Southend Football

[Wowbagger]

Only 3 games in Division 3 survived the weather. One was Southend's, at home to Walsall.

Sadly for the bleeders, those three games, in alphabetical order, yielded the results 0 - 1, 0 - 2 and 0 - 3.

[Wowbagger]

Another spectacular defeat today, at the hands of Plymouth. 4 - 0.

[Wowbagger]

To my great surprise, my train yesterday - the 7.10am rom Southend Central to Fenchurch Street - was very crowded with SUFC supporters. They were on their way to darkest Lancasher-fa-la-la for a match against Blackburn Rovers. Lord knows how much these guys must have blown on rail and ground tickets, not to mention "beer" (nasty USAnian lager was being quaffed). They seemed quite cheerful. I don't know what they would have been like on the return journey. Blackburn won 1 - 0.

[Peter]

That's a good result against Blackburn.

[madcow]

Southend are playing against Leeds United tomorrow.

[Wowbagger]

Haven't you got that the wrong way round?

[madcow]

1-1 draw so it could be any way round.

[Wowbagger]

A game of two halves for Southend today. 0 - 0 at half time, 3 - 0 down after 70 minutes, came back for a less ignominious 3 - 2.

[Peter]

The season is only a day old and Rochdale are already undefeated!

[Jaded]

Fish 1 - 4 Vegans

[Peter]

 

[Wowbagger]

I've been neglecting Southend for a while and they have clearly suffered as a result of my inattention. They are now only one place above the relegation zone, and that's as a result pf goal difference. Yet still the crooked management are pushing ahead for a 26,000* seat out-of-town stadium and to sell the existing site so that yet another supermarket can be built.

*Southend's typical home crowd is a great deal less than this and their existing 12,000 seat stadium is easily big enough for them. That 26,000 figure seems to be changeable, but that was what was proposed the last time I looked.

[Wowbagger]

Southend managed a draw at Fleetwood this afternoon, a good result for them. However, only goal difference has them out of the relegation zone, so life is far from comfortable for them.

I have just noticed that 3 points cover 7 out of the 8 teams at the bottom of the League 1 table. There was a curious vagary of the fixture list this afternoon as none of the teams in the bottom half managed to win a game, and only one of the teams in the top half lost one.

[Wowbagger]

A 2 - 0 loss at home to lowly Wycombe Wandererererers this afternoon. Southend are now deep in the relegation zone. They haven't been in League Division IV for quite some time.

[Wowbagger]

And an away draw at Walsall, a result that didn't do either side any good, since Southend are 22nd and Walsall are 23rd. Only 3 games to go now.

[Wowbagger]

A win v Burton Albion. Southend are now one point out of the relegation zone. The tension is morbid.