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			<title><![CDATA[AGM Special: ON THE PITCH Dyer & Duckett: The Football Questions    ]]></title>
			<itunes:title><![CDATA[AGM Special: ON THE PITCH Dyer & Duckett: The Football Questions    ]]></itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:31:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle>Kieron Dyer and Jonathan Duckett take centre stage for a candid conversation about Southend United, the football and what lies ahead. </itunes:subtitle>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>The Shrimpers Trust held its “Annual Review and Social” in the Shrimpers Bar at Roots Hall on Thursday 22nd October. As well as the launch of this year&#39;s Annual Review publication, the event presented an opportunity for members to hear updates from members of Southend United’s Board of Directors and Football Department, and to put their questions to playing and non-playing staff. </p><br><p>The second panel of the night featured a discussion on all things football, from talent identification and transfer business to team selection and tactics, featuring Head Coach Kieron Dyer and Head of Recruitment Jonathan Duckett. </p><br><p>Hosted by Paul Hill. </p><br><p>For more information on the Shrimpers Trust, to read the Annual Review or to become a member, please visit <u><a href="http://www.shrimperstrust.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.shrimperstrust.co.uk</a></u> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>The Shrimpers Trust held its “Annual Review and Social” in the Shrimpers Bar at Roots Hall on Thursday 22nd October. As well as the launch of this year&#39;s Annual Review publication, the event presented an opportunity for members to hear updates from members of Southend United’s Board of Directors and Football Department, and to put their questions to playing and non-playing staff. </p><br><p>The second panel of the night featured a discussion on all things football, from talent identification and transfer business to team selection and tactics, featuring Head Coach Kieron Dyer and Head of Recruitment Jonathan Duckett. </p><br><p>Hosted by Paul Hill. </p><br><p>For more information on the Shrimpers Trust, to read the Annual Review or to become a member, please visit <u><a href="http://www.shrimperstrust.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.shrimperstrust.co.uk</a></u> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title><![CDATA[AGM Special: OFF THE PITCH Who's Building Southend United's Future?]]></title>
			<itunes:title><![CDATA[AGM Special: OFF THE PITCH Who's Building Southend United's Future?]]></itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:51:33 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The money, the decisions and the people shaping the Club behind the scenes. John Watson, David Kreyling and Dale Spiby answer supporters' questions.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>The Shrimpers Trust held its “Annual Review and Social” in the Shrimpers Bar at Roots Hall on Thursday 22nd October. As well as the launch of this year&#39;s Annual Review publication, the event presented an opportunity for members to hear updates from members of Southend United’s Board of Directors and Football Department, and to put their questions to playing and non-playing staff. </p><br><p>The first of two panels was a discussion on all things finance, sustainability, community and youth development featuring SUFC and COSU board members John Watson and David Kreyling, and Southend United Community Foundation Chair Dale Spiby. </p><br><p>Hosted by Paul Hill. </p><br><p>For more information on the Shrimpers Trust, to read the Annual Review or to become a member, please visit <u><a href="http://www.shrimperstrust.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.shrimperstrust.co.uk</a></u> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Shrimpers Hustings 2026</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 09:46:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Shrimpers Hustings 2026</strong>&nbsp;</p><br><p>Southend United&nbsp;is a modern football story. A maze of&nbsp;development,&nbsp;council, and financial precarity, its survival and revival&nbsp;is&nbsp;intertwined with local and national politics.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Ahead of the May 2027 local elections, we sit down with the leaders of Southend-on-Sea's local political groups to ask the big questions:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p>1. If you are elected to Southend on Sea City Council, what can you do to&nbsp;help protect and preserve the long-term success and sustainability of&nbsp;Southend United?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2. The redevelopment of Roots Hall stadium, which is so pivotal for&nbsp;Southend United’s continuing existence, would be plunged into doubt&nbsp;without the proposed flow of money from the planned residential&nbsp;development at&nbsp;Fossetts&nbsp;Farm to the football club. What will you be&nbsp;doing to help get the&nbsp;Fossetts&nbsp;Farm development&nbsp;through, if&nbsp;anything?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>3. Essex’s Local Government Reorganisation is set to take effect fully from&nbsp;April 2028.&nbsp;Do you see this impacting the&nbsp;Fossetts&nbsp;Farm plans or the&nbsp;ability/willingness of local&nbsp;government to work with Southend United? If&nbsp;so, how?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>4. What are your long-term aspirations for Southend United and its role in&nbsp;the city?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Whether&nbsp;you're&nbsp;a&nbsp;Southend fan, a local resident, or just someone who wants to know&nbsp;who's&nbsp;really going to deliver for Southend, this&nbsp;podcast is for you.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>--</p><br><p>Recorded: Between 23rd&nbsp;April – 3rd&nbsp;May 2026&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We wrote to all candidates in the election, as well as contacting the group leaders.</p><br><p>For more information on the Southend Elections please visit: <a href="https://www.southend.gov.uk/elections" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.southend.gov.uk/elections</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p><strong>Shrimpers Hustings 2026</strong>&nbsp;</p><br><p>Southend United&nbsp;is a modern football story. A maze of&nbsp;development,&nbsp;council, and financial precarity, its survival and revival&nbsp;is&nbsp;intertwined with local and national politics.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Ahead of the May 2027 local elections, we sit down with the leaders of Southend-on-Sea's local political groups to ask the big questions:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p>1. If you are elected to Southend on Sea City Council, what can you do to&nbsp;help protect and preserve the long-term success and sustainability of&nbsp;Southend United?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2. The redevelopment of Roots Hall stadium, which is so pivotal for&nbsp;Southend United’s continuing existence, would be plunged into doubt&nbsp;without the proposed flow of money from the planned residential&nbsp;development at&nbsp;Fossetts&nbsp;Farm to the football club. What will you be&nbsp;doing to help get the&nbsp;Fossetts&nbsp;Farm development&nbsp;through, if&nbsp;anything?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>3. Essex’s Local Government Reorganisation is set to take effect fully from&nbsp;April 2028.&nbsp;Do you see this impacting the&nbsp;Fossetts&nbsp;Farm plans or the&nbsp;ability/willingness of local&nbsp;government to work with Southend United? If&nbsp;so, how?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>4. What are your long-term aspirations for Southend United and its role in&nbsp;the city?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Whether&nbsp;you're&nbsp;a&nbsp;Southend fan, a local resident, or just someone who wants to know&nbsp;who's&nbsp;really going to deliver for Southend, this&nbsp;podcast is for you.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>--</p><br><p>Recorded: Between 23rd&nbsp;April – 3rd&nbsp;May 2026&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We wrote to all candidates in the election, as well as contacting the group leaders.</p><br><p>For more information on the Southend Elections please visit: <a href="https://www.southend.gov.uk/elections" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.southend.gov.uk/elections</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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