Poignant clips and invoking the marines: a day with Southend for their Wembley glory | Southend
By: Sam Dalling | Published: 2026-05-18 08:59:59 | Source: www.theguardian.com
The noise gave it away. The sweet sound of 22,000 ecstatic Southend supporters swimming in a sea of Wembley ecstasy left their head coach, Kevin Maher, in no doubt: soon he would raise the FA Trophy.
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Maher, unable to tolerate the tension, had turned away just before Gus Scott-Morriss’s winning penalty against Wealdstone, but was instantly embraced by Mark Bentley, his first-team coach, former…
