Ugly xi

[Rob Noxious]

Whilst avoiding things that need doing around 'Shrimpero Mansions' ahead of a 5.15pm-08.45am 'on call' shift, I came up with this little thread idea for all my fellow work-shy 'Zoners, ie:-

Who would you have in your all-time 'ugly eleven,' from eg 'Roly Poly Goalie' Neville Southall, to up front with the poisoned dwarf and scorer of four against us in midweek at a freezing Sunderland in Nov. '87 (yes, I've never forgiven him), Eric Gates?

Let your nominations scare the world!

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Definitely Jolien Lescot, Peter Beardsley & Luke Chadwick.
How about Peter Withe, who's wolfman like tendencies used to scare me as a small child!

Could we get an Ugly Shrimpers XI v Ugly All-Stars XI going?

 

[Uncle Leo]

Neil Campbell leads the line for Southend

Iain Dowie for the All-Stars

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Peter Clarke has to feature for the Shrimpers XI. He looks like an ostrich smelling a particularly loathsome fart.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Peter Clarke has to feature for the Shrimpers XI. He looks like an ostrich smelling a particularly loathsome fart.

How could you?! He's a positive Adonis compared to the likes of some of those already mentioned (Lescott, Beardo {lovely bloke though!} and Chadwick).

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

How could you?! He's a positive Adonis compared to the likes of some of those already mentioned (Lescott, Beardo {lovely bloke though!} and Chadwick).

That's debatable. The fact that none of them have featured for the Mighty Shrimpers isn't though.

 

[Perth Bambi]

Carlos Tevez

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Carlos Tevez

His name escapes me but that young ginger that Manure had on the bench for the League Cup Final is absurdly hideous.

 

[Perth Bambi]

His name escapes me but that young ginger that Manure had on the bench for the League Cup Final is absurdly hideous.

Well from your description it sounds like Chadded but it can't have been him because he watched it with me in the pub.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Neil Campbell leads the line for Southend

Iain Dowie for the All-Stars

I'll see your Neil Campbell and raise you a Joe Allon.

Guaranteed to make babies cry from 100 yards.

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

His name escapes me but that young ginger that Manure had on the bench for the League Cup Final is absurdly hideous.

Richard Eckersley ??

 

[OldBlueLady]

Talking of gingers at Man U, Paul Scholes isn't exactly up there in the hottest footballers stakes.

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Ivan Campo, Matt Le Tissier, Dirk Kuyt, Jimmy Bullard, Ronaldinho

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

GK Mark Prudhoe
RB Mark Hone
LB Shane Wardley
CB Shane Westley
CB Peter Clarke
CM Kevin Maher
CM Nicky Smith
RW Martin Robinson
LW Derek Hall
CF Joe Allon (c)
CF Neil Campbell

 

[M@CC@ 16]

peter beardsley

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

GK Mark Prudhoe
RB Mark Hone
LB Shane Wardley
CB Shane Westley
CB Peter Clarke
CM Kevin Maher
CM Nicky Smith
RW Martin Robinson
LW Derek Hall
CF Joe Allon (c)
CF Neil Campbell

That's going to take some beating YB, though I don't recall Robinson being overly hideous. I'd consider Keith Jones in the middle of the park - great player but not a handsome chap was he?

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Neil Campbell leads the line for Southend

Iain Dowie for the All-Stars

Always remember the chant we had at the Hall for Dowie...

Sing a song of Sixpence
A pocket full of Rye
4 and 20 Blackbirds baked in a pie
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing
Ian Dowie's ****ing ugly
Ian Dowie's ****ing ugly


Quality quality chant, one of my all time favourites!!

 

[Firestorm]

Gary Bennett was no oil painting

I recall a comment on the north bank many years back when someone , possibly canvey, was corrected about his identification of a southend player, to which he replied "I said **** ugly not phil dudley"

 

[Swiss Tony]

Carlos Tevez

Man that argie is one ugly bar steward.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Ronaldo, the Brazilian one.