hahaha, someone just posted this up.
"A POTTED HISTORY OF SOUTHEND UNITED ~ details provided by the official Southend United website:
(and you dare to say we have no history, you are funny)
1906 - Southend United were formed at a meeting convened by Oliver Trigg, the landlord of the Blue Boar pub, and his band of fellow soccer enthusiasts.
1920 - The Blues saw election to the Football League confirmed and were on to their fifth manager when Tom Mather took over and led the team into its first season in Division Three South and 17th place. The highlight of the season was a 4-1 defeat of Spurs in the fourth round of the FA Cup in front of 11,661 fans.
1936 - The Blues team this year included David Jack, football's first £10,000 signing and goalkeeper George MacKenzie, who won nine caps for Ireland while at the club and thus becoming United's most capped player.
1955 - This year proved to be a momentous one for Southend, as the club moved to its current and third home Roots Hall.
1966 - Southend were relegated for the first time in their history in a season that included a club record 9-1 defeat at Brighton.
1979 - The first season back in the third division was remembered solely for the two 3rd Round FA Cup games against Liverpool when the game at Roots Hall attracted a record attendance of 31,090.
1984 - This season was disastrous on the field, as players came and went and crowds regularly come under the 2,000 mark
1987 - Southend won promotion back to the Third Division after they teetered on the brink of extinction during a three-year period. Anton Johnson was arrested and £70,000 of the club's Christmas money went missing. This saw Robert Maxwell and Ken Bates come to the rescue and lend the club money.
1989 - The Blues returned to the basement league.
1991 - Southend embarked on by far their most successful spell in their history achieving promotion to the then Second Division for the first time in their history under David Webb.
1992 - The club had a successful first season and even famously led the table for a couple of hours on New Year's Day following a 4-0 home win over Newcastle. Stan Collymore signed for the Blues from Crystal Palace for £150,000.
1993 - Having spent just over seven months at the club with a record of 18 goals in 33 games, Collymore is sold to Nottingham Forest for a deal worth £4.2 million.
1994 - Southend enjoyed a famous trip to Italy in 1994 to take part in the Anglo-Italian Cup where they lost on penalties to NottsCounty in the semi-final.
1998 - Under Alvin Martin, Southend returned to the basement league after finishing bottom of the Second Division.
2004 - The club finished in 17th position in Division Three and reached the final of the LDV Vans Trophy at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff after defeating local rivals Colchester in the area final. Over 17,000 travelled to watch arguably the biggest day in the club's history despite the Blues suffering a 2-0 defeat against Blackpool.
2005 - Southend repeated the act a year later when they returned to the Millennium Stadium for their second consecutive final appearance in the LDV Vans Trophy. Sadly the result was the same though, as the Blues lost 2-0 after extra time to Wrexham. But the season proved to be a much bigger success in the league with the Blues winning promotion to League One via a 2-0 defeat of LincolnCity after extra time in the play-off final.
2006 - Southend earned their second consecutive promotion after they are crowned champions of League One.
2007 - Southend fought till the end in the Championship, but ultimately suffered relegation after a 3-1 defeat in their final home game of the season to Luton Town secured their fate. "
:O
Liking haw they missed off our famous victory against Manchester United!!!
:dim::doh::headbang:
"A POTTED HISTORY OF SOUTHEND UNITED ~ details provided by the official Southend United website:
(and you dare to say we have no history, you are funny)
1906 - Southend United were formed at a meeting convened by Oliver Trigg, the landlord of the Blue Boar pub, and his band of fellow soccer enthusiasts.
1920 - The Blues saw election to the Football League confirmed and were on to their fifth manager when Tom Mather took over and led the team into its first season in Division Three South and 17th place. The highlight of the season was a 4-1 defeat of Spurs in the fourth round of the FA Cup in front of 11,661 fans.
1936 - The Blues team this year included David Jack, football's first £10,000 signing and goalkeeper George MacKenzie, who won nine caps for Ireland while at the club and thus becoming United's most capped player.
1955 - This year proved to be a momentous one for Southend, as the club moved to its current and third home Roots Hall.
1966 - Southend were relegated for the first time in their history in a season that included a club record 9-1 defeat at Brighton.
1979 - The first season back in the third division was remembered solely for the two 3rd Round FA Cup games against Liverpool when the game at Roots Hall attracted a record attendance of 31,090.
1984 - This season was disastrous on the field, as players came and went and crowds regularly come under the 2,000 mark
1987 - Southend won promotion back to the Third Division after they teetered on the brink of extinction during a three-year period. Anton Johnson was arrested and £70,000 of the club's Christmas money went missing. This saw Robert Maxwell and Ken Bates come to the rescue and lend the club money.
1989 - The Blues returned to the basement league.
1991 - Southend embarked on by far their most successful spell in their history achieving promotion to the then Second Division for the first time in their history under David Webb.
1992 - The club had a successful first season and even famously led the table for a couple of hours on New Year's Day following a 4-0 home win over Newcastle. Stan Collymore signed for the Blues from Crystal Palace for £150,000.
1993 - Having spent just over seven months at the club with a record of 18 goals in 33 games, Collymore is sold to Nottingham Forest for a deal worth £4.2 million.
1994 - Southend enjoyed a famous trip to Italy in 1994 to take part in the Anglo-Italian Cup where they lost on penalties to NottsCounty in the semi-final.
1998 - Under Alvin Martin, Southend returned to the basement league after finishing bottom of the Second Division.
2004 - The club finished in 17th position in Division Three and reached the final of the LDV Vans Trophy at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff after defeating local rivals Colchester in the area final. Over 17,000 travelled to watch arguably the biggest day in the club's history despite the Blues suffering a 2-0 defeat against Blackpool.
2005 - Southend repeated the act a year later when they returned to the Millennium Stadium for their second consecutive final appearance in the LDV Vans Trophy. Sadly the result was the same though, as the Blues lost 2-0 after extra time to Wrexham. But the season proved to be a much bigger success in the league with the Blues winning promotion to League One via a 2-0 defeat of LincolnCity after extra time in the play-off final.
2006 - Southend earned their second consecutive promotion after they are crowned champions of League One.
2007 - Southend fought till the end in the Championship, but ultimately suffered relegation after a 3-1 defeat in their final home game of the season to Luton Town secured their fate. "
:O
Liking haw they missed off our famous victory against Manchester United!!!
:dim::doh::headbang:
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