1996/97 Southend United Home Football Shirt (L)

Condition: 7/10 Good. The area just under the collar on the upper chest, has been professionally repaired (was a small tear in the fabric). A few tiny heat dot marks on the sleeve

Size: Adult Large

Chest Measurement: 43-45 Inches / 109-114 CM

Manufacturer: Olympic

Colour: Yellow & blue, white trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 1996/1997 & 1997/1998

Player: N/A

Patches: N/A

Official Olympic Southend United home short sleeved football shirt from the 1996/97 season.

The condition of this original football jersey is 7/10 - Good. The area just under the collar on the upper chest, has been professionally repaired (was a small tear in the fabric). A few tiny heat dot marks on the sleeve (see photos)

Barry Fry managed Southend United in 1993 with the club bottom of Division One. Fry kept Southend up, but later in the year he moved to Birmingham City. He was succeeded by former Shrimpers player Peter Taylor in his first managerial role in the Football League. He spent two years between 1993 and 1995 as manager, but quit at the end of the 1994–95 season after failing to get them beyond the middle of the Division One table.

In 1995, former Liverpool player Ronnie Whelan became player-manager. Southend finished 14th in Division One in his first season as a manager, but were relegated a year later and Whelan left the club, later winning a case for wrongful dismissal. He was replaced by Alvin Martin who was unable to avoid a second consecutive relegation.