Memory Lane Old Photos of Southend United.

[TSG]

Posted in 'Programmes' thread but thought it would fit into this thread if missed there.

Kindly sent this programme by wakes123 as it was my first ever game.

Will be framed & placed in a suitable position in the home after, hopefully, a short negotiation with my good wife! (A flag celebrating 'Going Up to the Championship 2006' that I was given in the Spread after the Bristol City game, and somehow returned with me to London, found its way on the wall, of the loo, which it remains to this day, thanks dear!)

What a team that was, though sadly I wasn't quite aware of that at the time, aged 10!

Not sure if any of those firms advertising are going today as well (Any idea of the goal being scored on the front cover?)

 

[Mick]

Posted in 'Programmes' thread but thought it would fit into this thread if missed there.

Kindly sent this programme by wakes123 as it was my first ever game.

Will be framed & placed in a suitable position in the home after, hopefully, a short negotiation with my good wife! (A flag celebrating 'Going Up to the Championship 2006' that I was given in the Spread after the Bristol City game, and somehow returned with me to London, found its way on the wall, of the loo, which it remains to this day, thanks dear!)

What a team that was, though sadly I wasn't quite aware of that at the time, aged 10!

Not sure if any of those firms advertising are going today as well (Any idea of the goal being scored on the front cover?)

Hard to tell who is scoring ..... or is Trevor Roberts pushing it round the post as he did so often? (there might be a "cover photo" description on the inside page - have you looked?)
Refwatch - Danny Lyden from Birmingham was a goalkeeper for Walsall and Bradford City in his playing days. Made a FIFA international referee some 5 years after this match

 

[TSG]

Hard to tell who is scoring ..... or is Trevor Roberts pushing it round the post as he did so often? (there might be a "cover photo" description on the inside page - have you looked?)
Refwatch - Danny Lyden from Birmingham was a goalkeeper for Walsall and Bradford City in his playing days. Made a FIFA international referee some 5 years after this match

Yes, I had 'cheated' & it was in fact a Southend goal scored by Tony Beanland on the previous Tuesday's 4-0 home defeat of Aldershot in front of 6,824! I'll take both of those stats when we play them again next Feb.

Great to see those Mid-week League fixtures, (I thought the full title was the London Mid-week League then), went along to a few of them back in the day, and that the QPR away fixture was postponed Dec. 6, bad weather in West London I wonder? (My part of the world now!)

However, 2 home fixtures against them later on, was one of them the Rodney Marsh return game or too early, next season perhaps?

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

A crazy game. And a free kick from Freddy, every bit as good as the Man U. one.

 

[TSG]

A crazy game. And a free kick from Freddy, every bit as good as the Man U. one.

I was there that day, towards the right of the away end, fairly certain that's the first time I've seen highlights!

I've given 2 players 10 out of 10 over the years, and Freddie got one of them after that display. Even with ten men, I'd forgotten they had the guy sent off, I felt Chesterfield were the better side on the day but Freddie, on his own really, look at his goals, dragged us back and got the win.

I've been to their place twice and seen us win both times, seem to remember the other a 1-0 mugging in the snow, need some help on that one!!

 

[* ORM *]

I don’t know whether this has been posted before. You’ll forgive me for not trawling through. How sparse was the East?????

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

I don’t know whether this has been posted before. You’ll forgive me for not trawling through. How sparse was the East?????

Attendance 4,218 not many Derby either maybe 250.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

A crazy game. And a free kick from Freddy, every bit as good as the Man U. one.

Have added the link to my hattrick thread.

In case anyone fancies an afternoon hunting around YouTube that thread is still missing the footage of:
Freddy v Bristol City
Lee Bradbury
Lee Barnard v Orient
Julian Hails
Leon Cort
Andy Ansah
David Crown and everyone else pre 1990

 

[Mr Plow]

Have added the link to my hattrick thread.

In case anyone fancies an afternoon hunting around YouTube that thread is still missing the footage of:
Freddy v Bristol City
Lee Bradbury
Lee Barnard v Orient
Julian Hails
Leon Cort
Andy Ansah
David Crown and everyone else pre 1990

You can re-watch the entire match here.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

You can re-watch the entire match here.

So sad seeing Mitchell Cole playing for us. He was only 27 years old when he passed. He was very popular at Southend, with a wicked sense of humour.

 

[woodbridge shrimper]

Posted in 'Programmes' thread but thought it would fit into this thread if missed there.

Kindly sent this programme by wakes123 as it was my first ever game.

Will be framed & placed in a suitable position in the home after, hopefully, a short negotiation with my good wife! (A flag celebrating 'Going Up to the Championship 2006' that I was given in the Spread after the Bristol City game, and somehow returned with me to London, found its way on the wall, of the loo, which it remains to this day, thanks dear!)

What a team that was, though sadly I wasn't quite aware of that at the time, aged 10!

Not sure if any of those firms advertising are going today as well (Any idea of the goal being scored on the front cover?)

Home Programme 1934 v Aldershot and 1948 v Charlton. Don't recognise any of our team for the Aldershot game and the only one in the Charlton game was Les Stubbs.In 1952 we sold him to Chelsea for I think £10,000..In 1958 we signed him back for 2 seasons.
Born and buried in Great Wakering he ended his playing days with Great Wakering Rovers and remember him playing against Rayleigh Town at KG Fields probably 1967 where he still showed his skills. My brother ogshrimper played against him that day.
His granddaughter works in my local Waitrose.

Posted in 'Programmes' thread but thought it would fit into this thread if missed there.

Kindly sent this programme by wakes123 as it was my first ever game.

Will be framed & placed in a suitable position in the home after, hopefully, a short negotiation with my good wife! (A flag celebrating 'Going Up to the Championship 2006' that I was given in the Spread after the Bristol City game, and somehow returned with me to London, found its way on the wall, of the loo, which it remains to this day, thanks dear!)

What a team that was, though sadly I wasn't quite aware of that at the time, aged 10!

Not sure if any of those firms advertising are going today as well (Any idea of the goal being scored on the front cover?)

 

[Shrimper in France]

Home Programme 1934 v Aldershot and 1948 v Charlton. Don't recognise any of our team for the Aldershot game and the only one in the Charlton game was Les Stubbs.In 1952 we sold him to Chelsea for I think £10,000..In 1958 we signed him back for 2 seasons.
Born and buried in Great Wakering he ended his playing days with Great Wakering Rovers and remember him playing against Rayleigh Town at KG Fields probably 1967 where he still showed his skills. My brother ogshrimper played against him that day.
His granddaughter works in my local Waitrose.

And Les started his career with the Rovers as well as finished it there. I played with him when he was in his 50s for the 3rd team! I wasn't very good......

Whilst at Chelsea he was part of the team that won the League and they didn't do that again until the Abramovich era 50 years later.

Oh.... and I married his daughter.

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

... and Alan Dicks, who I think came from Chelsea with Les, is currently aged 89 and the third oldest Southend United player still alive

 

[Chairman Trigg]

Not sure if this has been posted .

 

[Hawkwell Blue]

Not sure if this has been posted .

Great to see proper punts from the keepers. None of this tippy tappy rubbish inside the 18 yard area

 

[tsbl2000]

Reserve games used to be a chance to get first team players signatures (if you were brave enough to ask for them!) . Some great names here from 1969, some sadly no longer with us...

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Not sure if this has been posted .

Who was our LB? Stimson?

 

[Voice of Reason]

Who was our LB? Stimson?

Yes and looks like he had a mare

 

[TrueBlue]

I don’t know whether this has been posted before. You’ll forgive me for not trawling through. How sparse was the East?????

There was a reason the East was sparse back then…

We use to back then have different prices for different stands and the east was the most expensive (this was in the 90s) then we streamlined it all to one price and it was more popular

 

[Leeboy]

I was there that day, towards the right of the away end, fairly certain that's the first time I've seen highlights!

I've given 2 players 10 out of 10 over the years, and Freddie got one of them after that display. Even with ten men, I'd forgotten they had the guy sent off, I felt Chesterfield were the better side on the day but Freddie, on his own really, look at his goals, dragged us back and got the win.

I've been to their place twice and seen us win both times, seem to remember the other a 1-0 mugging in the snow, need some help on that one!!

me @* ORM * and @Napster were there as well up the back behind the goal.
I forgot they had a sending off as well