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  1. FA Cup Final

    Is it me or does it get on your nerves when Chel$ki "fans" go on about how they can win a "historic" double today? 6 clubs have already done it! Grrrrrrr! :madman: Come on the Portsmouth!
  2. Cricko

    Overpaid, out of touch and irresponsible

    In today's Mail on Sunday by Chris Powell. Overpaid, out of touch and irresponsible: PFA chairman Chris Powell gives his damning verdict on the worst of today's millionaire footballers. After almost a quarter of a century as a professional footballer, Chris Powell will this afternoon say...
  3. Yorkshire Blue

    BOGMISH Rd 1:2 - Stockport v Freddy's debut

    Aptly enough on the day after relegation back to the fourth division, our second first round tie throws up two 4th division promotion seasons. The first one, was the 1986/87 season and ORM's nomination of Stockport away. Football was having a bad time with the Bradford Fire disaster and Hysel...
  4. pickledseal

    Being patriotic doesn't make you a fascist

    An interesting read, especially considering some of our recent discussion and debates on here. I'm a firm believer in this idea, and thank you Mr Billy Bragg for writing about it in this morning's Telegraph. ----------- A poll published this week suggested that the English were the least...
  5. pringlejon

    Is the Anonymous Bidder a SZer?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/8589766.stm Two historic sex...
  6. Tangled up in Blue

    Swallowed up-The Observer

    Previous Blog home Debt mountains tower over clubs but football's rulers turn a blind eyeThe Game That Ate Itself. That was the title of Observer Sport's 2004 campaign about English football. So where are we now? Debt is football's issue of the moment, propelled into prominence by the...
  7. Tangled up in Blue

    "There's no point in having a new stadium if you don't have a good team"

    "There's no point in having a new stadium if you don't have a good team.".Discuss. Not my words-hence the quotation marks-but the words of Paco Flores. Some background,(bear with me please). On Sunday nights I usually watch a football programme on Catalan TV3 called Gol a Gol-Hatrick...
  8. Rob Noxious

    "Something kind of hit me today..."

    Strange that a thought from a bygone life should hit me today ... but here it is anyway. I got stuck on the M25 en route to a midweek home game against Northampton back in the Autumn of our super season 1990-91. We'd played them just recently in whatever the Leyland DAF was back then (Sherpa...
  9. 50 games which defined a decade - Part 1 (2000-2004)

    As we've had our last game of the decade, I had planned to do something about the top twenty matches of the ten years just gone but I found it very difficult to leave some matches out, plus in truth it's some of the defeats which have stuck with me the most. And rather than doing a countdown I...
  10. J

    Sunday 27th December? What you up to my friends?

    Guys and Girls, I am in a position to offer an exclusive offer to Southend Fans. What is this to do with Southend United? I hear you ask Well, my fellow shrimperzoners - if you produce a match ticket / season card / or PM me on the board - you will get a discount on your ticket. This is...
  11. J

    What are You Doing on Sunday 27th December?

    Guys and Girls, I am in a position to offer an exclusive offer to Southend Fans. What is this to do with Southend United? I hear you ask ;) Well, my fellow shrimperzoners - if you produce a match ticket / season card / or PM me on the board - you will get a discount on your ticket. This is...
  12. Win 2 tickets to sail aboard Artemis tall ship in Southend

    Hi all Hope you are well. Just to let you know about a competition you may be interested in. Longpier.com's offering 2 FREE tickets - worth £96 - to sail aboard the historic tall ship 'Artemis' from the end of Southend Pier over the Bank Holiday Weekend. You can choose which day and time you...
  13. Rusty Shackleford

    Historic Moment

    Ldnfatso has a green oblong under his name. At last, he has a rep on SZ street. What a badass mo-fo he is.
  14. DTS

    Question Where to take Mrs DtS for her suprise birthday treat.

    Hello, Just starting to plan ahead to Mrs DtS's birthday in November. I have decided to treat Mrs DtS to a weekend away. The grandparents have agreed to baby sit which is excellent so all I have got to do now is find somewhere to go. Being the tight ******* I am I am looking at taking her on a...
  15. Yorkshire Blue

    SZ's Southend United Hall of Fame - Spencer Prior

    Four places (I think) left to fill and next up is Spencer Prior, albeit a day late in Ron Martin style. -------------------------------------------------- Separated by over a decade, Spencer Prior had two very different careers with Southend. Either would be sufficient to get him in the Hall of...
  16. Yorkshire Blue

    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...
  17. Chairman's Blog - 24th March

    Chairman's Blog As promised the Club’s media department has sifted through all the emails received to date and amalgamated these into the most frequently asked questions including some unusual ones. I am told that some of the emails have been paraphrased but I am sure they include the gist. I...
  18. Slipperduke

    History Will Reward Liverpool

    This week, a friend of mine bound for pastures new bestowed upon me her collection of old football magazines. I can't begin to explain how exciting this is to someone like me. You see, my friend's magazine collection is taller than her and it stretches back through the years to historic...
  19. Slipperduke

    United Crushed By Rampant Reds

    Manchester United 1-4 Liverpool (Ronaldo 23) (Torres 28) (Gerrard 44, pen) (Aurelio 77th) (Dossena, 90+1) Old Trafford has never emptied so quickly. Even before Manchester United were put out of their misery by referee Alan Wiley, there were more empty seats than supporters. Those...
  20. Essex Hurricane Appeal

    ESSEX HURRICANE APPEAL A major hurricane (Hurricane Shazza) and earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale hit Essex in the early hours of Thursday with its epicentre in Basildon. Victims were seen wandering around aimlessly, muttering "Faaackinell". The hurricane decimated the area...
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