Memory Lane Shower of **** FC… Who did you play for?

[SS9_Shrimper]

Leigh Rockets as a youth; I believe our very own Medway Blue joined us for a little while.

 

[henry18]

I started at Hamlet Court then was part of the SUFC youth team for 5 years then moved to Arsenal Youth team for 2 years

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Rectory Rovers, Southend Electricity, Milton Athletic.

A ‘who’s who’ of local powerhouse teams there

 

[Big_Nath]

Random teams of the day: I played for Abergele United, Bodelwyddan Town and St Asaph City.

Now manage Gwaelod Rangers Girls U10s (Cardiff) and hoping to get a tour to the Essex Riviera next year. So if anyone knows of any tournaments local to Southend for next year give me a PM

 

[Special Blue]

I played with Bournes Green Park Rangers between approx 1975 78 under Alan Veitch(sp) as manager. I remember having to play a 'year up' due to low numbers in the team.

Another blast from the past !
Alan (R.I.P) was a family friend and went to school with His daughter.

 

[Supa Shrimpa]

Junior - Thundersley Rovers, Benfleet Juniors
(got battered by Rayleigh Boys in a cup final at Roots Hall)
Adult - Milton Athletic, Kingsfield Casuals
Now back at Thundersley Rovers, coaching kids

 

[CanveyCastle]

Managed and played for the mighty Prittlewell Lion in the Southend Sunday League in the mid-eighties.
Less said about the football the better but we had real fun. We were the nearest football team to Roots Hall , out of the Golden Lion.
We were smokin' if you get my drift.

 

[tottenham541]

Started as a 11 year old and played for stambridge Utd, then hawkwell athletic where Frankie banks coached us at times, Norwich city football club, catholic United many times on and off, Southend manor, great wakering rovers, hullbridge sports, then vets football for foulness, catholic United, railway academicals, Britannia fc, and still playing now after just coming back from a 3 year’s absence due to injuries and aching to much after games, the body still aches running after the 20 year olds for the work team, not sure how long it will last but I’m game. Sorry left Rochford sports out of that lot.

 

[Smiffy]

Bounced around a few teams as a youngster.

Fairfax Rangers
Ecko Whitecaps
Fleetwood Boys

Coached/Helped run the clubs for over 10 years at Southend Manor and more recently Old Southendian.

 

[AustScullyPriorPowell]

Hawthorns (home - Snakes Lane)

Played against Rayleigh boys loads with Neil Harris, Scott Forbes and Matt Lockwood!!!
They were quality

 

[MattB]

Hullbridge Sports (often had Peter Taylor take sessions) and Rayleigh Boys as a kid. Then Ralee from 17 - 36yo. Vets for Diablo before packing it in at the start of this year.

 

[Dazzaref]

Another blast from the past !
Alan (R.I.P) was a family friend and went to school with His daughter.

Yesterday I mentioned Alan in a different thread relating to the Southend 4 Newport 2 game in 1977. He was the Dad of my mate that I’d gone with to that game. A great man who gave so much time to boys football.

 

[Hawkwell Blue]

I played with Bournes Green Park Rangers between approx 1975 78 under Alan Veitch(sp) as manager. I remember having to play a 'year up' due to low numbers in the team.

I played for Bournes Green in 1977 and we had a mixture of ages as I recall. We got put in a “B” division in the Thundermite League and absolutely p***ed it.

 

[Napster]

I also had training with Anton! Still got my red badge!

 

[Blues ‘n’ twos]

Wickford F C on Saturdays @ Nevendon park,
Occasionally Sunday morning under various guises.
Was never the same after breaking my Tibia and Fibula, mind you I was hardly a Galactico in the first place

 

[Chalky]

I started at Hamlet Court then was part of the SUFC youth team for 5 years then moved to Arsenal Youth team for 2 years

Nice. Any names you played with/against that went on and 'made it'?

 

[Special Blue]

Yesterday I mentioned Alan in a different thread relating to the Southend 4 Newport 2 game in 1977. He was the Dad of my mate that I’d gone with to that game. A great man who gave so much time to boys football.

Darren? A couple of years older than me.
Lovely family. I guess our own Mick on the forum will know Alan through his reffing days? A good lawn bowls player by all accounts.

 

[PIERS]

Wickford rangers. Then my old man was one of the group that started Dynamos. He designed that absolute peach of a kit. great colours.

 

[RHB]

I had a go at first level coaching badge with Geoff Hutson taking the sessions. Trevor Roberts was also part of the coaching beginners. At the end of the sessions we would have an x a side and Trevor insisted on being a centre forward. He was a big bloke (in so many ways) and no one argued.

On the Sunday mornings front, I occasionally guested for Ferndale as I was a mate of Steve Knight (Jack Knight's son, the Ferndale manager). There were some very tasty players in that squad.

 

[Lincoln Shrimp]

Corinthians down in Kent back in the early/ mid 90s. Most memorable moment was when we played the SUFC youth team at Boots and Laces in the summer of 93 and I ended up marking Declan Perkins.