OFFICAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF SOUTHPORT FC • ISSUE 10 • £2.50 v HEREFORD TUESDAY 22/10/2019 • KICK OFF 7.45PM MANAGERS NOTES SOUTHPORT It’s a quick turnaround him a start. By the time you FOOTBALL CLUB this evening as we read this I will have decided. welcome Hereford to The It’s been disappointing to The Pure Stadium, Haig Avenue, Pure Stadium for tonight’s lose George (Newell) for a Southport, PR8 6JZ few months. It didn’t seem match after the Tel: 01704-533422 like anything at the time but Fax: 01704-533455 disappointment on it turns out to be more Website: www.southportfc.net Saturday. serious than we thought with Twitter: @southport_fc They often say the best an injury that will keep him way to pick yourself up after out longer than we thought Directors: Ian Kyle, Liam Watson & a fall is to get back in the at the time he went down. Steven Porter saddle quickly and we have We travel to Bradford on In accordance with paragraph 2.13 of rules of The the chance to put Saturday National League, the Club makes the following Saturday who have Mark statement: well and truly behind us Bower back at the helm and Southport Football Club is a Company, limited by tonight. who steered them to a shares, registered in England and Wales with We know it won’t be an surprise 3-2 win against registered number 01486711. easy task with Hereford The following individuals hold a significant interest tonight’s opponents last in Southport Football Club (defined as being more sitting above us in eighth week before losing narrowly than 10% of the voting rights): Ian Kyle place in the table and both at Gloucester on Saturday. Manager: Liam Watson sides go into the There are game knowing a Assistant Manager: Jon McCarthy certainly no win could lift walkovers at Secretary: James Tedford 01704-533422 either of us into this level and [email protected] a play off berth. despite Head Of Commercial: Steve Brown 07809 I was hurting Bradford’s poor 489 370 [email protected] on Saturday and start they have Community Development: Darren the players were shown they too Wildman [email protected] hurting as well can pick up and I am sure Events Manager: Claire Kyle decent results [email protected] you as fans were so we will need hurting, that’s Physio: Dan Gabrielson to turn up in the football and right frame of Club Chaplain: Paul Taylor anyone who mind. Kit: Hamish Morton cares about Thanks for their team would have been Groundsman: Paul Brookes coming to the game tonight, disappointed. We didn’t turn listen in to my post match Programme Editor & Sales: Rob Urwin up and a number of players podcast on our website which contact [email protected] let themselves down. 077900-41514 we do after every game, win I will be taking stock of lose or draw unless the video Programme Design: Simon Cooper who is available on Monday camera fails to record any Excel Print Ltd before making a final sound as it did on Saturday to selection. New signing Website: Rob Urwin complete a bad day at the Marcus Wood will obviously Press Officer: Alan Jones office. Media Assistants: Amos Wynn & James Houghton be chomping at the bit to get a start and we all saw on Liam Technical Services: Les Rooney Saturday the impact Connor Club Shop Manager: Christine Classon Woods had on the game Club Shop Matchday: Christine Classon, when he came on. He’s a Kerry Hartwell & Michael Hopkins young raw talent who needs time to develop but maybe Matchday Announcer: Nicola Cave Managers notes sponsored by that time has come to give Photography Julia Urwin #ONEPORT03 WITH IAN KYLE BOARDROOM BRIEF Good evening and welcome everyone this league. It is up to Liam, Steve and I to this evening’s National League to determine, very quickly, who is North fixture against Hereford. A committed to that push for promotion, particularly warm welcome to who is not, and where we need to everyone, directors, staff and fans continue to build. We have scouts out who have made the long journey up watching two to three games per week from Hereford. It is not the easiest looking for those missing pieces of the journey on a Saturday, never mind a jigsaw. We have of course extended Tuesday night as we found out when contracts for Jack and more recently we had to make the journey to David so it can clearly be seen that we Hereford on a Tuesday evening last are investing in the future. Liam is season. basing his selection on what he sees in Everyone associated with training and on the pitch. To the Club is of course that end, hopefully Zehn, disappointed by our exit from Kieron and Connor can the FA cup, even more so continue to push for starting after the huge lift our run places and give Liam the kind last season gave us all. It of headache that every happens, we have no divine manager wants to have right to presume it should before a game! happen again this season and The message going forward we now need to pick is very much that we need to ourselves up and concentrate get over Saturday’s defeat, on what should be the get into the promotion places priority for this Club which is getting and stay there for the rest of the season. into the promotion places and staying We are more than capable of doing that there. For Liam, Steve and I, more particularly as we will continue to disappointing was the manner of the strengthen where necessary. defeat. We saw at Boston that for every The big plus from Saturday’s game player without exception it was a bad was the support that we again received, day at the office. The players picked up hopefully that will continue for the rest their collective performance and showed of the season! what they are capable of in a very professional display against Brackley, Ian Our Boardroom and then let themselves and everyone Notes else down on Saturday. are Sponsored By We should not however lose sight of Cobra Frames the fact that we are pushing for a play- off place and have lost only two in the last ten. We clearly have the nucleus of a side that can match and beat any side in 04#ONEPORT AROUND THE CLUB Whilst we were having a bad when we played at Bootham Crescent a few weeks ago yet we struggled so badly at home day at the office on Saturday to 18th place Altrincham. Funny old game the team we hammered in football isn’t it?! The National North clubs still in the FA Cup the previous round moved are Boston United who won 1-0 at up to 3rd place in the table. Hednesford, Altrincham, Darlington (won 3-0 at Tamworth) and York and I’m sure we all It’s hard to believe that wish them well in the draw and the next Farsley are third after we round. The sad goings on at the Haringey v Yeovil have completely outplayed game have been well documented, it is hard them on both occasions this to believe it is still going on in this day and age but it highlights there remains a problem season. It had been said that in this country and all the self righteous they have had a run of so comments coming from some England commentators after the game in Bulgaria are called easy games but a 4-2 made to look rather silly now. win at Alfreton takes some Elsewhere, Nathan Lowe was on the scoresheet in South Shields 1-1 home draw doing. They have now won against Grantham Town for whom Craig five league games in a row Westcarr was the scorer. The gate of 2014 is which equals the season’s pretty impressive at any NL level let alone NPL Premier. The goal was set up by Jason best set by King’s Lynn. Gilchrist. Basford United continue their promotion Elsewhere in the league AFC Telford push and bid for a place in our league next returned to winning ways with a fine 4-1 win season, I’m sure a few people would need to over Guiseley who had sat in the play offs on get the maps out to find out were Basford is? a crazy afternoon of results. Blyth had a good It’s a suburb with Nottingham for anyone 2-2 home draw against Chester and who doesn’t know. confirmed their resurgence. FC United’s improvement continued with a Our exit from the Cup at least means it will 3-2 win at Atherton Colls in front of 1019. be a Saturday trip to Spennymoor on Colls normal gate is around the 200 mark on November 9th, every cloud has silver lining so a good day. they say. Spenny exited at Chorley going After the four games played in our league down 2-0. on Saturday we moved down one place. Win King’s Lynn bit the dust at NPL Premier tonight and we could be up to sixth and a win League side Nantwich, whilst York City for Hereford would see them in fifth place. remain unbeaten in league and cup after a It’s an important game in terms of upward fine 2-0 win at home to Stockport County. movement for both sides. The irony is we could well have won at York #ONEPORT05 08#ONEPORT MARADONAANDTHEMAFIA By Neil Turner (BBC Radio Merseyside and Non League Paper) Football like other aspects of life is riddled with gossip, conspiracy theories and stranger than life fiction stories.