SZ's Southend United Hall of Fame - Oliver Trigg

[Jedi Shrimper]

Hurrah! 37 Votes and counting, Good to see the good folk of SZ have done the right thing and voted Oliver Trigg into the HoF, well done one and all :clap::support:

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

No arguments here, has to be in the HoF for me.

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[BLUEBLOOD]

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Oliver Trigg, Father of Southend United, we salute you :clap: :clap:

(With thanks to Dave Goody for the photo)

 

[SUFC_Al]

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Oliver Trigg, Father of Southend United, we salute you :clap: :clap:

Indeed we do. :clap: :support:

 

[RobM]

Big moustache and funny hat in the pic's I have seen.

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

I've got his obituary from the Southend Standard somewhere. I'll try and find it and type it up. It is unequivocal in saying he founded the club and was it's prime mover and without his financial input it would have failed. He was the landlord of the Ivy House (now Chinnerys) as well as the Blue Boar and put in the "boxing hall" as he was a keen supporter of boxing and my guess is this is where the bands now play. His influence knows no bounds.

PS his grave stone in Sutton Road (renovated by the Trust) actually mentions the Ivy House.

better late than never

Southend Standard February 27th 1919

headline
DEATH OF MR OLIVER TRIGG
FOUNDER OF SOUTHEND UNITED

We regret to record the death, which took place on Tuesday morning of Mr Oliver Trigg, licencee of the Ivy House Hotel (NB now Chinnery's) Marine Parade, Southend. The news of his sudden demise will come as a painful shock to his many friends, for he was about as usual last week and only on the previous Monday went down to Lincolnshire for a few days holiday. While there he contracted a chill and he returned to Southend on Thursday and at once took to his bed. Complications occurred and he passed away at 1 a.m. on Tuesday from heart failure. The late Mr Trigg had been in indifferent health since October 1917 when he had a serious illness but he had recovered from that indisposition and latterly had seemed much better. It is a sad coincidence that he always had a dread of the month of February and a presentiment that he would die during that month; his father and two brothers having died at that period.
The fourth son of the late Mr William Trigg of the Ship Hotel Southend, deceased, was in his forty second year. After assisting his father in his business for several years he held the licence of the Foresters Arms. He then took over the licence of the Blue Boar Hotel and while there carried out extensive alterations to the premises including the addition of a billiard room. It was during the time that he was licensee of the Blue Boar Hotel that the suggestion was first made for the formation of the Southend United Football Club. Mr Trigg may be regarded as the founder of the club though he was assisted by in the venture by many local sportsmen. It was at a meeting held on May 19th (I think difficulty reading the photocopy) 1906 at the Blue Boar Hotel that the bold step of professionalism was decided upon. The hard work of Mr Oliver Trigg proved successful in obtaining the clubs admission the Southern and South Eastern League but despite an extensive canvass of the town and a public meeting the response for subscriptions for the share list was but meagre and Mr Trigg had a very substantial deficit to face before the Company went to allotment. On the first years working he advanced £861 to the club as a loan which was never repaid. From its foundation in 1906 until Southend United ceased operations in May 1915 Mr Oliver Trigg remained a director of the club and he was chairman of the directors during the troublous and harassing period in the first year of the war. Here again he rendered the club much financial and other assistance and no one was more pleased than he that as a result of his year in office the club escaped relegation. He was always a frequent attender at the matches, at home and away. Mr Trigg was also a warm supporter of Southend Amatuers Football Club and was for several years their president. With Mr Geo. Hogsflesh he took a prominent part in the formation of Southend Harriers and was until the time of his death a liberal supporter of their funds and competitions. The deceased gentleman was also fond of horses and driving, while he was an excellent shot with a gun. About 12 years ago he took the licence of the Ivy House Hotel where he has remained ever since and in order to promote boxing, he had a boxing hall erected at the rear of his premises. He was also very fond of billiards, professional and amateur and a good amateur cueist. Of a cheery and genial temperament , he was popular with all who knew him and he made many friends among directors and officials of other clubs who will hear with much regret of his early demise. He was a whole hearted modest sportsman, always ready to help deserving form of sport. He was also a gentleman who would scorn a mean action. For many years he had been a Freemason and a member of the Privy Lodge. He also formed a Buffalo Lodge at his hostelry. Two of his brothers Mr Sydney Trigg and Mr Ambrose Trigg predeceased him, both at an early age, while his elder brother Mr Oswald Trigg of the Ship Hotel has recently undergone a severe operation at Guy‘s hospital and is not yet convalescent. He leaves a widow to mourn his loss. The funeral will take place on Saturday at 2 o’clock from Marine Parade and 2.30 at Sutton Road cemetery.


Also a couple og pictures of his grave in Sutton Road. The club and Trust renovated it a few years ago as it had been knocked over by a car!!! no seriously some body backed in to it accidentally and knocked it over.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

What a guy.