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  1. Napster

    4-4-2 top richest 100

    Frankie's back!! 59. Frank van Wezel £72m Southend Age 69 (Re-entry) The Shrimpers have plans to leave Roots Hall and move into a proposed 22,000-seater at Fossetts Farm. This would please Frank van Wezel, a long-time Southend director. He comes from the Netherlands, but he has made his...
  2. Meeting with ron !!!

    Can anyone arrange a meeting with ron martin and find out when bob the builder will actually be on site so we can have our new stadium!! Are there any proposed dates? I assume its going to have to be soon because sainsbury's are not going to be a push over with the money they have already invested!!
  3. Smiffy

    The Financial Situation Explained (Sort of!)

    Found this on a Grimsby forum HERE. Quite why it is on there I don't know, but details the mess we are in, quite well I feel. Ammendments in red. Feel free to suggest anything you feel is incorrect or needs adding. I will then edit this list, so it's all in one place. 1] Sainsburys...
  4. Southend United Finances.

    Hi. Just to introduce myself, as the name probabaly suggests, I'm a Stockport Fan. (In peace). I've actually come on here just to spread a bit of information about financial issues, but before I start, I'll just say a bit of a piece. 14 months ago, other Stockport supporters, myself and...
  5. Supershrimper

    Articles in Todays Echo - Dated 2/07/2010

    This has been copied word for word from todays echo. The two page spread on pages 8-9. A Lot of it is what we knew already, we up a creak without a paddle, and most probably a raft as well. Taxman Targets Blues…Again (Taken from the Echo, pages 8-9) This time the club owes £200,000...
  6. Cricko

    Southend Council speak out.

    The leader of Southend Council fears for the future of Southend United following fresh revelations about the state of the club's finances. Tory Nigel Holdcroft warned if Fossetts farm doesn't go ahead soon the club could find itself homeless.And he said the Council was powerless to intervene...
  7. Shamrock Rovers

    Shamrock Rovers and fan ownership I recently attended my first Shamrock Rovers match. Rovers, seven or eight years ago were in a similar position to where we are. They had no ground, no assets and they owed a huge amount of money to the tax man and various other creditors. 400 supporters came...
  8. watchtheballboys

    Fossets Farm.................progress?

    I know I am likely to be shot down by others in the know but is it true that is was stated somewhere that we would see progress at the new stadium site in the summer? Was this said by the esteemed RM at the Q&A earlier this year? Having driven past the site at least once a week for what seems...
  9. Monster Raving Loony Party

    Points to consider... Iraq. Polcy on Iraq: Since Iraq needs to have a proper infrastructure before they can run their own country, I propose we send our traffic wardens out to Iraq to give tickets to American Jeeps and Tanks illegally parked thereby raising much needed revenue for the Iraq...
  10. National Rail Strike

    Seeing as I have the Easter week off of work and will be wanting to head away over the Easter weekend by train, I just wondered whether there was anyone on here who had a bit of know about the proposed strike? As always you read the newspaper articles: Union - "Conditions aren't good enough...
  11. steveo

    BA Again

    Will strike before the end of March. They lost £50 million in the last quarter and need to cut costs. Cant the Union see this? This from BBC website: Promotion on merit? Blimey what a liberty. Anyone going away with BA this year? I booked flights to USA for October and decided to go with...
  12. For those who believe that the founding ideology of America

    Was based apon one religious ideal ... I.E that America is neither founded on completely on the monotheistic ideals of Christianity or Judaism , and specificity welcomed those of other creed's and ideologies , to worship as they please. "Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a...
  13. Tangled up in Blue

    New Stadiums-Guardian article

    Which stadiums have a capacity greater than their location's populations?We track down the world's most disproportionately large grounds; plus Leeds players wearing different strips for a final Buzz up! Digg it Paolo Bandini guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 13 January 2010 00.10 GMT Article history...
  14. Boreham Shrimper

    Breaking News Board Statement

    From the OS The board of Southend United Football Club has released the following statement this evening: On Monday morning the Board received an offer through a local solicitor on behalf of a number of unnamed investors. The Board is always prepared to consider proposals that are in the best...
  15. Smiffy

    Consortium ready to save Blues

    As mentioned in the other thread. Thought this was worthy of a new thread. Front page story today with the headline "We'll buy the Blues for £1...and pay off the debts" says group of local businessmen. Story reads... A consortium of wealthy businessmen want to save Southend United. The...
  16. DoDTS

    Memory Lane Episode No 3 Season 1931-32

    Forget all the current gloom and doom for a minute or two and go back in time for a couple of minutes with Episode 3 that appeared in the Southend v Leyton Orient programme: No. 3 A GOOD START NOW TWO HOME GAMES Southend had started the season with three straight wins, all by two goal margins...
  17. United Cleared, Can Continue European Pillage

    Well, anybody could have seen that one coming. No sooner than Le Havre made idol threats to sue Manchester United for all they're worth, A Fifa judge has cleared them of any wrongdoing and allowed them to sign French starlet Paul Pogba immediately. United are usually as immaculate off the pitch...
  18. New Stadium...different view

    I believe the sheer size of FF will more than likely become our achilles heel,During our last season in the championship Roots Hall offers around 235,000 home seats available over 23 games,Yet only around 195,000 were actually sold which of course begs the question why build the proposed 22000...
  19. ldnfatso

    Trains on strike again - Whole week this time!

    What a bunch of ****s! From National Express East Anglia website Information to customers - proposed strike action by ASLE&F train drivers from Monday 21 September 09 September 2009 The ASLE&F union has announced 6 consecutive strike days commencing from Monday 21 September on National...
  20. OldBlueLady

    AGM 3/9/09 - Full Report

    Okay, here we go - it's 8 pages long so I'm not sure how it's going to break down on here, please bear with me and refrain from any comments until you get to what is obviously the last page! Full notes of Southend Utd’s AGM – 3rd September 2009 Meeting held at Southend Council Chamber...
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