Dave Martin

[Ozzer]

Playing today for Whitehawk v Daggers in FA Cup

 

[The Eternal Optimist]

Was he on the bench :winking:

 

[tottenham541]

He must be 50 odd by now, he still got blonde locks:blush:

 

[LCBB72]

That Dave Martin I thought you ment Dave Martin .

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

That Dave Martin I thought you ment Dave Martin .

Yes, I thought he was talking about the proper Dave Martin. It was funny because Dave Martin's name came up the other day in a conversation. I was having a chat with a manageress in Ladbrokes. She said she used to work in hospitality at SUFC in the early 90s. She said she went out with, and almost married Pat Scully. Through that she became friends with Dave Martin. She still see's Dave Martin when he rarely comes to Southend (Absolutely just a friend, she made that clear) as he now lives in west Essex. She said he's a right character.

Here's Red Card Roy, proving there's only one Dave Martin.

What’s your best memory of your time at Southend?
We had some big games. We had some promotions but, for me, obviously Gascoigne, Lineker and the Tottenham game. I pulled my party piece and got sent off with three minutes to go for good measure. I terrorised the back four that night. Terry Venables said to the reserve coach, “crikey, your mate is a handful isn’t he?”. Which was a compliment from Mr Venables.
That was a great night and we actually won the game. I think I won the crowd over, which was a big thing for me because there were people who didn’t particularly like me.
At Southend, I met many great players and great people. Bobby Moore – unbelievable. Vic Jobson kept the club afloat for ten years and did a magnificent job. I met some great lads and great players. That’s my fondest memory, because I played for some clubs I didn’t give a monkey’s for.

Who were the biggest drinkers at Roots Hall back in your day?
Big drinkers were David Martin – Paul Roberts used to try and hang in there and would struggle. Jim Stannard was a big drinker, our drinking squad was shocking but the team we had with the Dave Martins, the Paul Clarks, myself, Crownie (David Crown), was great.
Crownie was great fun, he’d try and stick in there with you but he’d have eight or nine pints and start getting giggly, which was great for us because we could have a laugh at his expense. He also tried to stay with the big boys.
Me and Dave Martin were two of the big drinkers, 20 pints plus. (reference to the new David Martin); Is there another one now? Nah, there’s only one Davey Martin, that’s for sure.

 

[londonblue]

IIRC Stan Collymore mentioned in his autobiography that Dave Martin would sell porn videos from the boot of his car after training.

 

[Napster]

Dave Martin the older was up until recently managing a card shop in Upminster. Think he's a cabbie now.

 

[West London Blue]

I had reason to meet Dave Martin's partner a couple of years back. They live in Hornchurch and Dave was a night shift supervisor with TFL at one of the tube station works. Still big buddies with Donut and Paul Roberts.