Southport: Road to Supremacy

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SOUTHPORT SACK ALAN WRIGHT
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Alan Wright, a former Aston Villa player has been sacked by Southport upon a falling out with club chairman Charlie Clapham. Wright became manager of Southport after the resignation of Liam Watson on the 15th of May this year. Reports suggest Wright had been angered by the lack of funds and support bestowed upon him in the brief 1 month stint in charge. With the departure of Alan Wright, Southport now face the troublesome task of appointing a new manager as well as replacing a number of rumoured Alan Wright supporters within the clubs personnel. Tough times ahead for the Southport fans, indeed.

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SOUTHPORT APPOINT ACTOR SCOTT ADKINS AS MANAGER
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Scott Adkins, A very sporting martial artist turned actor now football manager is pleased to have signed for such a illustrious club in Southport. Charlie Clapham, Southport's chairman released a statement stating "Southport is delighted to be able to appoint such a high caliber signing in Scott and have the utmost confidence that Scott is the right person to move Southport forward."
Adkins has no previous managerial experience and has garnered a mixed reaction from Southport fans since his appointment.

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SEASON 2012-2013 SEASON PREVIEW
The Sandgrounders, although having to face change and reconstruction via a new inexperienced manager has done little to suggest a break out of the rut they have found themselves in, this of course being mid-table mediocrity. Therefore,our prediction for Southport's league position come the end of the Blue Square Bet Premier this season is;
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Michael Hancox
sportinglife.com

SOUTHPORT RELEASE NEW 2012-2013 SEASON KITS
Southport has stuck to the colors we have all come to love despite initial medial thoughts of a disastrous fluro pink home kit. This season we will see our beloved Sandgrounders in a sandy yellow with bold black stripes home kit, as well as a nice ocean blue away kit. I think we all owe Nike a round of applause for producing two impressive kits that us fans can be especially proud of.
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Piece written by a faithful Southport supporter

SCOTT ADKINS MET BY SURPRISE FROM FANS IN FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE
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Scott Adkins, now Southport manager took to the press today to pronounce his passion and desire for his new prestigious club. Full of smiles and honesty Scott stated "I am extremely proud and honored to even be nominated for this prestigious position let alone be appointed. I am looking forward to this new adventure i am on and wholeheartedly believe in the players, the chairman and my own abilities to produce glory and happiness to the club as well as the fans." Previous heckling and disbelief in the new manager has declined at a rapid rate judging from the online forums and a sense of excitement has arisen. Good luck Scott!

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SOUTHPORT IN A STATE OF UPHEAVAL
The sacking of Alan Wright, bought a sense of outrage and astonishment amongst the fans as well as the backroom staff of Southport. It is no surprise that many have followed Alan Wright through the exit door and it is declared that both Dominic Morley and Chris Roberts have left despite various attempts to stay carried out by new manager Scott Adkins. This now leaves a backroom staff consisting of only player/coach Alan Moogan, worrying times.
Joe Bell
Sky Sports News

SOUTHPORT ACQUIRE AN INFLUX OF BACKROOM STAFF
Here we take a look at the various staff signed via Southport, which has come around via the previous backroom staff clearing out.
Karamoko Keita
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A fairly determined regional assistant manager who has gathered up 10 caps for the African country of Mali as a player. In 2009 he became goalkeeper coach of Harrow and on the 28th of June 2012 he became assistant manager of Southport on a non-contract. A position he has had no previous experience in.

Ryan Wood
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A coach with no previous experience and no previous club, this looks like a gamble on paper. Wood is believed to be a firm believer in attacking football and will look to instill this trait onto the players of Southport in their training sessions.

Fitzroy Simpson
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A capped Jamaican midfielder and left back. Simpson has 39 caps and 3 goals to his name for his country of Jamaica. Simpson's first non-playing role is for Southport as head physio, another gamble.

Stuart Bimson
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A english-born former Southport player. Bimson has had previous experience in a non-playing role, acquiring a scouting role at Barrow from 2009 - 2010 as well as an assistant manager position with Altrincham from 2010 - 2011. Now Bimson has acquired the position of Chief Scout for Southport.

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Previously a scout at Derry City from 2000 - 2012, Keay wanted a new challenege and took up the position of scout for Southport.

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SOUTHPORT EXPLOSIVE INS AND DEVASTATING OUTS
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New manager, Scott Adkins has wasted no time in stamping his brand of football on his club by acquiring no less than 5 transfers in and moving on 6 players. This major change has caused shock and upset amongst the Southport fans, especially towards the release of Chris Almond, Chris Lever and Shaun Whalley who they thought were players who could be leading stars for the club. With the releasing of six players, Adkins will be feeling the pressure to make improvements to the club. let us talk more about the transfers coming in and rate them out of ten;

JJ Hooper
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JJ Hooper is an English-born striker standing at 6ft1 and a ex-Newcastle youth academy player. Upon leaving Newcastle, Southport had offered a contract that JJ Hooper couldn't refuse and on the 4th of July, 2012 Hooper signed for Southport.
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Our team at sportinglife.com give this signing a solid 9/10 as JJ Hooper looks like he has the potential for greatness

Wes Fletcher
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Wes is another English-born striker but this time standing at 5"11. Wes is not a permanent signing at Southport but rather on a season-long loan from Burnley. Wes started his career at Liverpool in 2006 but was released to Burnley in 2007 from then on Burnley have loaned Out Wes to a variety of clubs such as Grimsby, Stockport, Accrington, Crewe and now Southport.
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After watching Southport's pre-season friendlies, impressive would be an understatement 9/10.

Ibrahim Farah
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Ibrahim Farah is a Welsh midfield playmaker previously a Cardiff city youth academy prospect. Farah has had experience playing in the Blue Square Bet Premier as he was loaned out at Tamworth whilst under contract at Cardiff city. Farah was released from Cardiff in 2012 and was offered a contract as a free agent from new manager Scott Adkins of Southport in which he took.
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Farah will be a welcomed signing to the midfield of Southport 8/10

Raynick Damasco
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Raynick Damasco is Southports first international signing. Damasco has made 2 appearances for his country Curaçao and with regular first team experience the right back role of Curaçao will be his to keep. Damasco started his footballing career at Vitesse in 2010 and was later released by Vitesse to AGOVV in 2011. AGOVV released Damasco in 2012 and manager Scott Adkins made an offer to the now free agent in which he accepted.
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Raynick Damasco will be a replacement for Chris Lever and on paper looks like an improvement 7/10

Martín Camaño
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Camaño is a Argentinian defender standing at 6ft4 who started his career at Dunfermline in 2005. By 2006 Camaño was released and went on to have 1 year stints at a variety of clubs such as: Sligo Rovers, Albacete, Cartagena and Fuenlabrada. Being released from his last contract from Sligo Rovers in 2009, manager Adkins quickly snapped up a deal to sign Camaño on a free.
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Camaño will be a welcome edition to the heart of defense of Southport 9/10
Michael Hancox
sportinglife.com

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SOUTHPORT'S PRE-SEASON IS NOTHING SHORT OF INCREDIBLE
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Some of the key points from the pre-season showing are:
Goal scorers

Tames with 1 goal
Kay with 1 goal
Farah with 1 goal
Joyce with 1 goal
Grand with 3 goals
Whalley with 3 goals
Hooper with 7 goals
Fletcher with 9 goals

Assists

Joyce with 1 assist
JJ Hooper with 1 assist
Mcmillan with 1 assist
Damasco with 1 assist
Ledsham with 1 assist
Farah with 1 assist
Grand with 1 assist
Poku with 2 assists
Smith with 2 assists
Fletcher with 5 assists
Moogan with 5 assists
Owens with 5 assists

Southport had a great pre-season with fans starting to take Scott Adkins seriously and praising his footballing mind. Southport fans are ecstatic over the 6-1 convincing win over Rochdale and also the tight affair between Everton in which could have gone Southport's way any other day. Judging from the pre-season performance Wes Fletcher looks to be a great buy contributing with both a high number of assists aswell as goals. A sense of excitement surrounds Merseyrail Community Stadium as the Blue Square Bet Premier looms just around the corner.