South Liverpool begin new season

With South Liverpool’s first team season finishing in mid April, preparation for the new season is already underway. Friendlies can only start from the beginning of July and so South’s matches have already begun.

Two games against higher ranked opposition from the North West Counties League Premier division have already taken place. Both games were impressive displays from South, resulting in a home 2-2 draw with Litherland Remyca and an away 1-1 draw with AFC Liverpool. The former game saw South recover from 2-0 down to equalise with two close-range goals from Josh Bridge. The latter saw South recover from 1-0 down with a late James Cottrell goal and should have won when a last minute penalty kick hit the crossbar.

The first team have three main sponsors for the new season with Knox Facilities Management sponsoring the home kit, Bliss Recruitment sponsoring the away kit and Fuelstation sponsoring the alternative blue kit. The club’s thanks go to all three companies.

The club’s Reserves have already started their friendly campaign with a 1-1 draw at St Helens Town Reserves and a 1-0 home win against Chester Nomads. After finishing fourth last season, the team’s best ever finish in the WestCheshire League, they are now looking to improve even more and gain promotion to the first division.

The club’s third team have transferred to the Liverpool Premier League and been allocated a place in their first division (one below their premier division) and are yet to commence their pre-season campaign.

The club also welcomes a new team to compete in the North West Youth Alliance which is an Under 18 Sunday competition. This is new ground for the club but we are confident that the lads (all of whom are under 17) will give a good account of themselves.