Southend all time black XI

[fbm]

Yes, I dare say this will openly annoy some small minded people, but some of our best ever players have been of coloured origin and I would like to pay tribute by seeing if we can come up with a complete team made up of our coloured bretheren.

Mel Capleton

Lewis Hunt
Leon Cort
Keith Dublin
Chris Powell

Andy Ansah
Keith Jones
Jay Smith
Ricky Otto

Stan Collymore
Richard Cadette

Subs
Wayne Gray, Shaun Goater, Tes Bramble, Leon Constantine, Leo Roget, Ian Benjamin, Barrington Belgrave

plus many more

Keeper aside, what a squad that is.  That is a team that could easily challenge for the Championship and possibly higher.

So, now we've established that we actually have a tremendous collection of coloured players both past and present, who's going to try and say that this is in any way discriminatory, defamatory or racist?

 

[southend4ever]

2 lewis hunts that is good

 

[SUFCFARAWAY]

How can you have Hunt in the first eleven + subs? and Tes twice!

 

[Ljubljana Branch]

Stan Collymore was mixed race. One white parent.

I personally would play him in my Best Black XI, but also in my Best White XI - Is that acceptable?

 

[fbm]

Quote[/b] (SUFCFARAWAY @ Feb. 24 2006,15:23)]How can you have Hunt in the first eleven + subs? and Tes twice!

Well spotted... there was a mix up at the team selection meeting...

Now amended.

 

[Ljubljana Branch]

These are my favourites rather than actually the best.

                       1. Capleton

2. Hunt        5. Roget       6. Warren ©      3. Powell

11. Otto       4. Smith       8. Jones             7. JCR

                  9. Carruthers  10. Collymore

My favourite White team

1. Flavs

2. Hails 5. Lapper 6. Barrett© 3. Jones

11. Hodges 8. Maher 7. Marsh 4. Bryne

9. Eastwood 10. Collymore

 

[blues_r_best]

Quote[/b] (fbm @ Feb. 24 2006,15:30)]

Quote[/b] (SUFCFARAWAY @ Feb. 24 2006,15:23)]How can you have Hunt in the first eleven + subs? and Tes twice!

Well spotted...  there was a mix up at the team selection meeting...

Now amended.

Now Lewis Hunt in the First team twice

 

[Scotty_Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Ljubljana Branch @ Feb. 24 2006,15:37)]These are my favourites rather than actually the best.

                       1. Capleton

2. Hunt        5. Roget       6. Warren ©      3. Powell

11. Otto       4. Smith       8. Jones             7. JCR

                  9. Carruthers  10. Collymore

My favourite White team

                       1. Flavs

2. Hails        5. Lapper       6. Barrett©      3. Jones

11. Hodges       8. Maher       7. Marsh       4. Bryne

                  9. Eastwood       10. Collymore

I like the fact Collymore is in both teams

And yer Hunt has made up half the back 4!

 

[Napster]

where's Richard Young? and Shane Westley?

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

I've decided to base the side only on players that I've seen... so it's all post-1990:

Black XI:
              Capleton

Hunt     Roget     Cort       Powell

Ansah   J. Smith  K. Jones   Otto

        Benjamin   Collymore

Subs: Warren, Hutchings, Dublin (sorry HKB), Constantine, Gray

White XI
                Sansome

Austin      Prior      Scully      Lapper

Whelan    Butler     Marsh       Tilson

          Angell     Eastwood

Subs: Royce, Barrett, Byrne, Maher, Guttridge

Two bloody good sides there (maybe apart from Mel - sorry Mel!)... difficult to predict which one would win.

 

[Firestorm]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Feb. 24 2006,15:51)]where's Richard Young? and Shane Westley?

Chris Ramsey and Mickey Welch......

Mark Hall anyone ??

 

[gbshrimper]

That french thing N'Diaye ??

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 24 2006,15:56)]I've decided to base the side only on players that I've seen... so it's all post-1990:

Black XI:
              Capleton

Hunt     Roget     Cort       Powell

Ansah   J. Smith  K. Jones   Otto

        Benjamin   Collymore

Subs: Warren, Hutchings, Dublin (sorry HKB), Constantine, Gray

White XI
                Sansome

Austin      Prior      Scully      Lapper

Whelan    Butler     Marsh       Tilson

          Angell     Eastwood

Subs: Royce, Barrett, Byrne, Maher, Guttridge

Two bloody good sides there (maybe apart from Mel - sorry Mel!)... difficult to predict which one would win.

Lapper at leftback?

When did we drop Chris Powell to play him there?

Its bad enough you naming Dubin on the bench as one of 3 defenders, but fbm who is normally pretty accuate with these types of things names the donkey ahead of Roget!

My XI

Bramble
Hunt Roget Cort Powell
Ansah K.Jones J.Smith Otto
Collymore Cadette

Subs Capelton, Westley, Hutchings, Benjamin, Regis