League Two Last throw of the dice for Southend
- Thread starter Peterdev
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Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
Considering he was one of the those who put the building blocks in place, along with Ron Martin, for their slide down the leagues it would be appropriate for him to take them down into the NL.
werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
Is that right? Southend are normally Div 4. He was Ok for a while I think, certainly beat us a few times.
ZeroTheHero
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
Normally with a header from a corner IIRC!
werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
In the last minute. Gah!! One of my first live games was Southend v Exeter div 4 1976, before an ACDC gig at the Southend Kursaal.
chuckbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
That was good to watch. We could do with some headers like a couple of those goals.
OX14
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
Hope they don't go down , got a soft spot for them. Decent away day too especially in the summer.
MarkG
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
I thought we had played them in the Conference but it looks like it was the FA Cup.
Looks like we have played them in tiers 2,3 and 4 of the football league, definitely a team we play quite a lot.
So I think they have never been relegated out of the Football League ... There is always a first time.
Looks like we have played them in tiers 2,3 and 4 of the football league, definitely a team we play quite a lot.
So I think they have never been relegated out of the Football League ... There is always a first time.
Essexyellows
Level: Cameron Brannagan
(311 Apps, 57 Gls)
Had some very, very "messy" weekends when I resided in that neck of the woods.
Anyone remember the thunder flash?
Anyone remember the thunder flash?
Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
He left a lot of deadwood in the squad on big contracts and the dressing room was made up of lots of cliques iirc. I remember plenty of happy Southend fans when the Orange one went and not many at all disappointed. Subsequent managers never recovered from the mess the dressing room/club was in imo. That said, Ron Martin is the man most to blame.
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OX14
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
Aren't they suppose to start building a new 60 million pound 21k capacity stadium too. 
werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
According to some, it will be the springboard to championship prosperity!Aren't they suppose to start building a new 60 million pound 21k capacity stadium too.
Peterdev
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
That was a delightful team. Such nice goals too
Peterdev
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
They’ve been trying to move for 50 years plus. As a teenager living in Chelmsford in the sixties I used to go to Roots Hall and the talk was a move to Basildon
Oxford84
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
That area must have plenty of sites for a football stadium?
Oxt1
Level: Jamie Brooks
(53 Apps, 13 Gls)
Worked there for 14 months staying down, Foresters was always a preferred haunt for the pound in the pot kind of entertainment!Had some very, very "messy" weekends when I resided in that neck of the woods.
Anyone remember the thunder flash?
Belgium Yellow
Level: John Aldridge
(141 Apps, 90 Gls)
Yes, played them 55 times in three of the four divisions of the FL.
Team we've played most is Portsmouth - 70 times in all four divisions.
Played Luton in 5 divisions, but not nearly as often.
bazzer9461
Level: Joey Beauchamp
(428 Apps, 79 Gls)
- Year of First Game
- 1968
Southend are going the way a lot of clubs will go if things don't improve with the lack of fans because of covid, wouldn't it be nice if the premiership could cough up some more just so that league clubs could survive longer if things don't go to plan with the easing of the lockdown and allowing fans back to the maximum.
MarkG
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
There is something I like about playing teams when we haven’t met for a while. Particularly if we are in a different division to the last time we played. So in recent years we’ve got to play Luton, Bristol rovers , Plymouth, Portsmouth several times. Whereas in the premier league it’s only 3 new teams each season and many of those will be bouncing back from the year before.
Essexyellows
Level: Cameron Brannagan
(311 Apps, 57 Gls)
Fossets Farm was/is the proposed site for the new stadium.
That was reliant on Sainsburys buying Roots Hall for a store, that collapsed.
They now have some investors on board who maybe able to fund it ..... but....
www.echo-news.co.uk
Starting to sound familiar?
That was reliant on Sainsburys buying Roots Hall for a store, that collapsed.
They now have some investors on board who maybe able to fund it ..... but....
Stadium and new homes will be worth a staggering ÂŁ500m to Southend and could create 1,000 jobs
SOUTHEND United’s new stadium and hundreds of new homes around it is worth a staggering £500million to the town and could create more than 1,000…
www.echo-news.co.uk
Starting to sound familiar?
- Year of First Game
- 1980
A (proper) game against Fulham would be good, a club we've managed to avoid very well for quite a number of years now.
werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
I have never seen us play Fulham! Don’t recall Preston either
- Year of First Game
- 1980
No, they have been a while as well. A single promotion would bag both of those next year, if we hadn't blown it over the last month.
I have seen Fulham play at Hartlepool away, after our game at Newcastle was called off late and the London road coaches were turned away from Darlington, more times than I have seen them play Oxford in 30 years of going. Always fancied an away game at Craven Cottage but we never even get drawn against them in the cups.
Scotchegg
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
Was there also! Not often that Oxford fans out sing BOTH teams!!
I remember laughing at Hartlepools 3 sided ground, that one worked out well.
Belgium Yellow
Level: John Aldridge
(141 Apps, 90 Gls)
I have been to see Oxford vs Fulham. It was in the Second Division, near the start of the 1984-85 season.
I couldn't remember much though except we were in the seats for a change. So I looked it up and found this gem.
Great goals from Aldridge and Hamilton and look who is no.10 for Fulham.
Also a really interesting interview with Bald Eagle after the match. Says he can't see us moving to a new ground!
I couldn't remember much though except we were in the seats for a change. So I looked it up and found this gem.
Great goals from Aldridge and Hamilton and look who is no.10 for Fulham.
Also a really interesting interview with Bald Eagle after the match. Says he can't see us moving to a new ground!
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werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
Actually the first ever game I went to was Fulham v Man U in the second division! A boy at school was a Man U fan and persuaded a bunch of us to go.
