Southport 1 Rushden & Diamonds 2

The day started with some Guantanamo Bay style torture courtesy of the PA playing an endless version of You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) by Dead or Alive. Strikerless Southport played some good passing football in midfield but had nothing upfront. Southport had more shots than R&D until the deadlock was broken. The first goal came while Southport were frozen, rooted to the ground. The second from a free kick. Southport didnt look like they could get back into the game but when Baker was fouled in the box Southport got and scored a penalty.

Southport desperately need at least one striker.Midfield players cannot be relied upon to get all the goals or to play upfront in the strikers role. Jackson works hard but where are his goals?

Man of the Match: Chris Lane

Southport 0 Woking 0

The first game of the season. After all the preseason talk it was good to get back to some football. Southport played well, there was some good attacking football and the passing was an improvement on last season. Ryan Robinson was very good and made some saves that wouldn't be out of place on the Match of the Day highlights, but Ryan wasn't the only player making great saves. Chris Lane, who remains part-time, put in a truely professional performance. My man of the match, Chris made some important tackles and kept the score at 0-0 with some goal line clearances. Dino is clearly a midfield player these days but he played some good football. Baker made some good tackles, but often dallied on the ball. Baker is my tip for being the first yellow to see a red card. Robbie Booth came on in the second half and looked like the player we had been told about when he moved to us from Chester. He had pace and wasnt scared to get stuck in. It might take me a while before I can comment on the rest of the team but I did notice Smith looking good and Hoolickin improved after looking lacking in confidence .
Southports best chance of a goal was a penlty taken by Boyd which hit the post.
Leaving the ground with the score 0-0 I couldnt help but think of the striker who left recently, Steve Daly.
Over all a positive performance.

Seasons Eve

Twas the night before kick off... Today I bought the new home and away shirts. Very nice Nike shirts, as good as if not better than the England shirts. Well done to SFC for listening to the fans complaints about the rubbish kits. I am sure the team will appreciate running out in a new kit.
There have been a lot of chnages since the start of last season, the squad is almost completely different, the coaches and manager have changed, the attitude of the club has changed and SFC are now a fulltime proffesional club. Last season we went up only hoping to stay up, this time expectations and aspirations are higher. We still need players to come into the side but the club has successfully cleared out the part time players who couldnt commit and have brought in a squad that more than matched League sides in the preseason. the future is bright the future is yellow!

Steve Dickinson to leave

Southport's number 1 is leaving the club. It is sad to see a real Southport legend leave the club. I wish him all the best for his future career. Also gone is Steve Daly. Last seasons hero has gone to be with Terry fearns at Droylsden.