Memory Lane On this day - Liverpool 1979

[johnlattimerssponge]

What a night in more ways than one…

 

[Stan33]

What a night in more ways than one…
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I was there

 

[CanveyCastle]

I was there

Along with 31000 others.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

in 2019

https://www.southendunited.co.uk/news/2019/may/kevin-bond-appointed-permanent-southend-manager/

We’ve come a long way since then

All the way into the. National League .(Not saying that Bond,or the 3 managers who came after him were good appointments).

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I was there

I should have been .Had a standing ticket for the West but couldn't hang around for the replay in those Magic Bus days.

 

[Leeboy]

My dad went - I was 4 and I don't think he wanted the responsibility of taking / looking after me.

He got me a programme - which I lost amongst house moves - but got another one off Ebay.

 

[chirpy]

45 years ago today it was a record attendance at Roots Hall, my old programme is looking a bit fragile but the memories are still clear enough. I stood right at the back on the south bank terrace and as a vertically challenged 10 year old I could hardly see a thing. In truth I seem to remember getting more excited at the Watford game in the previous round.. happy days and a thumbs up and cheers to anyone else who was there on that famous night. Happy record attendance night 45th anniversary

 

[Maldon Shrimper]

Yes what a great event that was.Goes down in the records of our history regrettably that attendance will never happen again at the the Hall.Fantastic memories

 

[greyerfox]

Was there in the snow and what a night. Gave my mint programme to my son, Lincoln Shrimp, over Christmas. For me the match against Man City on a mud heap of a pitch in the FA Cup in 1956 was more of an epic. Bert Trautman saved City. I have the programme from their semi - final against Spurs, held at Villa Park 17th March 1956. Ah, the memories!!

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

I to was in the South Bank in with the swaying lads(Mostly North Bank lot) in the middle about 3/4 up the South Bank. The game has been covered many times on here, including the whole game video, and all the photo's. A lot is in the 'Old Photos of Southend United' thread on here.

 

[Shrimperjohn]

I’d love a great F A Cup run and draw next season.. Some of my best memories are cup matches of yesteryear.

 

[Floval Flyer]

never been prouder to say “I was there !”

31k in the snow, watching the best team in the world…. Playing Liverpool

 

[chirpy]

Was there a song about the mighty Liverpool coming to roots hall which was sung in the north bank in later years?

 

[chirpy]

I’d love a great F A Cup run and draw next season.. Some of my best memories are cup matches of yesteryear.

Likewise, surely we are due a bit of a cup run soon, our recent FA cup form is abysmal

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

Made the journey - twice!
The first was postponed, and the second had me in the East staring at the massive ranks in the South for the first few moments.
Pop, a season ticket holder, reckoned that was a game that left him truly satisfied.

 

[chirpy]

Was there in the snow and what a night. Gave my mint programme to my son, Lincoln Shrimp, over Christmas. For me the match against Man City on a mud heap of a pitch in the FA Cup in 1956 was more of an epic. Bert Trautman saved City. I have the programme from their semi - final against Spurs, held at Villa Park 17th March 1956. Ah, the memories!!

A fine Christmas present. The Manchester City cup tie was well before my time but my late father used to tell me about that one as it was one of his fondest Cup memories

 

[Gt Yarmouth Shrimper]

I was there, in the West for the first time that night. I did the replay as well for extra kudos.

 

[blake]

I too was there for the Liverpool home match and for the replay at Anfield and also for the Manchester City game, but never thought of saving the programmes. I agree with greyerfox about Bert Trautman. Amazing performance particularly a save from what looked a certain goal for Roy Hollis that I can still remember clearly. One of the the stand out memories for me from the Liverpool matches, was when at Anfield, following the final whistle, all of the Liverpool supporters stood up and applauded the Southend supporters as we left the ground. A show of sportsmanship that made me an armchair Liverpool supporter for life (but of course only second to the mighty blues).

 

[meerkat54]

I was in the west with my brother. Even if I go senile as I get older. That night is etched into my head forever.
Aren’t rose tinted glasses amazing

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

2 weeks later we played Chesterfield at home in front of 4,300 and within a couple of seasons we were down to record low crowds.