100 First Games

[Xàbia Shrimper]

Continuing on the theme of 100, I was thinking about the differences of opinions between older and younger members and started wondering about my first ever game watching Southend United. I know we did this some time ago but the SZ community has continued to grow so I'm hoping we can get 100 "first ever games" from our members. It would fun to see how wide the gap can be between older and younger members whilst also seeing if anyone did the same "first ever game".

If you need help gaining information, please refer to Robin Michel's SUFC Database, an excellent resource for all information relating to the Shrimpers.

I'll start:

XABIA SHRIMPER

Friday 3rd September 1976
Football League Division Four
Southend United 2-0 Workington
Att: 4,563

1. 30-08-58 Southend 1-0 Norwich Div III (Stoned Shrimper)
2. 29-08-60 Southend 1-2 Walsall Div III (Cambridge Blue)
3. 24-09-60 Southend 0-2 Swindon Div III (Mick)
4. 22-04-61 Southend 4-1 Coventry Div III (chrisguthrie)
5=20-08-62 Southend 2-0 Reading Div III (canveyshrimper)
5=20-08-62 Southend 2-0 Reading Div III (mcnasty)
7. 10-10-64 Southend 0-0 Exeter Div III (Lookwell)
8. 26-03-65 Southend 2-1 Port Vale Div III (basics)
9. 27-05-66 Southend 2-1 Reading Div III (shrimpfan)
9. 18-10-67 Southend 1-1 Aldershot Div IV (Firestorm)
11. 15-12-67 Southend 1-1 Port Vale Div IV (shrimperian)
12. 29-03-68 Southend 7-0 Workington Div IV (Midlands Shrimper)
13. 07-04-69 Southend 4-2 Aldershot Div IV (Norwichsufc)
14. 18-04-69 Southend 4-0 Swansea Div IV (Hawkwell Blue)
15. 26-03-71 Southend 1-0 Notts County Div IV (Suffolk Shrimper)
16. 27-12-71 Southend 2-1 Lincoln Div IV (Blue Streak)
17. 14-09-73 Southend 3-1 Cambridge Div III (ORM)
18. 19-08-75 Southend 2-0 Peterborough LC1 (The Big Shrimp)
19. 03-09-76 Southend 2-0 Workington Div IV (XS)
20. 04-12-76 Southend 1-1 Huddersfield Div IV (Csboy)
21. 26-08-77 Southend 1-0 Stockport Div IV (BLUEBLOOD)
22. 02-01-78 Southend 1-1 Grimsby Div IV (southender)
23. 03-02-78 Southend 2-0 Scunthorpe Div IV (weststander)
24. 17-03-78 Southend 1-0 Wimbledon Div IV (Groyne Strain)
25. 19-08-78 Southend 0-1 Chester Div III (hullbridge shrimper)
26. 01-09-78 Southend 2-1 Plymouth Div III (SUFCEssex)
27. 17-11-78 Southend 1-1 Mansfield Div III (ldnfatso)
28=10-01-79 Southend 0-0 Liverpool FAC3 (SteveYatesSocks)
28=10-01-79 Southend 0-0 Liverpool FAC3 (Jaysta)
30. 01-08-79 Southend 1-1 West Ham Friendly (GNH)
31. 15-09-80 Southend 1-0 Peterborough Div IV (hexagon_sun)
32. 13-03-81 Southend 5-1 Halifax Div IV (Upminster Blue)
33. 23-01-82 Southend 3-2 Walsall Div III (Ron Manager)
34. 21-08-82 Southend 1-4 Watford Div III (Kent Shrimper)
35. 01-09-82 Southend 1-0 Fulham LC1 (zulu_shrimper)
36. 17-12-82 Southend 1-2 Cardiff Div III (Up the Shrimps)
37. 27-08-83 Southend 2-2 Rotherham Div III (Napster)
38. 24-09-83 Southend 0-0 Walsall Div III (MrB)
39. 20-02-84 Southend 5-0 Reading AMC1 (D62SUBOY)
40. 23-03-84 Southend 3-3 Bury Div III (southendstrett)
41. 20-08-84 Southend 0-6 West Ham Friendly (Smudger)
42. 04-03-85 Southend 1-1 Hartlepool Div IV (N'Zamba Legend)
43. 08-04-85 Southend 0-0 Hereford Div IV (southendneil)
44. 20-08-85 Southend 1-1 Gillingham MC1 (Southampton Shrimper)
45. 15-09-85 Southend 2-1 Scunthorpe Div IV (Uxbridge Shrimper)
46. 19-11-85 Southend 3-2 Hartlepool Div IV (beemamad)
47. 18-01-86 Southend 0-1 Crewe Div IV (SARF)
48. 15-11-86 Southend 4-1 Halesowen FAC1 (BrettieAngell)
49. 26-12-86 Southend 0-4 Northampton Div IV (Hong Kong Blue)
50. 05-09-87 Notts Co 6-2 Southend Div III (Dave the Shrimper)
51. 22-09-87 Southend 1-0 Derby LC1 (ShrimperJim)
52. 26-09-87 Southend 2-1 Brighton Div III (Ulysses)
53. 01-04-88 Southend 3-2 Wigan Div III (BILLERICAY BLUE)
54. 28-08-88 Southend 2-0 Bolton Div III (Angell Delight)
55. 09-10-88 Brentford 4-0 Southend Div III (gbshrimper)
56. 22-11-88 Southend 2-1 Lincoln AMC (Leeboy)
57. 31-12-88 Southend 1-2 Bristol City Div III (Shepherd's Bush Shrimper)
58. 03-02-89 Southend 2-1 Preston Div III (Beefy)
59. 25-03-89 Southend 2-4 Huddersfield Div III (keefmoon)
60. 28-04-89 Southend 1-1 Notts Co Div III (loz)
61. 21-10-89 Southend 0-1 Maidstone Div IV (Custard Splat)
62. 09-10-90 Southend 1-2 C Palace LC2 (The Eternal Shrimper)
63. 18-03-91 Southend 2-1 Birmingham Div III (Matt the Shrimp)
64. 30-04-91 Southend 0-0 Cambridge Div III (BluePartridge)
65. 01-01-92 Southend 4-0 Newcastle Div II (Technician)
66. 19-02-92 Charlton 2-0 Southend Div II (StainesShrimper)
67. 04-04-92 Southend 1-2 Ipswich Div II (Jai)
68=15-04-92 Southend 0-0 Port Vale Div II (EastStandBlue)
68=15-04-92 Southend 0-0 Port Vale Div II (maldonblue)
70. 25-04-92 Southend 1-1 Tranmere Div II (Mighty Shrimper)
71. 10-02-93 Southend 1-1 Bristol City Div 1 (roots_maul)
72. 08-05-93 Southend 2-1 Luton Div 1 (tommytwoholes)
73. 16-10-93 Southend 6-1 Oxford Div 1 (andrew_sthnd)
74. 27-12-93 Southend 4-2 Charlton Div 1 (Brum Uni Shrimper)
75. 26-02-94 Southend 0-1 Bristol City Div 1 (gilbo)
76. 20-07-94 Hullbridge Sports 0-11 Southend Friendly (SUFCLiam)
77. 19-11-94 Southend 4-1 Reading Div 1 (sufcintheprem)
78. 30-09-95 Southend 1-0 Grimsby Div 1 (Alexis_SUFC)
79. 11-11-95 Southend 2-4 Stoke Div 1 (Thenewblue)
80. 02-12-95 Southend 3-1 Birmingham Div 1 (statski77)
81=20-01-96 Southend 2-1 Portsmouth Div 1 (Andy_S)
81=20-01-96 Southend 2-1 Portsmouth Div 1 (Museshrimper)
83. 17-02-96 Southend 1-2 Derby Div 1 (jontosh2001)
84. 24-07-96 Southend 1-0 Motherwell (shrimper loz)
85. 15-03-97 Southend 0-1 QPR Div 1 (Steve_Clubshop)
86. 12-04-97 Southend 1-1 Bradford Div 1 (jenniferstar)
87=21-03-98 Southend 5-3 Bournemouth Div 2 (southend_utd_fan)
87=21-03-98 Southend 5-3 Bournemouth Div 2 (jg90)
89=31-07-98 Southend 0-5 West Ham Friendly (jcrcr)
89=31-07-98 Southend 0-5 West Ham Friendly (ASHRIMPER)
91. 15-08-98 Southend 2-1 Shrewsbury Div III (Tilly N Brush)
92. 19-09-98 Southend 0-1 Cambridge Div 3 (Shrimper2thecore)
93. 12-08-00 Southend 2-0 Brighton Div 3 (Draft Shrimper)
94. 06-01-01 Southend 0-1 Kingstonian FAC 3 (BoyWonder2)
95. 13-02-01 Southend 1-0 Lincoln Div 3 (SUFC_Spike)
96. 11-08-01 Southend 1-0 Darlington Div 3 (Fairways_Shrimper)
97. 13-10-01 Southend 4-2 Swansea Div 3 (Wickford Blue)
98. 29-12-01 Southend 1-1 Luton Div 3 (whosdully)
99. 30-08-03 Southend 1-0 Bury Div 3 (SUFCHUTTON)
100. 11-02-05 Southend 0-0 Scunthorpe Lge2 (chaco27saf)

COMPLETE!

Many thanks to all those who submitted THEIR first game!!

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

pst! one of the mods edit the title!! I don't know how that happened!

 

[McNasty]

Quote[/b] (Xàbia Shrimper @ Aug. 27 2006,17:26)]pst! one of the mods edit the title!! I don't know how that happened!

Done !

 

[gilbo]

Saturday 26th February 1994
Division One
Southend 0-1 Bristol City
Att: 4,615

 

[Custard Splat]

Saturday 21 Oct 1989.
Division 4
Southend United 0-1 Maidstone United
Att 4,016

 

[SteveYatesSocks]

Wednesday 10th January 1979
FA Cup 3rd Round
Southend 0-0 Liverpool
Attendance: 31,036

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

19/09/98

V Cambridge at home, lost 1-0

 

[Angell Delight]

27/08/88

Southend United 2 (O'Shea, Crown) Bolton Wanderers 0

Att: 4,075

 

[The Big Shrimp]

19th August 1975

League Cup 1st Round 1st Leg

Southend United 2 (Silvester, Little) Peterborough 0

Att. 4684

 

[Csboy]

Southend 1-1 Huddersfield Town
Saturday 4 December 1976
Division 4 at Roots Hall Football Ground

Southend Goals
HADLEY
Attendance
4419


Almost 30 years of following the Blues. The Wolves game on 2nd December will be my 30th anniversary of watching the Blues.

 

[Tilly hates yellow boots]

2017 southend 4 - 0 chelsea (eastwood jnr. 3,tilson jnr. 1)

I don't honestly no about my first match, i will have to ask my dad, however i do no i now love coming every week.

 

[keefmoon]

Saturday 25th March 1989
Southend 2 Huddersfield 4.
David Crown got both.
Att: 3,582.
Absolutely loved it.
2nd game I went to at the end of that season we got relegated. I obviously got the loser bug and have never looked back.

 

[zulu_shrimper]

Quote[/b] (jcrcr @ Aug. 27 2006,20:09)]however i do no i now love coming every week.

wait until you're married . . . then it goes to once every month, if at all

anyway, back on subject . . .

1st September 1982, and a 1-0 win (thanks to Garry Nelson) over a high flying Fulham (then managed by Malcolm MacDonald) in the league cup

Al

 

[Andy_S]

Saturday 20th January 1996

Southend 2 Portsmouth 1

McNally
Tilson

Attendance: 5,560

We were fourth in Div 1 after that result.

 

[Tilly hates yellow boots]

I can't find the date but it was a freindly    The mighty Blues v West ham. My dad being a west ham fan thought he would take me along as he couldn't aford to take me to upton park, however whilst he was going on about how great West ham were something inside told me southend were my team, and from them im i have been coming to watch the BLUES!!!!


jcrcr

 

[shrimpfan]

reading 27 may 1966 1800att

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (jcrcr @ Aug. 27 2006,20:25)]I can't find the date but it was a freindly    The mighty Blues v West ham. My dad being a west ham fan thought he would take me along as he couldn't aford to take me to upton park, however whilst he was going on about how great West ham were something inside told me southend were my team, and from them im i have been coming to watch the BLUES!!!!


jcrcr

I don't know how old you are (I assume you still young) but we played West Ham in friendly matches in 2002 (lost 3-1) and 1998 (lost 5-0).

 

[Tilly hates yellow boots]

Quote[/b] (Xàbia Shrimper @ Aug. 27 2006,20:08)]

Quote[/b] (jcrcr @ Aug. 27 2006,20:25)]I can't find the date but it was a freindly    The mighty Blues v West ham. My dad being a west ham fan thought he would take me along as he couldn't aford to take me to upton park, however whilst he was going on about how great West ham were something inside told me southend were my team, and from them im i have been coming to watch the BLUES!!!!


jcrcr

I don't know how old you are (I assume you still young) but we played West Ham in friendly matches in 2002 (lost 3-1) and 1998 (lost 5-0).

Southend 0 - 5 West ham ( 1998)

Thank for that Xàbia Shrimper now i will always no the answer when someone asks me my first match.

Although the score was not to pretty.

 

[Tilly hates yellow boots]

De nada = you're welcome ?

 

[beemamad]

Saturday 9th November 1985
Div. 4
SUFC 3 - 2 Hartlepool utd

Cadette (2), Gymer

Att: 2,775

Hooked for life by a mate who was and still is a hammer !!!!!