, quite the opposite im afraid. I was pretty ever present at the hall throughout kevs playing career with us.HI Nobbler...yep that was me.It was a very cold friday night at a FÜRTH game(div2),you cannot beat a friday night game.Off to Nürnberg tonight..friday night,footie and beer.Thought I would add this little story from last night's 1-0 defeat against Dorking Wanderers and hopefully it will bring a smile to your face. I was lucky enough to grab one of the 80+ seats allocated to Southend supporters which included all staff members, Essex Radio & the Press. Sitting directly behind me was a scout from Q.P.R who was also an Oxford United fan and like me had supported his club for well over 60 years. It was like me also a new ground for him and we started to talk about our former players from back in the day and as you know talking is a full time job for me these days. He then mentioned that a few years ago he was doing some scouting work for Spurs watching some second division matches in Germany and he had bumped into a Southend fan who he spent some quality time with at the match. The scout who's name I didn't asked then said to me completely out of the blue "How good was Billy Best" well as you can imagine I was absolutely stunned but I then spent the rest of the second-half telling him my own personal encyclopedic knowledge about a person that really does mean so much to not only me but to many other misty eyed fans of a certain age who had the privilege and pleasure to witness the great man play in our beautiful blue shirt. The match itself had passed me by as the referee blew the final whistle. I was still in a bit of a daze as we said our goodbye's and as I shook his hand he thanked me for my time but admitted listing to me was a whole lot better than the match we had both been watching. As we often say to brighten up your day "You just can't beat a bit of Billy"
I only knew him as Nobbler --- I didn't know he had a real name.
Very good question? Probably best (pardon the pun) to ask either your Dad or Uncle and if they can't help you then maybe we should meet up at Roots Hall next time that you are down this way. Mind you if as your name suggest's you are from the Lincoln area please forgive me if I seem a little bit edgy if/when we meet up as I am still having a few belated nightmares from my misspent youth well over 50 years ago.
and even if it wasn't a sensational watch well done blues 
