A local-born eleven

[dbailey3]

Terry Alderton?

 

[westie]

Players I played against associated with the Blues, who were local lads:

Barry Delf (Trinity & OS) & Alan Shires.

 

[buffalowolf]

Didn't : Martin Britt

i went to school ( eastwood high school ) with Martin Britt.also Trevor Dawkins and Mickey Wright.

 

[* ORM *]

Damn Mike Beesley was an Epping boy.

Add to the list of didn't play for us ? Tony Smith?

 

[tonie]

i went to school ( eastwood high school ) with Martin Britt.also Trevor Dawkins and Mickey Wright.

me aswell at school with martin britt west ham and blackburn bad knee finish him young, very good footballer

 

[westie]

i went to school ( eastwood high school ) with Martin Britt.also Trevor Dawkins and Mickey Wright.

Are you sure? Trevor Dawkins went to Porters Grange & Southchurch Secondary School. As teenagers, we used to play over Southchurch Park on Sunday mornings with Bill & John Chandler.

Mickey Wright went to Temple Sutton & Wentworth (as did Frankie Banks). Both lived in Cluny House, Cluny Square. I lived next door to Ray Scott in Westbury Road and we all kicked about over Cluny Square when I was 9-11 years old.

 

[Vinny the Shrimper]

Steven Brown

 

[Norwichshrimper]

Let's have two elevens: those born in the local area who did play for Southend (inc Basildon/Canvey), and those born here who didn't.

Played for us:

Dan Bentley
Spencer Prior
Adam Barrett
Paul Clark
Steve Tilson
Frank Dudley
Michael Kightley
Peter Taylor
Les Stubbs
Freddy Eastwood
Matt Harrold
Garry Nelson

No place for Justin Edinburgh?

 

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

Let's have two elevens: those born in the local area who did play for Southend (inc Basildon/Canvey), and those born here who didn't.

Played for us:

Dan Bentley
Spencer Prior
Adam Barrett
Paul Clark
Steve Tilson
Frank Dudley
Michael Kightley
Peter Taylor
Les Stubbs
Freddy Eastwood
Matt Harrold
Garry Nelson

Didnt play for us

Mervyn Day
Matt Lockwood
James Tomkins
Gary Heale
Scott Daniels
Darren Caskey
Frank Saul (CF for Spurs, born in Canvey)
Paul Benson
let's have some more!!

Geoff Barnard went to school in Southend played as an amateur at Roots Hall then signed for Norwich City, after only a few matches he signed for Scunthorpe United playing over 250 matches in the Football League in the late sixties alongside Kevin Keegan. Also Terry Baker born in Southend joined West Ham United as an apprentice, left after a couple of years joining Colchester United playing over 50 games before leaving for Billericay Town.

 

[undercovershrimper]

Paul Hayes is a Wickford boy i think

 

[The Big Shrimp]

Sean Rafter. A Fairfax boy

 

[BARNETBLUE]

John Walker...went to school with (ditto Jeff Hull)and a guy I think called poss Steve Lamb, same era??

 

[manor15]

Not sure if it counts as us or not as he was with us as a youth but never made the first team, but Dom Iorfa Jnr is now with England u21s and Wolves first choice right back, local lad who went to Tommy More.

Morgan Fox, young left back at Charlton and recently called up to the Wales squad is from South Woodham Ferrers and went to SHSB.

 

[Eddy Melito]

as opposed to Maldon ? Really ?

Yep, definitely Rochford.

Ipswich keeper dean gerken was in the centre of excellence and also born in Rochford too.

 

[westie]

John Walker...went to school with (ditto Jeff Hull)and a guy I think called poss Steve Lamb, same era??

Stevie Lamb is a good shout. Another local lad associated with the Blues. Played for Blenheim Sports, as did Alan Shires.

 

[LCBB72]

Stevie Lamb is a good shout. Another local lad associated with the Blues. Played for Blenheim Sports, as did Alan Shires.

Steve played for Chelmsford City with Jimmy Greaves , mind you when you see him now he has a job to walk .

 

[LCBB72]

My brother in law Andy must of done , my mother in law thinks the sun shines out his a--e and is damn good at everything he does .

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

Alan Mullally, Mark Foster and Rachel Riley haven't played for us.

Nor has Domomic Iorfa Jr

Rachel Riley supports Man Utd for one thing and didn't give me a second thought when she split with her fella - do not mention that name again.

 

[davew]

James Harper, a SWF boy did not play for SEND, a decent player

 

[sufcnum1]

Haven't seen James Tomkins from spammers is from Basildon I think