Memory Lane Old Photos of Southend United.

[TSG]

Southend v Watford, April 1996. Leo Roget to the rescue.

If I've got my timing right, was this an Easter Monday and on the previous Friday we'd lost 3-0 at Huddersfield? If correct got the girlfriend to drive like a mad woman on the morning of the game down the M1 from Bronte country where we'd stayed after the Huddersfield defeat, she was not amused! (We had an outside chance of the play-offs, I think, which this result certainly ended!)

If wrong, I'm old

(If right, were Watford at the bottom of the league and their fans singing "we're ****, but we're beating you" after going one up, how times have changed!)

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Littlewoods Cup, August 1989. Colchester V Southend. We stole their North Bank again. You naughty lot. What we would do for a David Crown type of striker nowadays. He had probably one of the top 3 goals per shots ratios ever at Southend.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Southend V Oldham. Dec 2017. The Ox shows how to save a penalty.

 

[ozzie]

Stole the Layer rd end ?? You mean the whole ground and town. I felt more insecure those days walking around Peter Pans playground than i did Colchester

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Stole the Layer rd end ?? You mean the whole ground and town. I felt more insecure those days walking around Peter Pans playground than i did Colchester

To be fair, a lot of times we had 3 sides and they had the Bar Side, which was mainly their older fans. So we never stole the whole ground. But I remember one sunny Saturday when Southend fans spent the day in the town, like you say, took over the town. So got to the ground later than usual. Colchester had all 4 sides. By the start of the game they just had the Bar Side. All their lads were chased out of the ground. The police learnt in the end, and were better at keeping us just in the Layer Road end and sometimes the West Stand as well. So Colchester got to stand in their South Stand, as you see from the game above.

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

Anyone for a cuppa?

 

[Stuart W]

Anyone for a cuppa?

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Another famous face in that picture eh, Billy Best the Legend lives on?

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

2 Brilliant performances v MK Dons.

First one 2018. Theo at his best. Dru was absolutely brilliant at that time, before signing for Brentford. Now at New York Red Bulls. Only 23. Come home Dru.

This one a fantastic away performance. 2016.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

York V Southend 2014.
Love that 3rd goal.

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

We are the only club to cage coppers

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

2 Good ones here against Coventry. Jan 2016. Tyrone Barnett has a different style to penalty taking to Jack Bridge for sure.

10th Dec 2016(The next season). Anthony Wordsworth loved a good celebration. He normally came up with them on the training ground.

 

[Chairman Trigg]

Not sure if these clips have been shown before
The big match Charlton v Southend 1975 1st and 2nd half
Great to see players like Guthrie ,Webster ,Elliot ,Brace Moody etc as we remember them in their prime.Also the Valley in its old form.The white strip with the shrimp looks great and the 1 to 11 team numbers so much better than todays pick and mix

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

I was there at Charlton at the old Valley with a few lads. I remember getting soaked. Apart from a small group, Southend fans were spread out in the South Bank, and it was only when we scored and the hands went up, we saw how many had made the journey. Probably about 150 at most. It was disappointing, as we kept danger man Derek Hales well quiet. He had an amazing scoring record for them.

 

[* ORM *]

Lifted from Facebook (Ros Southend Past in Photos)

 

[Swiss Tony]

Lifted from Facebook (Ros Southend Past in Photos)

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What a wonderful photo, I do hope these gents went on and had great lives.

 

[CanveyCastle]

What a wonderful photo, I do hope these gents went on and had great lives.

They are still waiting for Martin to pay them.

 

[Blue Yonder]

Lifted from Facebook (Ros Southend Past in Photos)

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Great shot that. Good find. Are they fan volunteers ? I'm trying to imagine that shot now.... they look a different shape to modern fans. Be 5 old fat blokes now.

 

[Chairman Trigg]

Again not sure if this you tube clip has been mentioned on here . Although quality not the greatest a chance to see the Hall in its old glory with the South bank ,East stand paddock and pre boxes ,and not a seat in sight in the West .

 

[Realist]

Does anyone have any photos from the first year of south stand being built and during it ? Thanks.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Does anyone have any photos from the first year of south stand being built and during it ? Thanks.

About the best I could find for now.

This from the West before they started on the South Bank.

There is one out there that shows them doing the concrete steps on the South Bank, but seems to have been removed. If I find it, I will post it.

This one below is from the first game v Norwich 1955, taken from the South Bank.