I would like to see Southend win it. A small club with passonate fans.
We should be doing what they have been doing. :twisted:
i agree!
what they did was this... november 2003 they were struggling around the division 3 relegation zone, dave webb (i think) refused to take on the job full time so they announced ex-player steve tilson as caretaker manager whilst they tried to get someone in (you may remember that stanley victor collymore was talking about going for it). steve didn't have any first team management experience at all, although he had done lots of football in the community work. anyway, after a slow start he began to get results and by february they were clear of the relegation zone. steve was confirmed as manager towards the end of that season. as well as their recovery they also made it to the ldv final where they lost (but a welcome day out for the fans). that close season they lost their top scorer leon constantine* on a free as he signed for peterborough without even having the courtesy of telling southend that he had declined their contract offer. the next season they started off slowly but steadily, around late september/october time they signed a young lad named eastwood, and by the end of the season he had fired them to promotion. they also made the ldv final again. this season they're top of league 1.
* incidentally, leon constantine now plays for torquay who are currently 20th in league 2. shame!
