Sports NeWS
February - March 2021
South Hit The Top... Again As local football returned from the November lockdown, South Liverpool FC’s senior teams (all eight of them!) have had successful returns through December although only eleven games have been played as the weather has been particularly unkind to our four veterans teams who all play on grass! In the one week available in January before our third lockdown only three of our teams were able to play. Of course, discussion is now starting about whether the season can be finished and whether it is going to be possible for the first team to get promoted to the North West Counties League. The first team had a very difficult schedule by playing the only two other unbeaten teams in the first division of the West Cheshire League. However, South won them both, 2-0 at Mossley Hill with goals from Stuart Cornfoot and Brad Williams and 2-1 at Mersey Royal with two more goals from Williams. The latter has been in terrific scoring form and notched an amazing seven goals in a 9-1 demolition of Redgate Rovers with two more for centre forward, Cameron Dalton. The 100% record in December has put the team back on the top of the league with a three-point cushion as we fall into lockdown again. The reserves, playing in the second division of the West Cheshire League, had their first win since September with a 4-2 win over lowly Neston Nomads with another hat-trick for veteran striker Curtis Cummins. The win moved the team into mid-table and their excellent 1-0 win over one of the promotion candidates, Heswall, consolidated that position. The goal was scored by substitute Alex Bishop who at 41 years is one of the club’s oldest ever scorers.
Alex plays regularly for our veterans teams but last scored an open-age goal for the club 10 years ago! The third team had a spectacular December, playing two home games and scoring an amazing 17 goals into the bargain. A 6-1 win over lowly Mexoc was trumped by an 11-1 crushing of mid-table Alumni Reserves with five goals for Mike Thomas and three for Joe Ferguson. Since new year the team were narrowly beaten 2-1 by one of their main rivals for the title, Netherley Athletic. The club’s youth team have remained top of the youth division of the West Cheshire League after a 3-3 draw at unbeaten Maghull and a 4-1 home win over lowly Netherley Wood Lane Legion under the Friday evening lights at the Jericho Lane sports complex. Since New Year they have played once, losing 6-4 against one of their main rivals,
Mossley Hill, after holding a 4-2 lead with 10 minutes to go. Two of our veterans teams have not played a game due to a combination of Covid and the bad weather. However, our Saturday first team, who play in the I-Zingari Combination Over 40s first division, have won their only game by 3-0 at lowly Waterloo Grammar School Old Boys. Leading goalscorer Alex Bishop scored another hat-trick to retain the team’s position at the top of the league. Our Sunday veterans first team advanced to the second round of the league cup by crushing Earlestown Athletic 8-1 with another hat-trick for Curtis Cummins. The latest lockdown makes the future of football at local level extremely uncertain but all our players are ready to go when we get the all-clear. by Jim Stanway
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