Southend football team, March 1979

[4th gen Suthen']

Club chairman James McShannon, on the right, sadly no longer with us but all but one of the rest still living and working in the area...........27 years later!!..............now that is something



One of the main contributers to this forum on the front row there!!

[Ninja Mania]

Aye and ive still got my hair, more than can be said of back row 4th gen from the left.

Perhaps when I get home from work I will name and shame them all...

[dgraves]

Look at all of that curly hair, 4th Gen! And that's you, Ninja? Cute guys Go on..tell us who the rest of the fellas are!

[Bobbie En Tejas]

Okay, whose on the front row where? Expose yourself, Ninj..... err.. let me rephrase that.. reveal yourself, Ninja! Which one?

[jdcarra]

Okay, whose on the front row where? Expose yourself, Ninj..... err.. let me rephrase that.. reveal yourself, Ninja! Which one?

Is it the boy with the ball

[Bobbie En Tejas]

I did suspect that, but wasn't sure

[4th gen Suthen']

Aye and ive still got my hair, more than can be said of back row 4th gen from the left.

Humphhhhhh all this 4th Gen is bald stuff is an urban myth started by by BigJ and Robbie........

If its is baldies you want, take a look at that hairy Hair Bear Bunch guy next the weefla' wae the ba'! he is now billiard ball bald...and the fellow with a poodle on his head behind Kevin is now gie creative with the comb an' a' !!

Aye, they are a cute looking bunch of boys right enough.............except Paul Izzet

[Ninja Mania]

Club chairman James McShannon, on the right, sadly no longer with us but all but one of the rest still living and working in the area...........27 years later!!..............now that is something

Well is it not true that you fermers are only allowed oot oh kintyre to go to cattle shows.
Oh and once to go to sheep island to play a match against the locals. How could I have been so stupid....

[4th gen Suthen']

Here is another from June 1982.
Taken after a right hard fought cup final at Kintyre Park against a very good, strong and tough Fishermen team...

Happy days.........
Who is the young fellow behind Bruce on the right of the pic?

[4th gen Suthen']

And I dont mean happy days just coz we won that day, The Fishermen, and others, beat us other times...just it was a great time for football in Kintyre and a great time to be 19......

n n n n nineteen..........yep.

[Bobbie En Tejas]

To be honest, except for looks, I wouldn't trade now for 19 for anything. By 19 I was travelling the country with this friend and that and had lots of verrry interesting experiences, but I've arrived at too many major destinations since then, figuratively and literally

Now that thats out of the way, who are all those handsome young flas in those pictures?

[4th gen Suthen']

After discussion this evening with the only team mate who is also my brother in law! we now know it was 1981 not '82.

I am quite happy at 44 as well Bobbie but if the 44 year old mind could be transported into the 19 year old fella ........

Only one other forum ite on that pic as far as I know.....

Ninja Mania transferred to Largieside by that time......

[Bobbie En Tejas]

Who is the other forum member?

[Ninja Mania]

TYM back row 2nd from right.
Still cant work out who the young fla is.
And there is Kerter front row 2nd from right, most probably one of the best footballers to come from Drumlemble, aye even better than me.

[Dunc]

Would that be Jimmy MacGuffie by any chance 2nd from left.

Dunc