Late Tackle

DUNCAN JUPP

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
23 January 2014

CULT HEROES
SOUTHEND UNITED
LIAM NEWMAN remembers the day defender Duncan ended his nine-year goal drought

Often in football, especially at lower league level, defenders fall into the category of unsung heroes as strikers grab all the headlines. But just sometimes even the quietest dog has his day. On May 28th 2005, it was Duncan Jupp’s turn in the sunshine..
Having signed for Southend United on a free transfer from Luton two years previously, Jupp was the epitome of a hard working rightback in the basement tier of English football. He had started as a trainee at Fulham and ev...

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