Pre-Match Thread Southend United v Southport, Saturday 4th January, 15:00 k.o., FAT(4)

[They Call It Madness!!!]

SOUTHEND United’s record signing Mike Marsh will have his sights switched back on Roots Hall this weekend.

Mike Marsh oozes class! Great player and nice, truthful words too.

 

[onceknownasrab]

If we want to win this game I see little to stop us and a defeat is unthinkable. Southport boast the second longest pleasure pier in Britain, so come what may we can still shout 'ours is bigger than yours' and see how many of our less erudite fans try to prove it.

 

[* ORM *]

Who's Pebble? One of the Flintstones?

Maybe he was stoned when written

 

[* ORM *]

I assume there’s no stream for this one?

There will be if we win convincingly

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Early doors
Come on you Shrimpers.

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Super frosty here in Hampshire, same in Essex?
Any danger of the game being postponed due frozen pitch?

 

[Cricko]

Super frosty here in Hampshire, same in Essex?
Any danger of the game being postponed due frozen pitch?

Light frost overnight and it will be a baking 4 degrees by this afternoon.

 

[Morty01]

Have covers been put on?

 

[Bay Shrimper]

Reckon this will be on BBC Radio Essex, couldn’t find it last time through BBC sport?

 

[Piledriver]

Light frost overnight and it will be a baking 4 degrees by this afternoon.

So no pitch inspection needed in the problem corner?

 

[Tommy2holes]

So no pitch inspection needed in the problem corner?

I'm pretty sure we now have heaters if required

 

[Leeboy]

seems to be thawing out quite quickly here in Rochford- my car was thick with frost at 9am and it’s now all gone at 10.40am.
Think we’ll be ok

 

[Shrimp and two veg]

Wow, big dilemma for me and her then. Our days of being hardcore are probably past us now and although we always contribute to atmosphere. my days of full time stand up are long gone, I fall over. I bought tickets in the North as I couldn't get any in the East, so we will sit down, we will back the team and thank you for the warm welcome to the North Stand.

Best you sing up for the Southend then, no room for shirkers in the North

 

[Harry Bullocks]

3,000 through the gate today

 

[Blues ‘n’ twos]

seems to be thawing out quite quickly here in Rochford- my car was thick with frost at 9am and it’s now all gone at 10.40am.
Think we’ll be ok

I’ve heard that the game is on

 

[annie1954]

The Southport team must have travelled yesterday there coach is parked up behind the Holiday Inn at the Airport

 

[They Call It Madness!!!]

They trained in Cambridgeshire before coming down yesterday.

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

Looking like 3,250+ crowd today 700 sold in the North Bank. Pity we haven't got the whole North Bank. This would have been the ideal game to put the Southport fans in the South Upper.

 

[Sussexshrimper]

Anybody my sort of age has seen us play Southport loads of times in the league /EFL (for youngsters).We should be able to edge it in the FAT.

My first ever game was sothport march 78 i think ...we won 4...2

 

[Sussexshrimper]

My first ever game was sothport march 78 i think ...we won 4...2

Southport even ..bloody eyes