Ben Abbey

[Crystal Palace Shrimper]

I was on the tube this morning travelling into the City, when the guy next to me noticed by SUFC coat and asked if I was a fan and if I remembered him from 10 years ago (which I was, having been at Brisbane Road when he got both goals in the 2-0 win). Now works as a foreign currency trader in Cornhill. Plays part time for Tooting & Mitcham, but next season hoping to move to Wealdstone (upwardly mobile Ryman Premier team nearer his West London home and managed by a good friend of his).

Also, a really, really nice guy who has very fond memories of his time with us and still follows the club closely (he was at Orient in December watching with David Lee, another player from that era). Is saddened by our financial position, there were money problems when he was there (and talk of a new ground, nice to see we've moved on!), financial constraints were one of the reasons he wasn't retained as Webb preferred to keeep Bramble and Rawle (and to save his money for the woeful Tony Richards and Belgrave the following season).

As I said, really nice bloke and glad he is doing well for himself.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Nice to know he still thinks of us fondly.

:)

Did anyone ever work out the answer to the question: "Who let the Abbey out?"

;)

 

[Napster]

I was on the tube this morning travelling into the City, when the guy next to me noticed by SUFC coat and asked if I was a fan and if I remembered him from 10 years ago (which I was, having been at Brisbane Road when he got both goals in the 2-0 win). Now works as a foreign currency trader in Cornhill. Plays part time for Tooting & Mitcham, but next season hoping to move to Wealdstone (upwardly mobile Ryman Premier team nearer his West London home and managed by a good friend of his).

Also, a really, really nice guy who has very fond memories of his time with us and still follows the club closely (he was at Orient in December watching with David Lee, another player from that era). Is saddened by our financial position, there were money problems when he was there (and talk of a new ground, nice to see we've moved on!), financial constraints were one of the reasons he wasn't retained as Webb preferred to keeep Bramble and Rawle (and to save his money for the woeful Tony Richards and Belgrave the following season).

As I said, really nice bloke and glad he is doing well for himself.

Cool. He's also on Facebook as Benz Abbey.

I liked him. Who let the Abbey out.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I was on the tube this morning travelling into the City, when the guy next to me noticed by SUFC coat and asked if I was a fan and if I remembered him from 10 years ago (which I was, having been at Brisbane Road when he got both goals in the 2-0 win). Now works as a foreign currency trader in Cornhill. Plays part time for Tooting & Mitcham, but next season hoping to move to Wealdstone (upwardly mobile Ryman Premier team nearer his West London home and managed by a good friend of his).

Also, a really, really nice guy who has very fond memories of his time with us and still follows the club closely (he was at Orient in December watching with David Lee, another player from that era). Is saddened by our financial position, there were money problems when he was there (and talk of a new ground, nice to see we've moved on!), financial constraints were one of the reasons he wasn't retained as Webb preferred to keeep Bramble and Rawle (and to save his money for the woeful Tony Richards and Belgrave the following season).

As I said, really nice bloke and glad he is doing well for himself.

Did you not give him and his fat cat city mates a dressing down for ruining the economy and plunging Rons stadium bid into chaos?

 

[Crystal Palace Shrimper]

No, as I also work in the City that would have been a little hypocritical.

 

[maninasuitcase]

Apparently he has BA in Business Administration and worked in the same sports management company as Carl Hutchins.

 

[southend4ever]

Ben Abbey is an international!!!

I believe Ben Abbey went on to play for the England Beach football team.

 

[TrueBlue]

David Lee is a regular down at roots hall

 

[TrueBlue]

Nice to know he still thinks of us fondly.

:)

Did anyone ever work out the answer to the question: "Who let the Abbey out?"

;)

Webb Webb Webb Webbb

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

Interesting read, thanks for sharing CPS

 

[DTS]

David Lee is a regular down at roots hall

Didnt he used to support Southend as a boy anyway?

 

[ShrimperChris]

Ben Abbey was my favourite player, mainly because he scored the only goal in the first Southend game I ever went to, a 1-0 win over Lincoln City in 2001 IIRC.

 

[Gremlin]

Those goals from Orient

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLoujSObwyU

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loaawlXfInY&feature=related

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

Will always be a legend to me, my first away game was THAT 2-0 at Orient

 

[Bromley Blue]

Yeah think that was my first away game too. Glad to see he's doing ok for himself after leaving the pro game.