Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	3-1	02/11/24 v Longridge Town (Premier Division) 04/01/25 v Barnoldswick Town (Premier Division)
Biggest Away Win	3-2	28/12/24 v Colne (Premier Division)
Biggest Home Defeat	1-6	15/02/25 v Abbey Hey (Premier Division)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-6	13/03/25 v Lower Breck (Premier Division)
Highest Drawn Home Game	1-1	16/10/24 v FC St Helens (Premier Division) 31/08/24 v Padiham (Premier Division) 05/10/24 v Cheadle Town (Premier Division) 19/10/24 v Burscough (Premier Division) 17/08/24 v Witton Albion (The Emirates F.A Cup)
Highest Drawn Away Game	3-3	07/03/25 v Chadderton (Premier Division)
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	10	4-6 16/11/24 v Chadderton (Premier Division)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	7	3-4 27/11/24 v Pilkington (Premier Division)

 

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	27		27		54
Won	7	25.93%	5	18.52%	12	22.22%
Drawn	9	33.33%	4	14.81%	13	24.07%
Lost	11	40.74%	18	66.67%	29	53.70%
Scored	29	1.07	31	1.15	60	1.11
Conceded	41	1.52	72	2.67	113	2.09

 

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Emirates F.A Cup	Preliminary Round Replay	1-3	Witton Albion	(A)
The Isuzu FA Vase	3rd Round	0-2	Albion Sports	(H)
The Macron Cup	1st Round	0-3	AFC Liverpool	(A)
Liverpool Senior Cup	2nd Round	1-4	Warrington Rylands 1906	(A)

 

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	27 games	169

 

Number of Games Since
Last Win	1 game
Last Defeat	0 games
Goalless Draw	3 games
Score Draw	5 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	2 games
Clean Sheet	3 games

 

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	20	37.04%	9	16.67%
One	16	29.63%	12	22.22%
Two	11	20.37%	17	31.48%
Three	6	11.11%	5	9.26%
Four	1	1.85%	6	11.11%
Five or more	0	0.00%	5	9.26%

 

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	4	6.67%	16	0.00%	4	2.31%
16-30	10	16.67%	15	13.27%	25	14.45%
31-45	9	15.00%	22	19.47%	31	17.92%
46-60	7	11.67%	21	18.58%	28	16.18%
61-75	10	16.67%	16	14.16%	26	15.03%
76-90	20	33.33%	22	19.47%	42	24.28%
90-105	0	0.00%	1	0.88%	1	0.58%
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 losing our semi-professional status. Having finished 13th in their first season and 9th in their second season the team were promoted to the Premier Division in the third season via the play-offs.

South’s reserves were promoted to the first division of the West Cheshire League in 2024. The club boast a third adult team (who play in the Liverpool Premier League Championship division) and two Vets sides ( who play in the Saturday I Zingari Veterans League and the Sunday Cheshire Veterans League ) Our senior youth team (Under 18) operate in the Liverpool Premier League Youth Division and The Under 17s play in the West Cheshire League youth division and The Sunday Under 18s play in the North West Youth Alliance premier division.The club’s youth set up has teams in the Liverpool Premier Junior Leagues 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 for a goalkeeper