Southend, Fergie & Man Ure

[Napster]

Nice comment in the Sun today, I think page 5 or 6. At the bottom it goes through each season of Fergie's reign. In 2006, it says that Fergie is downcast as Man U are beaten by lowly Southend a day after celebrating 20 years at the helm. Nice pic of him as well.

:winking:

 

[kentblues]

Alex Ferguson, SUFC and our place in history that can never be now taken way...

From ITV news
With Sir Alex Ferguson blowing the final whistle on his illustrious career at Old Trafford, Southend United have a unique record which now cannot be broken. The Essex league Two side are the only British team Manchester United faced during Sir Alex's time in charge and didn't beat!

Southend played United in 2006 in the Carling Cup Fourth Round at Roots Hall, winning 1-0 thanks to a Freddy Eastwood strike.

 

[Napster]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/southend-united-1-manchester-united-0-eastwood-inspires-humbling-of-united-423428.html

The line-ups:

Southend United (4-4-2): Flahavan; Hunt (Francis, 13), Sodje, Prior, Hammell; Campbell-Ryce, Clarke, Maher, Gower; Eastwood, Hooper (Lawson, 68). Substitutes not used: Wilson, Cole, Moussa.

Manchester United (4-4-2): Kuszczak; O'Shea (Lee, 75), Brown, Silvestre, Heinze; Ronaldo, Jones (Shawcross, 89), Fletcher, Richardson; Smith (Evra, 60), Rooney. Substitutes not used: Heaton (gk), Rose.

Referee: U Rennie (South Yorkshire).

 

[Napster]

ps Barrett failed a fitness test; Harrold was cup-tied. What was Clarke doing in midfield?

 

[Napster]

pps Danny Rose who was an unused sub for Man U now plays for Fleetwood.

 

[LennySUFC]

ps Barrett failed a fitness test; Harrold was cup-tied. What was Clarke doing in midfield?

When we first signed Clarke we played him CM and he was awful! I remember everyone saying why have we signed this bloke!

Tilson has a nack for playing people out of position! On load strikers on the wings!?

All hail king Tilson and his mighty wisdom

 

[Napster]

When we first signed Clarke we played him CM and he was awful! I remember everyone saying why have we signed this bloke!

Tilson has a nack for playing people out of position! On load strikers on the wings!?

All hail king Tilson and his mighty wisdom

To be fair, Webby did this as well with strikers

 

[Beefy]

Clarke was in midfield because the only two central-midfielders we had were Maher and Guttridge, and Gutts had fallen out with Tilson already that season and had looked pretty out of his depth. It was only when McCormack arrived and we had any sort of attacking threat from central midfield that we started to compete at that level.

 

[Jam_Man]

When we first signed Clarke we played him CM and he was awful! I remember everyone saying why have we signed this bloke!

Tilson has a nack for playing people out of position! On load strikers on the wings!?

All hail king Tilson and his mighty wisdom

We signed Clarke as a centre half and thats where he played when he joined, only moved him there when we were getting overrun in the middle.

Strikers you cant argue with, why we played Revell there etc is a mystery. Sad to see Hooper being replaced by Lawson, one is now worth 10 million + and the other works in HMV (probably).

 

[Fairport]

Fergie always had time for managers at whatever level they were employed in. I remember Tilly and Brush spending a day with him at their training ground observing his methods and he had lunch with them after, top bloke!

 

[Somerset Ex-TTB]

Technically this record is incorrect as its not just with Fergie at the helm, but against Man Utd since the dawn of time.

 

[Fish]

Technically this record is incorrect as its not just with Fergie at the helm, but against Man Utd since the dawn of time.

You can't say that for sure cos there could have been other one off fixtures lost in the mists of time when Man U only played them once and didn't win.

 

[londonblue]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/southend-united-1-manchester-united-0-eastwood-inspires-humbling-of-united-423428.html

The line-ups:

Southend United (4-4-2): Flahavan; Hunt (Francis, 13), Sodje, Prior, Hammell; Campbell-Ryce, Clarke, Maher, Gower; Eastwood, Hooper (Lawson, 68). Substitutes not used: Wilson, Cole, Moussa.

Manchester United (4-4-2): Kuszczak; O'Shea (Lee, 75), Brown, Silvestre, Heinze; Ronaldo, Jones (Shawcross, 89), Fletcher, Richardson; Smith (Evra, 60), Rooney. Substitutes not used: Heaton (gk), Rose.

Referee: U Rennie (South Yorkshire).

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha :hilarious:

Last night a full house at Roots Hall, which is destined to follow those arenas into oblivion, enjoyed its most famous occasion as the Carling Cup holders were dethroned.

 

[BrettieAngell]

ps Barrett failed a fitness test; Harrold was cup-tied. What was Clarke doing in midfield?

We also played Lewis Hunt in CM, our lack of a proper central midfield was the main reason we went 17 games without a win.

 

[Beefy]

The slight irony being that we had a future Premier League central midfielder elsewhere in the squad who could well have plugged that hole in midfield.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

The slight irony being that we had a future Premier League central midfielder elsewhere in the squad who could well have plugged that hole in midfield.

As much as I'm a fan of the silky skills of Mark Gower, it was the silky skills of Mark Bentley that we were missing. That team missed his engine.

However, it's clear that that night deeply influenced Fergie, as seen by his recent sides which lacked a midfield.

 

[* ORM *]

. "It was a fantastic strike," said Ferguson. "I bet he doesn't score another goal like that in his life."

That's almost true. Certainly in an SUFC shirt anyway. Plenty of decent ones before it though.

 

[rlb999]

Who was the Jones playing in centre mid for Man United?

 

[BrettieAngell]

Who was the Jones playing in centre mid for Man United?

David Jones I believe, now at Wolves?

 

[The General]

David Jones I believe, now at Wolves?

Wigan, in fact, but has been on loan alot of the time ...