Memory Lane Old Footage

[Mad Dog Shrimper]

Some old footage of Southend United in action against Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup 1952 at the old Grainger Road Stadium.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=29727

Roots Hall Market opening in 1966

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=44361

 

[grassroots]

Good find - look at all that lovely terracing in the 1966 one. That's where the atmosphere was.

 

[Holy Joe]

Fantastic - some great tackles especially on the keepers - would cause a riot nowadays.

 

[Swiss Tony]

Some old footage of Southend United in action against Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup 1952 at the old Grainger Road Stadium.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=29727

Roots Hall Market opening in 1966

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=44361

Great find Mad dog,love those old films have some rep.

 

[Smiffy]

Southend 2 - 1 Bristol Rovers (French, Stubbs)
FA Cup 4th Round
02/02/1952
Att: 22,429

This was after we beat Bournemouth 6-1, Oldham 5-0 and Southampton 3-0 in the earlier rounds!

We lost in the 5th round 2-1 to Sheff Utd.

 

[silentshrimper]

cracking stuff! Some epic tackles.

 

[Calvin Candie]

Some of those tackles were awesome



did anyone see cricko in the crowd ?

 

[johnlattimerssponge]

Yes great footage of the cup tie that show's how the game has changed.
The other clip of the market was also interesting and noted we were only 60k in the red at that stage........

 

[weststander]

£60k in debt ??? Football alone not profitable ??? Nothing changes there then, must be RM's fault !!!

 

[Ailsa Road Shrimper]

Good footage. It looks as if the players were very brave in those days, especially the goalkeepers. No gloves, shinpads or protection from the referee!

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Yep no ****ing snoods in them days, men were men!

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

I love the way their injured player was carried off. These videos were posted last year IIRC...........doesn't matter, a pleasure to view them again.

 

[* ORM *]

did anyone see cricko in the crowd ?

I've heard he forgot his OAP pass and objected to paying full whack.

 

[Sandbach Shrimper]

Those kind of videos always remind me of Harry Enfield. The most striking thing me is that the players don't react when they're clattered, not even the goalkeepers when someone barges into them for no reason 10 seconds after they've collected the ball. They just get on with it.

 

[Firestorm]

not even the goalkeepers when someone barges into them for no reason 10 seconds after they've collected the ball. They just get on with it.

Thats because shoulder barging the keeper when he had two feet on the ground and both hands on the ball was perfectly legal, that was just in the goal area, elsewhere the same laws applied to the keeper as outfield players.

Many Forwards had perfected the timing so that they "arrived" at the second the keeper had landed from catching a cross and both feet had touched down (check out the 1957 cup final)