The news has just been received of the death of Steve Ingle who died in South Africa on 16th December of Coronavirus aged 74. Although Steve played in just two League games for Southport – their first two games back in the Third Division, at the beginning of the 1973-74
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Eddie Moss 1939-2020
George Sharples 1943-2020
George Sharples , a strong, blond, midfielder, who was Jimmy Meadows’ first signing for the club in June 1971, died earlier today at Barrow in Furness Hospital aged 77 after being diagnosed with oesophagus cancer in March. George Frank Vincent Sharples was born in Ellesmere Port and although he attended Wirral
Bill Holmes 1926-2020
RIP Dennis Walmsley (1935-2020)
Laurie Calloway Career Profile
The following article is reproduced in full from wolvesheroes.com A Laurie Load Of Posts! Long-running Career Of Black Country Lad California-based Charlie Bamforth used his recent conversation with Jimmy Melia to ask the whereabouts of a former Molineux reserve who is also resident in the United States. Here is his follow-up story. Laurie Calloway. “I
Frank King: The brilliant boy keeper
This article has been reproduced with permission from the excellent Blyth Spirit blog at https://blythspirit.wordpress.com/ Francis Oliver King was born on 13th April 1917 in Radcliffe, Northumberland. The eldest of three brothers, George & Ray, his father was a miner at Radcliffe colliery. Aged only nine they were evicted from their colliery house
“More Like A Fighter Than A Footballer”: The Powerhouse English Forward Who Took Serie B By Storm
The following article is reproduced with permission from calcioengland.com. It concerns one of Southport's many war-time Guests, Frank Rawcliffe. Frank Rawcliffe was that rare breed of an Englishman who flourished in Italy. Plucked from the lower reaches of the Football League, his fearsome centre-forward play and predatory instincts in front of goal
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Ralph Wright (1947-2020)
We are saddened to learn today of the passing of FPA member Ralph Wright aged 72.Ralph spent a period on loan with Southport Football Club during the Fourth Division Championship season of 1972/73 and returned for the following season making over 45 appearances and scoring 3 goals.After leaving Southport became
RIP Jim Fryatt
The Rimmers
The following article was published in the match day programme during the 1986/87 season. It was written by Michael Braham. "The name Rimmer is synonymous with Southport yet it is almost thirty years since Southport Football Club last had a player of that name appearing in their first team. Gary Rimmer
Dave Lyon (1948-2019)
RIP Denis Miles
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Former Players Association member Denis Miles on Sunday 8th December. As an outside right Denis played 51 times for Southport between 1955 and 1957, scoring 12 goals. Denis' funeral will be held on Christmas Eve at 11am at Pontefract Crematorium, near his hometown