JUSTIN Rees is not the only Australian focusing on Southend United - as Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has now also revealed an unlikely association to the Shrimpers.

Postecoglou has become a popular figure in the Premier League this season.

But he warmed up for the job by bossing Blues on Football Manager.

Speaking to Goal about his favourite moment playing the game, Postecoglou said: "The one for me was Southend United.

"The only reason I picked them was because they were the closest I could find to South Melbourne, the club I grew up and played with, so the South was in the name and took them all the way to a Champions League.

“My greatest moment but also my biggest heartbreak is that they sacked me six months later when I was expecting a statue, so it just goes to show."