Worst ever miss

[Blueeyedboy]

Lots of interesting posts at present - another one for the anoraks i'm afraid. Just wondered what the worst miss by a Southend player at the Hall was. I'm going for Paul Parker for us versus Liverpool in the FA Cup in 1979. One on one with Clemence 10 yards out and kicked it straight at his legs.
NOOOOOO!

 

[C C Csiders]

Quote[/b] (Blueeyedboy @ Aug. 31 2006,16:32)]Lots of interesting posts at present - another one for the anoraks i'm afraid. Just wondered what the worst miss by a Southend player at the Hall was. I'm going for Paul Parker for us versus Liverpool in the FA Cup in 1979. One on one with Clemence 10 yards out and kicked it straight at his legs.
NOOOOOO!

Derrick rather than Paul, of course.

For me, Mickey Tuohy from 1 yard against Bolton in the League Cup second round, in about 1979 or '80. Empty net, ann put it wide.

 

[Smiffy]

Martin Carruthers, Brentford away 2nd leg of area semi in the LDV....

Ball comes rolling across the box at a snails pace, three yards out, if he connects it goes in simple as that....he swiped at it, went through his legs and there went our chance of a Wembley appearance.

Aaaarrrrggggghhh.

 

[shrimpereeee]

Dave Martin from the penalty spot against Brentford at home.

Unfortunately I am not good with dates. It was probably 15 years ago.

Had he scored we would have taken the lead and probably won the game and hence the old 3rd division championship.

As it was he missed (by miles), Brentford scored and duly won 1-0. As far as I am concerned we lost the title on that day.

 

[keefmoon]

1) Derrick Payne against Forest in August '93. What a miss. On TV aswell.
2) Freddy away at Bury December 2004. Good job we won the game. An almighty miss from all of 5 yards away in the middle of the goal. Put it over the bar.
The result that changed our season...

 

[Soton Blue]

Quote[/b] (Blueeyedboy @ Aug. 31 2006,16:32)]Lots of interesting posts at present - another one for the anoraks i'm afraid. Just wondered what the worst miss by a Southend player at the Hall was. I'm going for Paul Parker for us versus Liverpool in the FA Cup in 1979. One on one with Clemence 10 yards out and kicked it straight at his legs.
NOOOOOO!

None of us were one bit surprised however!

 

[stickyboy]

Keith Mercer for me - cant remember the game but nearly clearing the old South Bank which was huge back then!

 

[canveyshrimper]

Gary Moore - Can't remember the game unfortunately just the circumstance. The ball came loose and was lobbed invitingly into the penalty area where the opposition goalkeeper was kindly lying down. Big Gary came steaming in, eyeballs out and I am sure from no more than a foot put the ball into the North Bank, while he became inextricably entangled in the net.

Gary was also guilty of another miss which could have been lucrative to the club. We had a fine cup run in 68/69 and drew Mansfield away in the 4th round, 2-1 down with about 5 minutes left the ball came loose in the box and dropped to Gary who absolutely smashed it, he hit it so well it crashed off the crossbar and disappeared half way up the pitch. I swear the crossbar was still vibrating when the game finished soon after. Mansfield went on to slaughter West Ham 3-0 in Round 5.

 

[Ljubljana Branch]

Quote[/b] (Smiffy @ Aug. 31 2006,16:40)]Martin Carruthers, Brentford away 2nd leg of area semi in the LDV....

snap...

 

[Flashing Blade]

A bit like the great goals against, I tend to blot these out - so two relatively recent ones:-

Guttridge against Northampton in the play-off semi. And Shaun Goater's last year against Blackpool. Did all the hard work, rounded the keeper and then scuffed the shot. Was it Clarke who got back to clear it I wonder?

Any of the nine penalty misses in a row in '91 (of which Dave Martin's v Brentford was the third in the sequence - having missed twice against Tranmere. The first pen was ordered to be re-taken because the obnoxious Eddie Nixon had moved - and then he missed the re-take as well) Of those nine, Brett Angell's v Watford in the Rumbelows/Littlewoods Cup was the worst. Put it high and wide by about two goals' width.

 

[Flashing Blade]

Quote[/b] (canveyshrimper @ Aug. 31 2006,16:45)]Mansfield went on to slaughter West Ham 3-0 in Round 5.

Surely this should get the

treatment rather than an angry face.
Even if it wasn't us that did the deed it's still fantastic!

 

[SUFC_Spike]

The worst miss I have had the (dis)pleasure of witnessing would have to be Gutts away to Leicester on the weekend. Having seen it on Blues World as well as seeing it at the ground i have to say that it was a terrible miss.

I don't get to many games, so this is the worst that I have seen live.

 

[Its Only A Game]

Carl Peterfer at Grimsby

not the easiest chance but made me bloody annoyed

 

[Bielzibubz]

Nathan Jones doing one of his obligitory quick step dummies inside the box after a quite astonishing run from just inside the half only to go and step on the ball as his trailing leg came over the top.......que head in the grass and the whole of the south upper screaming abuse at him for being such a flash tart.....even their keeper ****ed himself:laugh:

Can't for the life of me remember who it was against, just know it was towards the end of 97

 

[canveyshrimper]

Quote[/b] (Flashing Blade @ Aug. 31 2006,16:56)]

Quote[/b] (canveyshrimper @ Aug. 31 2006,16:45)]Mansfield went on to slaughter West Ham 3-0 in Round 5.

Surely this should get the  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 treatment rather than an angry face.
Even if it wasn't us that did the deed it's still fantastic!

Agree that anyone who beats West Ham can't be all bad, however the

was because we missed the boat.

 

[Firestorm]

Quote[/b] (canveyshrimper @ Aug. 31 2006,16:45)]Gary Moore - Can't remember the game unfortunately just the circumstance. The ball came loose and was lobbed invitingly into the penalty area where the opposition goalkeeper was kindly lying down. Big Gary came steaming in, eyeballs out and I am sure from no more than a foot put the ball into the North Bank, while he became inextricably entangled in the net.

Gary was also guilty of another miss which could have been lucrative to the club. We had a fine cup run in 68/69 and drew Mansfield away in the 4th round, 2-1 down with about 5 minutes left the ball came loose in the box and dropped to Gary who absolutely smashed it, he hit it so well it crashed off the crossbar and disappeared half way up the pitch. I swear the crossbar was still vibrating when the game finished soon after. Mansfield went on to slaughter West Ham 3-0 in Round 5.

Fine cup run, master of the understatement ...
21 goals in the first three rounds !!!

Trivia note: the Mansfiled keeper was Dave Hollins, Johns less famous brother and one half of the trivia question about two brothers being capped for different countries (Dave for Wales John for England)

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

Drewe Broughton against Doncaster in the FA Cup in 2004 (I think) - if we had won that, we would have played Chelsea.  At home...  

 

[SteveYatesSocks]

Gary Jones at Luton in the 3rd Round of the FA Cup 18/01/1994.

Seemed to have done all the hard work getting past defenders only to pull the shot wide from just a few yards out.

 

[Plumstix]

Can't remember which game it was but I remember Grids putting one over the bar at the South from about two yards out!!

 

[Bielzibubz]

Quote[/b] (Firestorm @ Aug. 31 2006,17:27)]Trivia note: the Mansfiled keeper was Dave Hollins, Johns less famous brother and one half of the trivia question about two brothers being capped for different countries (Dave for Wales John for England)

And John's son is the sports reporter for BBC News 24.

I need to get out more