Question First goal you witnessed live

[Zeuss]

v Bristol City 9th Oct 1954 . Blues won 3-2, bt cant remember our first scorer, maybe Kenny Bainbridge?

Frank Burns

 

[Zeuss]

As a lifelong fan of cricket too—proper cricket,that is : County Championship,Test and 50 over matches only !—I’m very proud to say that the first ever goal I saw live was scored by Blues’ diminutive outside-right and Essex opening batsMAN, Gordon Barker .
19th November 1955–FAC Round One,2-0 win v QPR. The second scorer was legendary CF gangly Roy Hollis.
After we’d won away in the next 2 rounds, I then saw us lose 0-1 in Round 4 to Man City,or more precisely we lost to their even more legendary goalkeeper, ex POW Bernd Trautmann .

 

[Weston's left foot]

Roger Willis in a 2-0 win against Swindon in Dec 1994.
I finally met him recently last year at Peter Taylor's SUEPA event.

 

[IloveShrimp]

November 1969 v Aldershot, 2-2 draw but I can't remember the goals or scorers.

 

[alginon1]

SUFC v Huddersfield 1973 5-2

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Adam Locke v Orient at Roots Hall May 7th 1991. We drew 1-1

 

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

November 1969 v Aldershot, 2-2 draw but I can't remember the goals or scorers.

If my memory serves me well (great first line for a song?) This match was played in the snow, with possibly the South Bank closed? Goalscorers were Billy the Best & Eddie Clayton. Attendance was just 2,887.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

If my memory serves me well (great first line for a song?) This match was played in the snow, with possibly the South Bank closed? Goalscorers were Billy the Best & Eddie Clayton. Attendance was just 2,887.

I remember that game, the Aldershot keeper exchanged snowballs with the North Bank!.

 

[blues exile]

If my memory serves me well (great first line for a song?) This match was played in the snow, with possibly the South Bank closed? Goalscorers were Billy the Best & Eddie Clayton. Attendance was just 2,887.

Yes, the only time I was ever in the West Stand because the South Bank was closed. I think this was also the first full game John McKinven played since his leg break. Hardly ideal conditions for him.

 

[Elmsleigh shrimper]

A rare one, John Neal 30 harder home to Carlisle1964

 

[graingerroad54]

Frank Burns

Frank Burns

 

[graingerroad54]

Thank you zeus, were you in attendance like me?

 

[Sussexshrimper]

17 March 1992 a 2-3 home defeat by Portsmouth, not sure who scored first, I'm old and there are no records of scorers I can find online apart from Tilly and Keith Jones scored for us, but what order the goals were scored in I can't tell you

I might be wrong but am sure guy Whittingham ( ex army ) got 2 and Colin Clark the other for Portsmouth

 

[Sussexshrimper]

Either Roy McDonough or Barry Silkman vs Hereford at Roots Hall Friday 18th April 1986. 3-1 win and I have no idea who scored the first, but Super Roy got 2 and dodgy Barry got the other one.

Danny o'shea

 

[Zeuss]

Thank you zeus, were you in attendance like me?

No,a year too soon—see my entry no. 62 above.

 

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

Yes, the only time I was ever in the West Stand because the South Bank was closed. I think this was also the first full game John McKinven played since his leg break. Hardly ideal conditions for him.

The above match against Aldershot was actually John McKinven's final league match for the club. John's comeback match was on the 4th. October '69 at the Racecourse ground when we were well beaten by 4-0. Sadly John left Roots Hall at the end of that season and joined Cambridge United who had just been elected to the old league division 4 in place of Bradford Park Avenue. Cambridge United's first match in the football league was at home against Lincoln City (1-1) also playing that day for Cambridge United were former Southend United team-mates Mel Slack and the late great Trevor Roberts. On the coaching staff back then was former Shrimper Peter Watson the brother of Dave Watson who went on to play for England 65 times scoring 4 goals.

 

[basilrobbie]

Tom White, close range header, versus Hull City. August 1968. He notched a brace and we won 2-0.

 

[blues exile]

The above match against Aldershot was actually John McKinven's final league match for the club. John's comeback match was on the 4th. October '69 at the Racecourse ground when we were well beaten by 4-0. Sadly John left Roots Hall at the end of that season and joined Cambridge United who had just been elected to the old league division 4 in place of Bradford Park Avenue. Cambridge United's first match in the football league was at home against Lincoln City (1-1) also playing that day for Cambridge United were former Southend United team-mates Mel Slack and the late great Trevor Roberts. On the coaching staff back then was former Shrimper Peter Watson the brother of Dave Watson who went on to play for England 65 times scoring 4 goals.

Thanks for that, I had forgotten about the Wrexham game. The Cambridge info ws interesting too. Did he return to Southend playing for Pegasus at Grainger Road for a short time?

 

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

Thanks for that, I had forgotten about the Wrexham game. The Cambridge info ws interesting too. Did he return to Southend playing for Pegasus at Grainger Road for a short time?

Yes he did, he signed in September 1971 after leaving Cambridge United. Not 100% sure but seem to remember that Ernie Shepherd was involved at this time and was certainly at Roots Hall in some capacity when John signed from Raith Rovers back in around 1960.

 

[LCBB72]

If my memory serves me well (great first line for a song?) This match was played in the snow, with possibly the South Bank closed? Goalscorers were Billy the Best & Eddie Clayton. Attendance was just 2,887.

I remember there was only two people on the South Bank .