06 Aug 2018 by Admin

Following Alty’s 2-2 opening day draw at The J. Davidson Stadium against Leamington, they make the trip west to face Southport at the Merseyrail Community Stadium on Tuesday night with a 19:45 kick off.

Phil Parkinson was happy with the character shown by his team on Saturday, and especially with the performance in the second half where the Robins raised the intensity levels and fought back twice from deficits.

Poole and Densmore remain on the sidelines for this match but Phil will hope to count on defenders Hannigan and Harrison after knocks.

Southport’s season started with a disappointing defeat at Telford in a match where the Sandgrounders’ boss Liam Watson admitted his side were second best.

That result was a stark contrast to their form in pre-season as they picked up a number of good results including a 3-1 win over Bury, a 1-1 draw with Accrington, and 3-0 victories over Barrow, Witton and Widnes.

Watson will be expecting a response from his players for this home opener for which there should be a good attendance. Despite the opening day loss, they have plenty of quality in their squad including summer signing Mike Phenix who joined from Salford for an undisclosed fee as he joins last season's NLN Golden Boot winner Jason Gilchrist in attack.

Against Telford they lined up in a 4-3-3 formation:

Hanford, Richards, Langley, Astles, Priestley, Lowe, Osborne (Morgan 59), Lynch, Phenix (Gilchrist 71), Sampson, Green (Charles 59).

Subs not used: Mueller, Winnard.

How to get there:

Directions from The J. Davidson can be found here while the address for your sat nav is Merseyrail Community Stadium, Haig Avenue, Southport, Lancashire, PR8 6JZ

Tickets

Please remember that Southport operate cashless turnstiles. We have been given 250 tickets for our supporters to buy in advance of the game. These can be purchased during office hours.

Head-to-head record by Mike Garnett

At Home: P19 W10 D5 L4 GF27 GA22

Away: P14 W3 D3 L8 GF16 GA25

All: P33 W13 D8 L12 GF43 GA47

Through The Years by Howard Watts & Mike Garnett

There was one previous Alty match played on August 7th and that was a Peter Swales Memorial Trophy match in 1999 between Altrincham and Stalybridge Celtic which the Robins won 2-0. This tradition saw the NPL Champions face the Cup-winners and became something of a curtain-raiser for the season, hence being played one week before the league season began.

Coverage

Live Commentary on Radio Robins, sponsored by Ashley Mowers Garden Machinery, and the broadcast starts at 7.25pm.

The match commentary sponsor is Kids Disco Parties. The commentators are Ian Wikinson & Jonny Crowther & the match summariser is John Edwards.



You can listen to Radio Robins in any of the 5 following ways:



a) Visit our 'MatchCentre' and click the 'Radio Robins' tab in the 'Southport' match where the Mixlr player is embedded and just press play



b) The Radio Robins website www.radiorobins.com. Open the page in any web browser and the broadcast should start automatically.



c) Download and install the Mixlr app on Android devices from the Google Play Store - start the app and search for 'Radio Robins'.



d) Download and install the Mixlr app on Apple devices from the Apple Store - start the app and search for 'Radio Robins'.



e) There is a temporary WIX website at https://rr5977.wixsite.com/radiorobins

There will be live text coverage of the game on the Matchcentre, and there will be live updates on our twitter account as we look forward to providing all the latest from The J.Davidson Stadium.

Please note that the technical bug that was affecting Radio Robins coverage on the MatchCentre when a live text update was made has now been fixed. Apologies for any inconvenience.