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ARCHIVE NEWS:
SEPTEMBER 04 to DECEMBER 05
JANUARY 06 to APRIL 06
MAY 06 to AUG 06
SEPT
06 to DEC 06 JAN 07
FEB 07
MAR 07
APR 07
MAY 07
30 May Steve Burr installed as manager of
Stalybridge. That 20/1 looks a bit of a tempter as well now!
29 May Slightly different statement from
Rhyl today, it may not be a done deal after all.
2007/08 Odds from Blue Square
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Tamworth |
5/1 |
Hucknall Town |
18/1 |
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Altrincham |
6/1 |
Hyde United |
20/1 |
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Southport |
6/1 |
Stalybridge Celtic |
20/1 |
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Kettering Town |
15/2 |
Alfreton Town |
25/1 |
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Harrogate Town |
10/1 |
Solihull Moors |
28/1 |
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Hinckley United |
12/1 |
Barrow |
40/1 |
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AFC Telford |
14/1 |
Burscough |
40/1 |
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Workington |
14/1 |
Gainsborough Trinity |
50/1 |
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Nuneaton Borough |
14/1 |
Vauxhall Motors |
50/1 |
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Blyth Spartans |
16/1 |
Leigh RMI |
66/1 |
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Worcester City |
16/1 |
Redditch United |
66/1 |
Tempted by the 14/1 on Telford. 6/1 for us, maybe
worth seeing what happens in the next couple of weeks.
28 May From the Rhyl site:
MIDFIELDER
Conall Murtagh has left Rhyl to join
Conference North club Southport, it was
revealed today.
Murtagh, 21, was made an offer that was "too
good to refuse" by Sandgrounders boss Peter
Davenport, the former Bangor City manager.
Northern
Ireland under-21 international Murtagh had
an outstanding first season at Belle Vue,
but found the lure of financial stability
while a student hard to resist.
“Conall’s a student at Manchester University
and Southport’s offer of a full-time
contract is the main reason behind his
departure,” said Rhyl boss John Hulse.
“I’d like to thank him for everything he did
at Rhyl, he was a good signing.
"He thanked us, the players, the board and
supporters for making his time so enjoyable
at Rhyl. He also told me he thought there
would be less travelling and better pitches
in the Conference North, but I disagree on
both counts.
"He might change his mind when he has to
travel to Blyth Spartans on a bleak midweek
winter night."
Murtagh started his career with Ballymena
United and Crusaders before being spotted by
Hearts. He made his Scottish League debut
while on loan at Raith Rovers in January
2005. Following his release from Tynecastle,
he spent pre-season with Sligo Rovers and
then played in the reserves at Altrincham
after arriving in Manchester as a student.
The Irishman joined Connah's Quay for 2005/6
but left at the end of the campaign and
signed for Rhyl .
Murtagh made 23 full league appearances for
the Lilywhites, scoring just one goal, but
as the season wore on he really came into
his own and emerged as a big favourite among
the fans.
26 May Carl Baker called up for National
Game X1, a well deserved honour.
25 May Friendlies update, still to be
confirmed:
17 July Away Chorley 19 July Away Prescot 21 July
Home Rochdale 24 July Away Fleetwood 25 July Home v Tranmere 28 July Home v
Macclesfield 2 Aug Home v Morecambe.
23 May Best of luck to AC Milan, please
don't mess it up this time! You can get 10/1 on Liverpoo to win on pens on
Skybet, that is buying money with their record. Can't help but laugh at the poor
unfortunate Liverpoo fans whose plane got cancelled and couldn't make the game.
Such a shame! Working in the wonderful City as I do it was quite impressive to
see the amount of red on the streets and it wasn't all blood, my singing of AC
Milan, AC Milan didn't seem to go down too well though for some reason.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to AC Milan. You
have made me a very happy man tonight!!!!!!!!! I almost wish I was going in to
work tomorrow now. I took the day off just in case they won again! Thanks to
everyone for the text messages, anyone would think I had something against
Liverpoo. Me? Never!! Of course they were robbed according to the darlings on
Radio 5, it's all the refs fault!
22 May The article below is on the superb
Altrincham news site, whoever does that site is my hero. It has everything you
need to know about NL football. Great work!
Guy Heffernan insists he won’t return to Barrow as
long as Phil Wilson is manager. The out-of-contract defender says he was offered
a non-contract deal by the Bluebirds chief last week. However, following a
season of being overlooked by Wilson and with other clubs interested, Heffernan
will look to kick-start his career elsewhere. 'He’s phoned me up and offered me
a new deal, but I don’t think I’ll take it', said the Barrow-born-and-based
23-year-old. 'He said he has to downsize the squad for next season and he wants
me to be part of the sixteen. But he never guaranteed me first-team football.
I’ve been offered first-team football at other places and on a lot better money
as well'. He added: 'I’d like to come back and play for the club, but not under
Phil, I don’t think I’ll play under him again. I just don’t like him to be
honest and I don’t think he’s good for the club'... A regular at right back
under ex-boss Lee Turnbull, Heffernan, despite being fit almost the entire
season, made just two league appearances, both as a sub... Frustrated at the way
things had worked out, Heffernan didn’t turn up for the last two games of the
season, choosing instead to play and captain Barrow Cricket Club’s second team.
The player says he was fined two weeks wages by the club as a result. 'I spoke
to Phil about three times all last season', says Heffernan. 'His man-management
skills are awful. We had an argument the season before and I think he just bore
a grudge from that. He doesn’t talk to me, I’m just like an outsider to him. Me,
Steve Ridley and Steve Flitcroft I’d say are the outsiders because we’re not his
boys - we were not people he’s brought in'. By the end of last season Heffernan,
who joined the Bluebirds in early 2004, was the only Barrow-based player in the
Barrow first-team squad. 'People will say it’s sour grapes because I never got
picked,', he said. 'It’s not a case of that. Last season I wasn’t a player, I
was basically a supporter more than anything. I want the club to do well and
will still look for their results... I know I’m good enough to play in the
team... The board had this bright idea that Phil Wilson would come in with this
brilliant record he’s had in the past and that it would rub off on Barrow...
People can say we’re now training together, but what has it actually done? We’ve
gone further down the league than when under Lee Turnbull'" reports the
NW Evening Mail
20 May Morecambe v Exeter Conf Play Off
Final at Wembley sees Morecambe progress to the Football League with a 2-1 win
after being 1-0 down. Morecambe were promoted (as Runners Up behind Marine) to
The Conference in 1994/95. Congratulations to The Shrimps. A gate of 40,043 is a
Conf Play Off final high.
19 May What a shocker of a Cup Final, I
actually fell asleep in the first half!
Mileage Chart for 2007/08 added to site.
Interesting to note that Alty travel the least miles with just 1675 (one way).
Blyth have the highest total with 3863 and Workington have 3819 which is just 2 miles fewer than we
had in Conference National. If Workington had gone through the play offs to
Conference national they would have racked up some miles, 768 to and from
Weymouth, you would struggle to do that as a part time club. Our total of 2110
is the 10th highest in the League although some of the mileages on this chart
are a bit different to those I have used in the past. 135 to Alfreton? I have it
as 97 and my total is 2008.
18 May Interesting AGM last night, very
upbeat and positive, lots of praise for the way TIY have progressed in the first
12 months.
Spoke to Dav about friendlies. They are all
subject to confirmation and amendment but as it stands they are:
17 Jul Away Chorley, 19 July Away Prescot, 21 July
Home Rochdale, 23 or 24 July Away Fleetwood 25 July Home v Tranmere, 28 July tba
4 Aug possibly a game. Macclesfield are other possible opponents.
16 May Gate prices are frozen at £11 Ground
and £12.50 Stand.
Season Ticket details:
Main Stand adults £210.00 and Concessions £142.80
Ground Adults £184.00 and Concessions £126.00
Secondary school pupils 11 - 16 just £50.00
Students with a Student Union card will be admitted at the applicable
Concessionary rate.
Season tickets will be on sale from Monday 4th June until Friday 29th June at
the following times:-
Monday 10.00am – 8.00pm
Tuesday 10.00am – 4.00pm
Wednesday 10.00am – 8.00pm
Thursday 10.00am – 4.00pm
Friday 10.00am – 4.00pm
14 May Farsley Celtic are promoted to Blue
Square National so the final make up of Blue Square North is now known. The
three highlighted will be new grounds for me although, having just seen some
pictures of the new Nuneaton ground I would suggest that if we are playing them
anytime before January 08 we will be playing at their old ground!
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Alfreton |
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Altrincham |
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Barrow |
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Blyth Spartans |
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Burscough |
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Gainsborough Trinity |
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Harrogate |
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Hinckley Utd |
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Hucknall Town |
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Hyde Utd |
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Kettering |
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Leigh RMI |
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Nuneaton |
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Redditch Utd |
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Solihull Moors |
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Stalybridge |
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Tamworth |
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Telford |
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Vauxhall Motors |
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Worcester |
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Workington |
13 May Just when it looks like Wigan are on
the way back to where they belong, they manage to survive!
Official site states that Matt Hocking has also
signed up for next season.
12 May Just been updating all my
spreadsheets and printing them out and doing a full audit. I hadn't realised
that the 4-0 win at G&N was our best away win in our Conference career.
10 May TIY Meeting at Grandstand Club
7.30 start.
9 May Looks like Boston could be in a mess
and may not be able to take their place in BSQ Premier which would mean a
reprieve for Altrincham. I guess Boston would be allocated to BSQ North. Alty or
Boston, I know which one I would prefer to visit. Boston is a long journey!
8 May Great news from the Official Site:
HOLLAND AT HAIG AVENUE NEXT SEASON
Chris Holland signed a new contract at Haig Avenue
today. The former Preston North End, Birmingham and Newcastle midfield star has
been named the Port's new club captain by manager Peter Davenport. Holland
joined the Sandgrounders in the final third of the season from Boston United and
quickly emerged as a leader on the pitch in his midfield general role. A
delighted Peter Davenport said "Chris made a big impression in the run in and he
is a massive signing for us. Chris has plenty of experience and it shows our
supporters we intend to have quality players in our full time squad next season.
I have several irons in the fire at present and we will be announcing more news
shortly. Today we have re-signed both Chris and Michael Powell."
MICHAEL POWELL WITH PORT NEXT SEASON
Michael Powell has pledged his
future to the Port today. The versatile ex PASE Caterforce youth team graduate
who came to Haig Avenue after being released by Preston at sixteen years of age
has re-signed for next season. Peter Davenport said "Michael has tremendous
ability, he can play at right back, centre half or in midfield. I believe
Michael will develop further as a player next season.
Oxford v Exeter goes to
penalties with Exeter winning. What a great game it sounded on the radio. Those
commentators were superb, what passion they showed for their team! One rule I
would change though is that the Play Offs should never go to pens. The team finishing
highest in the table should go through.
7 May My personal review of the 2006/07
season is now complete and can be found
HERE
6 May
Photo Gallery
Updated. Some photos have been removed to free up some space and
organise the gallery in a more user friendly way. The photos still need
labelling which will be done in the next few days.
5 May
Southport Supporters v Southport Players & Staff at Haig Ave Kick Off
11am. Admission £4 Adults £2 Children with a £1 reduction for TIY Members. A
very lucky 11-5 win for the Players & Staff! Excellent day sees TIY raise in the
region of £800 from the event. Thank you to everyone for your support, Dave
Pennington for doing the gate and everyone at the club for their co-operation in
getting the game on. Particular thanks to the players for taking the time out to
play, it was much appreciated by all the lads who played against you.
We are hoping to stage a cricket match next! Watch
this site, Port Chat and the official club site for more details.
TIY have a photo cd
available from the game. It contains 189 jpeg images from the day and is
available for £2 to TIY members £3 to others. Will be made to order so please
contact me via e-mail or telephone to order a copy.
I will have them available at the TIY meeting on Thursday or arrangements can be
made to pick them up or drop them off at other times.
We will be playing
Kettering and Workington next season as both fail in the play offs. Telford are
also promoted. I think the Blue Square North will be quite strong next season. I
was hoping to get Kettering out of the way. The final BS North place will go to
either Farsley or Hinckley who contest the play off final. Farsley in Blue
Square National?!
4 May A strong team is promised for
tomorrow's game against TIY
Fan Profiles Updated. All that I have received are
now in the Fan Zone
Starting from
4 May 07 a number of the pages are being updated, revamped
and hopefully improved. Some links may temporarily not work
and some things may disappear but it will be worth it! NEWS
& VIEWS will provide updates. If I do take anything off that
somebody needs please feel free to get in touch with me.
3 May TIY have copies of the Gravesend
& Northfleet v Southport game available on DVD for just £5 with all the proceeds
going to TIY funds. Please contact me if you would like a copy.
1 May
The TIY auction saw myself and Jose
Mourinho win the managers job with a bid of £75. Jose now has other pressing
arrangements for Saturday. If anyone wants to outbid us and take on the role I
am happy to open it up for offers. I am sure we can raise more than £75 and all
the money will go to TIY. Contact me by e-mail or phone 077900-41514.
It will be a challenging job, a number of the players have advised me that they
are looking to "take care" of one of the team and suggested to me that I will
need to have a good physio. An early substitution will probably be needed (as
well as an ambulance) so you will be kept on your toes all day!
From The Official Site:-
SANDGROUNDERS
MAINTAIN AMBITION
PORT LOOKING TO
ACHIEVE
BOUNCEBACKABILITY
Southport Football
Club announced on
Tuesday that they
will be retaining
full time playing
status next season.
This is a highly
ambitious decision
at Haig Avenue and
shows the clubs
determination to be
highly competitive
as they kick off
next season. Manager
Peter Davenport
finished the season
with an impressive
run of performances
and the former
Manchester United
and Nottingham
Forest star has now
been given the go
ahead to build his
full time squad for
the Blue Square
North next season.
Davenport’s last
Conference home
match saw a record
home league
attendance at Haig
Avenue in 33 years
and with that amount
of enthusiasm in the
town the hope is
there will be a
winning habit at
Haig Avenue next
season.
Chairman Charlie
Clapham and Vice
Chairman Sam
Shrouder have given
the go ahead to be
full time for a
second season and
the intention is to
return to the Blue
Square Premier as
quickly as possible.
Supporters in the
town will be
impressed by the
clubs decision to
start the season as
possibly the only
Blue Square North
club operating as a
full time club.
Kettering Town are
currently full time
and are now in the
play offs aiming to
achieve Blue Square
Premier status.
Chairman Charlie
Clapham stated “
Following what has
been a very
difficult
transitional season
from Part Time to
Full Time to reverse
this after one
season could be seen
as a negative
policy, the manager
believes that to
remain Full Time
gives the club the
best chance of
regaining our
National status at
the earliest
opportunity, the
club will operate on
an affordable budget
which the manager is
fully supportive of.
We believe our
supporters will see
our course of action
as being very
positive laying down
our marker that we
must get back in the
National division as
a priority”
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