Southend United F.C.

Description: Sports: Football / Sport Topic: Football Clubs & Teams

Newest Review: ... above the 1,000 mark. It was in 1991 that they started to prove themselves as a proper team and had probably the best spell in the whole of their history. They started the season as favourites to be relegated, but in fact ended up runners up and won promotion! They had their greatest victory on New Year's Day in 1992 when they beat Newcastle 4-0 to go top of the table. They also signed Stan ... more

... Collymore for £150,000 and the following year sold him for a massive £4.2 million. In 1994 they had their first major trip abroad to Italy where they lost to Notts Count in the semi-final of the Anglo-Italian cup. In 1997 Southend were finally relega...more

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Southend United F.C.: Great team (kind of!), and a great club! (1006 words)
by - written on 16/07/08 (Very useful, 60 readings)
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Introduction: I am 17 at the moment and lived in Southend for most of my life (moved away last year), and have been a keen supporter and follower of the club. I started supporting them from when I was born as my Dad is and always has been an extremely solid fan for the team. Of course in my time as a fan there has been a lot of change and lots happening with many ups and downs. The club itself, now over 100 years old has also had its big wins and grave losses. The team has a variety of nicknames including: The Blues (due to the home shirt being blue), The Sea-siders (as Southend is by the sea) and The Shrimpers (for the same reason as the previous ... Read the complete review

Rooting at Roots Hall. - an away fans view (787 words)
by - written on 13/02/02 (Very useful, 279 readings)
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Another of my Away fan's guides....... Southend. Home of Long piers, boy racers and sticks of rock beside the rather murky sea/estuary. But wait, are we not forgetting a football team? Well the local people of Southend would like to forget about their football team. Thinking how close they had come to glory only 10 years ago. History. Starting out in 1906 from a variety of local smaller clubs, Southend United was born into an Essex town craving a bigger club. In 1950 they moved to their home at Roots Hall which was bought for the club by the supporters! Even today the club survives thanks to local financial assistance and tremendous ... Read the complete review

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