OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF SOUTHPORT FC • ISSUE 17 • £2.50 v BOSTON UNITED SATURDAY 18/01/2020 • KICK OFF 3.00PM NOTESMANAGERS SOUTHPORT Good afternoon once club thanking the travelling FOOTBALL CLUB again as we take on support was well deserved. It The Pure Stadium, Haig Avenue, Boston United and look would have been easy to give up Southport, PR8 6JZ to get the league form when we went 2-0 down but Tel: 01704-533422 back up and running. you kept going. Fax: 01704-533455 I gave what I thought was a Website: www.southportfc.net A warm welcome to the boss very honest assessment of the Twitter: @southport_fc at Boston, Craig Elliott, who was recently given a well deserved game post match and the Directors: Ian Kyle, Liam Watson & contract extension at The previous week I spoke to Steven Porter Jonathan after the York game as Jakemans Stadium. to where we are in terms of the President: Sam Shrouder Results haven’t been going In accordance with paragraph 2.13 of rules of The our way but there is no point club on the playing side. I am National League, the Club makes the following always willing to answer statement: dwelling on that we have to pick Southport Football Club is a Company, limited by ourselves up, dust ourselves questions from people who I shares, registered in England and Wales with know who they are and not registered number 01486711. down and go again this The following individuals hold a significant interest from the one or two who hide in Southport Football Club (defined as being more afternoon. than 10% of the voting rights): Ian Kyle behind an alias Last Saturday Manager: Liam Watson was a strange and appear to enjoy it when we Assistant Manager: Jon McCarthy sort of game at lose. Secretary: James Tedford 01704-533422 Fylde, I thought [email protected] We still have 17 we competed Head Of Commercial: Steve Brown 07809 well in firstly games to play 489 370 [email protected] dreadful windy and I still believe Community Development: Darren we can pick up Wildman [email protected] conditions then the nine wins we Events Manager: Claire Kyle when the rains [email protected] need to get us in came it got even Physio: Dan Gabrielson trickier but we the play offs, we Club Chaplain: Paul Taylor stuck at it and have to keep working hard and everyone Kit: Hamish Morton never gave up. You could see the needs to stick together. I’ve said Groundsman: Paul Brookes difference in a side from a it on many occasions that Programme Editor & Sales: Rob Urwin league above in just how clinical contact [email protected] their finishing was and in Nick positive support to the players 077900-41514 on the pitch makes so much Haughton they had the sort of Programme Design: Simon Cooper difference, Excel Print Ltd player you need in that league, Thank you for coming to the Website: Rob Urwin we couldn’t live with him at times. game. Press Officer: Alan Jones What I would like to say and I Media Assistants: Amos Wynn & James Houghton Liam made reference to it in my post Technical Services: Les Rooney match interview was thank you Managers notes sponsored by Club Shop Manager: Christine Classon for your support at Fylde, you Club Shop Matchday: Christine Classon, Kerry Hartwell & Michael Hopkins kept it going for 90 minutes and the well deserved Matchday Announcer: Nicola Cave announcement from the Fylde Photography Julia Urwin #ONEPORT03 WITH IAN KYLE BOARDROOM BRIEF Good afternoon and welcome to The Pure As a young squad, it is also apparent that we are Stadium for this afternoon’s National League striving for promotion now, but also laying the North game against Boston United. foundations for the future. To that end, Jack Hopefully, the majority of you will have watched Sampson, David Morgan and Marcus Wood have or listened to the interviews that Liam and I did already signed contracts for next season. Every after the York game. For those that didn’t the single other player is playing to put us in the playoff interviews did, I hope, give an indication as to where positions now but also to ensure their contract for the Club is at both on and off the pitch. next season. Liam provided an update as to the players out I believe this to be a healthy position particularly injured or ill and where we intend to be moving compared to when I first became involved with forward. I provided an update as to the financial Southport when I believe we had two managers position of the Club, and why I choose to stand and not many more players than that signed up for behind the goal with the fans at some away games! what was then the fast approaching new season. Both Liam and I had intended to provide these By contrast and although Liam, Steve and I are updates anyway, it having been the first game of a already targeting new faces for next season we new year. Unfortunately, the need to do so was hope it will be to bolster the majority that remain increased by a number of with us from this season. unsubstantiated and quite frankly As indicated, the majority of the ridiculous rumours that I and others squad are young. One particular have seen circulating around social attack aside on Portchat (which was media and fans’ forums. I cannot aimed at one of the younger players stress enough the potential damage and was in my view completely that such rumours can do to the Club unacceptable) we as a Club remain particularly with current partners, indebted for the fantastic support suppliers and sponsors with whom that we have continued to receive we have built up very good from the fans going to the games relationships at the moment. Indeed, both home and away during this even despite my full update as to the difficult period. financial position and my The worst “knockers” remain confirmation that we are currently those who do not attend the games meeting comfortably all operating costs, some but are quick to post on social media. The support rumours continued. we continue to receive from those who do go to the I do wonder about the motivation behind such game is a credit to the Club, and you the fans. rumours and can only stress that if anyone does We will turn this dip in form around and we will have questions, stop and ask myself, Steven or continue to develop the squad and we will strive to James, or message any of us at the Club using our achieve our goals and everyone of us involved with Contact Us Box on the website. The overriding the Club thank you for your continued support in message is that the Club’s finances are in a healthy the meantime. state! On to the football! To say we are disappointed Ian with the results and performances over Christmas would be an understatement. There has been a massive dip in form, it is not acceptable, and I know Our Boardroom Notes that, the other Directors know that, Liam knows are Sponsored By that, and the players know that. What is important now is how we go about Cobra Frames putting that right. As I said in my interview, this is a young squad of players but one that we must remember were third in the league after a 4-1 away win at Blyth just before Christmas. They do not become bad players overnight but it does show how much confidence factors in any team. 04#ONEPORT MEDIA UPDATE The Media Team award a Man Of generally programmes are dropping. Thanks The Match at every game home and for buying it and for the feedback we get. away and whoever comes out on FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM top with the most individual man Another of Alan’s babies and we get great of the match awards will pick up interaction on the Facebook and Insta pages, spoiled by a few who need to change the the Media Player Of The Year record but a valuable source of information award. and interaction with the fans. The current media table stands at: YOU TUBE Russ Benjamin 5 David Morgan 5 Our You Tube Channel is where we store all the Reagan Ogle 4 Ryan Astles 4 videos of games and interviews. We aim to Zehn Mohammed 3 upload post match interviews as quickly as possible but the actual time depends on where Devarn Green 2 Marcus Wood 2 we are travelling back from. Kieran Glynn 1 Dan Hanford 1 Jack Sampson 1 Jack Doyle 1 Brad Bauress 1 Charlie Albinson 1 FLICKR You see her at all the games, home and away, MATCHDAY LIVE come rain or shine, but Julia takes care of all We cover most of our games home and away the club photography and the pictures are with Matchday Live. Maybe not quite as good stored on Flickr. as audio commentary but it is instant and we have a great and loyal following from all over THE WEBSITE the world who log in every game. The We think we have the best website in the following was reduced by twelve at Chester league (for content) with far more information when we had to bar a number of people who stored on it than any club at this level. It is thought it clever to become abusive. All of always up to date (when we get back from the Media Team have a go at MDL with yours games) which is more than can be said for a truly (Rob) taking care up to kick off before lot of clubs at this level.