RESULT Southport 0 Braintree Town 4

Southport FC slumped to a heavy defeat at the hands of Blue Square Premier League new boys Braintree Town at Haig Avenue on Saturday.

Braintree are in 3rd place in the league table after this result and they were too good for Sandgrounders as they scored four goals and ran out comfortable winners.



Braintree scored their first goal mid way through the first-half when Chib Chilaka beat Port defender Steve Akrigg and then took the ball around keeper Tony McMillan and slotted it home.

Shaun Whalley went close twice for Sandgrounders when he had a shot that was saved by keeper Nathan McDonald and then shot over the bar from25 yards out.

Braintree scored again from the penalty spot just before half time as Karl Leadsham fouled Andrew Yiadom in the area and Shaun Marks scored from the spot.

Jai Reason scored goal number three for the visitors shortly after the break when Kenny Davis played the ball back to him and Reason drilled the ball home from close range. Andy Yiadom scored again for Braintree from outside the area to make it 0-4.





Vinny Mukendi came off the bench to make his Sandgrounders debut but he wasted a great chance when he headed the ball wide from close range. Sub Andy Owens also had a chance for Southport late on.

SOUTHPORT: 1. Tony McMillan 14. James Smith 6. Simon Grand 5. Earl Davis 4. Steve Akrigg 12. Jonathan Brown (46) 2. Kevin Lee 17. Karl Ledsham 7. Shaun Whalley 10. Tony Gray (68) 24. Dan Walker (68)
SUBS: 13. Matt Nemes (GK) 9. Steve Daly (68) 15. Andy Owens (46) 23. Adam Carden 18. Vinny Mukendi (68)

BRAINTREE TOWN: 1. Nathan McDonald 2. Ryan Peters 3. Aswad Thomas 5. Matt Paine 4. Adam Bailey-Dennis 17. Andrew Yiadom (70) 8. Kenny Davis (74) 7. Nicky Symons 6. Jai Reason
19. Chibuzor Chilaka 9. Sean Marks (82)
SUBS: 16. Pat O'Connor 15. Brad Quinton (74) 18. Matt Johnson (70) 21. David Stevens (82) 22. Ashlee Jones (GK)

Ref :Mr S Martin

Attendance 938


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938 says it all "What a Joke"

Clap trap clapham OUT

OTS in

Back to normal

Predictable that 'DB' was first to respond!

Hubby will not be happy :(

I notice quite a few Braintree Town at the Cop end so how many local fans attended this match? Looks about 600 in the photographs but one can't tell by them alone. By the way Clapham out.

Chear up all Southport fans at least ots didn't see it

Ah Dave the Ball has sprung from his bag. Bet hes been waiting for that for weeks.

Must say Ive seen more people in the bus shelter on Bispham Rd than was in the Jack Carr Stand.

Beaten by
1/ Injury & suspensions
2/ Didnt show up !
3/ Sharp finishing
4/ A referee who thought he was on the X factor

Well done lads for stringing some good results together now we must start again ...

Couldn`t Dave `Head The`Ball have gone back to Essex on the Braintree supporters coach? I`m sure that down in the South East he`ll find lot`s of like minded souls whose IQs register as subnormal

What odds a (taken advantage of drunken) OTS supports will appear tonight /tomorrow?

Originally Posted by billyd

I notice quite a few Braintree Town at the Cop end so how many local fans attended this match? Looks about 600 in the photographs but one can't tell by them alone. By the way Clapham out.

Over 900.

Originally Posted by whistleblower

Over 900.

i told you the other night your all disillusioned charlies made up 2day we need 2 in the relegation zone or the players might ask 4 a rise and we dont want charles having a panic attack do we

Originally Posted by daveball

938 says it all "What a Joke"

Clap trap clapham OUT

OTS in

Nice to see you back VILLAGE IDIOT STICKY FINGERS YOU PLUM .
Have you been stuck in your bedroom hiding behind the curtains IDIOT

Originally Posted by daveball

938 says it all "what a joke"

clap trap clapham out

ots in

show your fat face in public ball-bag you really get under my skin
remember school ?

DConstantinople says:24/09/2011 06:12 PM Chear up all Southport fans at least ots didn't see it

Thank god he stayed away after that pathetic performance, bet he's glad he's still banned. Clapham out ots in

all i can say is southport are s h i t e .

and all you could say for last 5 games was?????????? nowt!! ots out!

I can't believe it every time we have a bad game there is always negative comments, complaining about Clapham and Watson.

I admit it wasn't a good performance yesterday but that doesn't mean you should slag them off, there is always going to be bad games here and there that's football, so instead of slated them support them and give them your backing.

PS: UP THE PORT!

The idea of banning OTS from Haig Avenue was to stop him from reporting on matches and taking photographs, four years on he's still doing what he was doing before the ban.

Total failure from clap trap clapham-what a joker clapham has turned out to be!

And What a cretin you are `Head The Ball` t****r

shedman don't you like what you read? The truth is really hurting you!

Clap trap clapham OUT

OTS in

Originally Posted by billyd

I notice quite a few Braintree Town at the Cop end so how many local fans attended this match? Looks about 600 in the photographs but one can't tell by them alone. By the way Clapham out.

Got to be a wind up?

Hello Dave,
Welcome back.
It must have been really frustrating for you waiting for their next defeat.

OK, now back under your rock.

`Truth` Head The Ball is that like all the away matches you claim to have attended?
It`s somewhat of a cliche but get a life you pathetic, mendacious, moron!!

I wonder if Ofcom, the FA, the Blue Square Prem and any other relevant official bodies will have enough clout to close this site down when I report you are hosting illegal images obtained at Haig Ave?

Bored of you now Rodwell.

Originally Posted by cavjj

I wonder if Ofcom, the FA, the Blue Square Prem and any other relevant official bodies will have enough clout to close this site down when I report you are hosting illegal images obtained at Haig Ave?

Bored of you now Rodwell.

I'm sure the reporters on this site all have the necessary licence from the Football Conference and the £2 million worth of Public Liability Insurance that they need in order to take and reproduce photos from Football Conference matches.

Can admin confirm this?

YES, Onthespot had the necessary football conference licence at the time the photographs were taken plus the liability Insurance. Hope this answers your question Mr Backside.

I wonder if Ofcom, the FA, the Blue Square Prem and any other relevant official bodies will have enough clout to close this site down when I report you are hosting illegal images obtained at Haig Ave?

Bored of you now Smith.

Onthespot will continue to fight until the lifetime ban is overturned from Haig Avenue.

Bored of you now Smith.

That'd be great if my surname was Smith. I don't share my Mum's surname. Nice try.

Originally Posted by onthespot

YES, Onthespot had the necessary football conference licence at the time the photographs were taken plus the liability Insurance. Hope this answers your question Mr Backside.

No it doesn't.
I'm talking about all the pictures of SFC games taken since your ban, taken by the likes of Ontheball and Roving Eye.