What were Southend doing

[The Artful Shrimper]

Using the Little gazzetes checker viz Which is here  and using the year selection it is possible to see what Southend did at, or around your birthday.
My birthday 30 Sept '66 shows Southend beating Barnsley 3-0 and 2nd in the league , the old 4th division.

My job for today at my employers expense will be to find this program and frame it.

 

[SUFCEssex]

The day before I was born we beat Millwall 4-1 in a pre-season friendly and then won our first promotion that season(71/2).

 

[On the Boardwalk]

We drew 1-1 at Eastville, the day after I was born.

I do have the programme

 

[RobM.]

1-1 away draw at Swindon March 2nd 1956.
Oddly enough I couldn't get to that game!

 

[Firestorm]

I was born close season (1958), but the last game before I was born we won 6-3 at home Northampton and the 1st Game after we beat Bournemouth 4-1

 

[HUTTON]

As i was born on July 26 1986 the game before, we beat Port Vale 2-1 and the game after we lost to Peterborough 2-0

 

[C C Csiders]

The day after I was born (27 Aug 1965) we lost 3-0 at Walsall.

The players were obviously out the night before celebrating my birth.

 

[gbshrimper]

Lost 2-0 at Tranmere the day after I was born (26th April 1974) - I have always been a jinx

 

[Shrimpergonzo]

The first game after I was born (5th March '68) was a Friday night game on the 8th - we beat Chester 5-1 to go 2nd in Division 4!

 

[Guest]

Two days after my birthday, last game of the 1973/74 season:
Fri 26 April 1974 Tranmere Rovers A League L 0-2

 

[Murkey_Mouse]

My birthday? or the day you born? either way, My best birthday present when we beat Bristol Rover on April 2nd 2005 when we went top! As for the day when I was born, I forgetten what Southend was doing .... I might look at the history book!

My Birthday is on sunday, so Its be nice I get my early present when we beat Bournemouth!

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

The 72/73 season had finished a month before I was born, we finished 14th losing 3-2 at Rochdale on the last day.

 

[Bob Cratchitt]

On my date of birth (11 Sept 70) Southend lost 2-1 to Bournemouth and Boscombe Ath.

It was Friday night game at home, which is strange as I tend to love Friday night games.

 

[General Easterly]

On my birthday (14 Aug 1980) we'd just lost 2-1 on aggregate to Oxford in the League Cup in the days when we never got past the first round (hang on a mo' we're still doing that

), however, two days after we won away on the first day of the season proper to Bury - on our Championship winning season.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Well, I was born on a Wednesday... and the following Saturday, we travelled to table-topping Bristol Rovers' Eastville ground in a League Division 3 fixture... and got thumped 4-0.

Matt

 

[Scamps]

They were on holiday on my birthday june 29th.

 

[Mr Plow]

Two days before my birthday (26th Nov 1978) we went to Torquay in th FA Cup and won 2-1. We ended up finishing second to Watford that season (Fourth Div) and gaining promotion.

That was the season we played Liverpool taking them to a replay at Anfield which we lost 3-0.

 

[SUFCFARAWAY]

born 23rd August 1984 (youngest post so far I think). Our first league game wasn't until 25th August 1984 in which we travelled to Layer Road and drew 3-3

how things have changed

 

[West Country Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (scamps @ Mar. 30 2006,11:38)]They were on holiday on my birthday june 29th.

Same here, although my birthday is on June 20th!

 

[andrew_sthnd]

i was born during close season but the closest i can get to August 2nd was our first game of the 87/88 season when we drew away at bury 2-2