retired_cathylynn820

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

retired_brittni10

thats so unlucky mate.

Keep the faith - you can do

KUTGW

retired_seabury

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

retired_nekh_20

Wahey! KUTGW etc etc.

retired_cathylynn820

"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

retired_nekh_20

Well done you big southpor poof!

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

KUTGW!!

retired_cathylynn820

<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

retired_cathylynn820

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

retired_blondielovespink

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.

retired_cathylynn820

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