40 Years Ago Today

[Hawkwell Blue]

Forty years ago today a young Hawkwell Blue saw his first ever Blues' game. A 4-0 win over Swansea Town with Gary Moore scoring a hat-trick! More of the same today!!!!

Blimey, 40 years is two life sentences!!:stunned:

UTB!

HB

 

[Swiss Tony]

Forty years ago today a young Hawkwell Blue saw his first ever Blues' game. A 4-0 win over Swansea Town with Gary Moore scoring a hat-trick! More of the same today!!!!

Blimey, 40 years is two life sentences!!:stunned:

UTB!

HB

And you've loved every minute of it i bet.
up the blues.

 

[BrettieAngell]

Well done mate!!

 

[canveyshrimper]

Forty years ago today a young Hawkwell Blue saw his first ever Blues' game. A 4-0 win over Swansea Town with Gary Moore scoring a hat-trick! More of the same today!!!!

Blimey, 40 years is two life sentences!!:stunned:

UTB!

HB

1968/69 was a great season we scored goals for fun, apart from the Swansea away game, we won 6-1 at Bournemouth, 9-0 & 10-1 wins over Kings Lynn and Brentwood and a 2-0 win at Swindon who beat Arsenal in the League Cup Final that season. Great memories.

 

[BrettieAngell]

1968/69 was a great season we scored goals for fun, apart from the Swansea away game, we won 6-1 at Bournemouth, 9-0 & 10-1 wins over Kings Lynn and Brentwood and a 2-0 win at Swindon who beat Arsenal in the League Cup Final that season. Great memories.

My old man says that 6-1 at Bournemouth is the best he has ever seen Southend play!

 

[canveyshrimper]

My old man says that 6-1 at Bournemouth is the best he has ever seen Southend play!

I agree with him it was just one of those nights when everything went in, we were really unlucky to lose at Wolves to a last minute goal in the next round. Just looked at the SUFC database and the goal scorers that night were Eddie Clayton (2), John McKinven, John "Killer" Kurila, Phil Chisnall & Billy Best.

Happy days. :)

 

[GodblessArthurRowley]

Stop it please all these memories from my first season watching the Blues 68-69 I'm getting all misty eyed.

 

[Portuguese Shrimper]

Was that the year we also had Chico Hamilton, Sammy Mcmillan etc. I remember going up to watch us against the scum of Col Ewe and in the pub before the game a scum fan was very much in my awe as we had a team of big names - I thought including Clayton, Best, Moore, Hamilton, Chisnall, Mcmillan but beyond that my memory fails. Was great to have a scum fan totally jealous of us though!!

 

[Mick]

Forty years ago today a young Hawkwell Blue saw his first ever Blues' game. A 4-0 win over Swansea Town with Gary Moore scoring a hat-trick! More of the same today!!!!

Blimey, 40 years is two life sentences!!:stunned:

UTB!

HB

That was bad luck; you just missed virtually all of probably the best season in living memory.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

''Happy Days'', sigh.

 

[DistantBlue]

Happy happy days,
How I loved Gary Moore and his ability to chin anybody who got on his nerves!
Not for him to stand back and take a caning from some Centre Half who fancied a bit of the back of his legs - no sir - he would let him have it back with interest -
Oh I miss those days of proper competitors - whem the game was sub-standard you could always watch the sub-plots taking shape on the margins

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

And if anyone had said to me then that i'd still be watching them 40 years on, i'd have said they were mad!. Whose the loony?.

 

[RobM]

You, ya loony!

 

[shrimpfan]

Happy happy days,
How I loved Gary Moore and his ability to chin anybody who got on his nerves!
Not for him to stand back and take a caning from some Centre Half who fancied a bit of the back of his legs - no sir - he would let him have it back with interest -
Oh I miss those days of proper competitors - whem the game was sub-standard you could always watch the sub-plots taking shape on the margins

ability with his head pardon the pun put the nutt on!!! or was it in!!!cant remember.