NOTESMANAGERS SOUTHPORT Good afternoon everyone charge at the club over the three FOOTBALL CLUB and thanks for coming to the spells. I never thought when I game this afternoon. I’d like joined from Runcorn in 2003 The Pure Stadium, Haig Avenue, to extend a very warm that I would be still in the seat in Southport, PR8 6JZ October 2019 albeit with a few welcome to Kevin Wilkin and Tel: 01704-533422 breaks in between. A special Fax: 01704-533455 his squad from Brackley who thanks to Alan and Rob from our Website: www.southportfc.net come here in great form so Media Team who have put so Twitter: @southport_fc we know we have a difficult much work in with the video and game on our hands. stats. Directors: Ian Kyle, Liam Watson & Since I last wrote my notes for Rob set me a quiz of 20 Steven Porter the Scarborough programme we questions from my time here In accordance with paragraph 2.13 of rules of The National League, the Club makes the following have progressed two rounds in with a target of getting 15 right. I statement: the FA Cup with two very managed 18/20 which was quite Southport Football Club is a Company, limited by pleasing performances. As we satisfying but what the quiz did shares, registered in England and Wales with thought they would, registered number 01486711. was remind me about the many The following individuals hold a significant interest Scarborough gave a very good good things that have happened in Southport Football Club (defined as being more account of themselves and at the club in the 16 years since I than 10% of the voting rights): Ian Kyle made life difficult for us but first arrived here. Manager: Liam Watson quality finishing The FA Cup proved to be the Assistant Manager: Jon McCarthy draw sees us with difference and a home draw Secretary: James Tedford 01704-533422 Sammo fully against [email protected] deserved his hat- Altrincham who Head Of Commercial: Steve Brown 07809 trick. we have already 489 370 [email protected] Last Saturday played and beaten Community Development: Darren saw us go to here at The Pure Wildman [email protected] Farsley who on Stadium this Events Manager: Claire Kyle the back off a season but as has [email protected] great run sit in been said many fourth place and Physio: Dan Gabrielson many time before we put in a great past results count Club Chaplain: Paul Taylor performance with for nothing in the Kit: Hamish Morton a 5-0 win in a FA Cup, it’s who game we totally dominated Groundsman: Paul Brookes performs on the day. Should be a apart from a rocky spell for ten good one so please come along Programme Editor & Sales: Rob Urwin minutes at the start of the again and support the club. contact [email protected] second half. We had a good 077900-41514 Get behind the lads today and number of supporters at the let’s put our cup form into the Programme Design: Simon Cooper game and I would like to thank league matches as we continue Excel Print Ltd you for your support. our push to the play offs. Website: Rob Urwin In between the two FA Cup Press Officer: Alan Jones games we had a shocker at Liam Media Assistants: Amos Wynn & James Houghton Boston when nobody could hold their heads high but we were Technical Services: Les Rooney able to put that one behind us Club Shop Manager: Christine Classon with the 3-0 win over Prescot Club Shop Matchday: Christine Classon, Cables in the Liverpool Senior Kerry Hartwell & Michael Hopkins Cup. Matchday Announcer: Nicola Cave Thanks to everyone who has Managers notes sponsored by commented on my 500 games in Photography Julia Urwin #ONEPORT03 WITH IAN KYLE BOARDROOM BRIEF Good afternoon everyone, and welcome to The handled the game professionally and got through to Pure Stadium for this afternoon’s National the next round. Job done. If everyone was off their League North game against Brackley. A game at Boston, Farsley was of course the opposite. particularly warm welcome is extended to the We were strong at the back, the midfield three of fans, staff and Directors from Brackley that have Morgan, Parry and Benjamin were excellent, and you made the long journey up north. Hopefully our can’t argue with five goals, four of which were very hospitality, if not the result will make it well taken. Again, job done. I am writing this before worthwhile! Monday’s draw, but anyone at home would be nice! Today we will be making a special presentation to As everyone will now be aware, I did an interview our very own Liam on the magnificent achievement last week focusing on our move away from of 500 games in charge of Southport FC. I don’t Skelmersdale in respect of training, and the push to want to say too much about Liam as he will only get get the work on the toilets started. I have seen a big headed and use it against me at a later date (!) number of questions raised on social media as to and I could trot out all the usual about what a why the move to training in an evening and why the magnificent achievement it is for someone in the timing. As I stated in the interview, the move away current climate to show such loyalty from Skelmersdale was due to to one team, but for myself, if anyone circumstances very much out of our asked me about Liam, I would tell hands. There were issues with the them simply that through what could training ground that we were not have been a potentially difficult time happy with and rather than put them after Phil’s leaving, Liam has been right the landlord suggested that our there to discuss issues and bounce contract there be terminated by ideas off every time that I have called mutual consent. Training in an upon him. He is extremely evening gives us the ability now to professional and level headed and one take stock and see what is available of the most committed people to this and decide how we want to proceed football club that I have come across from here on in. However, we wish to in what is now my third year. move forward, it will not be a kneejerk Southport has for some time cried out decision, but rather we will take our for stability and the chance to build on what we time and assess what is best for the Club now. have to achieve success and progress. Liam gives us Changes like those referred to above will always just that, and long may it continue. lead to hypothesising and guesswork on social If Boston away was for me the low point of the media and forums. That is essentially what they are season so far then Farsley Celtic away was the high. for. I would however like to take the opportunity to Boston was one of those games when quite simply thank those of you who go to the game, and make every single player had a bad day at the office. I the effort and give up the time to actually talk to me cannot remember one player being able to walk and discuss these matters personally and offer your away with his head held up. I have said before that it opinion, good or bad, for or against, I am always has been pleasing that we are a genuinely difficult happy to listen! team to beat. We made it easy for Boston to do just Ian that however. The only good thing to come out of it Our Boardroom was to see how hurting the players were after that Notes performance. Sandwiched in between the Boston are Sponsored By and Farsley games was the Prescot Cables cup Cobra Frames game. These cup competitions have their knockers, but they have been good to us over last season (and the start of this) in that it is all about establishing and keeping a winning mentality. They also give some of the players who aren’t starting regularly the opportunity to stake a claim to a start. The players 04#ONEPORT FRED MOLYNEUX AN UNSUNG HERO by Geoff Wilde Centre-halves don’t often hit the Clarke remains of that well-loved triumvirate. headlines; they’re more frequently referred Fred Molyneux was one of Bingham’s to as central defenders in current parlance earliest signings. He was picked up from but back in the days when Fred Molyneux Liverpool at the knocked down price of wore the Number 5 shirt for the £1,000 and moved straight in for the second Sandgrounders they were centre-halves game of 1965-66 after the opening 3-1 reverse who played the key defensive role with a at Hartlepool. He established himself wing-back (right half and left-half) either immediately and became the key figure of the side of them. defence that saw the ’Port through to the last 16 in the F.A.Cup that year. He would have undoubtedly also seen us through to our first ever Football League promotion the following year, had he not broken his ankle at Newport on the run-in. Colin Alty (who else?) stood in for him in the final 12 games. Ever-present in our opening season in Division Three, Fred succeeded Alex Parker as club captain until, in September 1968, Billy Bingham required his services again at his new club Plymouth Argyle.