5 Players who made you fall in love with Southend and Football

[davewebbsbrain]

As these were pretty much my first full season supporting the blues, these players helped form my love for Southend

Sansome
Angell
Butler
Ansah
Collymore

As for non Southend

Hoddle
Ardiles
Villa
Gazza
Cruyff

 

[Zeuss]

The nature of the question asked means,I think,answers should come from fans’ initial watching—say the first five years,thus ruling out the likes of Stan and Freddie. My choices:
S.U.
Sammy McCrory
Duggie Price
Peter Corthine
Peter Watson
Kevin Baron

Other
Jimmy Greaves. Chelsea
Johnny Haynes. Fulham
Bobby Robson WBA
John Charles. Leeds
Duncan Edwards Manure

 

[jaffa1]

Billy Best
Bill Garner
Peter Taylor
Alan Little
Terry Johnson

Bobby Moore
Pele
George Best
Peter Bonetti (RIP)
Gordon Banks

 

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

The following players have been selected from when I started watching the Blues in 1962:-

1. Mike Beesley (1962-65 & 1967-71).
2. John McKinven (1960-69).
3. Tony Bentley (1961-71).
4. Ray J. Smith (1961-67)
5. Peter Watson (1959-66)
However my favourite all-time Southend United player is Billy Best (1968-73).

The first five players have been selected from players I had seen play live between 1962-65.

1. George Best (Manchester United).
2. Denis Law (Manchester United).
3. Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur).
4. Ray Crawford (Ipswich Town).
5. Ted Phillips (Ipswich Town).
My favourite all-time player is Kevin Keegan.

 

[Razam]

Southend
Paul Sansome
Chris Powell
Andy Ansah
Steve Tilson
Brett Angell

Others (Italia 90 was a big influence on me)
Maradona
Klinsmann
Roger Milla
John Barnes
Paulo Maldini

 

[leeblue]

Sufc players
Ron Pountney
Richard Caddette
David Crown
Paul Clark
Shane westley

Non SUFC
Kenny dalglish
Kevin keegan
Glenn hoddle
Bryan Robson
Trevor brooking

While this is by no means a list of favourite or all time best players. The southend players above were some of my first heroes in life and did Indeed make going to roots hall a real experience. Ron was the first footballer I remember...period.

 

[Garyt1969]

Our players ;
Collymore
Eastwood
Otto
Gower
Cort


Opposition players ;
Georgi Kinkladze
Lee Trundle
John Hendrie
Ivan Toney
Mark Yeates

 

[Barling Magna]

John McKinven
Mike Beesley
Bill Garner
Phil Chisnall
Derek Woodley.

Opposition players:
Phil Boyer
Ted McDougall
Rodney Marsh
Don Rogers
Bryan Douglas

 

[Ricky Otto]

Southend:
Otto
Collymore
Powell
Royce
Regis (not sure why, he wasn't bad but not stand out. Think I liked that he was Cyrilles brother and Sprinter John Regis' cousin and I loved Athletics back then?)

Non- Southend:
Gascoigne
Baresi - Channel 4 Football Italia
Batistuta - As above and Anglo Italian cup vs Southend
Mijatovic - Used to love dream team then La liga on a sunday night. Suker and Mijatovic up front for Real Madrid made them my Spanish team.
R9 Ronaldo

 

[TCR]

Harry Threadgold
Roy Hollis
Kevin Baron
Sam McCrory
Errol Crossan

 

[woodbridge shrimper]

SOUTHEND 5
Peter Watson
Eddie Firmani
Billy Best
Chico Hamilton
John McKinven

Others
Greaves
Best
Moore
Charlton
Peters

 

[Maidstone Shrimper]

SOUTHEND
Errol Crossan
John McKinven
Phil Chisnall
Billy Best
Bill Garner

OTHERS
Tommy Taylor
Bobby Charlton
Geoff Hurst (for one game only)
Johnny Giles
Dennis Law

Some of us are really showing our age!

 

[Gt Yarmouth Shrimper]

Southend players who were my favourites when I started at the Hall and set me up as a football lover;

Alan Moody
Stuart Brace
Chris Guthrie

Others ( Who cemented my love for the game)

The Sunderland 1973 FA cup winning team.

 

[BlueBore]

Southend:

1. Ricky Otto
2. Stan Collymore
3. Mark Gower
4. Freddy Eastwood
5. Bilel Mohsni

Non-Southend:

1. Andrei Kanchelskis
2. Jay-Jay Okocha
3. Matt Le Tissier
4. Stuart Pierce
5. Alan Shearer

 

[wakes123]

Southend:

1. Freddy Eastwood
2. Jamal Campbell-Ryce
3. Shaun Goater
4. Mark Gower
5. Kevin Maher

Lucky enough to start going regularly in 2005 when I was 17 with that team.

Non-Southend:

1. Eric Cantona
2. Paul Gascoigne
3. Alan Shearer
4. Peter Schmeichel
5. Fat Ronaldo

 

[Bobby dazzler]

Alan Moody
Ron Pountney
Derek Spence
Mervyn Cawston
Anton otulakowski (the throw in thing amazing).

George Best
Pele
Johann Cruyff
Malcom McDonald
Kenny Dalglish
(So many I could have named)

Hard to argue with my Southend five as above but Colin Morris would have to be in there. This is only based on the players that I loved from first watching

 

[Bobby dazzler]

Colin Morris
Derek Spence
Merv the Swerve
Anton Otulakowski
David Crown

Non southend
Apart from man Utd players back in the day. None

 

[gatecrasher]

1. Leon Constantine - we were super poo and all of a sudden mr 2 goals in his whole career pulls 20+ in a season for us.
2. Freddie Eastwood - those who got to see him play will just know ?
3. Leon Cort - again someone else’s trash turned out to be a real gem.
4. Adam Barrett - Southend Through And through And a superb player - what passion
5. Bilel Mohsni - when he wasn’t being red carded, he was like an absolute beast and had the continental arrogance to pull off the spectacular.

Non Southend

1. Eric Cantona - just loves his attitude, grace and footballing brain
2. David Beckham - passing range was insane
3. Alesandro Del Piero - Guy was a wizard
4. Cristiano Ronaldo - professional, stunning ability and done it in 3 leagues ...FU Messi
5. Gianluca Palliuca - vastly underrated Italian goalkeeper

 

[discord]

Southend top five

Dave Cusak
Bill Garner
Brett Angel
Stanley Collymore
Freddy Eastwood

Non-Southend
Cruyff
Beckenbauer
Hoddle
Kevin Beattie
George Best

 

[Big_Nath]

Southend:

Mike Marsh
Leo Roget
Simon Royce
Adam Barrett
Freddy Eastwood

Not a bad little 5aside team this

Non Southend:
Neville Southall (I used to train regularly with him as a kid. I was gutted how his spell with us turned out and I always wondered if me wearing Southend shirts influenced him joining ?)
Ronaldo (Brazilian)
Roberto Carlos
Gary Speed
Jamie Redknapp