Dad, Bookhouse Boy, Journalist, Author. Covered @SUFCRootsHall for 12 years š¦ Before serving a 15-year sentence at @MirrorSport ā½ļø
Joined March 2010
- Tweets 7,064
- Following 116
- Followers 966
- Likes 8,369
610 Photos and videos
Pinned Tweet
May 17
If today is Kevin Maherās last game as #southendunited boss, then people need to remember how he has led Blues into the play-offs and Wembley twice fighting utter chaos: points deductions, transfer embargos, financial meltdown and almost extinction. Be careful what you wish forā¦
30
7
233
13,950
Bernie Friend retweeted
#WorldCup2026 kicks-off this week and #LeighLibrary is on the ball for the biggest sporting event on the planet. We have football stories from across the globe, a wall chart and travel guides to all the host nations. š š ā½ļøā½ļøā½ļø #Football #Soccer #SouthendLibraries
1
7
545
Having sifted through all of the data I can find regarding the new DOF at #southendunited without any joy, can anyone answer me one simple questionā¦ has he ever actually kicked a football?
17
11
7,810
Hmmmā¦ very vague about the aim for next season. Unless I completely missed it drowning under a tsunami of cliches, I donāt think I heard the āpromotionā word once š¤ š¤ š¤
š£ļø"I think for someone like me and with my background, it's a natural fit."
Watch Oliver Gage's first interview with the Club below š½
4
1
1,747
Looking forward to hearing what the boardās target is for next seasonā¦ because if you axe a coaching staff that has reached the play-offs twice, then promotion has to be the only aim next term. I hope you are handed the budget to give you half a chance, Kieron. Good luck, pal š
š¦ We are pleased to announce the appointment of Kieron Dyer as our new Head Coach on an initial two-year contract, with a club option for a third year.
Read more š½
4
39
7,728
Gearing up for a bigger anti-climax than Who Shot Phil Mitchell? Praying Iām wrong š
Southend United will name their new manager today
All the latest here: echo-news.co.uk/sport/261735ā¦
9
40
18,614
Absolute class, from start to finishā¦ just like his time at the club.
'Southend United will always hold a special place in my heart'
An open letter from Kevin Maher to his 'Blues family' following his departure from Roots Hall
Read here: echo-news.co.uk/sport/261608ā¦
1
1
44
4,274
Bernie Friend retweeted
Jun 2
4
7
128
12,272
May 30
For those #SouthendUnited fans old enough to remember, this has got Dick Bate Mark II written all over it. For those that arenāt, consult the history books. Be afraid, be very afraidā¦
20
29
9,878
Bernie Friend retweeted
May 28
Arrived today. Special edition to mark issue 125. Excellent as ever plus a moving tribute to much missed Pete Miles. Here's to another 125!
3
20
2,700
Bernie Friend retweeted
Feb 20
What is going on at Roots Hall? Why would Blues need a director of football at @SUFCRootsHall, or is it a director of cost-cutting that is being sought? #southend #shrimpers
10
3
20
6,929
May 27
Yep, stepped down last week. And, more worryingly, at this chaotic time, the only member of the #southendunited board who had any real experience of running a football club
As well as management, players & staff, it's all change at the top too as Gary Lockett, who loaned >Ā£100k to SUFC under Ron Martin's ownership, is no longer on the board at the club.
6
19
10,001
May 20
So the next #southendunited managerās remit will be to plug the 27-point gap Blues finished behind National League champs York. Letās hope the huge playing budget deficiency is also plugged to make that goal achievableā¦ as it was better players, not new coaches that were needed
19
4
89
6,230
And heās not the only oneā¦
Southend United star Gus Scott-Morriss has revealed he has yet to be offered a new contract by the club
Read here: echo-news.co.uk/sport/260915ā¦
2
655
If you were inspired by the Stone Roses to wear big baggy flares in your teens & put on an Ian Brown pout, or thought Shaun Ryder was the coolest man ever to dance with his hands in his pockets, then check out this nostalgia trip on @BBCSounds #madchester bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002ssā¦
3
441
Loved the Madchester pod @steve_lamacq. But could you champion the period between the northern uprising & Britpop when Carter USM were top dogs? I had a drink with you, Jim & Les in a random jazz bar when they joined Chrysalis & itās criminal how theyāve been erased from history!
1
271
Itās 37 years since this masterpiece was released. As a teen, I bought it in Our Price, Victoria, along with De La Soulās 3 Feet High and Rising. It became a soundtrack for your formative years when you truly believed anything was possible. How times have changedā¦ #thestoneroses
2
11
573
Bernie Friend retweeted
Fasten your bow tie, power up your sonic screwdriver and grab a bag of Jelly Babies, as a brand new galaxy of Doctor Who adventures have materialised on the science fiction shelf at Leigh Library. š½šøšŖ
#DoctorWho #ScienceFiction #LeighLibrary #SouthendLibraries #NewBooks
1
2
315
Apr 18
All gone a bit quiet from the Maher Out Brigade recently š¤«
9
1
82
8,377