Memory Lane How the Mighty Shrimpers have fallen......Chelsea 1 Southend United 1

[Hooly]

This day 15 years ago. Oh the glory days. Did we go mental when Peter Clarke scored.

 

[Hadleigh Blue]

Remember it well, a great day out! Those great old days of exciting cup runs could be on their way back!

 

[Voice of Reason]

Remember it well but have to go for Everton away for the best day out. We absolutely battered them and only lost because of big nev

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

FWIW ,This was the last away game I saw us play.

 

[Supershrimper]

FWIW ,This was the last away game I saw us play.

Glory hunter

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Glory hunter

Not quite since I came back from here for the game.Sat alongside a couple of Shrimpers who'd come up from Cornwall too.

 

[* ORM *]

Yep Chelsea have struggled this season

 

[HUMBLEPIE]

Yep Chelsea have struggled this season

Yeah a billion pounds on players don’t go far now days .

 

[Swiss Tony]

Not quite since I came back from here for the game.Sat alongside a couple of Shrimpers who'd come up from Cornwall too.

A right couple of reprobates I’ve heard.

 

[WestyReturns]

What a day out. Remember travelling back through London and everyone was cheering us knowing the result. Now hardly anyone knows what league we're even in.

 

[Swiss Tony]

Apart from our late goal I also remember going on the lash down Earl’s Court, what a day.

 

[Strykr]

Cracking day out, and the Chelsea fans were pretty decent i thought.

 

[smudgster]

Backed Clarkey to score first or last that day at 50/1.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

This day 15 years ago. Oh the glory days. Did we go mental when Peter Clarke scored.

Remember it well. Was my sons first Southend game. He was 5 then and when Clarke scored I ran to the front like the other fans and my son just sat there watching us go mental.

He must have liked what he saw. 15 years later and he's been a season ticket holder ever since with me in the South Upper.

 

[Ricey]

The most ****ed I’ve ever been at a Southend game! Met up with some cracking people from SZ back in the day. Don’t think any of them post on here anymore which is a real shame. They were great times as a supporter.

 

[The General]

Who did take that flag!?

 

[Ricey]

Who did take that flag!?

Someone had to go there.

Poor Dave, I went for a curry with him and his wife afterwards. I was so ****ed I don’t remember him even talking about it.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

My youngest son & me did the Corporate Hospitality package in the West Stand. Very nice, but we were sat in the corner by The Shed, & were unable to see most of our fans in there.
Had arranged to meet a couple of Chelsea fans in The Butcher's Hook pub opp afterwards, & when leaving the West Stand, many of our fans were en route back to Fulham Broadway station.
Some of them thought we were Chelsea fans, & started giving us verbal!. I soon put them right!.
Later we headed off to 'The Goose' pub up the North End Road, to meet other Chelsea fans i know. Stayed there for a couple more hours, great pub with good beers. Can't remember when i got back to Leigh, but it was late!.
Debatable topic, but imo i've always thought our draw there, was a better achievement than beating Man Utd in 2006?.
Reason being Chelsea played their 1st team that day, in their stadium with the majority of fans cheering them on. O.k Man Utd played Rooney, Ronaldo & 4-5 other regulars, but not their 1st team down here, in a ramshackle ground compared to what they were used to?.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Cracking day out, and the Chelsea fans were pretty decent i thought.

Yeah, but it was our lot who remembered* Bill Garner at HT not theirs:-

"Big Bill Garner,

Eyes of blue,

6 foot 2,

He's coming after you."

They certainly didn't have a song for him and I 'd wager that most of their lot didn't even know who he was.

 

[Tony Allen]

And we were looking good in the replay for some time if I remember it right