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[Uncle Leo]

Is it time yet for my annual post where I ask the club to chose a shade of blue and style of kit and stick to it?

This is the club's branding and identity.

It should be something where people can identify it as Southend United without having to look at the badge. No changing the sleeves to white and then back to blue, no second shade of blue, no pinstripes, no changing the shorts or socks colour or white patches. Pick an identity and then stick with it. If it costs a bit more so be it. This is the club's identity.

We're pretty close to be fair.

I'm sure most fans would now identify us as a team who wear navy. I'm not bothered about the occasional dip in to pinstripes/chevrons etc - look back at the history of just about any side and they've had similar patterns without compromising their core identity. Liverpool in the 1980s (pinstripes) or Tottenham recently (blue sash) are two that immediately spring to mind.

Different sleeves don't fall in to that category though - we've had them twice in the last eight years and I wouldn't want to see their return. We also appear to have settled on white socks, with 2014/15 the only exception since 2009.

Three of the last four campaigns have seen us step out in navy/navy/white - hopefully we can settle on that now.

 

[edwardss2]

This maybe a daft question, but as a newbie are we 'blues' or 'shrimpers'? I prefer the latter but the club seem to use the former. Shrimpers seems a bit more specific, there are lots of blues after all, and of course this august and excellent forum is called Shrimperzone

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

This maybe a daft question, but as a newbie are we 'blues' or 'shrimpers'? I prefer the latter but the club seem to use the former. Shrimpers seems a bit more specific, there are lots of blues after all, and of course this august and excellent forum is called Shrimperzone

We're both.

We're the Seasiders, the Soul Survivors, the Blues, the Shrimpers, the Barmy Army
Nothing's gonna stop us now....

 

[Napster]

We were the Blues first. Old Pa Shrimper was 1930s.

ps fancy the first kit from 1906? Royal blue jerseys with black collars and cuffs and white knickers

 

[Uncle Leo]

We were the Blues first. Old Pa Shrimper was 1930s.

ps fancy the first kit from 1906? Royal blue jerseys with black collars and cuffs and white knickers

I love how they used to call them knickers. Also, I remember in my first sticker album (1984), 'socks' being referred to as 'stockings'. Saucy.

 

[Leoblue]

I love how they used to call them knickers. Also, I remember in my first sticker album (1984), 'socks' being referred to as 'stockings'. Saucy.

NA on BBC Essex still refers to them as stockings.

 

[Kevin Hogg]

For me...we are The Shrimpers.
There are hundreds of clubs referenced as The Blues.

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

Happy to endorse this one, as said on previous thread. Chuck in a badge and away we go.

1969 kit like Col U? Not really... more WBA.

Best retro kit is before my time but it was the 1963/4 kit. Navy, white a bold white pinstripe, white shorts and socks. Brilliant looking kit.

Here - picture taken from the current edition of "Backpass".

http://www.shrimperzone.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=4491&d=1486208495