Memory Lane Old Photos of Southend United.

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Now when we need 10 games to score 10 goals, the 12 in the photo, plus Steve Dyer who did not play on the Saturday, scored 10 goals between 3pm on Friday 20 April 1973 and 4.45 on Saturday 21st April, beating Port vale 5-0 and Chesterfield 5-1.

There were a lot from the North East in the photo - and which one had the cultured left foot?

 

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8 years on to 1983 - another side which did not have trouble scoring, with 47 goals in 23 home games. And they only let in 6 in those games. How we were spoilt all those years ago!

 

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Two old photos from the 71/72 handbook.

Whatever happened to them? Steve Dyer is back right in the "A" team .

 

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Now when we need 10 games to score 10 goals, the 12 in the photo, plus Steve Dyer who did not play on the Saturday, scored 10 goals between 3pm on Friday 20 April 1973 and 4.45 on Saturday 21st April, beating Port vale 5-0 and Chesterfield 5-1.

There were a lot from the North East in the photo - and which one had the cultured left foot?

King Billy Best last two home games .

 

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Two old photos from the 71/72 handbook.

Whatever happened to them? Steve Dyer is back right in the "A" team .

Back row 1st left is Tony Prior who was one of the best players to come out of Belfairs , I believe he joined the army shortly after this picture was taken and served 22 years and rose to the raank of sergent . Third from the right is another ex Belfairs boy Alex Jamison , I have no idea what happend to him .

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Does anyone have a decent quality picture of Ian Benjamin scoring v Bury, or Stan Collymore on the fans shoulders after the luton game? Maybe something from a match programme that could be scanned. Or if not just good pictures of them playing for Southend. Help much appreciated.

Sorry Drastic, looked everywhere for big Stan after that Luton game, nothing. Maybe someone else might have a photo.
Got you this tho. Stan Collymore showing his normal powerful running. Once he got going, he was hard to stop.
1992-93 F.A. Cup 4th round, Huddersfield away. Result 2-1 to Southend thanks to the legend.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Does anyone have a decent quality picture of Ian Benjamin scoring v Bury, or Stan Collymore on the fans shoulders after the luton game? Maybe something from a match programme that could be scanned. Or if not just good pictures of them playing for Southend. Help much appreciated.

There's not much out there in a Southend kit.

 

[WickfordShrimper]

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8 years on to 1983 - another side which did not have trouble scoring, with 47 goals in 23 home games. And they only let in 6 in those games. How we were spoilt all those years ago!

I want our South Bank back please
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More Stan Collymore, this time on his debut. No one had heard of him then, the commentator calls him Sean Collymore.
21st Nov 1992 v Notts County. Starts about the 57 second mark.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Bury at home this time 27th October 1990. 2-1 to Southend.
Dave Webb had just won the manager of the month award for September.
Not great quality, but still well worth watching. Seemed like quite a good game. Tilson, Ansah, Benjamin, Austin, Sansome, Powell, Angell(26 goals that season). Will Southend stay top? Will Angell score from the spot?
A Tilly goal caught on camera, rare.
All standing, except for the East stand in those days.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Does anyone have a decent quality picture of Ian Benjamin scoring v Bury, or Stan Collymore on the fans shoulders after the luton game? Maybe something from a match programme that could be scanned. Or if not just good pictures of them playing for Southend. Help much appreciated.

Right at the start is Newcastle v Southend, Division one in the 1992-93 season. Considering Newcastle walked the league with a whopping 96 points, and beat Leicester 7-1 that season, we didn't disgrace ourselves in front of 28,545. Ian Benjamin scores one of our goals.

 

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Southend Manager history.

Phil Brown--- 25 Mar, 2013----- Present
Paul Sturrock--- 05 Jul, 2010----- 25 Mar, 2013
Steve Tilson--- 20 Nov, 2003-----04 Jul, 2010
David Webb--- 03 Nov, 2003-----20 Nov, 2003
Steve Wignall--- 18 Apr, 2003----- 03 Nov, 2003
Stewart Robson--- 25 Mar, 2003----- 18 Apr, 2003
Rob Newman--- 04 Oct, 2001----- 25 Mar, 2003
David Webb--- 02 Oct, 2000----- 04 Oct, 2001
Mick Gooding--- 28 Sep, 2000----- 02 Oct, 2000
Alan Little--- 02 Apr, 1999----- 28 Sep, 2000
Mick Gooding--- 26 Mar, 1999----- 02 Apr, 1999
Alvin Martin--- 15 Jul, 1997----- 26 Mar, 1999
Ronnie Whelan--- 06 Jul, 1995----- 01 Jul, 1997
Steve Thompson---23 Feb, 1995----- 05 Jun, 1995
Peter Taylor--- 01 Aug, 1993----- 22 Feb, 1995
Barry Fry--- 01 Apr, 1993----- 10 Dec, 1993
Colin Murphy--- 08 May, 1992----- 01 Apr, 1993
David Webb--- 20 Nov, 1988----- 08 May, 1992
Paul Clark--- 01 Sep, 1987----- 01 May, 1988
Dick Bate--- 30 Jun, 1987----- 01 Sep, 1987
David Webb--- 17 Jun, 1986----- 02 Mar, 1987
Bobby Moore--- 14 Feb, 1984----- 25 Apr, 1986
Peter Morris--- 28 Jul, 1983----- 14 Feb, 1984
Dave Smith--- 09 May, 1976----- 20 Jul, 1983
Arthur Rowley--- 01 Mar, 1970----- 09 May, 1976
Geoff Hudson--- 01 Oct, 1969----- 31 May, 1970
Ernie Shepherd--- 01 Apr, 1967----- 01 Oct, 1969
Alvan Williams--- 01 May, 1965----- 31 Mar, 1967
Ted Fenton--- 01 Mar, 1961----- 30 Apr, 1965
Frank Broome--- 01 May, 1960----- 01 Dec, 1960
Eddie Perry--- 01 Aug, 1956----- 31 May, 1960
Harry Warren--- 01 Aug, 1946---- 01 Jun, 1956
David Jack--- 01 May, 1934----- 01 Aug, 1940
Ted Birnie--- 01 Aug, 1921----- 01 May, 1934
Tom Mather--- 01 Aug, 1920----- 31 May, 1921
Ned Liddel--- 01 Aug, 1919----- 31 May, 1920
Joe Bradshaw--- 01 Aug, 1912----- 31 May, 1919
O M Howard--- 01 Aug, 1911----- 31 May, 1912
George Molyneux---01 Aug, 1910----- 31 May, 1911
Bob Jack--- 01 Aug, 1906----- 31 May, 1910

 

[Sammy Shrimper]

Right at the start is Newcastle v Southend, Division one in the 1992-93 season. Considering Newcastle walked the league with a whopping 96 points, and beat Leicester 7-1 that season, we didn't disgrace ourselves in front of 28,545. Ian Benjamin scores one of our goals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boI_1rrBN7g

Great find. Brought back memories of getting soaked during the game and then a 6 hour coach ride back home. Back in 1992 both ends were open terraces. From what i remember we didn't disgrace ourselves on the pitch.

 

[WickfordShrimper]

I love hearing that '' Benjamin, Benjamin with a shimmy, a shot, OH MY WORD, IT'S THERE.''

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s94LR_50iGU

''Scenes of absolute delirium.''


Brought a lump to my throat watching that.

Honest I Can never get bored of watching this :-)

ONE TEAM IN ESSEX

 

[Blues 'n twos]

One of the best threads on shrimper zone ever, well done to all contributors :happy::thumbsup:

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Lennie Lawrence's Middlesbrough arrived at Roots Hall with a 100% record on the 11th September 1993. Can Southend stop their winning streak? I like the crunching Keith Jones tackle, and the Barry Fry knee walk.

 

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07/08 Season review. Not sure about the music, but still enjoyable viewing. Featuring among others, Mark Gower, left foot, later right foot. Some great goals there, in the days when we liked Nicky Bailey.

 

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Ricky Otto away at Barnsley on the 32rd October 1993. Southend won 3-1 with Otto scoring 2 and Angell the other. What a player he was for Southend. He scored 15 that season. Amazing goal tally from a left winger. He was sold the next season to Birmingham City for £800,000.
Ricky was the ultimate bad boy, turned good of football. Bought up by his mum on a very bad estate in Hackney, he tried to make a living from crime. Not many know that he was jailed 5 times before playing for Haringey Borough and then being snapped up on a monthly trial contract by Orient. It was during his last spell in prison that he had that light bulb moment after 2 long term prisoners came to his cell and told him he was taking the mickey by doing all this crime and time, when he was good enough to be a professional footballer. Ricky knuckled down and got his mind and body in shape, the rest is history.
After football, Ricky worked in the probation service and got a degree in Theology.

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He's also seen here scoring another cracker away at Luton 27th August 1994.

 

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Barry Fry went from hero to villain for leaving Southend for Birmingham. He also took his 2 assistants with him.
When he came back with his new club on the 1st January 1994, he faced the most heated and worst reception probably ever given to a manager by a Southend crowd. Even Karen Brady wasn't spared. There is no video that I can find, but here is an article to give you an idea of the occasion.

Southend United. . .3
Birmingham City. . .1

FROM heart-attacks to whores, every conceivable - and inconceivable - insult was flung at the Birmingham contingent on New Year's Day, traditionally a haven for constructive resolutions.

For the visit of City, whom Southend accuse of poaching Barry Fry and his inspirational management team last month, Roots Hall became, in the neat phrase of Port Vale's John Rudge, a 'temple of turmoil'. Here was an afternoon of 'Judas' baiting when the limits of a man's loyalty in modern football's monied world were debated at length, in private conversations and very public recitations.

Allegiance versus ambition is an age-old issue, but the increase in financial rewards and the presence of lawyers to facilitate escaping contracts has exacerbated a long-standing dilemma. In the Southend saga, the distance between disciples and luminaries has been thrown into the sharpest of relief.

The Roots Hall abuse was not directed only at Fry, who chose to desert Essex because of Birmingham's greater potential. Karen Brady, St Andrews' high-profile managing director, was also treated to some sick songs - enough to put any woman off attending a match.

However unacceptable the shape of the anger, its source was, to an extent, understandable. The inherent heated nature of Fry's return was aggravated by City's players during the kick-in, the whole team crossing the half-way line to warm up briefly in front of the incensed home fans - an unnecessary provocation.

But Fry's legacy should not be forgotten. After leaving Barnet where only a tout dared question his loyalty, Fry transformed Southend, staving off relegation and creating an elegant XI who look good enough to contest promotion. Fry, who has backed them at 66-1, said: 'In eight months I turned the club around.' His exit provoked fears that Southend would slip back into obscurity but the studious Peter Taylor should ensure against that.

Fry's assertion that he left because he wanted to awake a 'sleeping giant' was perceived as a further insult. Fry's decision was debated in depth in an official, unattributed programme comment. 'The concept of Birmingham City Football Club as a 'giant' of any kind, sleeping or awake, is an interesting one. Presumably Mr Fry was speaking figuratively when he applied that description - as opposed to implying that the team's players are extremely tall and drowsy. According to the shorter Oxford English Dictionary the figurative meaning of 'giant' is an agency of enormous power.' The programme then cheekily listed the giants' modest achievements - chiefly a League Cup success in 1963.

If Fry can see the potential on the terraces, there is little of obvious future promise on the field. Apart from the exceptional goalkeeper, Ian Bennett, who prevented a complete rout, and the lively Canadian attacker, Paul Peschisolido, Birmingham are simply ordinary. In the toughest of the four divisions, City will do well to secure mid-table status unless Fry brings in quality reinforcements quickly.

After deservedly losing Andy Saville for elbowing in the 20th minute, Birmingham struggled. Southend, stimulated by the elusive Ricky Otto, dominated, accumulating goals through Keith Jones' shot, Jason Lee's header and Jonathan Hunt's drive before sloppily conceding a late consolation to Peschisolido. A miserable start to the new year for Fry. 'Roll On, 1995,' he said. It may take that long.

Goals: K Jones (41) 1-0; Hunt (66) 2-0; Lee (75) 3-0; Peschisolido (88) 3-1.

Southend United (4-4-2): Sansome; Poole, Edwards, Bressington, Powell; Hunt, K Jones, Gridelet (Payne, h/t), Otto; G Jones (Tilson, 68), Lee. Substitute not used: Royce (gk).

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

This is probably the best aerial view of Roots Hall that shows a good shot of the much loved South Bank. In real life, it really was massive. Loads of good views from there, just a matter of picking your spot. If you were lucky, you could get one of those barriers to lean on. For those that are too young, behind the West Stand was a walk through route. So a lot of fans would switch from the North Bank to the South Bank and vise versa depending which way Southend were kicking. In the West, the crowd would also shift for the same reason. If there was trouble or expected trouble, then the police would block the way behind the West Stand. There was a lot of games in those days where there would be only 1 coach of away fans, so although they were mixed in with Southend fans in the South Bank, they were left alone, and there was no trouble and just banter. I tended to stay in the North Bank for big games and do the switch thing for the quieter nothing games. We had a lot of those in the old days because of no play-offs. Helps explain why only one coach of away fans. I sometimes went in the West to make a change, but that tended to be older than me fans and half seemed to be smoking. Must admit, I hated the cigarette smoke, but loved most of the pipe smoke.
We had a packed market in those days in the car park, also shown in the picture.

Of course the best video on film to give the size of the South Bank is v Liverpool. The Liverpool fans had half the North Bank, but most of our lads went in the South. I was right in the middle of the swaying mob in the South near the top. It was the first time I ever saw a flare. Bog rolls being thrown at a Liverpool corner taker. Younger fans will be wondering what's all that about, Lol.