stan collymore
Stanley Victor Collymore
In 2018 I was invited by the Icelandic FA to watch their game v Bosnia which confirmed an island of 300,000 ( size of Coventry) qualify for the World Cup.
Before the game, the manager, Heidur invited me into what could be best described as a small social club.
300 fans in colours all singing.
Heidur walked in and asked me to switch my phone off. Everyone else's was on.
He gave out the team to the fans in the club as he had done for the previous several years which included handing England our arses at the 2016 Euros.
Not one fan gave a member of press the information in that time or indeed on that day.
He gave the fans the team before the press, every single game and not one leak came out.
Now, the moral of the story isn't giving you lot the bloody team sheet every week, it's the fundemental trust between organisation ( club or association) and supporter.
That trust was the bedrock of their success. One didn't work without the other.
If Southend United can build half that trust with fans, other clubs and players, we've every chance.
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Before the game, the manager, Heidur invited me into what could be best described as a small social club.
300 fans in colours all singing.
Heidur walked in and asked me to switch my phone off. Everyone else's was on.
He gave out the team to the fans in the club as he had done for the previous several years which included handing England our arses at the 2016 Euros.
Not one fan gave a member of press the information in that time or indeed on that day.
He gave the fans the team before the press, every single game and not one leak came out.
Now, the moral of the story isn't giving you lot the bloody team sheet every week, it's the fundemental trust between organisation ( club or association) and supporter.
That trust was the bedrock of their success. One didn't work without the other.
If Southend United can build half that trust with fans, other clubs and players, we've every chance.
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