Glossop Shrimper

We're down to 13 players and were 1-0 down at half time too. Sounds like a cracking game at RH.

For me Aldershot are the surprise team this season. Since thay sacked Mark Moseley (our manager in L2) they haven't looked back. Altrinham too have done well. Although not far away, nice to note that for their upcoming fixture against yourselves players and staff have chipped in to pay for free travel to get bums on seats at BP. Personally, I like reading these sort of stories coming from the National Leagues. Recently Yeovil v Weymouth in the NLS attracted over 6000 fans. That leagues highest ever attendance. Bit lower and Bury had over 3000 at Gigg Lane in their last 9th tier game. For us, despite the embargo, Solihull (w5-0) and Ebbsfleet (w3-0) earned King Kev the NL manager of the week award. However, the embargo is hurting. We're allowed 16 squad players. 5 players out injured so we're permitted emergency covers. When our players return from injury thay can't play until one of the emergency covers ends, player returned allowing our player back. Seems insane, but until we get rid of that **** of an owner we have, we can't do anything. Sale expected to be complete mid November, hopefully embargo lifted by the time we play Chesterfield.

Thanks. Ray Winstone has business links with Kimura through a sports agency, and from the article below there were talks about him joining our board of directors should Kimura buy the club. Given those links he can't be part of a board in any football club. https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/23635720.ray-winstone-rules-director-southend-united/

The consortium is widely thought locally to be Kimura, an international investment trading company based in London and fronted by a couple of Southenders. They were the front runners to buy the club initially but pulled out stating they'd be looking to join forces with another bidder for the club. HMRC now paid off. Winding up order dismissed in court this morning. Not out of the woods by a long shot but we're getting rid of that **** Ron Martin. Scenes at Roots Hall last night with the news of new owners and beating Oxford were phenomenal. https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/23832088.southend-united-boss-kevin-maher-excited-clubs-future/ "And Maher was left in awe by the noise generated by fans after the final whistle. “It was unbelievable and we could have stayed there all night listening to them to be fair,” said Maher." " I watched us at Rochdale over the weekend (2-2) and despite the miracles Kevin Maher and the team are pulling on the pitch the result was dampened by the court case and I was thinking that could be my last game in colours. Horrible gut wrenching feeling. Now there's alot of hope, and for a while last night we'd climbed out of the relegation zone too until Maidenhead's equaliser . . . so thanks for that .

Having just seen us lose to York, the result suggests we were spanked. 3-0. The ref was their twelve man. Two shrimpers sent off. York's first win of the season. No sour grapes. The York chairman donated £10k to our trust with the cr@p we're going through at the moment. Diamond geezer. However, on the pitch they're weak. If you get a half decent ref and don't get a result, you deserve where you are. I watched us the week before at Halifax. 1-1. They had a player sent off with a straight red in the most bizarre of instances. Even our fans were wtf was that. Justifiably rescinded on appeal. You can talk team, tactics, etc ... but at this level poor decisions from refs are having more than an undue influence. If or when you get Paul Marsden as a ref, you can throw any game plan out of the window, say a prayer instead and hope for the best.

There's a thread on our forum to see if he turns up tomorrow, and if so in what disguise. https://www.shrimperzone.com/forums/threads/ron-in-disguise.115573/#post-2650102 It could be quite entertaining if he is

Although we've only had two pre season friendlies, the starting 11 for the 4-1 win against Bishop's Stortford would have had the thumbs up from me at any point last season.

Errr . . . me too

The effort the fans and staff have put in just to get this far has been more than achievement. Up until last week the staff hadn't been paid for between three to four months, before that wages were intermittent at best. Then they were thrown in at the deep end. Even Kevin Maher was at RH himself helping out at the weekend. If the game doesn't go ahead after that it won't be because of endeavour. In my view the NL have been just as accommodating in their patience to let the club maintain our registrstion and certificates for next season, even the local MPs have met with them and lobbied for the club. The problems we have is down to the owner. This is a well supported club. Win, lose, or draw Saturday, when our team walks out it will be a flippin' miracle, (and to me personally) worth more than the points on offer.

Not a problem. Away supporters get free reign of the North bank. Fair play if you bring that many.

Decision Monday https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/23688257.venue-southend-uniteds-opening-day-clash-decided-monday/

Agree. You and I understand adversity, and where there is adversity there is hope. Perhaps strenuous but as a fan, any fan, hope sometimes prevails. Under the same Chairman, pre season to our 2010 FL2 campaign we had 5 registered players and no manager. So desparate we'd have signed Mr.Blobby if he could kick a ball. Paul Sturrock joined us days before our first game against Stockport. A rank and file team of new signings and academy players also started the game. We drew 1-1 thanks to an injury time equaliser scored almost poetically by his son Blair. We stayed up that season. Father and son firmly entrenched in Shrimper folklore. I guess come August if we have to play the kids to make a team, we will. Do he NL want to eject another team? Sentiment only, I hope not. The NL may start to look like a graveyard for culling teams. As of today, if the courts can give leeway to the Chairman to carry on, we can get a team onto the pitch.

I hope so. How the Chairman squirmed out of that without paying the tax bill is, well ... A 42 day adjournment is what he wanted, and he got it. The fiasco descends to new depths. I still get to wear my colours, for the moment at least. However, on the pitch, there is still six points up for grabs between Southend and Oldham, so bring it on

The NL have been very lenient thus far. Only ny opinion but I think the last thing they want is another Dover or Macclesfield scenario. We are, and have been expecting a points deduction though. When the players weren't paid at the end of last year contracts were breached. One of our players rescinded his contract, that went to court too. He was subsequently signed up by Barnsley.

The club. Half paid up front, half on completion. The latter is still owed.

Hi Ritch, Marple, nice area. I came up north in 1999, purely for work at first, met a lass, got married, stayed put thereafter. She is an ardent Blackpool fan, as are most of the outlaws. Them and Fleetwood. The banter is always good. You could be right about the snooker ball. Rumour suggests there are now two bids. The Chairman is seeking another adjournment. Court today, but regardless, our squad is currently down to 11 players. Not good.

Brinkmanship - spot on, although the Chairman can only pull out his Houdini act so many times before his facade fails. If we survive expect a raucous and bouyant Roots Hall. I was at Bloomfield Road for the first game after the Orsons finally went. We were playing Blackpool. Even though not my team, the atmosphere was something else. The suggestion is that if the sale goes ahead there are signings waiting. There are also players who have apparently agreed new contracts. Stan Collymore & John Still brought some decent talent in for Kevin Maher before last Septembers embargo. Moreso again I hope.

Tomorrow will be the fourth time this year the Chairman has gone to court with a winding up order, one of our supporters has worked out that this is the nineteenth time he has appeared since the first after the financial crisis 14 odd years ago. We've had an embargo since last September yet it was down to a last-game decider for a play off spot despite the shenanigans off the pitch. There was a protest outside the Chairmans house yesterday, and right now, supporters are protesting outside his house again. A deal is in the balance but it's going to be right down to the wire. This time tomorrow either we'll have new owners and got rid, or I'll be looking for a new team to support. You did well to sign Shaun Hobson, good player. Our defence last season only bettered by Wrexham and Notts County. Goalie gone to Sutton, another midfielder gone Hartlepool today. If we survive, next season will be hard.

The RH pitch was relaid a few weeks ago. However, as the Chairman hasn't been paying the water rates either, let alone staff and everyone else, it seems the water will be turned off imminently! Thats what a couple of supporters were posting on our forum yesterday. Seriously, with the mire we're in you couldn't make this stuff up.

Yes, not missed a game at your place in the last thirty years or so. On Saturday I reckon I'll have watched games between the two all the way from the Championship thru to NL. How far we've both come . . .

Shame but phew. Former players have a habit of either scoring or playing a blinder against us. His last game in a Southend shirt, ironically was at Boundary Park.

Indeed it is, King Kev as we know him. Quit pro quo, your Peter Clarke was at Southend. He should get a good (genuine) reception assuming he plays on Saturday.

The hearing is tomorrow. Sqeaky bum time. Consensus amongst the fans is adjournment (again) and a continued transfer embargo. However, If the chairman does sort it this time, there will be alot of happy supporters coming up to Boundary Park come Saturday.

First post, Southend fan in peace. Gateshead beat us 3-1 to end a 12 match unbeaten run that had seen us into the play offs. We also lost at Roots Hall against bottom of the table (at that point) Torquay. Our manager, Kevin Maher, had a sticky start when he took over from Phil Brown. We were in the relegation zone. Perhaps time will tell with yours.