donald

I could cry, I really wanted to start this update thread in triumph, but I could cry. In fact I feel the tears building up in my eyes.

As I said it started at Ävlsby in Sweden, but I got relegated in the first season. Iajafer was keen to point out that the problems I was experiencing were due to tactics, formations and instructions. Not being one to disregard the advice of my elders I took his advice to heart when I got the job that had become available at TN Solutions, however, after 2 relatively good seasons I got bored in Wales and resigned from my position and joined Southport. I did well in my first season at Southport earning a respectable 8th place in the conference and winning the FA Trophy. My 2nd season at Southport, which I just finished, had the board yet again wanting a respectable league position, but the lads and I had other ideas. We surged to the top of the table with the intend to challenge for promotion, and we challenged. For quite a while we were leading the pack with Chester as the main contenders.

In the end, however, Dag & Red had put themselves in a position where it was us or them, and it came down to the final day. Both teams were playing away against other top 5 teams, and at halftime we were ahead by 3-1 against Halifax, and as far as I was concerned there were smooth sailings ahead.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">********************************************* ************************************************** * English Conference - Saturday 29th April 2006********************************************** ************************************************** ================================================== ============================================== 2005/6 Table============================================= ================================================== =Pos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1st C Dag & Red 42 12 5 4 39 19 14 3 4 48 31 86 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2nd Southport 42 11 3 7 39 28 16 1 4 53 22 85 3rd Chester 42 16 3 2 41 16 8 3 10 24 27 78 4th Halifax 42 13 5 3 40 22 9 5 7 32 24 76 5th Scarborough 42 11 2 8 40 33 11 6 4 34 23 74 6th Hartlepool 42 9 6 6 45 39 11 7 3 45 31 73 7th Oxford 42 13 2 6 46 34 9 4 8 32 36 72 8th Margate 42 11 4 6 37 27 9 3 9 33 32 67 9th Enfield 42 14 3 4 43 27 6 3 12 27 37 66 10th Altrincham 42 10 4 7 23 20 8 7 6 33 26 65 11th Macclesfield 42 9 6 6 32 28 7 4 10 25 33 58 12th Gravesend 42 7 7 7 27 26 8 5 8 39 43 57 13th Halesowen 42 12 3 6 36 27 3 6 12 23 42 54 14th Woking 42 6 6 9 36 43 7 8 6 37 33 53 15th Doncaster 42 9 3 9 33 33 5 6 10 29 37 51 16th Nuneaton Borough 42 8 7 6 37 35 5 3 13 24 38 49 17th Hereford 42 6 7 8 28 34 6 4 11 35 46 47 18th Kettering 42 8 5 8 34 34 3 6 12 20 38 44 19th Hayes 42 4 7 10 28 41 7 4 10 36 42 44 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20th R Morecambe 42 7 2 12 34 39 5 4 12 26 40 42 21st R Canvey Island 42 4 3 14 26 43 4 3 14 23 40 30 22nd R Tiverton 42 4 4 13 21 42 0 2 19 12 44 18 </pre>

as you can see the 2nd half changed that. The game ended 4-4, not good enough for promotion. I will make a vow right here that I will not leave Southport before I get them out of the conference, but I'm still gutted

Wag

thats so unlucky mate.

Keep the faith - you can do

KUTGW

Bedford_Bulldog

TG!! KUTGW!!

Keep it going donald, I had a similar experience with Kettering and jacked it in and joined Bradford Park Avenue, only to see Kettering get promoted next season.

I had the last laugh, cos BPA passed Kettering in the third division three seasons later

Craig0

Wahey! KUTGW etc etc.

donald

"Any dream worth having is a dram worth fighting for."

Charles Xavier

We had a dream and we fought for it. The fight was led by a prolific forward who scored more goals than Stafford R did, thus beating the Conference record. The same striker set several Southport records this season as well, sadly he's now 32 years old and will probably retire in a couple of years. The team set 2 other records as well, Southport is the team who has scored the most goals and achieved the highest amount of points in Conference history.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ********************************************** English Conference - Saturday 28th April 2007********************************************** ************************************************** ================================================== ============================================== 2006/7 Table============================================= ================================================== =Pos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1st C Southport 42 15 4 2 58 30 14 3 4 57 31 94 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2nd Doncaster 42 13 6 2 39 20 14 2 5 44 24 89 3rd Chester 42 15 4 2 45 20 10 6 5 38 26 85 4th Altrincham 42 11 7 3 28 22 12 7 2 34 20 83 5th Woking 42 11 4 6 34 29 10 5 6 42 35 72 6th Halifax 42 10 5 6 36 23 10 4 7 37 31 69 7th Gravesend 42 8 12 1 46 34 7 8 6 35 34 65 8th Enfield 42 12 5 4 46 29 5 8 8 33 37 64 9th Oxford 42 10 3 8 39 37 10 1 10 37 39 64 10th Kettering 42 10 2 9 33 33 9 3 9 31 32 62 11th Northwich Vics 42 10 3 8 39 34 7 6 8 31 32 60 12th Hartlepool 42 10 4 7 35 28 6 6 9 42 45 58 13th Hayes 42 11 4 6 42 32 6 3 12 33 43 58 14th Kidderminster 42 10 5 6 36 34 6 2 13 23 34 55 15th Scarborough 42 10 5 6 36 34 4 7 10 28 38 54 16th Nuneaton Borough 42 8 5 8 32 35 5 5 11 33 45 49 17th Halesowen 42 10 4 7 32 28 2 8 11 24 38 48 18th Hereford 42 7 4 10 30 37 5 2 14 24 37 42 19th Margate 42 6 4 11 22 31 4 2 15 16 34 36 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20th R Telford 42 5 7 9 29 40 1 6 14 12 37 31 21st R Macclesfield 42 7 2 12 29 29 1 4 16 14 35 30 22nd R Stafford R 42 5 1 15 17 42 0 2 19 13 56 18 </pre>

Yeah you guessed it we achieved the promotion we were denied during the previous season. I'm ecstatic this is by far my greatest achievement in CM, and if I have anything to say about it they can put CM4 on hold for a good while.

3rd Division here we come

Craig0

Well done you big southpor poof!

I agree a dream worth having is a dram worth fighting for!

KUTGW!!

donald

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Craigtheman0:
Well done you big southpor poof!

I agree a dream worth having is a _dram_ worth fighting for!

KUTGW!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Just trying to teach you a new Danish word

donald

The only reason this looks as tight as it does is that my mid-season slump lasted longer than it usually does. The truth is tha we had a phenomenal season. By x-mas I was pretty much certain I would win promotion, but that's when things started to go downhill. Premier teams had poached our best players and our consistency suffered. So with 10 games to go I purchased 2 Welsh midfield hardmen to stabilize the team, and it worked.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ********************************************** English Third Division - Saturday 24th May 2008********************************************** ************************************************** ================================================== ============================================== 2007/8 Table============================================= ================================================== =Pos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1st C Southport 46 16 5 2 52 27 13 4 6 48 37 96 2nd P Yeovil 46 14 5 4 48 30 15 3 5 44 25 95 3rd P Peterborough 46 18 3 2 44 20 10 2 11 33 36 89 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4th Dag & Red 46 13 8 2 40 22 6 10 7 35 40 75 5th P Scunthorpe 46 11 5 7 34 31 11 4 8 36 31 75 6th Swindon 46 8 9 6 24 22 11 5 7 39 28 71 7th Wycombe 46 12 3 8 33 29 8 8 7 25 30 71 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8th Barnet 46 11 4 8 29 22 9 6 8 25 20 70 9th Brentford 46 10 7 6 45 35 10 3 10 42 44 70 10th Wrexham 46 8 8 7 29 27 10 4 9 42 43 66 11th Shrewsbury 46 9 9 5 28 24 6 11 6 25 26 65 12th Darlington 46 12 5 6 36 16 5 7 11 27 35 63 13th Lincoln 46 10 6 7 45 34 7 6 10 25 25 63 14th Rochdale 46 12 6 5 37 27 5 6 12 26 39 63 15th Barnsley 46 10 6 7 48 48 6 5 12 35 52 59 16th Bury 46 9 7 7 45 34 6 5 12 28 42 57 17th Wigan 46 9 4 10 29 32 6 8 9 31 33 57 18th Cambridge Utd 46 12 4 7 36 28 4 3 16 12 34 55 19th Farnborough 46 10 5 8 48 41 4 6 13 33 51 53 20th Bournemouth 46 10 6 7 39 30 4 3 16 33 57 51 21st Mansfield 46 7 5 11 44 49 3 8 12 33 45 43 22nd York 46 8 4 11 34 38 2 9 12 25 42 43 23rd Walsall 46 5 7 11 33 41 2 7 14 28 51 35 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------24th R Notts Co 46 4 7 12 33 47 3 5 15 24 47 33 </pre>

I'm very happy that Dag & Red didn't achieve promotion, they've been a thorn in my side for ages.

I have very few complaints about this season, but I fear the 2nd Division won't be as easy as this was.

But to the point WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My third ever promotion in CM

shawng1

I've never found the jump from 3rd to 2nd that tough. If you have good squad depth, there's no reason you can't go up in 2 years on the outside.

donald

Southport 2nd Division 2008/9
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<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> 4th Southport 46 12 4 7 53 40 12 4 7 49 36 80 </pre>

A pretty good season that in the end gave us hope for promotion, a hope that was shattered as Stockport beat us by 1 goal in the playoff semi. I've started trimming the squad of all the conf level players still hanging around who are starting to suffer at this level and I have high hopes for the future.

btw my non-update thread crusade has been cut short, after reviewing my list most of the topics just seemed to GQish, I haven't thrown in the towel yet though