Memory Lane 50 Years ago Today- 1971-72 Promotion Season - Wednesday 3 May 1972 - We finish as runners up! - Southend United 2 Gillingham 2

[Chrisb]

A brilliant team and wonderful memories.

 

[Pak Power]

I remember we gave Malcolm MacDonald a load of stick during the game. The Away Club coach had a brick chucked at the window as we left their ground. Fortunately I missed the Leigh Coms fracas!

I was at the game , and I think it was Ted McDougal (Malcolm Macdonald played for Newcastle)
Someone near me had their sheepskin coat knifed during the game (it was a thick one and good job it was or they would have died no kidding)

Super,ac supermac you're a load of ******* C***
and lets have McDougal for dinner cos .........


were the chants

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

I was at the game , and I think it was Ted McDougal (Malcolm Macdonald played for Newcastle)
Someone near me had their sheepskin coat knifed during the game (it was a thick one and good job it was or they would have died no kidding)

Super,ac supermac you're a load of ******* C***
and lets have McDougal for dinner cos .........


were the chants

S.S was the guy who had his sheepskin slashed, a good mate of LCBB72.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Gillingham away, just a few days before the home fixture that season.

 

[LCBB72]

What a fantastic team Arthur Rowley built at Southend .

 

[Chrisb]

What a fantastic team Arthur Rowley built at Southend .

He did indeed, a great team, but I still remember all the "Rowley Out" chants - some things never change - you don't know what you've got until it's gone ! Some would be well to realise that now.

 

[LCBB72]

Last footnight !! maybe...but tonight,6 Sept 1972, we Super Blues played that other "Blues"...Southend v Chelsea..another night never to be forgotten.
IIRC,we were nearly as good as Chelsea,only being beaten 1-0.And CFC had a real good team.
The Pak/ North bank were FANtastic,one of the greatest ever nights standing there along with the Villa and QPR cup games.
I cannot remember who we beat to play CFC though

We beat Aldershot 2-1 with Best and Garner scoreing for Southend .

 

[tsbl2000]

I was at the game , and I think it was Ted McDougal (Malcolm Macdonald played for Newcastle)
Someone near me had their sheepskin coat knifed during the game (it was a thick one and good job it was or they would have died no kidding)

Super,ac supermac you're a load of ******* C***
and lets have McDougal for dinner cos .........


were the chants

Of course it was Ted MacDougall, aged brain fog there. He went from Bournemouth to Man Utd I seem to remember. But those were the very chants I was alluding to. Thanks for correcting my error.

 

[LCBB72]

I was at the game , and I think it was Ted McDougal (Malcolm Macdonald played for Newcastle)
Someone near me had their sheepskin coat knifed during the game (it was a thick one and good job it was or they would have died no kidding)

Super,ac supermac you're a load of ******* C***
and lets have McDougal for dinner cos .........


were the chants

The guy who had his sheepskin slashed was standing next to me . He said to me has someone gobbed on me 'he thought that someone had spat on him' . I told him someone had slashed him , with that he steamed back into the Bournmouth crew . He made the Bournmouth crew pay for it the following season in the famous garage scrap when he smashed at least five of them with a shovel . Standing in the North Bank for nearly 60 years he come in the top three of the top Southend boys . Even now he is one of the most respected guys around even at 70 those who know him will tell you he is still someone you would not tangle with .

 

[Rob Noxious]

Of course it was Ted MacDougall, aged brain fog there. He went from Bournemouth to Man Utd I seem to remember. But those were the very chants I was alluding to. Thanks for correcting my error.

This prompted me to have a review of TM's career via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_MacDougall

He played for more clubs than I thought. Seems to have been at his most effective when playing alongside Phil Boyer.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

The guy who had his sheepskin slashed was standing next to me . He said to me has someone gobbed on me 'he thought that someone had spat on him' . I told him someone had slashed him , with that he steamed back into the Bournmouth crew . He made the Bournmouth crew pay for it the following season in the famous garage scrap when he smashed at least five of them with a shovel . Standing in the North Bank for nearly 60 years he come in the top three of the top Southend boys . Even now he is one of the most respected guys around even at 70 those who know him will tell you he is still someone you would not tangle with .

I can concur. The last time I saw him was at Carl Cs wake in Dec 2017 at the Oakleigh (Then called Bellinis)in Leigh. He was still in great shape, looked about 50, and still had that presence.

 

[ozzie]

Carl left us in 2017..???...where has the time gone ??And Stevie.W left before CCC ? So sad

 

[LCBB72]

His still alive today, now aged 70 & lives in Westcliff. And still as 'daft as a brush'!.

Dont insult Brush .

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Dont insult Brush .

Is he still alive?.

 

[LCBB72]

Is he still alive?.

Yeah his still about , Teresa speaks to his wife Carol on facebook .

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Yeah his still about , Teresa speaks to his wife Carol on facebook .

That B surname name rings a bell. Was Susan B his sister?

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

That B surname name rings a bell. Was Susan B his sister?

'Brush' was his nickname, his surname is Smith!.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

'Brush' was his nickname, his surname is Smith!.

Oh O.K. Thanks T.

 

[wildheart]

I hardly missed a game that season. Loved Spud Taylors cameo's late on in games, with his white boots! Looking at those amazing attendances, the sound from Roots Hall on a Friday night carried for miles. Billy Best was always my hero but had a huge soft spot for Terry Johnson, a proper winger. Can you imagine that team playing our current rabble it would be an a annihilation!

 

[LCBB72]

I hardly missed a game that season. Loved Spud Taylors cameo's late on in games, with his white boots! Looking at those amazing attendances, the sound from Roots Hall on a Friday night carried for miles. Billy Best was always my hero but had a huge soft spot for Terry Johnson, a proper winger. Can you imagine that team playing our current rabble it would be an a annihilation!

That 1971/72 team would be more than capable of playing any team in the Premier League and Championship and give a good account of themselves .