England Here We Come

Shrimpers manager Steve Tilson has been invited to be the assistant manager for the football league’s under-21 side.

A British football league team will play the equivilant from Italy at Hull City’s ground on Tuesday 21st February at 7.45pm

Speaking to the Official Southend United Website, Tilson said:-

‘Its a massive surprise for me but it is going to be a huge experience’

‘I get on well with Peter Taylor, he could have chosen many others, but it will give me a great opportunity to see what goes on at International level’

‘It will be a couple of days training prior to the match and then obviously the game itself’

Tickets for the match are now on sale, priced at £8.00 for adults, and £4.00 for concessions. They can be purchased, by phoning 0870 837 0004.