MPs
Southport &
Formby Division Two
| Home Venue: Mount Pleasant Hotel, 107 Manchester Rd, Southport PR9 9BD Tel: 01704 542421 | |
| Click here for location map of Mount Pleasant Hotel | |
| Secretary : Tony Evans |
Home Match Night: Monday |
| As Hightown, joined the Southport & Formby League in 1993, having previously played in the Northern League. In 1994 the team moved to the Berkeley Hotel. Since 1997 they have played at the current venue as the MPs | ||
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| Having won instant promotion to Division 1, they found the pace too hot to handle but on their return in 1996, they consolidated their position until the end of the 2001/2 season. They have been a successful cup side, winning four trophies in as many years. |
| Year | League | |
| 1994 1996 2007 |
Southport
& Formby Division 2 Southport & Formby Division 2 Southport & Formby Division 2 |
Runners-up
Runners-up Runners-up |
| Year | Cup | |
| 1995 1997 1997 1998 1999 2007 |
Maurice Jefferies
Plate Maurice Jefferies Plate Handicap Cup Maurice Jefferies Plate Maurice Jefferies Plate Handicap Cup |
Winners Winners Winners Winners Runners-up Runners-up |
| Tony Evans - Tony first began playing in a quiz league in 1985 when he set up the Punchbowl team, who played in the Northern division. He can still remember his first ever question, 'Lambert Simmel was an impostor who threatened the reign of which Monarch " Tony correctly answered Henry VII and the Punchbowl went on to win their first match. |
| Ann Evans - Tony's wife Ann has been playing in a quiz league since the early 1970's. Alongside her brother, Bill Thomas, she originally played for the Aintree Conservative Club and later AC Meadows. She is one of five current members of the MP's, to have worked in the teaching profession. |
| Daniel Evans - Dan currently works in the Civil Service, and is the son of Tony and Ann. He used to regularly watch the team play before becoming a regular player himself. |
| Dave Harrhy - Dave has been playing in a quiz league since 1988, when he was asked by Tony Evans to join his team. Dave and Tony taught at the same school in Croxeth Liverpool and a friendship was surely inevitable with both being Welshmen and very keen followers of Welsh Rugby. |
| Sara Gaskill - Sara works in the Nusing profession, and like Dan has become a regular for the MP's during the past few years. As the daughter of Tony and Ann and sister of Dan, she helped achieved the rare feat of all four members of the same family playing in a quiz match during the 2006 season. |
| Tony Cushing - Tony worked for many years in British Telecom. Alongside the other Tony in the squad, he is one of the two survivors to have played in the first Punchbowl match and still be involved in the team today. |
| Harry Surr - The MP's are very pleased to welcome back Harry Surr to the team. Harry returns from the 2006/07 season onwards, after nearly a decade away. Before his retirement Harry worked as a Head Teacher in Kirkdale, Liverpool. |
| Question Person Francis Cushing - Francis is the wife of Tony Cushing. She used to be a teacher in the same school as Ann and has been our question person for many years. |
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