Dad, Bookhouse Boy, Journalist, Author. Covered @SUFCRootsHall for 12 years 🦐 Before serving a 15-year sentence at @MirrorSport āš½ļø

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If today is Kevin Maher’s 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 for…
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#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. šŸŒ šŸ† āš½ļøāš½ļøāš½ļø #Football #Soccer #SouthendLibraries
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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 question… has he ever actually kicked a football?
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Hmmm… very vague about the aim for next season. Unless I completely missed it drowning under a tsunami of cliches, I don’t think I heard the ā€˜promotion’ word once šŸ¤– šŸ¤– šŸ¤–
šŸ—£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 šŸ”½
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Looking forward to hearing what the board’s target is for next season… 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 šŸ™
🦐 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 šŸ”½
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Bracing myself for Dyer news…
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Gearing up for a bigger anti-climax than Who Shot Phil Mitchell? Praying I’m wrong šŸ™
Southend United will name their new manager today All the latest here: echo-news.co.uk/sport/261735…
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Absolute class, from start to finish… 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/261608…
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Roots Hall pic. Published in today’s @thetimes #sufc
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For those #SouthendUnited fans old enough to remember, this has got Dick Bate Mark II written all over it. For those that aren’t, consult the history books. Be afraid, be very afraid…
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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!
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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
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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.
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So the next #southendunited manager’s remit will be to plug the 27-point gap Blues finished behind National League champs York. Let’s hope the huge playing budget deficiency is also plugged to make that goal achievable… as it was better players, not new coaches that were needed
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And he’s not the only one…
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/260915…
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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/m002ss…
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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 & it’s criminal how they’ve been erased from history!
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It’s 37 years since this masterpiece was released. As a teen, I bought it in Our Price, Victoria, along with De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising. It became a soundtrack for your formative years when you truly believed anything was possible. How times have changed… #thestoneroses
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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. šŸ‘½šŸ›øšŸŖ #DoctorWho #ScienceFiction #LeighLibrary #SouthendLibraries #NewBooks
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All gone a bit quiet from the Maher Out Brigade recently 🤫
Away days don't get much better šŸ’›
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