Southport v Oldham: The Heat and the Flies

The Southport team for tonight was:

John Bagnall Keeper
Shaun Foster Def.
Lee Roache Def.
Dan Bromilow Def.
Matty McGinn Def.
Carl Osman Mid
Tom Fields Mid
Joe Fowler Fwd
Paul Brown Mid.
Paul Hart Fwd
Rob Dutton Fwd
Michael Powell Def

Phil Palethorpe Keeper
Shaun Tierney Mid
Kevin Lee Fwd
Steve Williams
David Brooks

The first half saw all the action, amongst the heat and the flies the game kicked off. Oldham were clearly the better side and despite a lot of shouting from Bagnall Oldham were allowed to score 4 goals with easy style. Matty McGinn, one of the few to have played last season had the best performance, he put some good free kicks and crosses in and managed to hit the post on the half hour mark. Tierney and Osman showed some skill and Powell looked confident when he came on. Chris Lane was on the pitch at half time.
The second half was quieter. Shaun Foster came on (again) for McGinn and looked disturbingly like the love child of Daly and Pickford...
Oldham got another goal before the end and a hot air balloon floated across the dusk sky.
the best players were McGinn, Powell and Tierney. Cook will have to decide if they are up to Conference standard or have the potential to be. Fingers crossed tomorrow night is a bit more competitive!

For Oldham Chris Hall (hat-trick) and Paul Edwards looked the best, I would be happy if the team playing in blue was going to be starting for Southport on August 12th.