Is it a Happy Blue Year? HMS Southend United would appear to be turning the corner.

After sleep walking into oblivion for the previous 4 years, has change finally arrived?

Stop asking can it get worse, because it absolutely always can... and probably will

Only Southend could get relegated not once, but twice, during the pandemic era. As we prepare ourselves for the non-league journey we discuss the size of the task facing Phil Brown to rebuild the club

The first guest of 2021 is a belter! We are joined by former central defender Spencer Prior. Spinner spent two spells with The Shrimpers which started and ended his career. The meat to that Shrimpers' sandwich took him to Norwich City and a famous European tie against Bayern Munich, Leicester City where he won the League Cup, Derby County, Manchester City & Cardiff City. Spencer now resides in Sydney Australia

Is the great escape on? The transfer embargo has been lifted and the Mighty Shrimpers have followed it up with back to back wins Follow @CustardSplatPod on Twitter & Instagram

They're letting fans back in so they're letting us back in too! After a 4 month gap between episodes we are back discussing Mark Molesley for the first time, Ron Martin, transfer embargos, Premier league bailouts, and new stadiums...

We're back with Series 4 discussing the vacant managerial hot-seat at Roots Hall (again)!!! Sol Campbell's spell lasted just 9 months, but was he always set up to fail? Subscribe to The Custard Splat Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube and follow us on Instagram & Twitter @CustardSplatPod

It's the series finale!!! We are joined this week by former Shrimpers goalkeeper Darryl Flahavan. Flavs played for The Blues from 2000-2008 before moving on to Crystal Palace, Leeds United, Portsmouth & Bournemouth. We go back in time to the youth team at Southampton, playing with famous football fraudster Ali Dia and being told he was too small to play in The Premier League. The success with Southend and the memorable performance against Manchester United. Darryl is now the goalkeeping coach at Birmingham City having previously coached at Leeds United and Middlesbrough. Subscribe to The Custard Splat Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube and follow us on Instagram & Twitter @CustardSplatPod

The lads at The Splat are joined by former Blues defender Mark Phillips. Mark played for The Shrimpers between 2010-2014 and racked up over 100 appearances. We discuss the night he played through immense pain to help guide the club to it's first Wembley cup final, how a move to MK Dons fell through, and moving into coaching now. Mark also recently contracted the Covid-19 virus so he shares his experience with us too. Subscribe to The Custard Splat Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube and follow us on Instagram & Twitter @CustardSplatPod