Who remembers League Division 4?

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Was it so bad?

 

[Bobby dazzler]

Brilliant

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

Classic. Good to see the dreary seaside resort getting a result whereas ColU lost. Those were the days.

 

[Blueronron]

Who can forget Dave Smith and fortress Roots Hall

 

[MK Shrimper]

We won it I believe.

 

[Ex-Member1]

Happy Days indeed!

 

[tottenham541]

In the days when we used to get 3,000 through the door.

 

[Shrimper Neil]

Used to love a Friday night game, stood in the paddock as a kid... a crowd of over 4000 was like 10,000 today

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

8 of those teams non-league now

 

[Chrisb]

Great days and the football was so much more straightforward, less about formations, tactics, etc. just good stuff to watch. Yes, sometimes it was poor but the good times more than made up for that.

 

[tottenham541]

Some of them games being in the north bank when southend were attacking that end we’re great, big Jim stanards big drop kicks that used to bounce on the edge of the box and into the goalkeepers arms were massive.

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Oh how happy days.... Friday nights, games under floodlights , access most areas...Bill Garner Terry Johnson and Bernie ??? tearing down the wings

 

[Chrisb]

Really enjoying these threads about the old times, both as a distraction from our current plight and a reminder of why we support the Blues (with apologies to the younger posters).

 

[Maidstone Shrimper]

Oh how happy days.... Friday nights, games under floodlights , access most areas...Bill Garner Terry Johnson and Bernie ??? tearing down the wings

Bernie Lewis is who you are thinking of I'm sure. Happy days indeed.

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Top job Maidstone...Bernie Lewis indeed....

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

8 of those teams non-league now

If we don't get our act together, we could be the ninth in 2 years??.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Who can forget Dave Smith and fortress Roots Hall

Yep, what a season. Only one I can remember since I started going to games in 67, when we had an unbeaten home record. W 19 D 4.
And i'm sure we didn't drop a home point until the 2nd half of the season. Fast forward to today, hopefully we're get our first home win, before the 2nd half of the season???.

 

[old leigh shrimper]

Yep, what a season. Only one I can remember since I started going to games in 67, when we had an unbeaten home record. W 19 D 4.
And i'm sure we didn't drop a home point until the 2nd half of the season. Fast forward to today, hopefully we're get our first home win, before the 2nd half of the season???.

I think the only home game we lost that season was against Hereford in the fa cup.
remember about 30 Hereford fans celebrating in a mixed (non segregated) south bank.
i was about 14 at the time!

 

[stewart]

I remember when the division was split up into North and South,.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

I remember when the division was split up into North and South,.

Old git!!