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  1. Napster

    Dale Brooks

    Former under-21 manager (left after 2 months) is now boss of Lowestoft Town.
  2. Game at Lowestoft

    I spoke to the groundsman at Lowestoft town this morning .And he has told me that a southend united 11 will be playing weds night .I have a feeling it will be an under 21 side So hopefully weather permitting I will be pooping along to watch .
  3. steveo

    Break the silence 3: Bill Gates is named world's richest person

    Good luck to hoim. The bloke who bought desktop computing to millions is again the worlds richest man. Has donated a reported £30 Billion, yes billion dollars to charity via the Bill Gates foundation. Don't see so many of those Micro$oft posts anymore. Top bloke, good luck to him.
  4. Sky/Virgin etc

    Anyone had any joy recently in getting your TV/phone/broadband a bit cheaper? Tried playing Sky off with Virgin because they have fibre in our area and are offering 50% off for 6 months (on an 18 month contract). Sky weren't having it and I managed to get a grand total of £5 reduced on our £60pm...
  5. Davros

    OFT not to investigate Fuel Prices further

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anger-from-drivers-as-oft-rules-out-fuel-price-probe-8472532.html here here Taxation, poor sterling performance vs the dollar and crude prices further up the chain are the obvious causes, and its sensible that lots of tax payers money hasnt been...
  6. Ref Watch ........ Gillingham home

    Our first referee of 2013 will be Andy Woolmer from Northampton. He is a very short referee with even shorter hair and, as shorter officials sometimes do, he has the capacity to be slightly officious or worse. He is in his 9th year as a League referee and has refereed Southend on very many...
  7. Ref Watch ....... York home

    Our last five home matches with York have produced just a miserly 3 goals (two 0-0s, two 1-0s and a 0-1), although the one immediately prior to that was the 4-4 draw (with an unlikely double from Keith Dublin, Mark Tinkler scored - for them!!). Anyway, the referee in charge of tomorrow's match...
  8. Ref Watch ...... Wimbledon

    Today's referee is Roots Hall debutant, Steve Rushton from Stoke (no, I don't know why they send a referee all the way from Stoke on a bank holiday Monday to referee a match between two southern League 2 sides!). In his third season, he has refereed Southend just once before in the high scoring...
  9. Ref Watch ........ Major Danny McDermid

    Man in charge tomorrow is Danny McDermid from Hampshire, or rather Major McDermid, who is currently a serving soldier in the Royal Logistics Corps and who returned safely to the UK a couple of weeks ago following a six month deployment to Afghanistan. Due to this deployment, this will be only...
  10. Ref Watch ...... Daggers home

    Our first referee of the New Year is David Coote from Winthorpe near Newark. He is a second year referee and things have been pretty mixed for him. He works for the Nottinghamshire FA as their Referees' Development Officer (which won't harm his refereeing career!). He has refereed three...
  11. Ref Watch ...... vs Hereford

    As we go for our tenth straight League win against Hereford, the man in charge is newly promoted Carl Berry from Cheam in Surrey. It is not, however, his first League match as he had a couple of "trial" matches last season; both were home wins. His last appearance at Roots Hall was running one...
  12. Ref Watch .... Stevenage

    Will we have a Good Ref for Good Friday? In the middle will be David Coote from Winthorpe near Newark. He is a first year referee and things have been pretty mixed for him. His 24 games as a Football League referee have produced a slightly above average 78 yellows, but he has yet to show a red...
  13. The Guardian, Tax Avoidance and Hypocrisy

    Giving that The Guardian is an oft referenced publication on this forum, I thought it would be worth highlighting some hypocrisy in their editorial stance. We know that they are very much against tax avoidance, especially the use of offshore trusts and entities. Surely they would never use...
  14. Ref Watch ...... Macclesfield again

    Tomorrow night we have the experienced and normally very decent Mick Russell from St Albans. If I were writing this 18 months ago, I'd be extolling his virtues, but of late things haven't gone quite so well. A steady official, this will be his 10th Southend match and his 6th at Roots Hall...
  15. What is the real world

    Oft we have heard this phrase . But really what does it mean ? The day to day survival of a person , The exterminates of platos cave , the angst of Jean Paul Satire and is identification of meaning beyond symbols (including alphabet ) ? As Plato said is the unquestioned life worth living ?
  16. Exiled Shrimper

    Jamie Forshaw

    I watched Lowestoft Town play at Great Wakering Rovers yesterday afternoon. Jamie has joined the Trawlermen until the end of the season and made his first start for them in a 2-1 Championship Manager Isthmian League Cup quarter-final defeat at Croydon Athletic on Thursday night. As a result, he...
  17. Thorpe Groyney

    Local Results Round-Up For 2 March

    In the Ryman Premier, it was heartbreak for Billericay Town, beaten 1-0 by a late late goal at Maidstone United to slip back into the relegation zone. Massive result in Ryman One North. Second placed Concord Rangers shocked leaders Lowestoft Town with a 5-0 hammering. East Thurrock United got...
  18. Ref Watch Col U ... A Miller's Tale

    Monday night's match has been entrusted to experienced official, Nigel Miller from not very nearby Durham. This is his seventh season as a League referee and this will be his sixth Southend match and his fifth Southend away game. We haven't actually won any of his away matches although we...
  19. Slipperduke

    Henry - A Great Big Woman

    Cheat. Liar. Criminal. Who would have thought that these would have been the words we would eventually associate with the much-loved, oft-celebrated Thierry Henry? Well, me, actually. For all the magnificence that he has shown on the pitch over the years, he has been like this for a few years...
  20. Ref Watch ..... Gillingham part one

    Been away for a few days. Any news ? Refwatch seems perhaps a little trite at this time but here goes anyway: Tomorrow evening brings Gavin Ward from Oxted to Roots Hall for his fifth visit. This is his third season as a League referee. His first three games went pretty much okay. They were...
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