Up the Shrimpers
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Excellent footage from the old Southend Stadium in 1952 attendance 22,429. Just look at the pitch and some of the tackles how was that not a penalty? Southend players look pretty hard, the players of today would not last 2 minutes with that lot. Ah its Joe Sibley who squares up with the Bristol Rovers player what a legend, people go on about how commited players like Alan McCormack was for us should remember players like Joe Sibley he was with Southend from 1937 to 1956 (with a 3 year spell at Newcastle inbetween) if it had not been for the 2nd World war would have played loads of games for us (he still played 246 games).
Some of the play and especially the goalkeepers look a bit dodgy but when you think they were playing on a mud bath with a real football and real football boots.
One thing I cant quite work out is when Southend score the winner no one in the background is celebrating looks like Bristol Rovers had a fair few fans there that day.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=29727
Look at the Southend United training tops in this clip, I want one of those!
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=44361
A view of Roots Hall before its built in 1955 at about 2mins in this clip
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=30217
Not many other Southend matches on there, the Forest clip from 1926 over 18,000 at the Kursaal ground pity no sound, love the main stand at the Kursaal and the referee in blazer shirt & tie.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=24666
Some good colour shots of Southend Airport in this clip, pity they miss the car being loaded onto the Carvair.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=73816
Some of the play and especially the goalkeepers look a bit dodgy but when you think they were playing on a mud bath with a real football and real football boots.
One thing I cant quite work out is when Southend score the winner no one in the background is celebrating looks like Bristol Rovers had a fair few fans there that day.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=29727
Look at the Southend United training tops in this clip, I want one of those!
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=44361
A view of Roots Hall before its built in 1955 at about 2mins in this clip
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=30217
Not many other Southend matches on there, the Forest clip from 1926 over 18,000 at the Kursaal ground pity no sound, love the main stand at the Kursaal and the referee in blazer shirt & tie.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=24666
Some good colour shots of Southend Airport in this clip, pity they miss the car being loaded onto the Carvair.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=73816
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