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Southport FC
September 2020-21
A great win to start the month off put us right in contention at the top of the league. Two defeats followed in games that I thought we were the best side and could not believe that we did not win, I just hope that these lost chances dont come back to bite us at the end of the season. We finished off with two very good wins. The win over Wrexham was in particularly excellent as they are near the top as well. It is very tight at the top now I am not thinking about promotion yet I just want to keep in good form and then the table will take care of itself.
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Southport FC
August 2020-21
First up was a game against our big rivals from last year this would be a great gauge as to how our team has come along. We had a fantastic win to start the year. Bromley was up next and they were a tough opposition they are a good side and held us. We lost our next game in a bad way and if I am honest I am not sure why. We finished with three wins and another draw which was not a bad way to finish. We have scored a lot which is normal for us, one thing I am not too pleased with is the amount we are conceding its ridiculous at this stage we need tighten up a lot.
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Southport FC
Pre Season
As usual my pre season was more about making money than actually using it as a method to get the boys in shape. Although this pre season was great as we achieved both. Some great results in there should really gave me confidence for going into the next season. We have been given a pre season odds at 7-2 and a predicted finish off 5th which I personally think is a little ambitious even though we have had a good pre season.
Transfers
The only out was Jack Simpson who did not play too much last season and was going to have even less of a chance this year.
Charlie Rowan - Joins on a free from QPR will more than likely play at centre back for me and I think is very good for this level.
Conor Stanley - joins from Man Utd a winger I very much like, I think he will be able to play on both sides of the park for me
Tyler Garratt - joins on a free from Stockport, I think he is excellent and will be a first teamer for me
Kwame Thomas - another striker joining on a free
Enock Asante - Tottenham striker who I think is far too good for this level great striker
Jack Stobbs - super winger who joins from Sheffield Wednesday fantastic player
James Clark - right back in from Chelsea will do a very good job
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Southport FC
End of Season
Well what a fantastic season for us, we had a ridiculous amounts of points but still had to go up through the playoffs but in the end we did secure it. We did nothing in the FA Trophy but I am not too worried about that. In the FA Cup we went through to Rnd 2 before loosing to a League Two side.
Finances - Looking fairly poor to be fair but not as bad as they could have been at this stage.
Transfers - A lot of new players came in but not all played much, I think we built a very good squad and I think by the end of the year I had learnt how to get the most out of them
Key Players
Raul Correia - played above himself this year, lost his first team spot a little towards the end but always looked good of the bench and still scored.
Jamie Gray - its weird to think I am a little disappointed, he seemed to score a lot at the start of the season but dropped off a little. Still a great season though.
Kevan Hurst - a superb player who did excellent this year for me on either wing, I worry I may need to replace him due to his age next year.
Next Year
I think to be fair we will do well to stay up, that has to be the first aim. I am not sure how well we will match against the others in the league, we did beat one team last year so we could potentially hold our own but a season of survival I would take.
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Southport FC
May 2019-20
So it was to be the playoffs, we played Blyth first they had not lost since February, it was a close game and we were a little lucky to get past them. In the final it would be Altrincham who are a very good side and for a time were up a long side us for a while. We battered them and the promotion we deserved has been sealed.
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Southport FC
April 2019-20
Gutted is not the word, I dont think I have recorded this many points in the lower leagues and not won the league. We managed to beat Kidderminster and at this stage I thought I would be able to do it especially when they drew there next one to. We dropped points in a very poor game before finishing off the year with a win. We just did not have enough to secure the title. I will now have to pick up the boys and take them into the playoffs hopefully we get promotion as we deserve it.
Three wins in the month and three very very good wins.
The draw is one that I honestly believe that will cost us in the long run, Kidderminster our next up and it will be vital to win
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Southport FC
March 2019-20
Three wins in the month and three very very good wins.
The draw is one that I honestly believe that will cost us in the long run, Kidderminster our next up and it will be vital to win
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Southport FC
February 2019-20
Two great wins to start of the month to also keep clean sheets in these was fantastic, we looked absolutely incredible in these games and I was very pleased. The game against Hereford was very poor we through everything at them and just could not seem to break them down at all, it was very frustrating. I think it affected our confidence somewhat as in the last three games although we won we did not look sparkling in any of them and we found them a huge struggle, but we did get the wins. Kidderminster really have not let up I would say it will be a two horse race but we are very much needing mistakes to be made by them and we need to win.
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Southport FC
January 2019-20
I lost a striker that I was not really a fan off and replaced him with a much better striker with a free transfer from Fleetwood. I also got a defender in on loan from Bolton. A great win started off the month against a very decent side and I was confident of doing well. Two draws followed and I was particularly annoyed with the Leamington draw as we should be beating them. We then went down to nine men against Brackley and predictably lost. I am very worried as I do not think we will hold on to top spot much longer our form needs a dramatic improvement.
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Southport FC
December 2019-20
Poor month, out of the FA Cup in a result which makes it look like we played better than we did. Two wins in the league followed in two games which I think that we were expected to win. Despite dominating the rest of the games that we played in this month we only recorded one win. We lost two league games in which we seemed to throw away chances. We are also out the Trophy, again we should have won this. This has not been great and we have dropped closer to Altrincham, but also Kidderminster who have a lot of games in hand.
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Southport FC
November 2019-20
This month was another good one. We managed to sneak through both rounds of the cup and we will play Newport County in the next round of the FA Cup, they are decent League 2 side so I am not sure if we will go through but potentially a money spinning third round tie could be coming. We also got through the Trophy which I am less fussed about. In the league we got a massive win over our nearest rivals but then a poor draw against a poor team. We just cant seem to shake Kidderminster off.
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Southport FC
October 2019-20
I would say for the first time this year we actually met a couple of really good sides and did not do too badly. Two draws against teams near the top of the table is not too bad. We also got a great win in the FA Cup and we will go on to play Gateshead in the next round so I am hopeful we can go through to the 2nd round proper with a bit of luck. We have finally been knocked off the top of the table for the first time in a while, we will play Kidderminster in the next game which is going to be huge. We brought in one more play on loan at the end of the month who should add a little more quality to the squad.
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Southport FC
September 2019-20
The FA Cup began this month and Needham Market were the opponents, I took the chance to rest most of my first team as I felt we would still have enough to go through, in the end I had to bring three of the first team on just to get a draw, the first team returned for the replay and we beat them well. The league has gone ok, not as good as the start of the year we dropped some points but still find ourselves at the top of the table. We have added another midfielder and a defender who joins on loan from Sunderland
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Southport FC
August 2019-20
What a great start to the season. We have only conceded one goal and scored a daft amount of goals. As I suspected Jamie Gray was stupendous every time the ball is played behind the defence he is on it. He runs at the defence and just frightens them. The only result that was of any slight concern was the draw but in fairness we still battered them so I am not too worried. We have signed a few more players as well, another keeper and a winger on loan from Blackpool. Both have made their way into the first team squad.
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Southport FC
Pre Season 2019-20
We had a busy Pre Season as I managed to get some friendlies against some much bigger teams, in no way was this done for purely financial gains.
We had a busy time bringing players in. We needed some more depth in a few places as we have a very small squad and for some reason no under reserves or youth teams but I hope this will change.
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I wont show you all my signings but one I was very pleased with was Jamie Gray. He looks excellent at this level, I am hoping he will score a few
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Southport FC
I am new in these parts, well I say new I was around years ago but life got in the way and I cannot remember my logins. But here I am and I am taking control of one of my favourite clubs, as a boy I used to watch this lot a little bit and really enjoyed it so I thought I would take over the club and see how far I can take them. Its not the most of flashy saves in some of these far flung places you see it is just your basic English Lower League Save.
This is our home Haig Avenue (I will not be calling it the Pure Stadium as it is presently known) its a place that has seen league football in the 70s and honestly some massive names of the past have played here. Stan Mortenson and Luther Blissett would have been some of the biggest names here to play for the Sandgrounders. I am hoping I can create some of my own legends as I bring the club through the leagues or at least I hope.
( Just a note I will be stealing some of the layouts from some off the other guys in here if thats ok)
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Looks like a very tight league I like the Japanese player brought in he looks good. How is the young English striker for Boreham Wood doing?