Southend 2 City 2 Southend, home to the world’s longest pier, is West Ham country and the latest Hammers joke is apt: why does Curbishley tell his players to use their mobile ‘phones in the car? It’s the only way they’ll get three points!!! There was an odd combination of pre and half time entertainment […]
Author: IanB
Trust AGM Review
The Trust AGM commenced with a talk from John Rudkin about the work carried out in the LCFC Academy, which was enlightening for all those present. The Trust website will feature an in depth interview with John Rudkin soon. 11yo Jack Patrick then talked about what it meant to support LCFC and his expectations for […]
Sing Your Heart Out For The Lads….
The last home game featured a trial run of having a singing section in Block N, to help improve atmosphere at the ground. While the combined factors of the arrival of Milan Mandaric, the first half performance and playing local M69 rivals obviously were all significant factors in the increased volume, generally the experiment initially […]
Side Give Milan Perfect Start
City 3 Coventry 0 – Sat 17th Feb 2007 We all sat round and applauded as ’The New Saviour’ appeared with an embarrassed looking grandson, who was paraded around the pitch and cuddled by ‘the Birch’ and encouraged to speak to the crowd. I am not sure why this whole thing makes me cringe so […]
CITY ROLL OVER TRACTOR BOYS
IPSWICH 0 LEICESTER CITY 2 Although a life-long City fan and season ticket holder, I moved to Suffolk 22 years ago and I could not remember the last time we had beaten Ipswich at Portman Road (apparently it was 19 years ago). Each year I go to this match, usually with friends and colleagues in […]