Question Favourite kit of all time?

[Benjamin]

That third kit

 

[Barry.C]

I also loved this , only purple one I think club has produced and first charity one? and mine happens to be signed by a big French Footballer some of you may recall, Jean-Yves Mvoto! Played 17 games on loan for us from Sunderland and did very well ( Defender ) Started with Paris Saint Germain and later played in Norway, Poland , Germany and Scotland, with Oldham ,Barnsley and Leyton Orient

 

[Ozzer]

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I also loved this , only purple one I think club has produced and first charity one? and mine happens to be signed by a big French Footballer some of you may recall, Jean-Yves Mvoto! Played 17 games on loan for us from Sunderland and did very well ( Defender ) Started with Paris Saint Germain and later played in Norway, Poland , Germany and Scotland, with Oldham ,Barnsley and Leyton Orient

Mine is signed by Franck Moussa, who scored 2 in a 3-0 win. The other scored by Scott Spencer.
You're quite right, we had to get permission from the EFL to change our strip. It was a Rotary charity to try to end polio.

 

[ozzie]

The best ever was the 1968/69 Scotland shirt .

Loved that shirt as well...but what made that shirt even better was the players who played in them.
IMO,the most entertaining Southend team ever....in fact i would go as far as to write that Southend team,then, could beat this Scotland team now

 

[M_Simps]

I love the goalkeeper one, I looked for it recently... the shorts are on Vinted for £40 at the moment, but the top is nowhere to be found.

Anything with Hi-Tec on gets my vote seeing as though they were started in Southend.

I actually think last years was the best of modern times.

I'll also give a special shout out to 94/95 seeing as though I don't think it's been mentioned yet:

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Holds a special place, that. Was my first ever shirt (still got it somewhere). Can't work out whether it's genuinely a thing of beauty or if it's just nostalgia that makes me love it!

 

[overseas shrimper]

Loved that shirt as well...but what made that shirt even better was the players who played in them.
IMO,the most entertaining Southend team ever....in fact i would go as far as to write that Southend team,then, could beat this Scotland team now

That's hardly anything to boast about.

 

[Suffolk Blue]

I won a few quid at the casino and treated myself and my kids to one of these each...

 

[GBJ]

Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I think the second kit was our second season back in L1 after our most recent championship season.. we may have even made the play offs in it - or just missed out.

Agree though, one of our best in recent (ish) years.

My memory is hazy, but you may be correct indeed.

 

[BriggBlue]

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Not wanting to drift off topic, Coleman is 30 in this photo but looks nearly 50, when did footballers stop ageing so badly?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Not necessarily my favourite but the 88-90 Spall kit with Firholm as sponsors is one of the more underrated kits. It’s a very clean kit but the diagonal shaded stripes give it a bit of detail and above all it’s a distinctively Southend kit.

The Beaver 91-92 is a classic as is the Beaver Elonex 92-94. We then went through a dodgy patch with the nadir of the double relegation monstrosity before recovering during the Nike insure and go era. More recently the Hummel kits were great.

For away kits I’ve generally been a fan of either white or pale blue kits.

 

[Shrimperborn1957]

We have had many decent kits in the past but my favourite is this seasons home shirt. Not because it looks good but the fact it signals the start of a new and successful period in our future history.

Come on you Shrimpers.

 

[Napster]

Should have kept the beef and mustard

 

[OpenFC]

New third kit is nice, I love when all three kits are similar in design makes it look so much more professional.

 

[GIBBO]

New third kit is nice, I love when all three kits are similar in design makes it look so much more professional.

I got to disagree, prefer 3 different designs

 

[SeldomSeenShrimper]

Can we add Navy and Yellow to poll options?

 

[GIBBO]

I won a few quid at the casino and treated myself and my kids to one of these each...

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Most underrated shirt. Pure flirth

 

[GBJ]

Should have kept the beef and mustard

If we were to return to that one day - - it would be very polarising.

On one side of the argument you’d have people with impeccable taste, and on the other, you wouldn’t.

 

[SeldomSeenShrimper]

I won a few quid at the casino and treated myself and my kids to one of these each...

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When we asked about kits before, this is what I want a remake of next season

 

[fbm]

This is my favourite... the 1965 kit. Never saw it live as didn't start supporting until 1969 but it's fab. I know there's a remake of it but it's not quite the same.

 

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

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This is my favourite... the 1965 kit. Never saw it live as didn't start supporting until 1969 but it's fab. I know there's a remake of it but it's not quite the same.

I actually have got a piece of one of those brilliant shirts framed, it measures approx 10" x 8" with a number 5 on it and was worn back in the day by our then centre half Peter Watson (RIP) It was kindly given to me a few years ago by former Shrimper Dave Barnett who use to wear the shirt in training back in the late 60's, early 70's.