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STAGSNET`S STATISTICAL PREVIEW
19th August 2003 23:46



Southend is yet another side which faced the Stags in their first league season way back in 1931-32 and the Shrimpers, founder members of the old division 3 (S) in the early 20's, were also along with the Stags founder members of the old 3rd division in 1958-59. And the total stats of the league encounters between the Stags and the Shrimpers are quite evenly balanced. And the teams have yet to play a goal-less draw at Southend! The very first league encounter on November 7, 1931, was also the highest-scoring one as the teams shared eight goals. The biggest stags home win was a 6-1 on April 5, 1965, and the highest away one was recorded only a few months earlier, a 4-1 on January 30, 1965. Notable is also that the highest Stags home and away defeat against Southend was recorded in the same season as well, This happened in 1958-59 when the home game was lost 1-4 and the away one 1-5. The first away win at Southend was gained on February 12, 1938 in the old division 3 (S), when the Stags won by the only goal of the game.
A 2-0 home win on May 9, 1966, proved to be very crucial for both teams a few weeks later in the England World Cup Championship year. The outcome: Stags stayed up, and the Shrimpers were relegated to the old fourth for the first time ever which meant that the old third division lost their last founder member.
The game at Southend in 2000-01 was surrounded by tragic circumstances and thus replayed when the season was over. In the 2001-02 season, the game at Field Mill was the only goal-less home draw that season and at Southend, the Stags were unlucky to lose by the only goal of the game.
The teams have only faced each other once in the FA Cup, and that was in the memorable 1968-69 season when a 4th round tie at Field Mill on January 25, 1969, ended up with the Stags as lucky 2-1 winners (details of that game in the Vintage Stags section).
Two successive Southend managers have previously managed the Stags. Dave Smith left the Stags for Southend in April 1976, but were unable to save the Shrimpers from relegation – but later achieved two promotions – among them in 1980-81 as division 4 Champions – the clubs were relegated together in 1979-80. When Smith left in 1983, Peter Morris took over but with yet another relegation from the old third in 1983-84 to show.
Other notable Shrimpers hot-seaters were Arthur Rowley, Bobby Moore and Peter Taylor.

Played for both sides: Stuart Brace, Mickey Laverick, Martin Ling, Ian Mackenzie, Paul Matthews.

Managed both sides: Dave Smith, Peter Morris.

Home stats: P 22, W 11, D 7, L 4, GF 43, GA 22
Away stats: P 22, W 5, D 5, 5, L 12, GF 26, GA 38
FA Cup: P 1, W 1, D 0, L 0, GF 2, GA 1

Season Home Date Away Date

1931-32 4-4 1931-11-07 2-5 1932-03-19 Div 3 (S)
1937-38 2-2 1937-10-02 1-0 1938-02-12 Div 3 (S)
1938-39 3-1 1938-10-08 0-2 1939-02-11 Div 3 (S)
1946-47 0-1 1947-02-01 1-1 1946-09-28 Div 3 (S)
1958-59 1-4 1959-04-11 1-5 1958-11-22 Div 3 (old)
1959-60 1-1 1959-09-14 2-0 1959-09-07 Div 3 (old)
1963-64 4-1 1963-11-09 1-2 1964-04-20 Div 3 (old)
1964-65 6-1 1965-04-05 4-1 1965-01-30 Div 3 (old)
1965-66 2-0 1966-05-09 0-1 1966-01-08 Div 3 (old)
1975-76 3-1 1976-03-15 2-2 1975-10-17 Div 3 (old)
1978-79 1-1 1978-08-26 1-1 1978-11-17 Div 3 (old)
1979-80 3-1 1980-04-12 1-1 1980-03-17 Div 3 (old)
1980-81 0-1 1981-03-07 0-2 1980-10-03 Div 4 (old)
1984-85 1-0 1985-05-06 3-1 1984-12-29 Div 4 (old)
1985-86 3-0 1985-09-28 1-3 1986-04-15 Div 4 (old)
1987-88 1-0 1987-09-19 1-2 1988-01-15 Div 3 (old)
1988-89 4-0 1989-02-11 1-1 1988-10-04 Div 3 (old)
1990-91 0-1 1990-09-29 1-2 1991-03-15 Div 3 (old)
1998-99 0-0 1999-04-10 2-1 1998-10-20 Div 3
1999-2000 3-1 2000-01-22 0-1 1999-08-21 Div 3
2000-01 1-1 2000-10-28 1-3 2001-05-08 Div 3
2001-02 0-0 2001-08-18 0-1 2002-01-12 Div 3

FA Cup:

1968-69 2-1 1969-01-25 (4th Round at Field Mill)

Svante Bernhard aka Sweden Stag (pictured below, centre)

 

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