The Blue Belles.

[cerbera45]

We've moaned about everything else this season so we might as well start on the Blue Belles.

 

[Freedom for Tooting]

We want to increase attendances, not put more people off going.

Speak for yourself ducky

 

[HypoTypo]

FFS get a grip man.

Yeah Sorry.

 

[overseas shrimper]

How about a youth club taking penalties like we used to have? That always went down well with the South Stand. Young kids scoring goals at Roots Hall, creating those memories and pushing their dream of playing for Southend.

Isn't this what we're trying to do with our current line-ups / available squad during the games?

 

[AndyT]

... LOL

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

Funnily enough, we were discussing them also today. Conclusion was that they are a bit dated.

Yeah give me a couple of blokes plodding along with a pitch fork over some girls trying to make something of themselves.
If you’re offended stare into your Guardian while they’re on.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Yeah give me a couple of blokes plodding along with a pitch fork over some girls trying to make something of themselves.
If you’re offended stare into your Guardian while they’re on.

Who said I was offended?

 

[rigsby]

Watching some of our cowardly defending in the last year, then surely some of our team should have been playing in mini skirt and pom poms.

 

[Harry Bullocks]

You mean that they they don't rush off at the end of the 1st half and get changed....

 

[jaffa1]

And lonely old men??.

Yep, I watch them........

 

[Big Bad Barry Corr]

I remember when they replaced them for a while with some street dance group. Wiggles or something like that they were called I think?

Lasted a few games and mysteriously the Bluebelles returned PDQ. Perhaps Ron didn’t pay the street dancers or he realised the Bluebelles were the cheaper option? One of life’s & Southend’s great mysteries namely - what happened to Wiggles, where is Elvis Eel and what was Bond thinking when he signed Ridgewell? ?

 

[Strykr]

Wiggles were under an um bungo iirc.

 

[GROWLER]

I remember when they replaced them for a while with some street dance group. Wiggles or something like that they were called I think?

Lasted a few games and mysteriously the Bluebelles returned PDQ. Perhaps Ron didn’t pay the street dancers or he realised the Bluebelles were the cheaper option? One of life’s & Southend’s great mysteries namely - what happened to Wiggles, where is Elvis Eel and what was Bond thinking when he signed Ridgewell? ?

ELVIS EEL and Original Sammy were fired for having the temerity to ask if there was any chance of having their costumes spring cleaned and disinfected ,from the inside !!

 

[MK Shrimper]

The Bluebelles are so very 1990s lad culture.

 

[Napster]

Jamie Stuart certainly liked them. Dont we share them with West Ham or something?

 

[AndyT]

The Bluebelles are so very 1990s lad culture.

All HT entertainment is dated. There's only a small limit to what you can do.

They're alright by me.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Jamie Stuart certainly liked them. Dont we share them with West Ham or something?

No. They have nothing to do with WH at the moment.

 

[rigsby]

The Bluebelles are so very 1990s lad culture.

Lads culture was not invented in the 90's. Thumbing through the office copy of FHM.....Big deal.

In the 70's and 80's we were more entertained by kicking ten bells out of someone.

Young girls found it far more inspiring than some degrading US imported cheerleader nonsense. Young boys didn't need Elvis the eel or Sammy the Shrimp, they had the likes of Ginger to look up to.

Now they have to hand their list of songs in for police approval, just in case the oppos lads might get offended.

 

[Ricky Otto]

And lonely old men??.

Dirty ones too. The bluebells do their dancing etc at Essex CCC T20 games as well and there is an older fella there (late 50's early 60s ish) who makes me cringe. One time one of the young girls walked by the boundary near said man and he just yells "Camel toe" right at her. Horrible looking old bloke

 

[londonblue]

I thought I'd watch the half time kick about between our young subs. The weather was horrendous with driving rain and blowing the expected gale. I couldn't believe it when The Blue Belles still came out to do their routine. Obviously, cold, wet, weather beaten........but they were fantastic. They gave it everything, every one of them. The music was good, but they were brilliant with a great routine. Timing, brilliant. I know they practice very hard, and it showed, ready for each home match. Well done girls. I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to mark every one of you 10 out of 10. The sad thing was that only a handful of us in the East Stand clapped them off. We take them for granted, and really should appreciate them more.

Couldn't tell from the West stand: the public address wasn't working.