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men’s team were formed by Jon Owen for the 2005-06 season to
establish a presence in the Cheltenham League that would eventually
provide an outlet for Southside players when they were too old to play
youth football.
Coaches Julian Adams, Dan
Herbert, Brian Newman, Steve Oliveri, Tony Rastelli and Ian Swales all
featured as the first season ended with Southside winning the John
Ingram Memorial Trophy for receiving the highest sportsmanship marks
from their peers in the entire Cheltenham League.
For 2006-07, there was
concerted push for promotion which meant that new young players were
signed on and only 7 of the 25 players signed-on were aged over
20. The team included six players from the previous season's U16 league
champions - AJ Beamish, Chris Clavin, Rob Curry, Tommy McNeil, Lee
Swales and Matt Williams. Under the management of Ian Swales they
finished 7th in Division 5.
In season 07/08 Southside
were runners up in Division 5 and got promoted to Division 4 for 08/09.
This was their first season under the management of Steve Williams.
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