Youth players to make first team appearances

[SUFCGoals]

Afternoon everyone,

After Beau and Ronnie made their debuts on Saturday I have put this together of other youth academy players to have made a first team appearance.

Southend United Youth players to play for the first team

Sheet1 Name,Debut,Age when made debut,Season made debut,Total SUFC appearances,Total SUFC Goals/CS Spencer Prior,vs Fulham 10/11/90,90/91,93,2 Andy Edwards,vs Newcastle United 20/1/93,92/93,37,1 Mark Jones,vs Grimsby Town 4/5/97,17 years 8 months 28 days,96/97,2,0 Chris Perkins,vs Northampton To...

docs.google.com

Any input on players missed out or additional information is welcome :)

 

[Fairport]

Some old timer fans like me may recall a home game v Lincoln in the sixties. There was a flu bug that decimated our squad and we made about seven or eight changes including I think one or two youth players, O'connor may have been one. Most fans thought we would lose the match but we drew 2-2. It was a cold winters day possibly snow around. Someone with a better memory than me may have the correct facts.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Was Freddie Eastwood Sr a youth team player of ours? I think Matt Harrold was.

Justin Edinburgh
Leo Roget
Danny Foot
Nicky Smith
Mel Capelton
Luke Morrish
Paul Smith (the midfielder who hit the bar v W*** H** not the keeper who had a worldie at Brentford)
Iain O’Connell
Declan Perkins
Jae Martin
Steve Brown
Scott Ashenden
Christian Hyslop
Jamie Southern
Did Craig Davidson ever get a game?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Afternoon everyone,

After Beau and Ronnie made their debuts on Saturday I have put this together of other youth academy players to have made a first team appearance.

Southend United Youth players to play for the first team

Sheet1 Name,Debut,Age when made debut,Season made debut,Total SUFC appearances,Total SUFC Goals/CS Spencer Prior,vs Fulham 10/11/90,90/91,93,2 Andy Edwards,vs Newcastle United 20/1/93,92/93,37,1 Mark Jones,vs Grimsby Town 4/5/97,17 years 8 months 28 days,96/97,2,0 Chris Perkins,vs Northampton To...

docs.google.com

Any input on players missed out or additional information is welcome :)

Some old timer fans like me may recall a home game v Lincoln in the sixties. There was a flu bug that decimated our squad and we made about seven or eight changes including I think one or two youth players, O'connor may have been one. Most fans thought we would lose the match but we drew 2-2. It was a cold winters day possibly snow around. Someone with a better memory than me may have the correct facts.

This was precisely the game I was thinking of Reckon You're right about O'connor.Can't remember the other guy.

 

[blues exile]

Some old timer fans like me may recall a home game v Lincoln in the sixties. There was a flu bug that decimated our squad and we made about seven or eight changes including I think one or two youth players, O'connor may have been one. Most fans thought we would lose the match but we drew 2-2. It was a cold winters day possibly snow around. Someone with a better memory than me may have the correct facts.

Boxing Day 1969.. Two 16 year olds, Phil O'Connor first half and Paul Vickery replaced him second half. Neither ever featured again. Garner scored twice in a 2-2 draw.

 

[* ORM *]

I always that Paul Clark was a youth team player? Am I wrong?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Mark Hall
Paul Newell
Danny Schneider?
Frankie Banks

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Some extra names from Peter Mason and Dave Goody’s the Official History of the Blues which is up to 1992

Chris Barnard
Dave Barnett
Jackie Bridge
Paul Denny
Phil Dudley
Micky Engwell
John Gymer
Bobby Haddrick
Peter Heathcote
Jeff Hull
Matt Jones
David Keefe
Bobby Kellard
Steve Lamb
Frank Mathews
Garry Nelson
Phil O’Connor
Adrian Owers
Glenn Pennyfather
Terry Pryer
Sean Rafter
John Seaden (Harry’s dad)
Alan Shires
Russell Short
Peter Taylor
Paul Vickery
John Walker
Frank Walton - of South Upper Clock (joined from school)
Ray White

 

[LBBlue]

Boxing Day 1969.. Two 16 year olds, Phil O'Connor first half and Paul Vickery replaced him second half. Neither ever featured again. Garner scored twice in a 2-2 draw.

Phil O’Connor’s story on Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_O'Connor

Emigrated to Australia, played 20 Internationals for them scoring 5 goals. Sadly died in a road accident in 1985 aged 31.

 

[SUFCGoals]

Some extra names from Peter Mason and Dave Goody’s the Official History of the Blues which is up to 1992

Chris Barnard
Dave Barnett
Jackie Bridge
Paul Denny
Phil Dudley
Micky Engwell
John Gymer
Bobby Haddrick
Peter Heathcote
Jeff Hull
Matt Jones
David Keefe
Bobby Kellard
Steve Lamb
Frank Mathews
Garry Nelson
Phil O’Connor
Adrian Owers
Glenn Pennyfather
Terry Pryer
Sean Rafter
John Seaden (Harry’s dad)
Alan Shires
Russell Short
Peter Taylor
Paul Vickery
John Walker
Frank Walton - of South Upper Clock (joined from school)
Ray White

This'll keep me busy

 

[LBBlue]

Mark Hall
Paul Newell
Danny Schneider?
Frankie Banks

I thought Mark Hall was signed from Spurs.


Peter Hunt doesn’t seem to have been mentioned yet.

 

[LBBlue]

I always that Paul Clark was a youth team player? Am I wrong?

You’re not wrong - I think he was an England schoolboy international before he joined us. Made his debut just before his 18th birthday and went to Brighton when he was 19.

 

[Napster]

It's hard to say when the youth side actually started - plenty of young players played for the club in their early days, like Len Clenshaw.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I thought Mark Hall was signed from Spurs.

Think you might be right there.

 

[RobQ]

Gary Cross, Leon Johnson & Ayodeji Abiodun from the turn of the Millenium come to mind.

 

[SUFCGoals]

Gary Cross, Leon Johnson & Ayodeji Abiodun from the turn of the Millenium come to mind.

I don't think Abiodun came through the youth ranks but the two others did.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Gary Cross, Leon Johnson & Ayodeji Abiodun from the turn of the Millenium come to mind.

Think Yemi Abiodun was from Norwich but good calls on Garry Cross and Leon Johnson.

Think Craig Edwards, Leon Hunter, Danny Kerrigan and Tom McDonald all around that era.

Did Jamie Lunan or Nick Morgan ever play?

Anthony Clark as well.

 

[They Call It Madness!!!]

Has anyone said ‘Trevor Fitzpatrick clap clap..clap clap ..clap’

 

[Realist]

Gary Cross right back early 00s I believe.

Danny Pitt ?

 

[Realist]

Gary Cross, Leon Johnson & Ayodeji Abiodun from the turn of the Millenium come to mind.

Yemi