Memory Lane 44 years to the day, or night should I say

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

One of my best memories of supporting Southend

 

[Dutch Branch]

Great night

 

[RHB]

My feet still have frost bite.

 

[Special Blue]

Happy memories as a 9 soon to be 10 year old boy! What a night.

 

[Chrisb]

Brilliant night at Roots Hall, one of the very best.

 

[Floval Flyer]

44 years, crikey! I was there, a primary school kid in awe

 

[ozzie]

A great night against the best team in the world.
RIP the south bank...the south bank could not/would not look better
Then,iirc,run home to watch it on Sportsnight

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

I didn't have a grey hair on my body!.

 

[Pak Power]

Great Night, I got in for nothing, they opened the gates on the South Bank just as kick off time approached. There must have been a couple of hundred added to the attendance.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

I printed the programme cover, inside front cover, inside pack page & back cover on 85gsm art paper. The rest of it was printed on our newspaper press, a 6 unit Goss urbanite press.
I also printed the matchday tickets, & the vouchers given out at the league game v Brentford a few weeks beforehand. All the overtime i accrued paid for Christmas & our costs for the replay, plus more!.

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

I was a mere 2 year old when this game took place but I’ve heard so much about it.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

One of my best memories of supporting Southend

Ha! Although I had a ticket for the game (in the West) I had to be back in Barna ,so missed the re-arranged date.

 

[RHB]

Could all of you who were prepubescent when this game was played please stop reminding me that I had passed that point years before and been married for 3 years. Thank you!

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

I was only 15 and I usually went by train from Wickford, but my Brother in law wanted to go, so he got my second ticket as a season ticket holder, hence he drove, we missed the first 15 minutes, 'cos he insisted on driving as part of the deal, leaving later than I was going to, if I'd have gone on my own with my mates ......GRRRRR

 

[* ORM *]

What always made me laugh was the official capacity being 36K and the official attendance 31K. There was a gap in the North but everywhere else was rammed.

 

[OldBlueLady]

From @davethephoto on Twitter yesterday, proof of when top teams took the FA Cup seriously!

Was stood in the Paddock, with frozen hands and feet! Amazing night.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1612913776747249665

 

[OldBlueLady]

John Motson was an important part of that night too, he remembers the game well! I think the photo shows him stood in front of the South Bank - although I've seen a credit that it's Adams Park, doesn't look like it to me!

Legendary commentator John Motson recalls his freezing night watching Southend United draw with Liverpool

LEGENDARY football commentator John Motson has seen more than 3,000 matches behind the microphone during an illustrious career.

www.echo-news.co.uk

 

[Whispering Bob]

Recall a great snowball fight while queuing outside and David Fairclough taking an age to unravel himself from my perfectly aimed bog roll (it was a thing in them days kids).

 

[Mick]

John Motson was an important part of that night too, he remembers the game well! I think the photo shows him stood in front of the South Bank - although I've seen a credit that it's Adams Park, doesn't look like it to me!

Legendary commentator John Motson recalls his freezing night watching Southend United draw with Liverpool

LEGENDARY football commentator John Motson has seen more than 3,000 matches behind the microphone during an illustrious career.

www.echo-news.co.uk

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It was at Adams Park, 8th December 1990. Postponed match against Peterborough during Wycombe's first season at the ground.

 

[Stuart W]

John Motson was an important part of that night too, he remembers the game well! I think the photo shows him stood in front of the South Bank - although I've seen a credit that it's Adams Park, doesn't look like it to me!

Legendary commentator John Motson recalls his freezing night watching Southend United draw with Liverpool

LEGENDARY football commentator John Motson has seen more than 3,000 matches behind the microphone during an illustrious career.

www.echo-news.co.uk

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Sorry to disappoint you OBL, but that is a picture taken in December 1990 of Motty at Adams Park, before the planned FA Cup match between Wycombe and Peterborough. I say planned, as with over 4 inches of snow on the pitch, the game was postponed at a late stage and played the following Wednesday.
The recollection I have of Motson at Roots Hall at the Liverpool cup-tie was of him freezing his nuts off sitting in the gantry above the West Stand. Also being nearly 12 years earlier he may also have been wearing a different sheepskin coat…..