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A note on British English

British English should be used for articles on Britain related topics. Likewise, American English should be used on articles pertaining to American topics. For a clearer example, please visit this sub-section on the differences between their usage. However, is" works better than "are" with the term club as it is a singular and not a plural noun. (Compare with the word team which is a plural noun) --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 12:00, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I broadly agree but there are some very passionate editors out there who don't and who want the "British" (it isn't how people talk in my part of the country, I assume they mean Northern English) style of plurals for everything. In any case, the stuff is so often illiterate that it scarcely matters Chrismorey (talk) 07:31, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Split

I've suggested we split out the section relating to Fossets Farm into its own article as it is very large and is not directly about the team. We can then have a section about "Stadia" mentioning Roots Hall and how they are planning on moving to Fossets Farm soon.

PS as we can't have POV on the main article space I just wanted to add: ONE-NIL ONE-NIL ONE-NIL ONE-NIL - Take that Rooney you shrek faced git ;) MrWeeble Talk Brit tv 22:31, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Request deletion that 1-0 is not notable :P ps split is more than neccessary, it takes up almost all of the article. Macktheknifeau 06:29, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Southend United badge.gif

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1906 friendly

This is a wild goose chase, I fear, but I gotta ask. I've got a photo from a 1906 friendly of Magdeburger FC Viktoria von 1896 supposedly playing Southend Utd. Can anyone confirm that there has been such a friendly? Madcynic (talk) 13:18, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Stadium

I find the first paragraph confusing. It states that Southend has had three stadia, then names four (1. Kursaal, 2. Greyhound Park, 3. Writtle Street, 4. Roots Hall). It then goes on to say that Roots Hall, the current stadium, was Southend's first stadium. Can someone make this clearer? NevarMaor (talk) 00:07, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Playing record

There appears to be no article of the type "List of X F C seasons" for the club. Given the almost-incredible detail of the History article, could someone not summarise the club's career in a factual and structured way? Chrismorey (talk) 07:26, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hitler / Stalin Crap + Infobox Broken

I noticed the infobox was broken & fixed it. At that point I noticed some references to Stalin and Hitler that seemed wrong. I removed those. It would be a good idea for someone more familiar with the club to go through this article and make sure there isn't anything else like that lurking. Agassiz830 (talk) 17:19, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Recentism

Following Michaeldble's addition of a Recentism template in the history section, I have done some significant pruning of this article (much of the detail is still shown in the History of Southend United F.C. article). Given that the last three years have been an almost constant crisis for Southend (echoing the similar crisis at Bury F.C., perhaps - but also unprecedented in Southend's history), I found it difficult to trim further, but other editors may disagree and make further edits.

(I am conscious that Recentism isn't just about too much recent coverage; it is also about insufficient detail regarding past periods. Unfortunately, I don't have access to extensive reliable sources about the club's earlier history.) Paul W (talk) 22:22, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I continued to edit the article through the prolonged change of ownership. Following completion of the takeover, I have pruned some of the detail (hindsight is helpful in assessing what was significant). However, as I said above, I think this unprecedented crisis in Southend United's history warrants some detail in the main article (more is contained in the History article). Paul W (talk) 09:13, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]