Roots Hall Food

[Javea Shrimper]

Spotted in The Daily Mail's "Answers to Correspondents", Wednesday 28 April; someone has asked the following question :

If a football match is postponed at very short notice, what happens to all the pies, hot dogs, etc?

Now we know. They are simply packaged up, piled onto the back of an old Ford Transit and driven down to the Roots Hall car park where Brian Dear hands over three or four soiled £50 notes (depending on quantity) and then distributes to the catering points around the stadium.

What? He doesn't?

Certainly tastes like it ...

WS

 

[The Artful Shrimper]

That's slander Mr Javea...
everybody knows that the leftovers are taken to the hot dog burger sellers at Trafalgar square and then whatever's next is given to Brian dear for a tidy fortune

 

[Banksy]

Didn't he play for the Hamsters !

 

[The Artful Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Banksy @ April 29 2004,07:53)]Didn't he play for the Hamsters !

Brian Dear? or  Tidy Fortune?
Brian Dear played for the Hamsters and Millwall, used to bang in quite a few, in the days when they'd have a sesh' the night before (nothing changed there then) and a fag at half time. Quite a leg end around Green street.

 

[overseas shrimper]

Quote[/b] (The Artful Shrimper @ April 29 2004,08:59)]

Quote[/b] (Banksy @ April 29 2004,07:53)]Didn't he play for the Hamsters !

Brian Dear? or Tidy Fortune?
Brian Dear played for the Hamsters and Millwall, used to bang in quite a few, in the days when they'd have a sesh' the night before (nothing changed there then) and a fag at half time. Quite a leg end around Green street.

One fag for the whole team? Poor lad.

 

[Banksy]

Quote[/b] (overseas shrimper @ April 29 2004,08:01)]

Quote[/b] (The Artful Shrimper @ April 29 2004,08:59)]

Quote[/b] (Banksy @ April 29 2004,07:53)]Didn't he play for the Hamsters !

Brian Dear? or  Tidy Fortune?
Brian Dear played for the Hamsters and Millwall, used to bang in quite a few, in the days when they'd have a sesh' the night before (nothing changed there then) and a fag at half time. Quite a leg end around Green street.

One fag for the whole team? Poor lad.

He didn't did he ? Wow !

 

[The Artful Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Banksy @ April 29 2004,08:12)]

 you guys.

 

[* ORM *]

Surely the obvious answer is to stop buying the bloody stuff.

 

[Napster]

I'll be amazed if there is one poor Southend fan who hasn'theard Brian go on about his 5 goals in one match story.

 

[Banksy]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ April 29 2004,08:42)]I'll be amazed if there is one poor Southend fan who hasn'theard Brian go on about his 5 goals in one match story.

Never !

 

[TerryintheWest]

He's never told me about it.

 However I was there on the day the said event occurred and 5 goals in 20 minutes is good at any level, especially the old First Division.

 

[Napster]

Quote[/b] (TerryintheWest @ April 29 2004,08:53)]He's never told me about it.

probably because every time he sees you he's moaning about the Shrimpers!

 

[TerryintheWest]

not necessarily so

 

[Banksy]

Those were the days ! Mooro, Hurst, Peters, Chocco, Ferguson, Bonzo, Rednapp (could he fly - just like Clarkeeee) etc !

 

[Napster]

Quote[/b] (Banksy @ April 29 2004,09:06)]Those were the days ! Mooro, Hurst, Peters, Chocco, Ferguson, Bonzo, Rednapp (could he fly - just like Clarkeeee) etc !

I'm sorry, have we turned into a Wet Spam board all of a sudden?

 

[Banksy]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ April 29 2004,09:09)]

Quote[/b] (Banksy @ April 29 2004,09:06)]Those were the days ! Mooro, Hurst, Peters, Chocco, Ferguson, Bonzo, Rednapp (could he fly - just like Clarkeeee) etc !

I'm sorry, have we turned into a Wet Spam board all of a sudden?

Apolgies !.
Just reminscing.
I'm a true Blue !

 

[TerryintheWest]

Quote[/b] ]Didn't he play for the Hamsters !

No, the Hamsters line-up has always been

Snail's-Pace Slim - Guitar, Vocals
Rev. Otis Elevator - Drums, and
Ms. Zsa Zsa Poltergeist  - Bass
with Dave Bronze ocassionally depping on Bass

 

 

[The Artful Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (TerryintheWest @ April 29 2004,09:25)]

Quote[/b] ]Didn't he play for the Hamsters !

No, the Hamsters line-up has always been

Snail's-Pace Slim - Guitar, Vocals
Rev. Otis Elevator - Drums, and
Ms. Zsa Zsa Poltergeist  - Bass
with Dave Bronze ocassionally depping on Bass

 

Always prefferred Eddie and the Hot Rods from the Southend /Canvey Rock scene days......Do anything you wanna do...classic

 

[Napster]

Quote[/b] (The Artful Shrimper @ April 29 2004,09:29)]

Quote[/b] (TerryintheWest @ April 29 2004,09:25)]

Quote[/b] ]Didn't he play for the Hamsters !

No, the Hamsters line-up has always been

Snail's-Pace Slim - Guitar, Vocals
Rev. Otis Elevator - Drums, and
Ms. Zsa Zsa Poltergeist  - Bass
with Dave Bronze ocassionally depping on Bass

 

Always prefferred Eddie and the Hot Rods from the Southend /Canvey Rock scene days......Do anything you wanna do...classic

I've got that on Sound of the Suburbs. Great track. Pub rock was born in Canvey/Southend- there's a great book about pub rock called No Sleep Till Canvey Island: The Great Pub Rock Revolution by Will Birch which goes on about it. The Blue Boar is mentioned.

 

[Napster]

Quote[/b] (Banksy @ April 29 2004,09:12)]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ April 29 2004,09:09)]

Quote[/b] (Banksy @ April 29 2004,09:06)]Those were the days ! Mooro, Hurst, Peters, Chocco, Ferguson, Bonzo, Rednapp (could he fly - just like Clarkeeee) etc !

I'm sorry, have we turned into a Wet Spam board all of a sudden?

Apolgies !.
Just reminscing.
I'm a true Blue !

It's alright. It's hardly glory-hunting a la FM.