25 Years ago today

[Up the Shrimpers]

We beat Chester City 1-0 at home with a header from Spencer Prior. We thought we had done enough to avoid relegation to Div 4 but Reading score two late goals (cant remember who Reading were playing) to win and send us down with a very high 54 points.

Anyone spot themselves in these photos? https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=southend+v+chester

 

[johnlattimerssponge]

Yes not one of our better days but that is the problem of having ypur destiny under control. Reading won 4-2 away to Chesterfield.

 

[Jam_Man]

There are some great photos in that flickr album!

Bring back some good memories of Roots Hall pre South Stand and covered roofs in the corners etc

 

[old leigh shrimper]

remember it well....running on the pitch from the north bank,celebrating survival.....only to be told we had been relegated.

ps....no mobile phones to check the scores in those days.:smile:

 

[Mick]

Chesterfield were also relegated that year. Reading won that last game to end a run of 6 straight defeats including one at Roots Hall. We went down on goal difference , Northampton survived. At the time it was the highest number of points any team had ever been relegated with.

Elsewhere that year, Millwall (10th) finished above Man Utd (11th) in Division One (Premiership for the younger reader), West Ham were relegated. Chelsea and Man City were first and second ...... in Division Two.

 

[Badger74]

That header was the slowest header to go into a net ever

 

[old leigh shrimper]

I know all those guys at Fiorentina with the Giant Southend flag.....a few of us chipped in to buy it.. Didn't go myself due to my fear of flying!
I think that flag was stolen in the end.....at an England away game in Moldova or somewhere..... ..

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

That header was the slowest header to go into a net ever

I seem to recall it being from being miles out, but I suspect that's my mind playing tricks on me.

Can anyone think of a header scored from further out (in the right net)?

 

[BrettieAngell]

I was there.

I cant zoom in on the pic but definitely remember being on the pitch.

 

[Dazzaref]

I was there.

Me too. In the West; moved to the end we were playing at half time. Those were the days.

 

[old leigh shrimper]

header from a long way out.....must be Mario walsh v York on an opening game of season...again about 25 years ago. Scored two that day (debut I think) ...one a diving header from about 25 yards out........or have I remembered that all wrong?

 

[LCBB72]

I was standing by the directors box with my son as the players came out to wave at the crowd ,David Crown was close to tears and gave a short wave , we now had to wait 51 weeks till David scored two goals at Peterborough to take us back up .

 

[Ailsa Road Shrimper]

Chesterfield were also relegated that year. Reading won that last game to end a run of 6 straight defeats including one at Roots Hall. We went down on goal difference , Northampton survived. At the time it was the highest number of points any team had ever been relegated with.

I remember the tannoy only announced that Reading were 2-0 down, they failed to announce any of the of the other 4 goals that they conceded! Hence everyone thought we were safe at the end of the game, conspiracy theory was that they didn't want to deal with a protest at the end of the game. It seems incredible in this day and age what a lack of technology and communication there was in those days.

 

[Pubey]

Remember Nicky Bailey scoring a great header from a long way out at home once.

Maybe against Millwall?

EDIT: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/6952767.stm

 

[Pubey]

Remember Nicky Bailey scoring a great header from a long way out at home once.

Maybe against Millwall?

EDIT: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/6952767.stm

Looking at the lineup that day I was like "WTF we didn't have Peter Gilbert then!" but realised it was Kerrea Gilbert.

 

[Firestorm]

I remember the tannoy only announced that Reading were 2-0 down, they failed to announce any of the of the other 4 goals that they conceded! Hence everyone thought we were safe at the end of the game, conspiracy theory was that they didn't want to deal with a protest at the end of the game. It seems incredible in this day and age what a lack of technology and communication there was in those days.

Iirc Reading were on a major losing streak and that was their first win in months.
With them 2 0 down at ht we thought we were safe

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Looking at the lineup that day I was like "WTF we didn't have Peter Gilbert then!" but realised it was Kerrea Gilbert.

Just did the exact same thing!

 

[Mick]

I remember the tannoy only announced that Reading were 2-0 down, they failed to announce any of the of the other 4 goals that they scored! ..

It was 2-0 at half-time. Two of Reading's goals were penalties !

 

[fbm]

I'm in there somewhere. I remember being there a long time before someone from the Directors Box said that Reading had won. We wondered how that could be and thought it was a mistake. I don't think it sank in until I saw the results in the Sunday papers.

 

[andykn]

I remember the tannoy only announced that Reading were 2-0 down, they failed to announce any of the of the other 4 goals that they conceded! Hence everyone thought we were safe at the end of the game, conspiracy theory was that they didn't want to deal with a protest at the end of the game. It seems incredible in this day and age what a lack of technology and communication there was in those days.

It wasn't the 19th century, we still had radios.