Xàbia Shrimper
Co-founder of ShrimperZone
Let's start our own ShrimperZone centenary celebrations by picking 100 players who have turned out for Southend United. But let's choose them on a personal level in YOUR lifetime - first come, first served (no repeats) - with your reason WHY you choose this player. We all have different tastes, I'm pretty sure we can come up with 100 different players.
I'll start with:
ALAN MOODY
He is my selection simply because he was my first sporting hero. He was well established when I first started watching the Shrimpers in 1976 and well on his way to those 500+ appearances. He was almost always in total command and an absolute rock in defence; he was also rather good at penalties and I dare say most of his 44 goals came from the spot.
SELECTIONS
1. Alan Moody (XS)
2. Adam Barrett (Mr Wooly)
3. Freddy Eastwood (shrimper4life)
4. Darryl Flahavan (fredheim_holm)
5. Billy Best (Norwichsufc)
6. Paul Clark (Tony The Kray)
7. Chris Powell (gilbo)
8. Stan Collymore (Beefy)
9. Richard Cadette (zulu_shrimper)
10. Peter Butler (pboreham)
11. Damon Searle (True Blue)
12. Mervyn Cawston (canveyshrimper)
13. David Crown (MrB)
14. Jimmy Shankley (The Ancient Firestorm)
15. Mike Marsh (The Eternal Optimist)
16. Paul Sansome (Matt the Shrimp)
17. Ian Benjamin (Billericay Blue)
18. Simon Royce (Uxbridge Shrimper)
19. Anton Otulakowski (weststander)
20. Steve Tilson (Mrs P)
21. Derek Spence (SUFCEssex)
22. Ronnie Whelan (loz)
23. David Martin (Napster)
24. Ricky Otto (Technician)
25. Pat Scully (EastStandBlue)
26. Micky Stead (ldnfatso)
27. Peter Taylor(Banksy)
28. Rob Newman (Slipperduke)
29. Ron Pountney (hullbridge shrimper)
30. Spener Prior (Hong Kong Blue)
31. Gary Bennett (The Bloke in the Pram Shop)
32. Martin Ling (gbshrimper)
33. Roy McDonough (Rayleigh Weir)
34. Dave Cusack (Prodigal Son)
35. Julian Hails (Stodge)
36. Steven Hammell (shrimper2thecore)
37. Dave Worthington (Suffolk Shrimper)
38. Steve Yates (SteveYatesSocks)
39. Mike Lapper (Eastwood Shrimper)
40. John McKinven (Snowy)
41. Steve Phillips (SUFCLiam's Dad)
42. Mark Bentley (OneDreweBroughton)
43. Leon Cort (swanseashrimper)
44. Kevin Maher (leeblue)
45. Colin Morris (The Big Shrimp)
46. Martin Robinson (wardy)
47. Mark Gower (ASHRIMPER)
48. Wayne Gray (jcrcr)
49. Che Wilson (shrimper loz)
50. Chris Guthrie (chrisguthrie)
51. Terry Gray (sussexbythesea)
52. Drewe Broughton (Matty the Shrimper)
Updated: 29-08-06 11:05 CET
I'll start with:
ALAN MOODY
He is my selection simply because he was my first sporting hero. He was well established when I first started watching the Shrimpers in 1976 and well on his way to those 500+ appearances. He was almost always in total command and an absolute rock in defence; he was also rather good at penalties and I dare say most of his 44 goals came from the spot.
SELECTIONS
1. Alan Moody (XS)
2. Adam Barrett (Mr Wooly)
3. Freddy Eastwood (shrimper4life)
4. Darryl Flahavan (fredheim_holm)
5. Billy Best (Norwichsufc)
6. Paul Clark (Tony The Kray)
7. Chris Powell (gilbo)
8. Stan Collymore (Beefy)
9. Richard Cadette (zulu_shrimper)
10. Peter Butler (pboreham)
11. Damon Searle (True Blue)
12. Mervyn Cawston (canveyshrimper)
13. David Crown (MrB)
14. Jimmy Shankley (The Ancient Firestorm)
15. Mike Marsh (The Eternal Optimist)
16. Paul Sansome (Matt the Shrimp)
17. Ian Benjamin (Billericay Blue)
18. Simon Royce (Uxbridge Shrimper)
19. Anton Otulakowski (weststander)
20. Steve Tilson (Mrs P)
21. Derek Spence (SUFCEssex)
22. Ronnie Whelan (loz)
23. David Martin (Napster)
24. Ricky Otto (Technician)
25. Pat Scully (EastStandBlue)
26. Micky Stead (ldnfatso)
27. Peter Taylor(Banksy)
28. Rob Newman (Slipperduke)
29. Ron Pountney (hullbridge shrimper)
30. Spener Prior (Hong Kong Blue)
31. Gary Bennett (The Bloke in the Pram Shop)
32. Martin Ling (gbshrimper)
33. Roy McDonough (Rayleigh Weir)
34. Dave Cusack (Prodigal Son)
35. Julian Hails (Stodge)
36. Steven Hammell (shrimper2thecore)
37. Dave Worthington (Suffolk Shrimper)
38. Steve Yates (SteveYatesSocks)
39. Mike Lapper (Eastwood Shrimper)
40. John McKinven (Snowy)
41. Steve Phillips (SUFCLiam's Dad)
42. Mark Bentley (OneDreweBroughton)
43. Leon Cort (swanseashrimper)
44. Kevin Maher (leeblue)
45. Colin Morris (The Big Shrimp)
46. Martin Robinson (wardy)
47. Mark Gower (ASHRIMPER)
48. Wayne Gray (jcrcr)
49. Che Wilson (shrimper loz)
50. Chris Guthrie (chrisguthrie)
51. Terry Gray (sussexbythesea)
52. Drewe Broughton (Matty the Shrimper)
Updated: 29-08-06 11:05 CET