Floval Flyer
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Basildon is only 60 years old , initially populated by fanilies relocated from east london.
Any football alegiances will still be the fàmily ties I would imagine
Exactly this, Basildon / Vange / Pitsea / Wickford are mainly populated by WetSpam supporters, with a splattering of Gooners; who moved from the slums of East London during the early 70's, and there is no way I want our ground to be in Basildon or Castle Point districts, or anywhere within those boundaries. Otherwise we will get more of the likes of "Well I support WHU,, can't afford tickets so I watch Southend..."
I would rather have 7-8k fans who are passionate about our club and are no1 supporters than us being a secondary team. The atmosphere would suffer. Anywhere outside of SS0 to SS2 postcodes isn't really Southend territory.