PhilipH51
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Just to take our minds off the winning run so it can continue quietly in the background - what is your most surprising Southend Utd moment?
My first wife was from Finland and I had worked there for a year too in a town called Valkeakoski - you may know where this is going. On a visit back to Finland in the 80s we went to a Haka match. Teams were read out and in the midst of the Finnish names I heard 'Derek Parker'. Given our one, quite a prolific scorer in the late 70s, had an unusual spelling - he was Derrick - I grabbed the programme, and yes it was him. I did try to catch his attention with a shout to remember the Hall but it didn't reach him. Quite a long way to go to encounter a familiar figure, but I'm sure some of you have similar incidents from a lot further.
And now I won't see the yellow banner telling me to post something!!
My first wife was from Finland and I had worked there for a year too in a town called Valkeakoski - you may know where this is going. On a visit back to Finland in the 80s we went to a Haka match. Teams were read out and in the midst of the Finnish names I heard 'Derek Parker'. Given our one, quite a prolific scorer in the late 70s, had an unusual spelling - he was Derrick - I grabbed the programme, and yes it was him. I did try to catch his attention with a shout to remember the Hall but it didn't reach him. Quite a long way to go to encounter a familiar figure, but I'm sure some of you have similar incidents from a lot further.
And now I won't see the yellow banner telling me to post something!!