Southend United in the media

[Uncle Leo]

'A football match at Southend' got a mention on the last episode of Have I Got News For You (presented by Martin Clunes).:smile:

I saw that last night; I wondered why Southend was mentioned as I certainly didn't recognise the ground and one of the featured teams (judging by a flag in the background) appeared to be Salisbury City.

 

[WightShrimper]

I saw that last night; I wondered why Southend was mentioned as I certainly didn't recognise the ground and one of the featured teams (judging by a flag in the background) appeared to be for Salisbury City.

My thought was that it was deliberately not SUFC so that no one could claim the programme was highlighting the club as being involved in the match fixing claims. But it was nice that Southend got a mention.

 

[thenobster]

Maybe Brentford fan hasn't been to Roots Hall for many years, and was thinking of the old South Stand.. that was quite steep.

 

[Napster]

I heard a recent Fighting Talk where they said Alison Moyet was a Palace fan. I made a point on twitter, Alison got involved and the comic had to apologise to her!

:winking:

 

[Uncle Leo]

Couple of snippets here from Phil Brown on the FA website

http://www.thefa.com/news/the-fa-cup/2014/jan/third-round-southend-united-millwall-phil-brown

You would have thought the people at the FA would have known how to spell 'Morecambe', mind.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Report on yesterday's game from the DT.

Southend vs Portsmouth

 

[Ricey]

Report on yesterday's game from the DT.

Southend vs Portsmouth

Very little mention about us in the whole article.

 

[fredheim_holm]

Is Richie Barker Steve Tilson's long lost brother?

 

[Trucking shrimper]

Very little mention about us in the whole article.

They got the important bits in. We won at their place and we won again yesterday! :thumbsup:

 

[EnglandShrimper]

How could Portsmouth take 1500 to Wimbledon? Allocation of 900?? Good reporting...

 

[Gremlin]

How could Portsmouth take 1500 to Wimbledon? Allocation of 900?? Good reporting...

We got 900. Doesn't mean they did.

 

[Dazzaref]

We got 900. Doesn't mean they did.

They took 802 according to the Portsmouth OS.

 

[Danshrimper]

We got 900. Doesn't mean they did.

They did though, every club gets 900 at Wimbledon. Pompey took 802 to Wimbledon.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

How could Portsmouth take 1500 to Wimbledon? Allocation of 900?? Good reporting...

That wasn't Leonard's first goal of the season either as he scored in the cup.

Reports like that are why I no longer buy a newspaper.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Reports like that are why I no longer buy a newspaper.

But mostly because you're tight fisted.


Incidentally, The Times have started cutting back on their Football League coverage. A couple of paragraphs for each game (more in the Championship) had been the norm, but they've slipped back to as little as a sentence or two now.

 

[PhilipH51]

On the 3rd round preview page in today's Guardian there is just one tiny monochrome photo with the caption: Roots Hall 1956 demonstrated e true definition of a waterlogged pitch.
is this a southend fan determined to get us publicity whatever, or a Col U / W Ham / Orient / Gills fan looking for any opportunity to take the p?
Anyone know the match incidentally, and he score?

 

[RobM]

Manchester city, lost 1-0.

 

[Firestorm]

Manchester city, lost 1-0.

Iirc Bert Trautmann said in his bio that the RH game was the toughest game City had in the cup that year

 

[maninasuitcase]

A quick mention of today's game by Dougie Anderson on Fighting Talk this morning.

 

[PhilipH51]

Thanks to RobM and firestorm for quickly giving me that info - I didn't realise Trautmann had played at RH - even at my advanced age that's before my RH time!