Funniest thing seen at a Southend game

[FarmdogSUFC]

Probably why they downgraded to iPads

They were just left behind by Molesley and co

 

[danbowen]

I’ve heard stories that before I started going prob 70/80s that in a cup game one of our centre backs put the oppositions little winger about 4 rows back in the west stand and got sent off. Sounds amusing if true

 

[LCBB72]

Will always remember Paul Clark saying sorry to Steve Bull of Wolves and the ref after he had taken Bulls legs away .

 

[OldBlueLady]

Couple of things spring to mind, neither to do with actual football!

1st one - up at Stockport, must have been around 2008/9, our physio needed to get on the pitch to treat a player and managed to fall over the advertising hoardings in front of the dug out. It was shown on Soccer AM (back when it was good!) the next week.

2nd one - at Roots Hall, elderly bloke two rows in front of us got up to go to the loo and his trousers just fell down leaving him stood there in his pants. Felt sorry for the old bloke but we didn't have laugh! @weststander can back me up on that one!

 

[GROWLER]

The Lee Bowyer and Kevin Maher "chat" whilst retrieving the ball in front of West Stand.
The words fat and your wife came into but the rest would not pass the scrutiny of the Mods!!
Priceless off the cuff stuff.

 

[Strykr]

Will always remember Paul Clark saying sorry to Steve Bull of Wolves and the ref after he had taken Bulls legs away .

He really meant that ?

 

[Mad Cyril]

There was a photo from I think Macclesfield away some years ago where Zorro and some other bloke in fancy dress were obviously pleading with the police to go easy on Snow White who was in the process of being arrested.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Whatever happened to The Brother's Grimm?

Alan ( the larger one of the 2 ) collapsed & died of a heart attack living in Scotland some years ago ( i read about it, possibly in the Echo ).
I last saw Peter at a home game about 10 years ago. No idea if his still alive?.

 

[Shrimper]

Marc Laird losing a tooth, searching for it and putting it back in

 

[Bromley Blue]

Tony Bullock - the Macclesfield keeper who booted the ball into the crowd after being sent off and then pulled his shorts down.

I was gonna say this one. Didn’t it hit a woman who had to get stretchered off by the St John’s Ambulance as well!

 

[Bromley Blue]

I found it mildly amusing when I had a season ticket in the East stand and some bloke in front got shat on by a pigeon.

It was one of those things that formed a bond between my mate and I and the blokes behind us. Whenever we saw a pigeon in the stand after that there’d always be a comment.

Thats one of the things I love about having a season ticket is getting to know random people who sit near you and are obviously fellow seasos. One bloke used to spend the whole game shouting at the linesman for absolutely no reason and finding it hilarious every time. And another used to almost coach the team through the game, shouting out instructions and he was in no way part of the coaching setup!

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

There was a photo from I think Macclesfield away some years ago where Zorro and some other bloke in fancy dress were obviously pleading with the police to go easy on Snow White who was in the process of being arrested.

#FreeTheSnowWhiteOne

On the way back the minibus ran out of petrol. Out clambered seven dwarves (no Snow White who was being detained at Her Majesty’s Pleasure) and two Batmans (batmen?) to push it along the hard shoulder to the petrol station.

 

[Jay_SUFC]

I remember when we played West Ham, a couple of their fans were in the North Bank, with the home fans, and for some reason started chanting West Ham songs. Promptly the whole stand tried to get at them.

They ran to the front begging the stewards to let them out (back in the fencing days!).

That'll teach them ?

I also recall when we played Wrexham in the LDV Final, Alex Ferguson appeared on the big screen and the whole ground booed. The look on his face when the person next to him pointed up indicating why everyone was booing ?

 

[manor15]

I think it was Luton years ago, 2004 I think, when out of nowhere someone threw 10s of balls over the south stand roof and onto the pitch with the game going on. Ref stopped the game and players started clearing the balls off but more kept coming.

 

[Strykr]

I found it mildly amusing when I had a season ticket in the East stand and some bloke in front got shat on by a pigeon.

It was one of those things that formed a bond between my mate and I and the blokes behind us. Whenever we saw a pigeon in the stand after that there’d always be a comment.

Thats one of the things I love about having a season ticket is getting to know random people who sit near you and are obviously fellow seasos. One bloke used to spend the whole game shouting at the linesman for absolutely no reason and finding it hilarious every time. And another used to almost coach the team through the game, shouting out instructions and he was in no way part of the coaching setup!

I remember that guy that spent 90 minutes having a go at the linesman ?.

 

[danbowen]

Another 2.
Back in around 2008 (ish) the ball went on to the roof of the east stand and dropped down straight on to the nuts of the doctor sitting on his stall was rather funny.

another one has to be Dagenham away (2012ish possibly) when a player from both sides went down with head injuries and the 2 physios were in a neck and neck race across the pitch and clarkson won it by a short neck. Fans were proper cheering them across the pitch and celebrated a bit when clarkson won.

 

[ec2shrimper]

I recall a game against West Brom in the Peter Taylor era when we had a free kick on on the right hand side attacking the North Bank. 2 Southend players over the ball, first player dummied over the ball however the second player had also run off. So in effect both players ran away from the free kick to much hilarity from the massed ranks of the West Brom fans.

 

[Thunderbolt & Lightfoot]

Another 2.
Back in around 2008 (ish) the ball went on to the roof of the east stand and dropped down straight on to the nuts of the doctor sitting on his stall was rather funny.

another one has to be Dagenham away (2012ish possibly) when a player from both sides went down with head injuries and the 2 physios were in a neck and neck race across the pitch and clarkson won it by a short neck. Fans were proper cheering them across the pitch and celebrated a bit when clarkson won.

There was a similar physio race at Southampton in final away game of 09/10 relegation season. Our physio lost and our fans promptly started singing 'that's why we're going down'

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

I thought it was funny but my dad thought it was "disgraceful". Wee Davie Cunningham came on as a sub, i think in the days of one sub. The game was a bit feisty. We were standing in the west stand on the half way line. Davie came sprinting over like a man possessed and took out one of the their players thigh high and over the touch line. He was directly in our sight as he came sprinting and i remember thinking Davie had got the red mist (usually this came after about 20 minutes rather than seconds).
Needless to say Davie got sent off. Total length of time on the pitch. 20-30 seconds I reckon.

 

[Holy Joe]

Ref sending off Leo Roget (?) in a case of mistaken identity for, I think, Jeroem Boere. My memory is fading.

If you don't know those two players - google it