Memory Lane Old Photos of Southend United.

[Cricko]

I had the dubious task of going round those old wooden seats sticking the Gold transfer numbers on them all..

 

[AndyT]

Gold transfer numbers.

There's posh! :cool:

 

[Gridelet's contact lens]

To be truly accurate, you would say North Paddock or South Paddock.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Tue 23rd Sept 1986. Littlewoods Cup v Man City. It finished 0-0 in front of 9,373 fans.

 

[LCBB72]

Tue 23rd Sept 1986. Littlewoods Cup v Man City. It finished 0-0 in front of 9,373 fans.

There was just over 6,000 at Roots Hall and over 9.000 at Main Road .

 

[rigsby]

Part of the South Stand(Weeds included) and the East Stand ,only seated area at that time in the 1970s. The Paddock at the bottom of the East Stand was standing as well. A few on here have mentioned before that they used to stand in the Paddock. I bet younger fans are wondering what they're on about. Here's the answer.

Watched my first few games from the North Paddock. The game against QPR FAC3 I was allowed to stand on the steps leading up to the yellow/reds, so that I could actually see the game. The attendance was over 18,000 I believe.

 

[Zeuss]

You could be right Zeuss, but so could the later game theory be right. The kit was different to that shown in the photo for the 55/56 season. The weather looks too mild for November. The crowd looks too big for 15,000. Also, McGuigan was still playing in the 57/58 season. You are spot on about him and Punton being swapped(McGuigan to Newcastle) but that was in July 1958 for the 58/59 season. https://www.11v11.com/teams/southend-united/tab/players/season/1958/

Yes ,you’re right about when we cashed in on McG.The attendances are not a relevant factor(800 difference)but it does look like August weather—we werent(aware of) being endangered by climate change in those days.
It definitely didn’t rain at all on the occasion of my first ever game(as a spectator,that is).
What finally convinces me that it’s not the 1955 Cup-tie is that I can’t spot myself “on the wall”to the right of the goal!I watched from the paddock in 1957.

 

[OldBlueLady]

To be truly accurate, you would say North Paddock or South Paddock.

Watched my first few games from the North Paddock. The game against QPR FAC3 I was allowed to stand on the steps leading up to the yellow/reds, so that I could actually see the game. The attendance was over 18,000 I believe.

Indeed, I had my first season tickets in the East blues, but moved down to the North Paddock in about 1975, the QPR game I saw from the seats, but I think it was the end of that season I moved down to standing. And that kind of goes to show that, whilst some of us prefer to sit now, we have actually "been there, done that"!

 

[AndyT]

The Millwall home game in 75/76, I stood in the South Paddock, on account it being the only safe place in the ground!

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

There was just over 6,000 at Roots Hall and over 9.000 at Main Road .

No Simon. Just checked and it was the other way round. 9,373 at Roots Hall and 6,182 at Maine Road.

 

[E for B and Billy Best]

Millwall 75/76 I was in the South Bank. I knew we were in trouble when Dave Crump suggested " When it comes on top we will have to jump on top of that tea-bar and start swinging those scaffold poles about". The evening went downhill from there.

 

[Cricko]

Millwall 75/76 I was in the South Bank. I knew we were in trouble when Dave Crump suggested " When it comes on top we will have to jump on top of that tea-bar and start swinging those scaffold poles about". The evening went downhill from there.

Nobber whatever happened to Dave Crump...last time I saw him I think he was involved in the Cherry Tree pub many years ago? He was always an arse in those days..lol

We used to meet at his Mums in Chelmsford avenue (lovely lady) with Dave, Graham Wigmore, Ambrose, Squirel, Glen Moody and a few others in those days before a game or at the Sutton Arms with to many faces to mention..

 

[E for B and Billy Best]

He still goes to games, but has moved up the A12 quite near our sheep-fiddling friends from Div2.

 

[McNasty]

I spent a few years in the South Paddock, stood near to Dennis the milkman, his dad Ernie and a gent called Brian. The first time I met that knowledgeable chap Brian Cotgrove ---- certainly knew everything back then.

 

[E for B and Billy Best]

No Simon. Just checked and it was the other way round. 9,373 at Roots Hall and 6,182 at Maine Road.

I went to that away game with Joe McGill, first time either of us had gone to a game and did not go in a pub. It was terrifying, Moss Side was horrendous even in those days

 

[Mick]

I spent a few years in the South Paddock, stood near to Dennis the milkman, his dad Ernie and a gent called Brian. The first time I met that knowledgeable chap Brian Cotgrove ---- certainly knew everything back then.

No, you've got that all wrong. Ernie was the milkman and it wasn't the South !

 

[Cricko]

No, you've got that all wrong. Ernie was the milkman and it wasn't the South !

Did he drive the fastest milk cart in the West to?

 

[The Big Dady]

Did he drive the fastest milk cart in the West to?

[video=youtube;8e1xvyTdBZI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e1xvyTdBZI[/video]

 

[LCBB72]

No Simon. Just checked and it was the other way round. 9,373 at Roots Hall and 6,182 at Maine Road.

I am sure you are wrong North Bank .

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Millwall 75/76 I was in the South Bank. I knew we were in trouble when Dave Crump suggested " When it comes on top we will have to jump on top of that tea-bar and start swinging those scaffold poles about". The evening went downhill from there.

Yes, I've covered that game on here a couple of times. I was in the North Bank when about 200 broke the big blue gate down and piled into us. What made it worse was there was only about 30 of us as the floodlights had only just gone on as it was well early, and they all seemed to be mid twenties, some pulled out dockers hooks at the front. We were all teenagers and a few younger lads. The only safe place that night was the East Stand seats and the North Paddock. They were on a revenge mission apparently.