Southport FC
| Home Venue: Southport Football Club, Haig Avenue, Southport PR8 6JZ - Tel: 01704 530182 | |
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Secretary : Geoff Wilde |
Home Match Night: Monday |
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 Mike Hopkins and the late Don Lee receive the 2002 Runners-up trophy in the Maurice Jefferies Plate from Vice-Chair Wendy Cunningham Recent squad (left) - Created something of a record in an away Handicap Cup match on May 22nd 2001 when 4 modes of transport were used to travel to Formby as follows: Geoff Wilde (car), Mick Hopkins (train), John Hill (bicycle) and Don Lee (taxi). |
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On 27th January 2003, SFC played their 500th league match and scored their 18,000th point. Pictured (l to r) are Geoff Wilde, John Hill, Mick Hopkins and the late Don Lee Photograph by Ron Ellis |
LEAGUE TROPHIES
| Year | League | |
| 1985 1986 |
Southport
Division 2 Southport Division 2 |
Runners-up Champions |
| Year | Cup | |
| 1984 1986 1988 1989 1996 2002 |
Handicap
Cup Handicap Cup Maurice Jefferies Plate Handicap Cup Maurice Jefferies Plate Maurice Jefferies Plate |
Runners-up Winners Winners Runners-up Winners Runners-up |
| Geoff Wilde - Team captain by popular demand (well, it's popular with him) and an acknowledged expert on radio comedy 1939-59 and Southport FC 1921-78. Not quite the lowest scorer in the history of "Counterpoint". The only remaining founder member of the team, he previously (1978-84) represented various outfits run by Lord Braham of Birkdale. Committed champion of the headed round (if anyone remembers such a thing). |
| John Hill - A prolific scorer from Round Three onwards (when WILL he arrive on time'?) Hill (as he is affectionately known) is the resident music and literary expert and fitness fanatic. The only player in the league to boast the name of an obscure early English king (955-959) amongst his nomenclature, he has for many years sponsored the Eddie Conway Cup competition by forwarding his entry fee and forgetting to turn up. Holder of the team's record individual score (27). |
| Mick Hopkins - By far the youngest player in the squad (not difficult), Mick can be relied on to mop up anything that has happened since 1970 (the year the rest of the team died) which didn't make the Guardian. Besides a comprehensive knowledge of the pop charts from 1952 up to the present day, he is now also well informed in legal matters since he began soliciting a year or two back. The most disciplined member of the squad, he did, however, once give a wrong answer in 1988. |
| John Watson - One of three survivors from the team's first season in the League (1984-85) John is, along with Geoff Wilde, a sufferer from the crippling disease of Chartered Accountancy. He practises in Ormskirk, but has so far been lucky to escape detection. Though the only member of the squad who has any knowledge on technical matters, it's his wife's salad sandwiches which guarantee him a regular place. |
| Ron Ellis - Our most recent recruit who filled the shoes of stroke victim Bill Morton (though quite what he's filled them with is difficult to identify). A legend in Southport (Haig Avenue's original Da-Doo-RON-RON) he discovered he still had a couple of hours a week to fill after all his multifarious daytime careers - DJ, broadcaster, star of "Coronation Street" etc - not to mention his successes as a writer of crime fiction, prominent among which are his football reports in "The Champion" ... |
| The late Don Lee - Resident expert on current affairs - astonishing for someone who never owned a television (or a car or anything else for that matter) and read no newspaper other than the Grauniad. Yet this latter often enabled him to contribute amazing answers on contemporary pop groups such as All Stains and Pests. Originally recruited from Lloyd George (the Prime Minister, not the Quiz Team) Salford-born Don consistently remained the oldest member of the side.. |
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