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  1. Do we need this supporter back from 'on loan' to the USA!?!?

    What to do....... Should I have stopped my son (12) going to Utah on his schools skiing trip yesterday?! Ok, ok, sure it would have cost me a pie & a soda pop but somehow it just has to be cheaper than ski hire, Delta Airlines, transfers & Holiday Inn eh?!?! Perhaps if I sold it to him...
  2. BLUEBLOOD

    London Times Obituary of the late Mr. Common Sense

    'Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: Knowing when...
  3. Keegan classics

    if only so we can hear more pearlers like these: 'It's like a toaster, the ref's shirt pocket. Every time there's a tackle, up pops a yellow card.' 'The ref was vertically 15 yards away.' 'There are two schools of thought on the way the rest of this half is going to develop; everybody's got...
  4. The General

    Week 7 - The FC Thread

    Well this week sees General Star's welcome the oddly named One Team....One... The oppo sit bottom in the league but have won and drawn their last 2 FC games. General Star's currently sit in 2nd, 14 points behind leaders Cricket Genuises who play 7th placed Rival Schools. The General Stars will...
  5. Re Getting Those E-mails In...

    I've sent my e-mail in as per Ron's instructions, and I'm encouraged by the number of other SZ people who have done the same. Is it worth us posting our letters in this part of the forum in case there's anyone out there who may be looking for some inspiration or some idea as to the sort of thing...
  6. southend_shrimp

    Schools you attended

    What schools did you attended? (As i am bored so thought id make a thread) I attended: Porters Grange Junior School (1995 - 2001) Belfairs High School(Media Arts School as it is was known for last 3 years i was there.) (2001-2006) Belfairs Sixth Form (2006-2007) (Asked nicely to leave of...
  7. My first day at work, by Cheltenham Shrimper, aged 23 and 51 weeks.

    Started my new job today working as a Teaching Assistant at one of the Schools in Cheltenham. It was eventful, to say the least. In one class, Year 9's, 4 of the students decided to fight one another with the underneath of the chairs (The legs poking out of each other), a couple of the...
  8. andrew_sthnd

    20mph zones!

    I live in Portsmouth and as some of you may be aware they are aiming to be the first city to implement new driving regulations which would mean a reduction of speed from 30mph to 20mph around residential areas. I live in Southsea and this would be one of the affected areas and I can understand...
  9. pickledseal

    An appeal for your help...

    Dear All... As some of you already know, This July, I will be traveling to the Tigray region of Ethiopia with CAFOD, to work with disadvantaged children. The duration of my assignment will be for six weeks, during which time I shall be working within a local community at a school in Mekelle...
  10. Jam_Man

    American School Shooting

    Another ones happened, about 20 students killed by some maniac with a gun. What on earth is it with the yanks and schools ? God bless America....
  11. pickledseal

    Teaching English in Africa/Travel to Ethopia

    I have been offered an oppatunity to take part in the above this summer for 6 weeks with the charities CAFOD and Trocaire. It's teaching in both urban and rural areas (Tigray region) and staying within a compound run by the Sisters of Charity (in Mekelle town) who work out there running schools...
  12. Reading Shrimper

    Report on Rochford Council meeting

    There is a very good report on the historic Rochford Council meeting at the Rochford Lib Dem web page (http://onlinefocus.org/): We knew it was going to be a pretty unusual evening when we heard that fans were hiring coaches to bring them from Southend to the match , er, committee meeting. Some...
  13. Napster

    Lee Bradbury

    PUTTING OFFSHORE ISLANDS ON THE MAP "A number of Channel Islanders have played in the top English division over the years (Matthew Le Tissier, Chris Jones, Graeme Le Saux)," writes David Glass, "but have there been any well-known players from the other offshore islands - the Isle...
  14. C C Csiders

    The latest coaching obsession

    Have you noticed the obsession all coaches now seem to have with pulling everyone back when defending a corner. This has now been added to Tilly's repertoire. He is not alone, I have only been to four of our games so far, but each and every team in those games has pulled every player back...
  15. Jonny_Stokes

    A foursome with twins and a mate, anyone?

    From todays Metro.... ------------------ Twin brothers and an accomplice have been arrested Wisconsin, America after they tried to dig up a girl's corpse and have sex with it. Police received an anonymous tip-off that the three men were on their way to the cemetary to dig up a grave in rural...
  16. Napster

    More Peter Butler

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2006/05/06/pasia06.xml&sSheet=/global/2006/07/14/property.html Although the Flexmans have had a very easy time of it, there are caveats. Peter Butler is a former West Bromwich Albion and West Ham footballer who became a coach in east...
  17. Bielzibubz

    Earls Hall Boys victorious

    From the OS "Earl's Hall football stars had plenty to shout about this season after being crowned BT Community Trophy champions. The Westcliff School's six-a-side team captured the cup at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Jack Bridge bagged the only goal of the game to cap a...
  18. shrimptank

    Camp Bling solution...

    Leave Camp Bling to the Family Stand. Fristly bring in the kids to carry out some tree planting activities elsewhere in the borough....very educational and something that schools are in favour of. Then bring in the older kids to sit outside and play on their PSP's / walkmen etc... and...
  19. Swansea City Statement

    Over the past few seasons it has become something of a "tradition" for some of our supporters to show their appreciation for the players by going onto the field of play at the final whistle of the last home game of the season at the Vetch. You will be aware that we have a different set...
  20. Napster

    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...
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