The new score board

[Massimo Giovanni]

lets just be happy we have a new scoreboard. Cant wait to see it in action tomorrow with team pics and GOAL in huge letters across it. Hope the scaffolding is down by tomorrow though

Scaffolding taken down this morning. I am sure it must be very robust for positioning it there; most go into a corner rather than being a "converted try" target.

 

[TrueBlue]

I think we all know she sung that for you TB.

She’s only human son

 

[Ricey]

That’s a cracker of a scoreboard, can’t wait to see it in action tomorrow

 

[TrueBlue]

Amazing transformation. Although in true Southend tradition, positivity is always coupled with a slight negative. That pitch... It's awful!

Seen worse to be fair, The pitch is something that I assume would have been relayed over the summer had the consortium took over earlier but as we know had to sort the rats debts out (forgive me if it did get relayed) no doubt they will do it next season

 

[TrueBlue]

God forbid if he turned up tomorrow!

Hope he does, to a chant of “**** off Rat Martin there’s life after you!”

 

[TrueBlue]

Why would he have any right to sit in the Directors Box/Area? He isn't a director of the football club nor the company (COSU FC Limited) that own SUFC Limited so jog on matey.

He’s welcome to come over W block see how he gets on (I use the term welcome very loosely)

 

[Snowy]

Hope he does, to a chant of “**** off Ray Martin there’s life after you!”

Who's Ray Martin? - We know who you mean. I feel if he does turn up he may find the odd (vast number) of thugs nipping out at half time to take a look at his Bentley

 

[TrueBlue]

Who's Ray Martin? - We know who you mean. I feel if he does turn up he may find the odd (vast number) of thugs nipping out at half time to take a look at his Bentley

Edited now should have said RAT

 

[Snowy]

He’s welcome to come over W block see how he gets on (I use the term welcome very loosely)

I had a vision of Gaddafi being captured and tortured when I read this

 

[Boreham Blue]

I did wonder if there was a song lined up by The Shrimpers Voice to celebrate Ron’s departure

 

[Holy Joe]

Seen worse to be fair, The pitch is something that I assume would have been relayed over the summer had the consortium took over earlier but as we know had to sort the rats debts out (forgive me if it did get relayed) no doubt they will do it next season

Pitch was done just after end of last season. Club posted pictures of the work

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

Pitch was done just after end of last season. Club posted pictures of the work.

Granted, but as we all know, pitches need constant care and before the takeover, there probably wasn't any funds available for this.

Going forward am sure more attention will be given to the pitch.

 

[henry18]

Granted, but as we all know, pitches need constant care and before the takeover, there probably wasn't any funds available for this.

Going forward am sure more attention will be given to the pitch.

Spot on the poor grounds staff haven’t had the correct equipment for years

 

[TJC]

I do think they need to break in the new scoreboard gently. I recommend:

1) Putting all text in the top quarter only with the rest of the board blank
2) blanking out some of the letters to mimic the old scoreboard bulbs being blown.

Then each home match, expand the working area and turn on a few more pixels each fixture.
I am concern most of us won't be able to read it otherwise.

 

[Boreham Blue]

I assume the image of Ron will be quite imposing if shown across the whole screen

 

[TrueBlue]

Pitch was done just after end of last season. Club posted pictures of the work

Wow! Then something has gone really wrong

 

[Cricko]

It is nice to think the legacy of Dan Kirby (Trade Price Cars) who sadly took his own life a few years back lives on through the company he started in We Finance Any Car and that they sponsor the new score board as he did the old one.

 

[North Banker]

One of the comments on Facebook has a nice story about the old old scoreboard:

Sad (ish) the old board on the North is no more. During a short run in the SUFC commercial dept in 1997, I swapped an unsold match sponsorship for the UKs remaining supply of the ancient type of light bulbs it used. That board was 2nd hand, used to be an advert board at the top of the High Street. Was controlled by a BBC Model B computer.

She wasn't a looker but that board had charm, and saw some great matches.

 

[Strykr]

One of the comments on Facebook has a nice story about the old old scoreboard:



She wasn't a looker but that board had charm, and saw some great matches.

Charm, a great word for it. A true case of beauty in the eye of the beholder.

Like many on here i'm sure, I remember it being the header of southend high street growing up. Then part of our club.

 

[ShrimperJim]

One of the comments on Facebook has a nice story about the old old scoreboard:



She wasn't a looker but that board had charm, and saw some great matches.