Southend v Northampton and Wolves 1986-87

kaymac · Feb 10, 2016

Was never going to be our night. The entire ground was crap, specially the rope barrier and wooden boarding on the cricket ground side. Believe they played Newcastle in the next round?

londonblue · Feb 10, 2016

kaymac said:
Was never going to be our night. The entire ground was crap, specially the rope barrier and wooden boarding on the cricket ground side. Believe they played Newcastle in the next round?

They did, and they lost 2-1.

Up the Shrimpers · Feb 10, 2016

londonblue said:
I have bad memories of the replay. I was very young, and went with my dad, brother and grandfather (who lived in Northampton). We were sitting in a temporary stand behind one of the goals. The stand was actually a fold out lorry! It was crap, and we were with all the Northampton fans which made it worse.

We were 2-1 up with about 15 minutes to go, and gave away 2 penalties to lose 3-2. All I remember is hating every minute of it.

Picture from the away terrace that night https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrtipps/1443099678

jaffa1 · Feb 10, 2016

IIRC that cup run earned Eddie McGoldrick a transfer to Arsenal.......

AndyT · Feb 10, 2016

Up the Shrimpers said:
Picture from the away terrace that night https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrtipps/1443099678

No doubt, a while back, you posted all the pics in that flickr account, but just gone through them and some great memories there.

Was at Upton Park for the anti-Basildon move sit-in at the end.

Rochdale away looks a desolate place!

londonblue · Feb 11, 2016

AndyT said:
No doubt, a while back, you posted all the pics in that flickr account, but just gone through them and some great memories there.

Was at Upton Park for the anti-Basildon move sit-in at the end.

Rochdale away looks a desolate place!

So was I, and a couple of friends...one of which made it onto the front page of the Echo. It was the only Southend game he ever attended until the JPT final against Crew.