Memory Lane Old Photos of Southend United.

[Sammy Shrimper]

This popped up in Facebook:

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It’s easy to work out who we are playing against and when. There were lots of comments about it being rather wet!

1992 ? Mad Murphy in charge. Lost 2-3 from memory and it was raining most of the game.

 

[fbm]

Apologies if this has been put up before, but I do feel its 'of the moment'. Saturday's guest of honour, plus the opening scorer's dad, both feature in a game that had everything (in fact Nelse looked quite sprightly).

Special prize to those who can name the commentator ;

I don't recognise the commentator... who was it?

 

[Whispering Bob]

Darryl Smith.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

One for you old people on here.
5 Autographs from 1970-71. Guess the players.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Season 1969/70.

 

[ozzie]

B.Lloyd..K,Lindsey..O.Simpson--D.Barnett.....Peter Hunt??

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

B.Lloyd..K,Lindsey..O.Simpson--D.Barnett.....Peter Hunt??

We have a winner. Well done ozzie.

 

[overseas shrimper]

Founded 1890?

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Founded 1890?

This was printed in the days of no internet, etc. They used to get a lot of things like that wrong.

 

[ozzie]

We have a winner. Well done ozzie.

Now ask me what i done two days ago

 

[Cricko]

Now ask me what i done two days ago

You remember you went in the other room for something...........and now.

 

[CrippsCorner]

Founded 1890?

Mad! I quite like the old badge though.

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

Was at a quiz night recently at the Essex Bowling club in Imperial Avenue. A fair number of the SUFC history books mention that Bob Jack our first manager was a pretty useful bowls player. So he was

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As you would expect I wrote to Essex County Bowling Club to see if they were aware of Bob Jack and the SUFC link. This was the secretary's reply

Dear C’mon you Shrimpers
I love to hear about these sort of things - I collated all of our Club History as well as I could in recent years, so it's nice to hear more about someone like Bob.
A brief look at our honours boards show that he won at least 5 Club titles here, but somewhat surprisingly never the Club Singles itself. However he was the first ever winner of the Essex Singles in 1909, a title that I myself won for the first time 104 years later!
And I had no idea he once won the National Singles, an incredible achievement - he must have been an excellent player.
All the best Ed (club manager)

 

[bluesince66]

Shrimpers 1 Preston 1, 1974/75. I know this has been featured before, but I couldn't help myself. Some true legends here!