Memory Lane Old Photos of Southend United.

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

A great photo. Don't know the game, but it was the Butka kit from 1978-80. Mervyn Cawston of course.

 

[The Big Dady]

In memory of the late Sid Broomfield, the man that built Roots Hall.

Roots Hall in 1953 before the building of the ground


Looking from the back of what is to become the South Bank towards the West Stand


Surveying the site after the rubbish has been cleared again from the South Bank towards the West Stand


Surveying the site after the rubbish has been cleared again from the South Bank towards the West Stand

The following pictures were taken six weeks before the opening game against Norwich City on the 20th August 1955 which Southend United won 3-1 with goals from McCrory, Hollis, and Dowsett in front of 17,700 supporters.​

Building the North Bank Stand


The Main Stand starts to take shape


View across the pitch from the back of the South Bank towards the New Main Stand


Laying the steps and terracing of the West Stand


Laying the steps and terracing of the West Stand


Southend United v Norwich City Programme 20th August 1955


Play during opening game Southend United v Norwich City 20th August 1955


I know I have posted up some of these before but some are new, I thought it would be nice to put them together.

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[Mick]

A great photo. Don't know the game, but it was the Butka kit from 1978-80. Mervyn Cawston of course.

Visitors' kit looks a bit like Plymouth to me.

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Agree with the earlier posts re Northern players coming down....but didn't David Webb have a M25 policy with players...no home sickness etc, etc...

 

[LBBlue]

Agree with the earlier posts re Northern players coming down....but didn't David Webb have a M25 policy with players...no home sickness etc, etc...

He did indeed and it worked well whereas Alan Little brought lots of players down that he had had at York and that didn't.

 

[kaymac]

Visitors' kit looks a bit like Plymouth to me.

Think you're right, maybe 78/79 season?

 

[Mick]

Think you're right, maybe 78/79 season?

Friday 1st September 1978 to be exact.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

 

[LCBB72]

Nice one Ronnie .

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Nice one Ronnie .

That's a great watch Simon. Brett Angell, Ricky Otto, Chris Powell, Barry Fry. We were dreaming of being in the Premiership and 3rd in the table when Barry Fry left. Then fell away. I always wonder if we would have got there if he stayed, as he was performing miracles at Southend. I was told by an ex player that the players loved him, so he got the very best out of them.

 

[LCBB72]

That's a great watch Simon. Brett Angell, Ricky Otto, Chris Powell, Barry Fry. We were dreaming of being in the Premiership and 3rd in the table when Barry Fry left. Then fell away. I always wonder if we would have got there if he stayed, as he was performing miracles at Southend. I was told by an ex player that the players loved him, so he got the very best out of them.

Then kicked the supporters in the between the legs .

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Then kicked the supporters in the between the legs .

Oh without doubt. Mind you, he always blames his assistants Stein and Howells, saying they wanted to go to the much bigger club and on a lot more money. They would go on about it everyday after training. Then off course when it went pear, he said he wished he had stayed at Southend. It was fun while it lasted tho. We did get some compensation tho. Just found this.

PROBLEMS continued to pile up for Birmingham City last night when a disciplinary commission punished them to the tune of pounds 130,000 - the highest total ever imposed by the Football League - for 'poaching' the Southend manager, Barry Fry, his assistant, Edwin Stein, and the player-coach, David Howell.

Birmingham, found guilty after a 12-hour hearing in London on Wednesday, were fined pounds 55,000 for making illegal approaches to the three and ordered to pay pounds 75,000 in compensation to Southend. The previous record penalty was the pounds 105,000 fine levied from Chelsea for making illegal payments to players in 1991.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

[QUOTE="THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK, post: 2146121,

PROBLEMS continued to pile up for Birmingham City last night when a disciplinary commission punished them to the tune of pounds 130,000 - the highest total ever imposed by the Football League - for 'poaching' the Southend manager, Barry Fry, his assistant, Edwin Stein, and the player-coach, David Howell.

Birmingham, found guilty after a 12-hour hearing in London on Wednesday, were fined pounds 55,000 for making illegal approaches to the three and ordered to pay pounds 75,000 in compensation to Southend..[/QUOTE]

Cant recall Vic Jobson or Evening Echo ever mentioning/reporting this?

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

[QUOTE="THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK, post: 2146121,

PROBLEMS continued to pile up for Birmingham City last night when a disciplinary commission punished them to the tune of pounds 130,000 - the highest total ever imposed by the Football League - for 'poaching' the Southend manager, Barry Fry, his assistant, Edwin Stein, and the player-coach, David Howell.

Birmingham, found guilty after a 12-hour hearing in London on Wednesday, were fined pounds 55,000 for making illegal approaches to the three and ordered to pay pounds 75,000 in compensation to Southend..

Cant recall Vic Jobson or Evening Echo ever mentioning/reporting this?[/QUOTE]

No, nor can I. I was surprised when I read that. That's why I said ''We did get some compensation tho''.

 

[Napster]

Oh without doubt. Mind you, he always blames his assistants Stein and Howells, saying they wanted to go to the much bigger club and on a lot more money. They would go on about it everyday after training. Then off course when it went pear, he said he wished he had stayed at Southend. It was fun while it lasted tho. We did get some compensation tho. Just found this.

PROBLEMS continued to pile up for Birmingham City last night when a disciplinary commission punished them to the tune of pounds 130,000 - the highest total ever imposed by the Football League - for 'poaching' the Southend manager, Barry Fry, his assistant, Edwin Stein, and the player-coach, David Howell.

Birmingham, found guilty after a 12-hour hearing in London on Wednesday, were fined pounds 55,000 for making illegal approaches to the three and ordered to pay pounds 75,000 in compensation to Southend. The previous record penalty was the pounds 105,000 fine levied from Chelsea for making illegal payments to players in 1991.

Karen Brady mentions this case in a bit of detail in her book

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Just found this little gem. Southend fans, sometime between 1976-80 by the scarves. Extremely good quality for the day. If you keep clicking play then pause every second, then you can pick out many faces. Would be great if a zoner spotted themselves on there. At 41:21 you will see Southend on a scarf.

 

[Chairman Trigg]

Came across this this on a 60/70s site

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

The last paragraph was true in some extent, re 'a flourishing 2nd Div side' in 1990.
We lasted in that Div for 6 seasons.

 

[Richard Hearn]

The last paragraph was true in some extent, re 'a flourishing 2nd Div side' in 1990.
We lasted in that Div for 6 seasons.

Apart from the fact that Southend Athletic were totally unconnected to Southend United.

 

[rigsby]

Just found this little gem. Southend fans, sometime between 1976-80 by the scarves. Extremely good quality for the day. If you keep clicking play then pause every second, then you can pick out many faces. Would be great if a zoner spotted themselves on there. At 41:21 you will see Southend on a scarf.

I guessing about 78/79, as I had the exact same scarf as someone in that clip. Its the one being held up on about 30 seconds.