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Now available to buy from our online shop, The Forgotten Years of the Kursaal is the definitive guide to Southend United's playing days at The Kursaal between 1919 and 1934. In 380 information-packed pages, Peter Baker has recorded nearly every single event in the 15 years the Shrimpers played their games at The Kursaal, with match reports from every first team match, most reserve games and many junior and friendly matches. With details of the town at the time included too, reports of tram trips to away matches are mixed with evocative memories of taking the train to far-flung places such as Mrthyr and Llanelly.

One season of this book has been serialised in the Southend United programme this season...now is your chance to read the full account.

The perfect gift for any avid Southend United fan this Christmas, it is priced at just £14.99, plus £4.50 postage.

Now available

Now available, Brian Jeeves' eagerly awaited book "Whatever Happened to Tina Fillery?" can be ordered directly from our online store. Priced at only £8.99, and with free postage and packing to UK addresses, this is a great book for football fans of all ages.

Brian has put down on paper many of the things that all football fans have experienced...abandoned and postponed matches, fruitless journeys, great comradeship with opposition fans, visiting far-flung places, plus much more.

These short "essays" define what being a football supporter is all about...the stories could be about any club at any level in the football pyramid.

There are specific references to Southend United, Colchester United, Walsall, Canvey Island, Great Wakering Rovers, Accrington Stanley, Leamington, Crystal Palace plus many more, plus stories of overseas travel, great players, ancient referees...the list just goes on.

144 pages, with copious photos and illustrations.

Please visit our Products link above to place an order - you can pay by Credit Card or Paypal, and P&P to the UK is free!!

Now available!

Now available!!!

The Southend United Miscellany is an ideal Christmas present for any Southend United fan. 100 pages packed with information, facts and statistics on Southend United, this book will help settle many football-based arguments, and may also start some!!

Over 200 photographs, with 34 in full colour.

100 pages.

Handy, pocket A5 size.

Only £7.99.

Please click our Products link at the top of the page to purchase this book. P&P is only £1 anywhere, and payment can be made by Credit/Debit Card or Paypal.

Available at the end of September 2008

Shrimper Publishing are delighted to have joined together with renowned local author Keith Roe to produce "Southend Soccer Miscellany", which will be available at the end of September. The A4 book's 166 pages contain the following features...

Football in Southend pre 1906
The Birth of Southend United
South-Essex League Tables
Vintage articles by Southend United personnel
Southend United F.C. 1895 to 1900

Plus...

A Short History, Club Honours, League Results: Season by Season, Cup Results and Tables, Results: Club by Club, Final Playing Records and Club Records of Southend United, Southend Manor, Great Wakering Rovers and Hullbridge Sports.

Priced at £9.99, this book can be purchased from our online shop - please click on the Products link at the top of this page.

Although we don't like to blow our own trumpet, we are really delighted at the following review that "A Century United" received in the latest edition of the respected football collectables magazine "Programme Monthly"

"Southend United were 100 years old last season, and to commemorate the milestone Peter Miles and Dave Goody have produced a beautiful history book entitled A CENTURY UNITED. It is the story of 100 eventful years in words and pictures (there are practically no statistics). The 300 page, large sized book opens with a detailed look at football in the Essex town pre-United, and the early years of the Shrimpers. From the start, the text is accompanied by an excelleny selection of illustrations, including many programme covers (as befits the authors, both enthusiastic collectors). Coming to terms with Football League membership in 1920, the events surrounding various ground moves, and the great players and personalities who played for the club through the years are all dealt with in turn, enter the authors' lifetimes, the quantity of text and quality of photographs are lifted to higher planes. Simply designed, but printed on glossy paper, this is a top quality production appropriate to celebrate the club's centenary. For an indication of the quality of the writing, you need only read the Dedications; both to their Dads, who inspired their love for the club."

"Dave, my copy was delivered yesterday afternoon. I started reading it straight away and next thing it was 1am. All that information from the birth of the blues in the 1900's was so detailed that you can imagine being there. Great read, great memories, congratulations on a fantastic book and a must-have for all true blues fans. Thanks!" - Leighite (taken from Shrimperzone Forum)

"Mine was delivered last night, spent the evening thumbing through it, trying to educate the wife as to the history of our wonderful football club. Superb stuff.......The memories, the memories!!!!! Well done to all concerned." - chrisguthrie (taken from Shrimperzone Forum)

"Seriously, excellent book. Very professional, and riviting... Didn't realise so much went on in the first few years of the clubs existance. We could have quite easily gone the way of Croydon Common during the First World War." - CI-City Blue (taken from Shrimperzone Forum)

"Once again, Very Well Done to you both.. you should be extremely proud of your achievement... to write it was one thing, but to get it published off your own bats takes some doing" - Blueblood (taken from Shrimperzone Forum)

"Have only flicked through it briefly, but as a big rugby league fan* I was really glad (if a little surprised!) to see the big section on Southend Invicta. Great work chaps." - Uxbridge Shrimper (taken from Shrimperzone Forum)

"I have just received my copy of the book, ordered via Amazon, and would like to pass on my congratulations for your extremely well researched and very entertaining production and I hope it obtains the sales it deserves." - Keith Rosewell (via email)