spent most of his life devising witty 'put-downs' Insults by Captain Mainwaring and Lord Blackadder have been named among the top 25 put-downs in TV history, as chosen by the Radio Times magazine. "Stupid Boy!" uttered by Dad's Army's Captain...
  2. C C Csiders

    Col Ewe's new shed

    I had to laugh at a Health Education Conference I was at earlier this week. A guy stated that he was involved in the New Community Stadium in Colchester and that he was in discussions to have a National Skills Academy for Health within the stadium complex. He went on to say that the...
  3. Robbo

    Who are the real fans?

    Is there an inherent snobbery in being a fan? How many games do you have to go to? Are you a true fan if you only go to home games? What about friendlies and cup games? It just seems that some posters on here have a bit of a superiority complex and want to have a go about the new fans...
  4. * ORM *

    London City Pubbing - The Old Days

    Looking at the clubbing thread brought back a few memories of the good old days when I was young, free and used to enjoy life. It was very hard to find many pubs in the City that stayed open beyond 8.30/9pm in those days, unless you fancied the rare "delights" of of the Railway Tavern or the...
  5. Xàbia Shrimper

    Southend United - How far have we come? Part 5

    “Southend United Football Club needs new energy and direction. With careful financial planning and professional management there is no doubt in our minds that the club is geared for greater things.” So read a statement released by Martin Dawn plc in November 1998 just after they had secured a...
  6. Xàbia Shrimper

    Southend United - How far have we come? Part 3

    "There will be no stadium at Fossetts Farm and the future of the football club remains at Roots Hall." A year after being ousted from position of chairman at Southend United, John Main returned to warn fans that a new stadium was merely a pipe-dream. His words, posted on a Southend United...
  7. Xàbia Shrimper

    Southend United - How far have we come? Part 2

    "This football club has lacked direction for a long time," Ron Martin told the Evening Echo's Bernie Friend in mid-September 2000. On the pitch Southend United were struggling at wrong end of the Third Division table, having notched up just one win from their opening seven games of the season...
  8. Spaceman Spiff

    Teething Problems

    Hi all As you're probably aware, we went live in record time due to the problems with the old board after we were hacked. Now we're up and running with the new boards we shouldnt suffer from those problems again. However, there are loads of settings that we will need to adjust to make sure we...
  9. Reading Shrimper

    Echo's Stadium News site

    The Echo have a dedicated section of their website promoting the new stadium complex at Fossett's Farm. There's a lot of encouraging news here that I didn't realise, such as: * Big retailers such as JJB Sports are already queuing up for shop units * Ron Martin is encouraging...
  10. loz

    Visa advice

    anyone have, or know someone who has decent knowledge of UK visa laws? got a complex situation regarding my american lady companion... drop me a PM if so, cheers.
  11. sufcintheprem

    Ambition

    I had a strange thought earlier today while looking at what Ron Martin said. I made a post on rivals after someone suggested an inferiority complex that it was a brand of realism based on the size of our club. We've only played at this level once in our career and hardly threatened the...
  12. Reading Shrimper

    The New Southend

    It's fantastic that just as our beloved club is succeeding on the pitch, reaching the Championship, and with a new stadium finally on the way, things are on the up that should make people sit up and notice Southend and want to come here again. Redevelopment of the seafront A brand new...
  13. Favourite Beer

    Inspired by an excellent post from Matt on the Chit Chat forum: I wonder which is your favourite beer? A description of the beer and reason for loving it? Matt seems to favour Crouch Vale, which I must confess I hadn't heard of. My current nomination, (though I reserve the right to change...
  14. Reading Shrimper

    Southend United

    Within ten years: Brand new stadium complex at Fossett's Farm Established mid-table Championship team High awareness and local following in the town & surrounding towns Average gates of around 15-16,000 as we push for a play-off place Wigan achieved this.. Reading made it happen...
  15. Anyone looking to move to a nice new flat

    For those of you who live around Brentwood way, the back of the Brentwood Weekly News has an article on plans that have been approved to build new flats where the former Panorama restaurant, near Brentwood County High School. 'The Panorama restaurant site is set to be transformed into a...
  16. Smiffy

    Doncaster Rovers

    Take a look at Donny rovers new ground which is currently under construction, I like this stadium alot and I would be thrilled if we had something similar... Holds 15,000 initially but can be extended to 20,000 if the need arises, perfect size for us I feel... Ron, Take note... PS, Ron...
  17. Reading Shrimper

    Local Radio & SUFC

    You may remember some time back I mentioned a new local station coming to Southend borough soon, and how we should lobby Ofcom (through their public enquiry) that we need a station with good coverage of the Blues... Well, the four bidders for the licence have been announced, as follows...
  18. Shrimper2thecore

    Midfield

    With the discussion of Guttridge and Smith, and also Maher and Beno, not forgetting new boy Cole, and when/if fit devistating Gower, i thought, as we all have pondered who plays in the midfield next season. Im sticking to four midfielders, because i can in no way see Tilly not using 4-4-2...
  19. The Artful Shrimper

    Help Sky TV~

    Chaps, I have penned a letter or two to Sky TV about next months fixtures and urged them to show the Southend Yeovil game...somewhere. Obviously this is completly selfish as yours truly has booked a holiday in Orlando . Anyway. IF they listen to me and show this corker, can I view it in...
  20. Referee's get out clause

    Just in case the ref makes a bad decision tonight! New scientific research suggests that football referees are unable to apply the offside rule correctly because it is too complex for the brain and eye to process accurately. The study by a Spanish doctor, Francisco Belda Maruenda(...
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