londonblue
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At least we were a league club then.Surely nothing can top being in the West Stand in the 70s and realising you were desperate for a ****?
At least we were a league club then.Surely nothing can top being in the West Stand in the 70s and realising you were desperate for a ****?
Yep was there that day, what hurt most was the Gills fans laughing at usLosing 8-1 away at Gillingham in 1987, then getting spat on through the metal fence , great day that one.
I remember us cheering thier goals after about 5 lolYep was there that day, what hurt most was the Gills fans laughing at us
I was there, Their third goal was a cross and header - the ball seemed to have neon flashing lights with "GOAL" on it before the bloke headed it!Will never forget Port Vale at Roots Hall Sept 1975 . We took a 3-0 lead in at half time and look forward for more goals in the second half . The problem was that Port Vale played Southend off the park and scored three goals making it 3-3 and were unlucky not to of scored more that left Southend hanging on at the end . Going back to my car after the game I had never seen so many faces that look like they had been smacked in the face with a sack of potatoes , and it was so quite all you could hear was peoples feet walking down the road , very strange .
Did Ernie make them have a 5 mile run that afternoon?. ( pre metric kilometre days! ).Friday 7th. February 1970. Workington 5, Southend United 0. Att:1,790.
Goal scorers: Spencer (2), Lindsey o.g., Massie & Spratt.
The above match was one of Workington's biggest winning margins in the clubs history.
I travelled up to the match on my own by British Rail, the only consolation I had was being able to travel back to Southend on the team coach thanks to both Mike Beesley and the late great Ernie Shepherd who said the following to me as I was about to get on "What you hear on the coach, stays on the coach". We arrived back at Roots Hall about 5.00am on the Saturday morning.
I have to agree with this. The home drubbing by Coventry in the League(?) cup, was it 5-0 was bad but is insignificant compared to this event. RIP Mike?My Worst moment was seeing the tragedy unravel involving Referee Mike North who collapsed on the pitch at Roots Hall during the match with mansfield and passed away a few hours later. I think this was 2000/2001 time and David Webb was manager. this tragedy puts football into perspective.
No he didn't!! but you should have seen the look of horror on the players faces when he calmly stood up and said "You will all be back in for training at 10.00am"(just 5 hours later). Funnily we had no first team match for another couple of weeks which was against our local rivals Colchester United at Roots Hall, a game we won 2-1 with goals from Billy Best & Gary Moore. Whatever was said and done must have worked because Ernie Shepherd picked exactly the same team for both matches: Trevor Roberts; Lindsey; Simpson; Beesley; Haydock; Kurila; Chisnall; Best; Moore; Garner & Clayton. Sub, Joe Jacques who replaced Bill Garner against Colchester United. Att; 6,799.Did Ernie make them have a 5 mile run that afternoon?. ( pre metric kilometre days! ).
I've got some old club handbooks from 69-75, just been re-reading them. Have you got these?. If not your more than welcome to have a browse of them.No he didn't!! but you should have seen the look of horror on the players faces when he calmly stood up and said "You will all be back in for training at 10.00am"(just 5 hours later). Funnily we had no first team match for another couple of weeks which was against our local rivals Colchester United at Roots Hall, a game we won 2-1 with goals from Billy Best & Gary Moore. Whatever was said and done must have worked because Ernie Shepherd picked exactly the same team for both matches: Trevor Roberts; Lindsey; Simpson; Beesley; Haydock; Kurila; Chisnall; Best; Moore; Garner & Clayton. Sub, Joe Jacques who replaced Bill Garner against Colchester United. Att; 6,799.
My Worst moment was seeing the tragedy unravel involving Referee Mike North who collapsed on the pitch at Roots Hall during the match with mansfield and passed away a few hours later. I think this was 2000/2001 time and David Webb was manager. this tragedy puts football into perspective.