Southend V Liverpool FA Cup 3rd Round 10/01/1979

[McScriven]

I have the game on VHS, around 30 mins worth that went out on MOTD.

Might put in on Blues World if I can get permission from the Beeb.

Time to call my contacts.

 

[Leeboy]

Quote[/b] (McScriven @ Nov. 02 2006,15:30)]Might put in on Blues World if I can get permission from the Beeb.

or YouTube?

 

[Smiffy]

Excellent work Scriv...

Would love to see this game, me being a youngen I was only born two years after the game and still haven't seen it...

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

Quote[/b] (McScriven @ Nov. 02 2006,15:30)]I have the game on VHS, around 30 mins worth that went out on MOTD.

Might put in on Blues World if I can get permission from the Beeb.

Time to call my contacts.

That would be a fantastic thing to put up on Bluesworld.

Just got to hope that Bluesworld allows me to view it.

 

[weststander]

Quote[/b] (McScriven @ Nov. 02 2006,15:30)]I have the game on VHS, around 30 mins worth that went out on MOTD.

Might put in on Blues World if I can get permission from the Beeb.

Time to call my contacts.

If you could that'd be great. I still remember it like it was yesterday, from queing for the ticket with my dad (made the man u queues look like a tesco queue at midnight !), to the disappointment of the Saturday game being postponed thinking as i was nine i wouldnt be allowed to go to the evening rematch. Then there was the match itself and the blatant penatly we should have had at the North Bank (Liverpool fans) End. To getting home frozen watching the game again on telly, Sportsnight i think, day off school the next day and then to cap off an excellent week 2 days off school to go to the replay and seeing 30odd thoudand scousers giving us a standing ovation at the end of it. Happy Days, i'll have a copy if there is ever one going.

 

[Soton Blue]

Remember it like it was yesterday. Was in the 3rd Year at WHSB and was gutted when my mum wouldn't let me have a day off school to go to the replay! Gutted!

 

[Fish]

If the Beeb didn't think fit to keep a tape of Ian Botham's Headingley test in 1980 or 1981, I'd be gobsmacked if they thought 'ooh, yeah, might need that Southend v Liverpool FA Cup tie footage - let's store it in case Southend become famous...'.

I was 3 at the time, Dad went but I didn't get to the Mecca of Football until 1984.

Sounds like Scriv's option is the best. But please, do the You-Tube route!!

Hyperthetical of course, but I wonder if we'd have filled the 'old' Roots Hall (32,000 and all) if we still had it on Tuesday? The South Terrace must have looked great full in 1979.

I remember the massive open south terrace, watching us play Aldershot one anonymous Saturday during the Johnson wilderness years. In those days it was the cheapest part of the ground, and doubled as the notional 'away' end (without segregation). We were awarded a penalty at the South end, and an Aldershot fan mumbled 'it's the only bloody way you'll score aginst us today' as he trudged up to the (legendary) urinals at the top of the terrace. We scored again in open play as he trudged back down past us two minutes later. I was about 10 at the time, so didn't understand why Dad told me to shut up when I retorted 'wanna bet?' Happy days!

 

[SUFCEssex]

The ITN Archive site has various news clips, interviews and stuff like fans buying tickets and the packed South bank etc. Not sure how you buy anything on the site though and i think the longest clip is only 4mins. No previews available only synopsis information.

ITN Archive

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

ALF GREY IN TRAINING FOR CUP FINAL AT WEMBLEY WHERE HE WILL BE SENIOR LINESMAN IN MATCH BETWEEN MANCHESTER UTD. AND SOUTHEND. MS of Alf limbering up on the bench. PAN quickley along beach and sea. Alf runs along beach and up steps.

 

[weymouthshrimper]

I can remember getting off the train at Basildon seeing people watching the match on a portable tv by the ticket office, happy days and yes I must agree that it was a bigger match

 

[Jonesy]

I had a ticket for the West stand that night, got there about an hour before kick off and ended up getting into the South Bank half way through the first half. Remember it snowing and seem to recall some of the players had trouble holding their footing on the playing surface which was good for Southend considering the side Liverpool had out. Could have won it as well. Wasn't there a programme (not just current match day) stand at the the top/back of the South Bank ?

 

[The Big Shrimp]

I remember being nearly 14 at this game & getting separated from my Dad & my Liverpool supporting brother (he was 12, though) I stood against a crash barrier with a kid of my own age & his parents, sharing their flask & home made cake!! Superb night.

Shame Derrick Parker choked on the chances he had in 1 on 1 situations with Ray Clemence. If I remember correctly he had at least two chances like this, as well as another glorious chance. He also missed another 1 on 1 at Anfield before Liverpool had scored. ******!!!

This game will always be the bigger game for several reasons. It was in the FA Cup & was taken seriously by Liverpool. They fielded a full strength team. Liverpool were winning everything they played for. Liverpool were a team of Legends.

Man Ure are over rated p!ss taking prima donnas who have won bugger all over the last few years. None of their first choice XI would make it into the Liverpool team of 1979.

No contest!!

 

[The Big Shrimp]

Oh yes. Put me down for two copies of the game too, if it happens!

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

...................close your eyes tight, cast your mind back and allow yourself to drift, then faze out into another world.....slowly it comes into sight, the snowy pitch, dark red v dark blue, the packed stands, and slowly but surely Parker breaks free, but this time instead of falling on his bum he rounds Clemence to score............we win 1-0 and from there go on to win the Cup, and from there it's only one short step down the right fork in the road of luck to star players, mega stadium, countless trophies and eternal continual glory........

bllks, wake up, we took the wrong fork, Parker fell on his arse, never got up, and instead we got Anton Johnson, Hatter & Westley, Dick Bate and Boere the scorer.

Time for that dream to come true me thinks. Roll on Tuesday.

Up the Blues

 

[chrisguthrie]

I was there with my old dad and 1/2 bottle of dark rum to keep away the winter chills! I distinctly remember dad not being able to make it to the bogs cos of the crowd so attempted to wee in the by then empty rum bottle, being distracted by some on pitch event and inadvertantly peeing over the bloke in fronts back!!! I also seem to remember Colin Morris making Emlyn Hughes's life a misery.

 

[chrisguthrie]

Oh yes.....Roll on tuesday when I and the family will be ensconced in 'The Carlton' quaffing Adnams Broadside and watching a famous giant killing act at the Hall.

 

[Jonesy]

It's quite interesting the timeing of this post. After Liverpool knocked out Southend they had a favourable draw in every round through to the semi-finals......guess who they played in the semis...correct Man U where they drew 2-2 and lost the replay 1-0. Man U then lost 3-2 in the final to Arsenal. For the record Southend had knocked out Peter'bro in R1 and Watford (after a replay) in R2..............It's a funny old game.

 

[Firestorm]

The Liverpool games were also postponed tiwice.
The Fac p 3rd round was due to be played on the staurday. Snow meant the game was postponed. It was palyed on the wednesday and the game was chosen to have the highlights shown on Sports Night with Coleman (BBC's Midweek sports programme). The replay was scheduled for the following monday but was postponed on the Monday morning (causing much shuffling of my day off) and played eventually on the Wednesday. (The relay being the first football match in over 10 years of watching I had sat down at ! not being able to get a terrace ticket).
Funnily enough I don't remember a lot about the home game other than it was very cold , packed solid and I couldn't see much, However Derrick Parker does figure in my few recollections

Personally , I feel that Liverpool at home is both our biggest ever game (they were arguably the Best team in the world at the time (as opposed to Man U , who are the biggest commercial footballing enterprise in the world) and our greatest performance

 

[londonblue]

Quote[/b] (Jonesy @ Nov. 03 2006,00:07)]For the record Southend had knocked out Peter'bro in R1 and Watford (after a replay) in R2..............It's a funny old game.

Indeed we did. I remember sitting in the car in the car park of my grandparents block of flats after the home draw with Watford listening to the Draw on the Radio. I remember my brother saying, "I bet we get someone like Liverpool at home". And lo and behold he was right.

I also remember my dad pointing out that we still had to beat Watford away. I can't believe we managed that.

I don't remember much about the game, other than the orange ball and the snow covered pitch, and sitting right at the back of the East Stand because they were the only seats left. We didn't even get to sit in our season ticket seats (at least some things have improved). I also remember the guy on the public address imploring everyone in the East stand paddock to move nearer the centre so that more people could be squeezed in. (Can you imagine them doing that now?)

I also seem to remember Derrick Parker being in one on one situations with Ray Clemence three times and missing. I don't remember the chances, just talking about it afterwards.

I'd love to see highlights of this match again, as I too consider it our biggest ever match.

 

[FLAVIA]

Surely we drew away at Watford! Then won the home replay 1 0 with a goal scored by Andy Polycarpou - think thats the correct spelling.