Southam hope to add more firepower for coming season

Champions Heather St.John’s have been promoted to the Midland Football Alliance and three teams have resigned, including Alveston and Massey Ferguson.

Even with Division One champions Earlswood Town coming up and Bloxwich United AFC transferring from the West Midlands Regional League, there will be just 17 teams for 2011/12.

Southam United will be looking to mount a challenge for the title after a season of re-building, which saw them finish 10th in the league and lift the Coventry Telegraph Challenge Cup.

After using 39 players throughout the season, manager Luke Fogarty had a settled squad of 20 by the end and he is expecting most to re-sign when the window opens on 1 July.

Apart from Leigh Phillips who will be doing pre-season training at Stratford Town and James Hardie who is off to university,

Fogarty has spoken to all the others that he wants to keep and is also hopeful of adding some new faces, particularly a proven goalscorer to boost an attack that scored just 43 goals in last season’s league campaign.

Saints have confirmed additional pre-season friendlies and the complete list is now Priors Marston (away) on Tuesday July 19 Kenilworth Town (away) Tuesday July 26 Woodford United (home) Thursday July 28, Daventry United (away) Wednesday August 3 and Northampton Spencer (home) Saturday August 6.

n Evo-Stik has been announced as the new sponsor of the Southern League in which Leamington FC plays.