The club was formed in 1981 meaning that we have had over 29 years in local football. Over the years we are very pleased to have had a degree of success with the 1980's and the 1990's being the highlight of our short history. The "Role Call" of past players who have worn our colours is very impressive and "some" are listed below Adam French - VSA/Purfleet Grays/East Thurrock Mel Graybur - Southend/Purfleet/Romford John Heffer - Southend/Leyton Orient/Barking/Great Wakering Steve Heffer - Southend/West Ham/Swindon/Dagenham Gary Howard - Brighton/Great Wakering Martin Lawrence - Southend/Chelmsford/Purfleet Jamie McMullian - Fulham Mickey Munroe - Great Wakering Iain o'Connell - Southend/Dover/Margate Spencer Prior - Southend/Norwich/Derby/Leicester/Man City/Cardiff City Danny Scopes - Great Wakering Ross Taylor - Arsenal/Heybridge Swifts There are of course many more and their contribution to the Ekco club has been much appreciated. Over the years there have been many changes to the club, when it was first formed it was only for boys, then we formed a girls team, then a senior team. Hence the change from Ekco Whitecaps BFC to Ekco Whitecaps Football Club. This should mean we will be serving the local community in sport for a long time in the forseeable future.
If a new football forum was launched for grassroots people to discuss/influence the future of football development in the UK, would you use it?
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