2021 Friendlies

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

Our claim to fame must be beating Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle 4 - 0 on New Years Day 1992 to go top of league 2 (now championship) for a few hours! No?

Kevin Keegan was not the Manager of Newcastle United when we beat them 4-0 on New Years Day 1992. Ossie Ardiles was the manager at that time and was sacked on or about 5th.Feb. '92. Kevin Keegan's first match as manager was on Feb. 8th.'92 when they beat Bristol City 3-0 with a sell-out crowd of almost 30,000.

 

[tottenham541]

A lot of clubs now are knocking weekly £5-£7 a game and charging a monthly fee or a one off £125 a season fee to play for each player as clubs are finding it harder each year to get by, not good is it.

 

[mfurok]

Hornchurch have just announced that we’re playing them on 20th July.

I wonder how long it will be until we announce anything!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1394249488299085827

What happened to this???

 

[Pak Power]

Genuine question. Where is Frenford?

 

[blueblueblue]

A lot of clubs now are knocking weekly £5-£7 a game and charging a monthly fee or a one off £125 a season fee to play for each player as clubs are finding it harder each year to get by, not good is it.

And thats local Sunday League football we're talking about?

 

[Shrimping Around]

What happened to this???

officially its our under 23s playing in this I think

 

[Shrimping Around]

Genuine question. Where is Frenford?

Ilford

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

Kevin Keegan was not the Manager of Newcastle United when we beat them 4-0 on New Years Day 1992. Ossie Ardiles was the manager at that time and was sacked on or about 5th.Feb. '92. Kevin Keegan's first match as manager was on Feb. 8th.'92 when they beat Bristol City 3-0 with a sell-out crowd of almost 30,000.

Totally not SUFC related but was watching a programme which talked about Ardiles’ spell as Spurs manager, when he tried to get in Diego Maradona but didn’t quite pull it off, so signed Klinsmann instead. Imagine if Maradona had played in England. Almost happened! As you were!

 

[blueblueblue]

Totally not SUFC related but was watching a programme which talked about Ardiles’ spell as Spurs manager, when he tried to get in Diego Maradona but didn’t quite pull it off, so signed Klinsmann instead. Imagine if Maradona had played in England. Almost happened! As you were!

Maradona was an amazing player, just something tells me, he wouldn't have gone down well after that famous hand of god. Ardiles managed Spurs before that didn't he?

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Kevin Keegan was not the Manager of Newcastle United when we beat them 4-0 on New Years Day 1992. Ossie Ardiles was the manager at that time and was sacked on or about 5th.Feb. '92.

The negative point of that game kicking off at lunchtime, was the lack of Geordie fans in attendance, which if a 3pm KO, would have seen a few 100 more, generating a fantastic atmosphere all round. ( The one on the day wasn't bad, mind you! ). I was led to believe the noon KO was down to OB?.
The positive point of that early KO, was that at least we have had the opportunity many times since, to state we were top of the old Div 1 for a few hours, which wouldn't have happened with a 3pm KO!.

 

[Tommy2holes]

I don't want West Ham fans in the home stands!!

If it's their X1 with little in the way of first reamers then I doubt that many will come. Throw in a couple of first teamers and the obligatory few thousand will come along.

All good for the clubs bank balance.

 

[tottenham541]

And thats local Sunday League football we're talking about?

Yep sure is, not as cheap as it used to be.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

I don't want West Ham fans in the home stands!!

Nor did i a few years ago, when we played a majority of their 1st team in pre season friendlies.
But this appears to be against their B team etc, so personally i couldn't care less at the moment!.

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

Maradona was an amazing player, just something tells me, he wouldn't have gone down well after that famous hand of god. Ardiles managed Spurs before that didn't he?

Ardiles managed Spurs til ‘94 and they signed Klinsmann that summer, for 8 grand a week (cheers Google!) ..he was sacked by Christmas mind!

The season we beat the Geordies 4-0 we finished 8 places above them….and 7 above Grimsby! How times change, eh.

 

[blueblueblue]

Ardiles managed Spurs til ‘94 and they signed Klinsmann that summer, for 8 grand a week (cheers Google!) ..he was sacked by Christmas mind!

The season we beat the Geordies 4-0 we finished 8 places above them….and 7 above Grimsby! How times change, eh.

Jesus 8k, how things have changed. Klinsmann was a class act even though he was German

 

[blueblueblue]

Yep sure is, not as cheap as it used to be.

Bloody hell, to play a game of football. In the 90's we use to provide our own nets for the goals and the pitches were pretty poor.

Go over Chalkwell park and look at the wickets, creases and outfields (outside of the winter seasons), they're amazing and well looked after. You could play snooker on them.

 

[rigsby]

Genuine question. Where is Frenford?

Not far from the Gants Hill roundabout. I lived not far from there in the mid 90's and a couple of friends played for them. If I remember right they were granted a tidy sum from the lottery and that launched them up several tiers.

Has any clubs in Southend ever been given a grant?

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

Not far from the Gants Hill roundabout. I lived not far from there in the mid 90's and a couple of friends played for them. If I remember right they were granted a tidy sum from the lottery and that launched them up several tiers.

Has any clubs in Southend ever been given a grant?

Chelsea gave us Anthony? Sorry, too easy.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Ilford

Saw us play & win FA Cup game there ( 2nd Rd ) in 74!.

 

[sunnydays66]

That's a shocking amount of money for a small club, how many do they get a game? 100?

Isn't this a park funded by the TAX payer, what the hell. You can go to any local park that have goal posts, put up some nets and have a game of football with your mates for free.

You can't with nets.