Memory Lane Old Photos of Southend United.

[Firestorm]

I'll go for Roy, Hatter, Keeley and O'Shea (but not confident).....

Definitely not Keeley, he has both hands on the ball, in fact he is in the general vicinity of the ball , something Keeley couldn't manage

 

[ozzie]

i got one...Roy..looks like he is playing for Elton Johns WATFORD...twonk

 

[Sammy Shrimper]

This is when they ruined the pitch by playing American Football on it with the Southend Sabres in the late 80s.

about the same time Rugby League was also tried at the Hall. I went to one game when Invicta played. It was crap. So pleased to watch Donut and Hatter the following weekend!

 

[kaymac]

34 min I thought it was before that , great game great day , Iknew you would find out when it was scored .

Believe it's the only time Villa have been knocked out in the 1st round of the FA Cup.

 

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

Believe it's the only time Villa have been knocked out in the 1st round of the FA Cup.

The first time that Aston Villa were knocked out of the F.A.Cup in the 1st.Round was when they lost 3-1 to Third Division side Torquay United in season 1970-71. However they did play in that season's League Cup Final at Wembley losing 2-0 to Spurs with both goals being scored by Martin Chivers, this was after having beaten Manchester United 3-2 in the semi-final over two legs. When they were beaten 1-0 at Roots Hall the following season of 1971-72 it was the only time they have been beaten by a Fourth Division team. Aston Villa were promoted that season and have never played in the 1st.Round since losing against Southend United over 45 years ago. However looking at the way the current team appear to be playing this could well happen sooner rather than later which is quite sad for a club with such a large fan base.

 

[rayleigh dan]

This is when they ruined the pitch by playing American Football on it with the Southend Sabres in the late 80s.

I hope they got good money for allowing the Rugby team to play. I'm doubtful looking at the crowd though, looks like there's less than 100!

 

[Chairman Trigg]

Not sure if this has been posted before but came across in a football images book,would be great to hear any memories of that game ,and where the photo was taken from

 

[DoDTS]

Not sure if this has been posted before but came across in a football images book,would be great to hear any memories of that game ,and where the photo was taken fromView attachment 4040View attachment 4041

I think this photo was in an old annual, possibly "Charles Buchan Football Annual" when I was a kid I had a copy of it but lost it over the years,

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Southend 2 Brighton 1...Saturday 7th December 1991.
A rare headed goal from Tilly.

[video=youtube;EiYuU5ggJ_A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiYuU5ggJ_A[/video]

 

[AndyT]

Ah, the old Brighton Tesco Carrier Bag kit.

Happy days! :thumbsup:

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Peter Taylor scoring against Brentford in 1972 at Roots Hall.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

The old South Bank. Magnificent.

 

[RHB]

Great photo, great memories.

 

[WickfordShrimper]

The old South Bank. Magnificent.

Still today, I can never forgive Vic Jobson for what he did to our Beautiful South Bank :sad:

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

I was at Sheffield Uni at the time. Always preferred watching United but Wednesday were a very strong Div 3 side at the time with Terry Curran, Andy McCullough and Ian Mellor up front and a typical Jack Charlton defence. United were a more attractive side to watch, including Alex Sabella who went on to manage Argentina.

Plenty of local matches as Rotherham, Chesterfield, Barnsley and Mansfield were all in the same division.

I remember going to watch Rotherham v Sheff Utd at Millmoor and it seemed like 3 sides of the ground were Sheff Utd (away) fans.

I saw us play Barnsley away (think we drew 1-1) with ex Leeds and England Allan Clarke scoring and Norman Hunter also in the team.

The Barnsley game we won 2-1 when "Sniffer" scored against us. Graham Frankiln scored the winner and proceeded to make his way across to the bench giving Dave Smith the two finger treatment all the way. "frank" was shipped out to Norway shortly afterwards.

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

Still today, I can never forgive Vic Jobson for what he did to our Beautiful South Bank :sad:

Too true, but there is a hint of the air brush on all the South Bank pics, where are the mob of away fans making their way down to the front, rather rapidly running away from our then South Bank crew. lol.

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

The other day I put all the old Roots pics I could find in a picture montage backed by an eerie tune - just scroll down a little on the following to find it: https://www.facebook.com/RootsToThe92/

What do you think?

 

[Chairman Trigg]

Wonder what the capacity of the hall would have been if the old South Bank had survived and been seated.With the addition of an extension over the access road behind the North ,would probably have made any ground move not needed

The old South Bank. Magnificent.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Any one got this? I know the D is missing, but when fixed, it would be a great thing to have in the garden.

 

[Benfleet A1]

The old South Bank. Magnificent.

I got thumped by some horror from Rotherham about half way up that bugger. Never realised it was that far to bonce on my arse to the bottom.