Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	4-0	23/02/24 v Ashton Athletic (First Division North)
Biggest Away Win	4-0	26/12/23 v Runcorn Town (First Division North)
Biggest Home Defeat	2-5	26/08/23 v Holker Old Boys (First Division North)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-4	19/08/23 v Route One Rovers (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Home Game	3-3	30/12/23 v Darwen FC (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Away Game	1-1	14/10/23 v FC St Helens (First Division North) 07/02/24 v Euxton Villa (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	7	2-5 26/08/23 v Holker Old Boys (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	9	6-3 24/10/23 v AFC Liverpool (Liverpool Senior Cup)

 

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	20		28		48
Won	10	50.00%	17	60.71%	27	56.25%
Drawn	5	25.00%	5	17.86%	10	20.83%
Lost	5	25.00%	6	21.43%	11	22.92%
Scored	39	1.95	56	2.00	95	1.98
Conceded	28	1.40	34	1.21	62	1.29

 

Progression in Cup Competitions
No cup fixtures known at present

 

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	20 games	153

 

Number of Games Since
Last Win	1 game
Last Defeat	3 games
Goalless Draw	0 games
Score Draw	8 games
Scored A Goal	1 game
Fail To Score	0 games
Clean Sheet	0 games

 

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	10	20.83%	12	25.00%
One	9	18.75%	21	43.75%
Two	12	25.00%	8	16.67%
Three	8	16.67%	4	8.33%
Four	8	16.67%	2	4.17%
Five or more	1	2.08%	1	2.08%

 

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	14	14.74%	10	0.00%	14	8.97%
16-30	7	7.37%	8	13.11%	15	9.62%
31-45	23	24.21%	6	9.84%	29	18.59%
46-60	10	10.53%	11	18.03%	21	13.46%
61-75	16	16.84%	15	24.59%	31	19.87%
76-90	25	26.32%	11	18.03%	36	23.08%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

 

History

Although the name of South Liverpool FC first came about in the late 19th century the clubs that bore that name until 1921 had no connection with the current club although enjoying good success before the First World War. The current club was founded in April 1935 to respond to the increasing South end population and began playing in the 1935/36 season in the Lancashire Combination at Holly Park.

Success was immediate and by the outbreak of the Second World War the Lancashire Combination had been won three times in succession as had the Lancashire Challenge Trophy and most impressively South defeated Cardiff City 2-1 in the Welsh Cup final at Wrexham in 1939. The resumption of football after the war saw South in the Cheshire League but it was never to bear the success of the pre war years. South went back to the Lancashire Combination in 1952. The mid sixties saw success under manager Alan Hampson sufficient to qualify by right for the Northern Premier League.

South would always struggle against wealthier, well supported clubs at this standard. In 1983/84 South enjoyed their best post war season under first John King & George Rooney then Brian Griffiths as they annexed the NPL League Cup, the Lancashire Challenge Trophy and the Liverpool Senior Cup. South’s success was not built upon and while two more Liverpool Senior Cup wins followed along with the NPL Presidents Cup, Holly Park was lost in 1989 and the limited company was liquidated in 1991. Holly Park was later converted to the impressive Liverpool South Parkway station.

South supporters had already formed a committee to take over the football club and in 1992 were in the Liverpool County Combination. A nomadic home was then South’s main issue but at the dawn of the Millennium secured its home at the North Field, Jericho Lane, Otterspool. South were consistent top half finishers in the Liverpool Combination / Liverpool County FA Premier League and won the George Mahon Cup at Goodison Park in May 2009. In 2011 South took the decision to switch to the West Cheshire League and immediately won two consecutive divisional titles to be in the top division in 2014. The First Division was won in 2015, retained in 2016 when two cups were added, making it a triple winning season.

2019 saw South’s home ground move 200 yards to the Jericho Hub where the stadium pitch has been fitted with floodlights, cover and stand. After the cancellation of the 2019/20 season South stepped up and took the league title in 2021, achieving promotion to the North West Counties League for 2021/22, thirty years after our semi pro status had been lost.
The club are now ready for their third season in the North West Counties League having finished 13th in their first season and 9th in their second season.

South’s reserves will continue to play in division two of the West Cheshire League. The club boast a third adult team and four Vets sides. Our senior youth team (Under 18) operate in the West Cheshire League Youth Division. The club’s youth set up has teams in the Liverpool Premier Junior Leagues, Belle Vale Junior and Merseyside & Halewood, making the club one of the biggest in the City.

South boast a number of well-known ex players including Jimmy Case and John Aldridge who both started their careers at South.

Manager Martin Ryman has been at the helm of the club since 2001 and is South’s longest ever serving manager and also played for South between 1992 and 2000. His assistant is Stephen Ward who made 427 first team appearances in goal for South, a club record