Memory Lane Old Photos of Southend United.

[RobM]

1906? That must have been black, white and grey, judging from the photographs!

 

[LCBB72]

be good if you can Os,love the old photos of the lads from the 70s.Great to see their "mugs" again.Have got up in the loft,somewhere,with my old paper cuttings(of me,if you know what i mean!!!),some paper cutting from the Echo as well,pics of the old North bank-pak...we would remember many "young faces",some from leigh comm..happy days

When we had a Leigh Comm get together last year Billy Best Boot Laces was handing out pictures that he had colected over the years , perhaps you should get in touch with him .

 

[leroyjean]

If you're older than the stadium this photo might bring back memories. If all these faces are new to you find .. Ben Coker; Kevan Hurst; .. and any other resemblances you care to dream up!

 

[Azzurri Per Sempre]

We only played Fiorentina away in the AIC on 12th October 1993. As far as I know Fiorentina did not produce a programme only a teamsheet.

Have you seen these photos of some Southend fans at Fiorentina? - https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=southend+fiorentina

Thanks for the info. I hadn't seen those pictures before, it's a shame I was a bit too young to go, I can imagine it was a great experience.

 

[Austin the Shrimper]

1906? That must have been black, white and grey, judging from the photographs!

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Southend_United/Southend_United.htm

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

We played in stripes before that, 1961-1965, maybe 1966 as well.

That stripes kit from the late 60s was a direct nick from WBA, and the reproduced retro shirt had the wrong shade of blue.
However, would love to see the 62-64 butcher-strip kit back, or available as a retro buy.

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

It shows my age, but can name most of the team. Posted elsewhere, this was my favourite kit of all time: distinctive and bright.

If you're older than the stadium this photo might bring back memories. If all these faces are new to you find .. Ben Coker; Kevan Hurst; .. and any other resemblances you care to dream up!View attachment 2883

 

[GrumpyBlue]

If you're older than the stadium this photo might bring back memories. If all these faces are new to you find .. Ben Coker; Kevan Hurst; .. and any other resemblances you care to dream up!View attachment 2883

Great photo - another kit I liked - don`t they all look young (even Ted Fenton) {manager to you young`uns} :cricko:

 

[ozzie]

If you're older than the stadium this photo might bring back memories. If all these faces are new ato you find .. Ben Coker; Kevan Hurst; .. and any other resemblances you care to dream up!View attachment 2883

thats a great kit,4 "faces" jumped out at me, J.Mac..M.Beesley..E.shepherd &T.Bentley..

 

[Chairman Trigg]

Shame to think that some of the young faces are no longer with us Johnny Mckinven for one.If I remember rightly Ken Jones ran a scaffolding firm I worked alongside around 20 years ago.Unfortunately he was more interested in talking about his Millwall years (yawn ).

Great photo - another kit I liked - don`t they all look young (even Ted Fenton) {manager to you young`uns} :cricko:

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

F.A. Cup 1952. Greyhound Stadium, Sutton Road.
You had to be tough to be a goalie in those days. I love the way the ball hits the post and then gets stuck in the mud on the line.

 

[Blues 'n twos]

F.A. Cup 1952. Sutton Road.
You had to be tough to be a goalie in those days. I love the way the ball hits the post and then gets stuck in the mud on the line.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/football-southend-vs-bristol-rovers-southend

Wonder how many yellow or red cards would have been shown if that had been now?

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Southend in debt is not a new thing then. In 1966 we owed about £60,000. Quite a lot of money in those days as the average wage in Britain was £20 a week, and a pint of Bitter was 1 Shilling and 10 old penny's, (9p in todays money.)
A big buzzing market tho.

 

[smudgster]

Was that played at the old greyhound stadium ? Looked like it.

 

[LCBB72]

As promised here is the picture of Leigh Comm football club taken in May 1971, wearing the Southend United shirts. The person sitting in the front row left is Willie Kellerway who went on to become club director Bill Kellerway in the 1990s.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

A interesting little bit about Southend United about 2/3 of the way through about 1.58 minutes. The supporters had just bought the Roots Hall site.

 

[ozzie]

As promised here is the picture of Leigh Comm football club taken in May 1971, wearing the Southend United shirts. The person sitting in the front row left is Willie Kellerway who went on to become club director Bill Kellerway in the 1990s. View attachment 2887

great photo Os,cannot remember any "faces" though..are you in it????

 

[Zeuss]

After just 1 season,1968-69, in the very dark-shirted "Scotland" kit,we decided or rather were forced-it clashed with the refs-to choose a new kit.And for the last 4 home games of 68-9 we played in 4 different kits-all combinations of blue and white-Ipswich blue with white sleeves was one of the others,and we the fans were able to vote.The WBA kit(of course)was easily the most popular!

 

[GrumpyBlue]

After just 1 season,1968-69, in the very dark-shirted "Scotland" kit,we decided or rather were forced-it clashed with the refs-to choose a new kit.And for the last 4 home games of 68-9 we played in 4 different kits-all combinations of blue and white-Ipswich blue with white sleeves was one of the others,and we the fans were able to vote.The WBA kit(of course)was easily the most popular!

I did like the `Scotland` one - Johnny Mac and Billy Best looked just right in it :thumbsup:

 

[LCBB]

A interesting little bit about Southend United about 2/3 of the way through about 1.58 minutes. The supporters had just bought the Roots Hall site.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/k...hn-arlott-aka-the-great/query/Southend+United

F--k me you and DP , the length of your hair .