Question 50 Players were always meant to be chasing but never actually signed.

[Southendsleeper]

Lee Trundle

 

[BoyWonder2]

Ray Parlour
Teddy Sheringham

 

[Hooly]

Roy O'Donovan. Breathes sigh of relief!

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Leon Knight

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

Leon Gutzmore

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Kevin Kyle

 

[Uncle Leo]

Vince Hilaire.

What number are we up to now?

 

[Hazey]

Andy Robinson.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Andy Robinson.

What, this guy?

Very accurate and could take a beating and keep on agitating.

Row, Row, Row your Boat!

 

[turkishm]

James Walker, er seem to remember him from somewhere i think, or prehaps not.

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

David Beckham (before he went to Preston)

Sir Bobby Robson (before he went to either PSV or Barcelona)

Both these "rumours" came direct from John Adams when he was Vice-Chairman

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

7. Jonny Ekstrom (1995 ish)

Recall us trying to sign thr then Swedish world cup star in the Colin Murphy days. Bobby Houghton I think knew him and word was it was a done deal. Needless to say it wasnt.

That would have been 1992.

I fondly remember the Blues News proclaiming "this is not a publicity stunt".

 

[Napster]

David Beckham (before he went to Preston)

Sir Bobby Robson (before he went to either PSV or Barcelona)

Both these "rumours" came direct from John Adams when he was Vice-Chairman

The Robson one had a smidgen of fact in there I believe.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

David Beckham (before he went to Preston)

Sir Bobby Robson (before he went to either PSV or Barcelona)

Both these "rumours" came direct from John Adams when he was Vice-Chairman

Have you anything from a reliable source to corroborate these stories?

 

[Uncle Leo]

Have you anything from a reliable source to corroborate these stories?

From a previous thread...

http://www.shrimperzone.com/vb/showpost.php?p=998425&postcount=5

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

From a previous thread...

http://www.shrimperzone.com/vb/showpost.php?p=998425&postcount=5

To be honest James the Robson thing to which i was referring was that he was considering becoming our manager, i have no recollection of when this would've been but i'd hazard a guess at early 90s probably around the Mad Murph era

 

[Uncle Leo]

To be honest James the Robson thing to which i was referring was that he was considering becoming our manager, i have no recollection of when this would've been but i'd hazard a guess at early 90s probably around the Mad Murph era

My post was referring to him being offered the job in the late 1960s.

There is no way in a million years Bobby Robson would have been considering the Southend job at any point in the 1990s, when he managed PSV, Porto, Sporting CP, Barcelona and Newcastle.

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

My post was referring to him being offered the job in the late 1960s.

There is no way in a million years Bobby Robson would have been considering the Southend job at any point in the 1990s, when he managed PSV, Porto, Sporting CP, Barcelona and Newcastle.

I found it hard to believe to, but as YB pointed out, i have no evidence from a "reputable source" on which to base my claims :D

 

[canveyshrimper]

I found it hard to believe to, but as YB pointed out, i have no evidence from a "reputable source" on which to base my claims :D

The rumour about Bobby Robson becoming our manager was confirmed by the man himself in his autobiography. But the date would have been around 1966/67. As ever our finances being impecunious put the brakes on the deal.