Southend United will start the new season's campaign with a new signing in the form of Anthony Wordsworth. The summer time clock is ticking away as Southend prepare for the coming season in Division 1. It will be a tough call but we'll hope for something extra special.
After a very encouraging start to the season, Southend United are beginning to struggle. They really need to get back on track. Come on geezers! You all know you can do it.
Brett Angell was a great Southend striker who was in the Dave Webb Managed side of the 1990/1991 season when the Shrimpers made it to the next division after finishing second behind Cambridge United. I saw many of the games that season. There were so many exciting games and Southend United were spectacular during this promotion campaign.
Brett Angell was the star striker. Often Southend played on a Friday night when at home. It used to set the weekend off very nicely. These were great days and Southend football was very exciting in the early to mid-nineties.
Eventually the higher teams noticed Brett Angell and he was bought by Everton. He was a little out of his league in the premiership table and did not make the grade. He was passed around a little among the clubs. He eventually enjoyed another great spell at Stockport County.
I will always remember him as one of Southend's finest as he always seemed to shine for the Blues.
Good old Southend Geezers all the way. Can we get out of Division 2 and begin the climb? They've got six points which is a good start. However, there is a long way to go yet. Good luck - all Southenders are cheering you on. :)
As a kid, aged six, I remember we moved to Stoke
Newington in North London for two years from 1967 to 1969. At school, I began
to play football in the playground because all the other boys did. I rapidly
learnt the rules and started to watch English league football on
television because all the other kids in my school did. It was a wonderful and
euphoric world that was going on around me all of the time and I had not been
aware of it until this circumstance came about in the new school’s playground.
Suddenly, I was buying picture cards of football
stars and collecting sets of various brands, all of which, had football players
of all the top league teams. One of the first player’s names I heard, was Jimmy
Greaves. He played for Tottenham Hotspurs (Spurs) at the time. He was one of
the many great names from a golden area of Retro Brit 1960s. One of my
favourite decades because I saw it through the eyes of a naive infant.
Jimmy Greaves was the first name I learnt because a school mate named Michael Malender told me of this player. He told me, Jimmy Greaves played for spurs and always scored lots goals. Afterwards all the other great names began to come into my kiddie domain. However, Jimmy Greaves was the first footballer's name I remember learning.
