Issue #37 - v South Liverpool FC (06/01/2024) [Edward Case Trophy]

OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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SATURDAY 06 JANUARY 2024 The Edward Case Trophy vs SOUTH LIVERPOOL FC KO 3:00PM

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ood afternoon and welcome to Rakesmoor Lane for today’s Edward Case Trophy (First Division Challenge Cup) fixture against South Liverpool FC. Welcome back after what has hopefully been a pleasant festive period with your friends and family.

It is time to get into the business end of the season now. We have a few games in hand on some around us, so we need to make those games in hand count and put the points on the board, giving ourselves a chance come February, March, and April.

Today’s cup fixture gives us a chance to get a game in before returning to league action, and today’s opponents, South Liverpool, always prove to be tough opposition; we need to make sure we start this year quickly and try and get into a run of form as early as possible.

There are a few key injuries to the likes of Josh, who we hope to have back in a couple of weeks, along with Tommy. Tyler misses out today through suspension. However, we welcome Brandon back into our squad today, and he has been a huge loss since he picked up his knock in October.

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OPPO FACTSHEET COLOURS White NICKNAME South GROUND NAME Jericho Lane CAPACITY 1,000 RECORD ATTENDANCE N/A CURRENT POSITION 2nd

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lthough the name South Liverpool FC first came about in the late 19th century, the clubs that bore that name until 1921 had no connection with the current club, although enjoying success before the First World War. The current club was founded in April 1935 to respond to the increasing South end population and began playing in the 1935/36 season in the Lancashire Combination at Holly Park.

Success was immediate, and by the outbreak of the Second World War, the Lancashire Combination had been won three times in succession, as had the Lancashire Challenge Trophy and, most impressively, South defeated Cardiff City 2-1 in the Welsh Cup final at Wrexham in 1939.

The resumption of football after the war saw South in the Cheshire League, but it was never to bear the success of the pre-war years. South went back to the Lancashire Combination in 1952. The mid-sixties saw success under manager Alan Hampson sufficient to qualify by right for the Northern Premier League.

South would always struggle against wealthier, wellsupported clubs at this standard. In 1983/84, South enjoyed their best post-war season under John King & George Rooney, then Brian Griffiths, as they annexed the NPL League Cup, the Lancashire Challenge Trophy and the Liverpool Senior Cup. South’s success was not built upon, and while two more Liverpool Senior Cup wins followed along with the NPL Presidents Cup, Holly Park was lost in 1989, and the limited company was liquidated in 1991.

Holly Park was later converted to the impressive Liverpool South Parkway station.

South supporters had already formed a committee to take over the football club and, in 1992, were in the Liverpool County Combination. A nomadic home was then South’s main issue, but the dawn of the Millennium secured its home at the North Field, Jericho Lane, Otterspool.

South were consistent top-half finishers in the Liverpool Combination / Liverpool County FA Premier League and won the George Mahon Cup at Goodison Park in May 2009.

In 2011 South decided to switch to the West Cheshire League and immediately won two consecutive divisional titles to be in the top division in 2014. The First Division was won in 2015 and retained in 2016 when two cups were added, making it a triple-winning season.

2019 saw South’s home ground move 200 yards to the Jericho Hub, where the stadium pitch has been fitted with floodlights, cover and stand. After cancelling the 2019/20 season, South stepped up and took the league title in 2021, achieving promotion to the North West Counties League for 2021/22, thirty years after our semi-pro status had been lost.

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OPPO South’s reserves will continue to play in division two of the West Cheshire League. The club boast a third adult team and four Vets sides. Our senior youth team (Under 18) operate in the West Cheshire League Youth Division.

The club’s youth set-up has teams in the Liverpool Premier Junior Leagues, Belle Vale Junior and Merseyside & Halewood, making the club one of the biggest in the City.

South boast several well-known ex-players, including Jimmy Case and John Aldridge, who both started their careers at South.

Manager Martin Ryman has been at the club’s helm since 2001 and is South’s longest-ever serving manager and played for South between 1992 and 2000. His assistant is Stephen Ward, who made 427 first-team appearances in goal for South, a club record along with coach David Cringle.

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PLAYER SPONSO

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JOE AMISON

JAY BARKER

CALLUM BAYNES

BRANDON COLLINS

LUKE DAVEY

TOM DAWSON

DYLAN ELLIS

FRANKIE ELLIS

CALLUM FAWCETT

FARRYL FOSTER

JAMIE HODGSON

SAM JOEL

ORS JACK LITHERLAND

HAKAN MCCRACKEN

JOE MCGLADDERY

WILL MCGLADDERY

LUKE MITCHELL

NATHAN REID

GARETH SMITH

SAM STEPHENS

TOM STEPHENSON

KEVIN WATKIN

TYLER WOOD

JOSH WOODEND

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MANAGER KEVIN WATKIN & DAVID ROUND

MANAGER LEE HILL

Joe AMISON Jay BARKER Callum BAYNES Brandon COLLINS Luke DAVEY Tom DAWSON Dylan ELLIS Frankie ELLIS Callum FAWCETT Farryl FOSTER Jamie HODGSON Samuel JOEL Jack LITHERLAND Finley MARTIN Hakan McCRACKEN Joseph McGLADDERY William McGLADDERY Luke MITCHELL Nathan REID Samuel STEPHENS Tom STEPHENSON Kevin WATKIN Tyler WOOD Joshua WOODEND

Mohamed ABDI Lucas ALLAN Adam BEARDSWORTH Harvey BILLINGTON Oscar BILLINGTON Alexander BIRMINGHAM Christopher BRAMELL Joshua BRIDGE Ben BURNS Dominic CAIN Nathan CONLAN Regan CONNOLLY James COTTRELL Kevin CRINGLE Gavin DORAN Stephen DOYLE Declan GALLAGHER Cameron GLENNON Charlie GLENNON Alex GRIFFITHS Fidan HAJDARI Owen HOUGH Michael JAGO Ryan JONES Matthew JONES-MOLYNEUX Andrew LLOYD Jacob MCCOY Harry MCLEOD Rio MERRIFIELD Konstantinos MISIOS Yusef MOHSIN Mason NEVITT Elliot OWEN Lee RODGERS Josh RYMAN Kian SKINLEY Lewis SMITH Michael THOMPSON Francis TURKINGTON Ethan VAN-ASTON Peter WEBSTER Lewis WILLIAMS Alex WOODCOCK Habib ZEBIDA