If you could re-attend any fixture again

[Blue_Wes]

Fiorentina (A)

Apparently school was more important than watching David Howell school Gabriel Batistuta seeing the birthplace of the Renaissance.

Well cheers, this was an easy decision for me until I saw your post.

I was going with re-attendence and Swansea away, 2-2, Freddy v Fallon. Those 94/5 minutes at the Liberty Stadium are probably the most enjoyable minutes I've spent at football, everything was perfect; atmosphere, friends, enjoyable attacking football from both sides, and a result that saw us clinch promotion.

But now I think I'd have to bunk off school and hitch a ride to Florence with you. FORZA SOUTHEND!

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Two great games (for me) were .......

The home win against Tottingham Hotspur with McDonough and Bennett up against the might of Lineker and Gazza.

And the game against Wolves when Martin Ling (the shortest man on the pitch by at least 2 feet) rose like a salmon with a shark on his ar_e to head the 1-0 winner.

 

[Uncle Leo]

For me probably Play off Final 2005 as I was only eight years old. I only really remember walking into the same lampost as I did at the LDV Vans Final earlier that year.

I wasn't only eight years old at the time, but that'd be my choice too. What an amazing feeling.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Fiorentina (A)

Apparently school was more important than watching David Howell school Gabriel Batistuta seeing the birthplace of the Renaissance.

Isn't the point of the thread to think of games you'd like to re-attend, not games you never attended in the first place?

Either way, that's a great shout. Never being able to get to any of those Anglo Italian away games is one of my big regrets as a Southend fan. Pesky school...

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

Either Lincoln at the Mill Stad or Freddy's debut I think.

 

[TrueBlue]

Orient at home booking our place at wembley - all I can remember is balling my eyes out

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Isn't the point of the thread to think of games you'd like to re-attend, not games you never attended in the first place?

Either way, that's a great shout. Never being able to get to any of those Anglo Italian away games is one of my big regrets as a Southend fan. Pesky school...

In a follow up to DTS's thread about games you wish you could unattend, I wish to propose the question; what game do you wish you could re-attend?

For the purposes of this thread, you would be attending the game afresh (that is, unknowing of the eventual result).

This game could be a particularly memorable/enjoyable game or a game you were prevented from attending due to given circumstances (our fans trying to get to Pompey a few weeks ago).

If we're reliving games we actually attended

I'd love to re-attend a certain home fixture on 7th April 1993.

A rampaging Stanley Victor Collymore lifts the ball over Steve Potts head (a la Straker at Chesterfield) and crosses for Brettie Angell to smash home from about 5 yards off to shut up all the people in the wrong end.

ONE TEAM IN ESSEX

The most glorious noise in the world is hamster silence. That Angell goal saved us, not just from relegation, but also from more stories about how W*** H** had won the World Cup and how the Krays were just misunderstood.

Royce
Edwards Prior Scully Powell
Ansah K. Jones P. Smith Tilson
Angell Collymore

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

You each have my unceasing gratitude.

I'd also like to relive that sublime second half performance v Yeovil and beating Judas on his first return (although his second when wasn't bad either when Paul Byrne turned their defence inside out) to try and work out how on earth we only won by 2 goals that day.

 

[superblue24]

Home to Bristol City when Wayne Gray scored late on to ensure we went into the Championship as champions of League One....What a day!!

 

[Willie Coulson's Red Cheeks]

I did go and that would be my choice of a game to re-attend (ahead of Man Utd and Everton away in the FA Cup).

I remember RM walking on to the pitch before the game, going up to the away end (with 2000+ Shrimpers) and clapping. How times have changed!!

Freddy was magic that day.

 

[Willie Coulson's Red Cheeks]

The game against Swansea that saw us promoted in April 2006. Can't remember why we didn't go but so wished we had changed whatever plans we had instead :'(:'(

I did go and that would be my choice of a game to re-attend (ahead of Man Utd and Everton away in the FA Cup).

I remember RM walking on to the pitch before the game, going up to the away end (with 2000+ Shrimpers) and clapping. How times have changed!!

Freddy was magic that day.

 

[wally4pm]

Everton away for me. Flew up from southend airport to Speke (before it became John Lennon) and then bus to hotel for pre match scoff and ale and then front row seat behind goal in upper tier. Excellent performance by players and fans alike and we were very unlucky not to come away with at least a draw. The atmosphere was absolute brilliant and it was my birthday. If I could re-attend would I still be that age again, please?

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Home to Bristol City when Wayne Gray scored late on to ensure we went into the Championship as champions of League One....What a day!!

Really? Good result and nice to be champions ..........but the game was dire, wasn't it?

 

[GodblessArthurRowley]

Wot no Donny away. Losing badly, fans singing non stop, The Conga, singing we can see you sneaking out when Donny 5-1 up, home fans invading the pitch to applaud us, and celebrating our defeat in the pub in Doncaster with two bottles of champagne. Watching football doesn't get any better.

 

[IloveShrimp]

Aldershot at home last season... and turn the bl**dy flood lights off!

 

[RobM]

Last Saturday again would not go amiss!

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Aldershot at home last season... and turn the bl**dy flood lights off!

Or Aldershot away, stop the floodlights going off so we get 3 points and promotion and never have to go to Aldershot again.

Could lead to a whole new thread. Which single game would you change the result of if you could?

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Swansea when we got promoted.

 

[jassyfa1]

Everton away for me. Flew up from southend airport to Speke (before it became John Lennon) and then bus to hotel for pre match scoff and ale and then front row seat behind goal in upper tier. Excellent performance by players and fans alike and we were very unlucky not to come away with at least a draw. The atmosphere was absolute brilliant and it was my birthday. If I could re-attend would I still be that age again, please?

Good call, was thinking off this one, but I would opt for the 4-0 home win over Newcastle, that saw us go top of the old division 1 if only for a few hours

 

[DTS]

Bristol City away - won 3-0 or Brum away won 3-1. Both amazing displays.

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

A fine choice but I'd prefer the one at the Vetch where we had three players sent off, still won and managed to score a goal 8v11.

Or any of our wins at Northampton where you can see the home fans trudging away across the skyline before the final whistle.

This.

The game at the Liberty was great, 4 good goals, and not knowing we're up until the last second.

The game at the Vetch was on a whole new level. We'd been struggling, Steve Tilson had only recently taken over, and we went a goal down early on. From there, it was a good first half fightback, with a stupid sending off. Second half was proper backs to the wall stuff, then the final minutes were just ridiculous. Down to 8 men, then score, then Swansea score. madness!

Oh, and of those that were there, did any of you think there was any possibility when Drewe took the shot (that rebounded to Warren for the third goal?). seem to recall Gower's celebration was pretty good too