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Mervyn Cawston
His name croppd up on a favourite XI thread a couple of weeks back amd again in conversation in the office. here is a limk to a site about his time with Chicago Sting http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/C/Cawston.Mervyn.htm- Firestorm
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- cawston conversation http mervyn
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- Forum: Ex-Shrimpers
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This week's quiz - a Goalkeeper special
1. Who was our first ever goalkeeper? 2. Who has the best games/goals conceded ratio (post 1945) (Keeper must have made more than 30 appearances) 3. We used 11 different keepers in the 1980s, name them all 4. Of the best games/goals conceded top list, who is a surprise at number 4? 5. And who is...- Napster
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- blues cawston cup english football english soccer essex football football football league fossets farm fourth division league two npower football league rate real football roots hall shrimpers soccer southend southend united southend-on-sea sufc the home of football
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- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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Red Card Roy
Finally got round to reading the above while on holiday in Spain, and a fascinating read it was too. Apologies if this book has been covered before, but the following caught my eye ; McDonough thought that that Dave Smith was ‘a nervous odd bod’ who he described as ‘Mister Magoo’ (he was sacked...- jaffa1
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- ands ant blues cawston crow dave smith english football english soccer essex football football football league fossets farm fourth division identified imo league two lou npower football league rate real football roots hall shrimpers soccer southend southend united southend-on-sea sufc the home of football yates
- Replies: 35
- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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Despite...
the current form, the dreadfully dreary football played, financial questions, popularity of Chairman, new stadium taking 27 years and counting and a general bout of recent depression, Southend United is still, without a shadow of a doubt - the greatest football club in the world!! Anyone from...- Kevin Hogg
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- blues catalonia cawston english football english soccer essex football faul football football league fossets farm fourth division league two mervyn npower football league popularity real football roots hall shrimpers soccer southend southend united southend-on-sea sufc the home of football worthing
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- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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SZ's Southend United Hall of Fame - Dave Smith (2nd ballot)
Up for election to the SZ Southend United Hall of Fame is manager Dave Smith. Smith came incredibly close last time, missing out by just 0.26%. Will he fare better at his second attempt? Here's what I wrote last time: ---------------------------------------------------- This poll is really a...- Yorkshire Blue
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- 1980-81 4th division achieving anto avoided bankruptcy blues cawston champions ched claimed colin morris compensation dave smith division 3 ead english football english soccer essex football fewest finishing flair following football football league fossets farm fourth division hall hall of fame league two liverpool matched mervyn moore morris npower football league parker polycarpou potted qui real football roots roots hall rover shrimpers soccer southend southend united southend-on-sea sufc tacking the home of football walton wished yates
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- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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Terry Alderton
http://www.sport.co.uk/features/Football/697/Sportcouk_meetsTerry_Alderton_PART_1.aspx Sport.co.uk caught up with goalkeeper-turned-comedian Terry Alderton, whom fellow funny man and comedy genius Eddie Izzard described as "a fantastic comedy mind". In Part 1, Terry recalls his beloved Southend...- Napster
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- alder appointments beloved cawston ched eastwood eddie features ford freddy eastwood hall laughs league one money ralph resources roots squeaky tear
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- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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Battle of the SUFC Legends - Group F
Please vote for who you think is the greatest SUFC Legend. The winner is guaranteed a place in the next round while the runner up may win a place in the next round depending on how many votes they get. Here is Group F: Daryl Flahavan (Shrimper) Alan Moody (Moridin) Meryvn Cawston (ldnfatso)...- manor15
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- cawston moody
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- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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Battle of the SUFC Legends
Welcome to the house of manor15 and the draw for the group stage of the Battle of the SUFC Legends. The draw will be made by brother of manor15. It is more complicated than the usual battle, this will take the form of a group stage until Sunday 30th August when the winners of each group and the...- manor15
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- billy best brough canveyshrimper cawston complicated crow crown drastic eastwood fauntleroy freddy eastwood goa halse harold halse hollis ian benjamin jimmy mcalinden mcalinden mccrory mervyn moody naps paul clark paul sansome posted roy hollis runners sammy sammy mccrory spencer prior tarquin yarmouth
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- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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SZ's Southend United Hall of Fame - Dave Smith
This poll is really a week or so too early. The date of this poll should be 01 May, because that is the date for which Dave Smith will forever be associated with the club, for it was on 01 May 1981 that his side claimed the club's first major trophy* with a 1-1 draw against Rochdale. Dave...- Yorkshire Blue
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- 1980-81 4th division achieving anto avoided bankruptcy cawston champions ched claimed colin morris compensation dave smith division 3 fewest finishing flair following hall hall of fame incredible liverpool matched mervyn moody moore morris parker paul clark polycarpou potted qui roots rover sz's sufc hall of fame tacking tilly walton wasn wished yates
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- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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SZ's Southend United Hall of Fame - Paul Sansome
Ah-oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh, its Sammy! Yep, first up from the 4th round of nominations is popular goalkeeper Paul Sansome. If Sammy is elected, he'll become the third individual from the double promotion era to be elected, following in the footsteps of his manager Dave...- Yorkshire Blue
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- alder anderson anto appearing battling bentley butters caretaker cawston champions continued displays disputed exploits fa cup following fond fur hall hall of fame historic incredible marking mervyn mistakes moody neal occasions ooooh its sammy paul clark paul sansome producing reinstated rock roots ruled sammy sandy sandy anderson spencer prior stated sz's sufc hall of fame tony bentley topping wasn wishful thinking
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- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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SZ's Southend United Hall of Fame - 4th round of nominations
It's time for the fourth round of nominations. Rules and guidelines are here. Basically each poster gets one nomination per round, so use your nomination wisely, and individuals need five nominations to go forward to a ballot. So far Chris Powell, Sid Broomfield, Stan Collymore, Ron Pountney...- Yorkshire Blue
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- anderson bentley billy best cawston crow crown dave smith dependable division 3 exploits floodlights frank gill gentlemen gest hall hall of fame harry threadgold hollis individuals ish jimmy mcalinden mcalinden mervyn moody nomination oliver trigg paul clark paul sansome ron pountney roots roy hollis sandy sandy anderson sz's sufc hall of fame threadgold tony bentley
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- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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SZ's Southend United Hall of Fame - 3rd round of nominations
It's time for the third round of nominations. Rules and guidelines are here. Basically each poster gets one nomination per round, so use your nomination wisely, and individuals need five nominations to go forward to a ballot. So far Chris Powell, Sid Broomfield, Stan Collymore, Ron Pountney...- Yorkshire Blue
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- anderson billy best cawston crow crown eva evans frank gill gentlemen hall hall of fame hollis ian benjamin individuals jimmy evans jimmy mcalinden mcalinden mervyn moody nomination oliver trigg paul clark paul sansome ron pountney sandy sandy anderson
- Replies: 71
- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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teams of your era!
This has proberly been done before however i havent seen it for a while. Since you have been supporting the blues what has been your favourite and worst players. With myself being a 2nd generation shrimper i have seen many good players and many bad ones. However my old man always seems to...- hindle_666
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- cawston consolidation eastwood edged freddy eastwood havent heres imo mark gower sammy scum shirt spells spencer prior wasn wheres
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- Forum: Ex-Shrimpers
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Charity Event. Please Support
Yeap! Wino's at it again, in organising the Festival of Football at Basildon United's ground at Gardiners Close on SUNDAY 3rd August 2008. 10-00 kick off The day starts off when TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS Pan disability team plays Basildon United's Pan Disability team. 25 mins each half and a...- McNasty
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- bbq bill garner burgh cawston ead enjoyed following garner heritage icke ickets includes kerry league mervyn nationals shirt support trophy
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- Forum: Homer's Bar
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Charity Event. Please Support
Yeap! Wino's at it again, in organising the Festival of Football at Basildon United's ground at Gardiners Close on SUNDAY 3rd August 2008. 10-00 kick off The day starts off when TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS Pan disability team plays Basildon United's Pan Disability team. 25 mins each half and a...- McNasty
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- bbq bill garner burgh cawston ead enjoyed following garner heritage icke ickets includes kerry league mervyn nationals shirt support trophy
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- Forum: Ex-Shrimpers
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One player from the past
if you could replace just one current player , with one from the past who would they be. For the sake of making the thread remotely interesting replacing Matt Harrold with Stan Collymore is so obvious it is not allowed ! To start with a possible contraversial one , Flaves replaced by Cawston- Firestorm
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- cawston remotely
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- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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100 Best ...
Let's start our own ShrimperZone centenary celebrations by picking 100 players who have turned out for Southend United. But let's choose them on a personal level in YOUR lifetime - first come, first served (no repeats) - with your reason WHY you choose this player. We all have different...- Xàbia Shrimper
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- ancient anto banksy bentley billy best canveyshrimper cawston chris guthrie colin morris cort crow crown ead eastwood firestorm freddy eastwood gilbo guthrie hails hong hullbridge ian benjamin jcrcr john mckinven kong mark gower mckinven mervyn morris naps paul clark paul sansome peter taylor rock ron pountney taylor weir wes worthing yates zulu
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- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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What players ?
what players would you take from our side that won the div 4 title and put into todays team. Mine would be ron pountney dereck spence colin morris dave cusack and maybe mervyn cawston- EASTWOOD BLUES
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- cawston mervyn
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- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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A touch of nostalgia
The complete team line up for the 1980/81 Fourth Division title championship side and what their doing now John Walker (now a copper in Rayleigh) Dave Cusack (now works for the Press Assosiation) John Keeley (Brightons goalkeeping coach) Paul Caskey (now works for the National Australia Bank)...- Bielzibubz
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- cawston childrens decorator dudley ead foo fur furniture moody pain polycarpou watson whitmore yates
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- Forum: Shrimpers Chit-Chat
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The 1980-1 championship team
John Walker A defender, Walker made 51 league appearances in 6Å years at Southend. In 1983 he joined the police; at 47, he is a chief inspector in Rayleigh, Essex. 2 David Cusack Signed from Sheffield Wednesday in 1978, Cusack played more than 200 times in defence for the Shrimpers and was...- Napster
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- 1980-81 anto bradford cas cawston cctv chief dave smith decorator disease dudley ead essex foo fur furniture hsbc joi jury league mervyn moody pain polycarpou premier prolific resume retail ron pountney roots schools skipton spells sting stint taught torquay town watson wes whitmore yates youth
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- Forum: Ex-Shrimpers