Managers

Mike Southcott

As a player Mike Southcott enjoyed success at Ladysmead in the mid 1960s and was a key player during the transition from Devon & Exeter to Western League football. His managerial tenure was far more testing; having controversially inherited the role from Mike Howe amongst a wave of boardroom politicking, his five-year stay saw two mass exoduses of the playing squad, one immediately as the charges he inherited largely walked out in protest of Howe's sacking, and again in 1984 when plans were announced that the club would resign from the Western League. That Southcott came through these challenges and went a long way to stabalising the club despite a zero-pound budget and constant backtoom unrest is testimony to his legacy.

MANAGER STATISTICS
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win %	GF/G	GA/G	PPG
League	173	47	35	91	232	340	27.17	1.34	1.97	1.02
Cup	16	4	1	11	15	46	25.00	0.94	2.88	0.81
Friendly	3	1	1	1	4	5	33.33	1.33	1.67	1.33
Total (competitive matches only)	189	51	36	102	247	386	26.98	1.31	2.04	1.00

There are 192 matches on record

	Date	Ven	Comp	Opponent	Res	Goalscorers	Att
1981/1982
Sat	13/02/1982	H	WL1	Elmore	3-1	Nigel Howe Martin Russell Martin Tooze
Sun	21/02/1982	H	WL1	Odd Down	0-3
Sat	27/02/1982	A	WL1	Radstock Town	1-2	Nick Seatherton
Sat	20/03/1982	H	DSL	Heavitree United	4-1	Steve Rasmussen 2 Tommy Smith Steve Lever
Sun	28/03/1982	A	WL1	Larkhall Athletic	2-4	Martin Russell Martin Tooze
Wed	31/03/1982	A	WL1	Torquay United Reserves	2-4	Dickson Steve Kelly
Sat	03/04/1982	N	DSL	Bideford	0-5
Tue	06/04/1982	H	WL1	Ottery Saint Mary	3-1	Alan Cottrell Nigel Howe Martin Tooze
Fri	09/04/1982	A	WL1	Elmore	1-1	Steve Rasmussen
Sat	10/04/1982	H	WL1	Larkhall Athletic	3-0	Steve Lever Steve Rasmussen Martin Russell
Mon	12/04/1982	H	WL1	Paulton Rovers	4-1	Unknown 4
Sat	17/04/1982	A	WL1	Bath City Reserves	1-1	Own Goal
Wed	21/04/1982	A	WL1	Heavitree United	3-0	Martin Tooze Nick Seatherton Brian Leach
Sat	24/04/1982	H	WL1	Wimborne Town	1-0	Nigel Howe
Wed	28/04/1982	A	WL1	Ilminster Town	3-1	Alan Cottrell Dickson Martin Tooze
1982/1983
Wed	11/08/1982	H	HC	Bristol City	3-1	Steve Lever Martin Tooze Chris Venner
Sat	21/08/1982	H	WL1	Yeovil Town Reserves	0-2
Sat	28/08/1982	A	WL1	Wimborne Town	1-0	Chris Venner
Tue	31/08/1982	H	WL1	Ottery Saint Mary	1-0	Steve Lever
Sat	04/09/1982	H	WL1	Glastonbury	1-3	Darren Cork
Sat	11/09/1982	A	WL1	Mangotsfield United	2-5	Chris Venner Darren Cork
Sat	18/09/1982	H	FAC	Liskeard Athletic	2-2	Martin Tooze Nick Seatherton
Wed	22/09/1982	A	FAC	Liskeard Athletic	1-2	Tommy Smith
Sat	25/09/1982	A	WL1	Swanage Town & Herston	2-4	Chris Venner 2
Mon	27/09/1982	A	WL1	Yeovil Town Reserves	0-4
Sat	02/10/1982	H	WL1	Odd Down	0-2
Sat	09/10/1982	A	WLC	Barnstaple Town	0-3
Sat	16/10/1982	A	WL1	Radstock Town	2-2	Riggs 2
Sat	23/10/1982	H	WL1	Swanage Town & Herston	4-5	Steve Lever Martin Tooze 3
Sat	30/10/1982	A	WL1	Bristol City Reserves	4-3	Riggs Chris Venner Steve Lever 2
Sat	06/11/1982	H	WL1	Paulton Rovers	1-1	Chris Venner
Sat	20/11/1982	H	WL1	Radstock Town	2-1	Derek Cruwys Tommy Smith
Sat	27/11/1982	A	WL1	Weymouth Reserves	0-2
Sat	04/12/1982	H	WL1	Weymouth Reserves	2-3	Derek Cruwys Martin Tooze
Sat	18/12/1982	H	WL1	Mangotsfield United	1-2	Derek Cruwys
Mon	27/12/1982	H	WL1	Elmore	2-1	Riggs 2
Tue	28/12/1982	A	WL1	Welton Rovers	0-1		95
Sat	01/01/1983	A	WL1	Ottery Saint Mary	2-3	Colin Weeks Alan Cottrell
Sat	22/01/1983	H	WL1	Bristol City Reserves	0-1
Sat	29/01/1983	A	WL1	Paulton Rovers	0-4
Sat	05/02/1983	A	WL1	Bristol Manor Farm	0-3
Sat	19/02/1983	A	WL1	Heavitree United	0-3
Sat	26/02/1983	H	WL1	Bath City Reserves	1-0	Dickson
Sat	05/03/1983	A	WL1	Bath City Reserves	0-2
Sat	12/03/1983	H	WL1	Wimborne Town	0-2
Sat	19/03/1983	A	WL1	Odd Down	2-2	Derek Cruwys Alan Cottrell
Fri	01/04/1983	A	WL1	Elmore	3-1	Brent Howard 2 Russell Headon
Sat	02/04/1983	A	WL1	Glastonbury	0-4
Mon	04/04/1983	H	WL1	Welton Rovers	1-2	Stevens
Sat	09/04/1983	H	WL1	Larkhall Athletic	0-0
Sat	16/04/1983	A	WL1	Larkhall Athletic	2-3	Tommy Smith Derek Cruwys
Sun	17/04/1983	H	WL1	Bristol Manor Farm	1-1	Stevens
Sat	23/04/1983	H	WL1	Chard Town	2-7	Mike Southcott 2
Tue	26/04/1983	H	WL1	Heavitree United	3-1	Stevens 2 Tommy Smith
Sat	30/04/1983	A	WL1	Chard Town	0-5
1983/1984
Wed	03/08/1983	H	Fr	Exeter City	0-3		500
Sat	13/08/1983	A	WL1	Wimborne Town	1-1	Colin Weeks
Wed	17/08/1983	A	WL1	Heavitree United	1-3	Dickson
Sat	20/08/1983	H	WL1	Keynsham Town	0-2
Tue	23/08/1983	H	WL1	Ottery Saint Mary	0-0
Sat	27/08/1983	A	WL1	Welton Rovers	2-2	Jan Wheatley S Venner
Mon	29/08/1983	H	WLC	Bridport	1-0	Roland Broomfield
Sat	03/09/1983	A	WL1	Bath City Reserves	0-1
Sat	10/09/1983	H	WL1	Bristol City Reserves	1-5	Jan Wheatley
Sat	17/09/1983	H	FAC	Bideford	1-6	Jan Wheatley
Sat	24/09/1983	A	WL1	Radstock Town	0-3
Sat	01/10/1983	H	WL1	Chard Town	0-3
Sun	02/10/1983	A	WL1	Portway-Bristol	2-2	Jan Wheatley Andre Pike
Sat	08/10/1983	A	WL1	Yeovil Town Reserves	0-4
Sat	22/10/1983	A	WL1	Backwell United	1-1	Rob Moore
Sat	29/10/1983	H	WL1	Paulton Rovers	1-3	Roland Broomfield
Sat	12/11/1983	H	WL1	Glastonbury	0-4
Sat	19/11/1983	A	WL1	Paulton Rovers	0-3
Sat	26/11/1983	H	WLC	Odd Down	0-6
Sat	03/12/1983	A	WL1	Swanage Town & Herston	1-3	Roland Broomfield
Sat	17/12/1983	H	WL1	Bath City Reserves	1-2	Rob Broomfield
Mon	26/12/1983	A	WL1	Elmore	2-2	Phil Adcock Robert Head
Tue	27/12/1983	H	WL1	Heavitree United	2-0	Peter Buckingham Roland Broomfield
Sat	31/12/1983	A	WL1	Glastonbury	0-2
Mon	02/01/1984	A	WL1	Ottery Saint Mary	0-1
Sat	07/01/1984	H	WL1	Welton Rovers	2-0	Rob Broomfield Peter Buckingham
Sat	21/01/1984	H	WL1	Backwell United	0-2
Sat	04/02/1984	A	WL1	Keynsham Town	1-4	Peter Buckingham
Sat	11/02/1984	H	WL1	Wimborne Town	1-1	Rob Broomfield
Sat	18/02/1984	H	WL1	Weymouth Reserves	2-0	Peter Buckingham Chris Venner
Sat	25/02/1984	A	WL1	Larkhall Athletic	0-6
Sat	03/03/1984	A	WL1	Odd Down	2-6	Pete Webber Peter Buckingham
Sun	04/03/1984	H	WL1	Swanage Town & Herston	0-6
Sat	10/03/1984	A	DSL	Dawlish	0-2
Sun	11/03/1984	H	WL1	Larkhall Athletic	3-1	Dickson 2 Robert Head
Sat	17/03/1984	H	WL1	Warminster Town	2-2	Peter Buckingham Robert Head
Tue	27/03/1984	A	WL1	Bristol City Reserves	0-2
Sat	31/03/1984	H	WL1	Radstock Town	0-2
Sun	01/04/1984	H	WL1	Odd Down	1-1	Peter Buckingham
Wed	04/04/1984	A	WL1	Weymouth Reserves	2-1	Roland Broomfield Robert Head
Sat	07/04/1984	A	WL1	Warminster Town	1-2	Roland Broomfield
Sat	14/04/1984	H	WL1	Yeovil Town Reserves	2-5	Chris Venner Peter Buckingham
Fri	20/04/1984	H	WL1	Elmore	1-2	Peter Buckingham
Wed	25/04/1984	A	WL1	Chard Town	0-6
Sat	28/04/1984	H	WL1	Portway-Bristol	2-2	Peter Buckingham Darren Cork
1984/1985
Sat	18/08/1984	A	WL1	Bath City Reserves	1-3	Pete Webber
Wed	22/08/1984	A	WL1	Ottery Saint Mary	1-1	Own Goal
Sat	25/08/1984	H	WL1	Odd Down	0-0
Sat	01/09/1984	A	WL1	Keynsham Town	1-1	Hedley Steele
Wed	05/09/1984	A	WL1	Ilfracombe Town	2-1	Glenn Steele Pete Webber
Sat	08/09/1984	H	WL1	Welton Rovers	0-0
Wed	12/09/1984	H	WL1	Wellington	0-1
Sat	15/09/1984	A	WL1	Westbury United	2-1	Ken Freeman Nigel Howe
Sat	22/09/1984	H	WL1	Torrington	1-3	Pete Webber
Sat	29/09/1984	H	WL1	Swanage Town & Herston	3-3	Boax Derek Cruwys Phil Adcock
Sat	06/10/1984	H	FAV	Sharpness	0-8
Sat	13/10/1984	A	WL1	Radstock Town	2-3	Dickson Pete Webber
Sat	20/10/1984	H	WL1	Wimborne Town	1-2	Chris Venner
Sun	28/10/1984	A	WL1	Warminster Town	0-1
Sat	03/11/1984	H	WL1	Yeovil Town Reserves	2-2	Gareth Williams Pete Webber
Sat	10/11/1984	H	WL1	Glastonbury	2-3	Deeks Pete Webber
Sat	17/11/1984	A	WL1	Swanage Town & Herston	1-1	Phil Adcock
Sat	08/12/1984	H	WL1	Westbury United	3-0	Roland Broomfield Pete Webber Own Goal
Sat	15/12/1984	A	WL1	Welton Rovers	1-2	Gareth Williams
Sat	22/12/1984	H	WL1	Keynsham Town	1-2	Roland Broomfield
Sat	29/12/1984	A	WL1	Odd Down	4-0	Roland Broomfield 4
Tue	01/01/1985	A	WL1	Torrington	0-4
Sat	26/01/1985	A	WL1	Backwell United	2-4	Unknown 2
Sat	02/02/1985	H	WL1	Portway-Bristol	2-1	Pete Webber Derek Cruwys
Sun	10/02/1985	H	WL1	Backwell United	0-1
Mon	18/02/1985	A	WL1	Yeovil Town Reserves	2-1	Phil Adcock Dickson
Sun	24/02/1985	A	WL1	Weymouth Reserves	4-2	Roland Broomfield 2 Phil Adcock Derek Cruwys
Sat	02/03/1985	A	DSL	Elmore	1-0	Derek Cruwys
Sat	09/03/1985	H	WL1	Larkhall Athletic	2-1	Jimmy Hargreaves Ken Freeman
Sat	16/03/1985	A	WL1	Portway-Bristol	2-3	Derek Cruwys Phil Adcock
Sun	17/03/1985	H	WL1	Warminster Town	4-0	Unknown 4
Sun	24/03/1985	A	WL1	Wellington	0-0
Sat	30/03/1985	H	WL1	Ilfracombe Town	1-1	Phil Adcock
Sun	31/03/1985	H	WL1	Radstock Town	2-4	Derek Cruwys Deeks
Sat	06/04/1985	H	DSL	Exmouth Town	1-3	Roland Broomfield
Mon	08/04/1985	A	WL1	Glastonbury	0-1
Sat	13/04/1985	A	WL1	Wimborne Town	0-1
Thu	18/04/1985	H	WL1	Elmore	0-3
Sun	21/04/1985	A	WL1	Larkhall Athletic	0-1
Tue	23/04/1985	A	WL1	Heavitree United	4-1	Unknown 4
Thu	25/04/1985	A	WL1	Elmore	1-2	Dickson
Sat	27/04/1985	H	WL1	Bath City Reserves	1-2	Phil Adcock
Sun	28/04/1985	H	WL1	Weymouth Reserves	1-1	Derek Cruwys
Wed	01/05/1985	H	WL1	Ottery Saint Mary	2-0	Pete Webber Phil Adcock
Thu	02/05/1985	H	WL1	Heavitree United	0-0
1985/1986
Fri	02/08/1985	H	HC	Torrington	1-1	Peter Buckingham
Sat	17/08/1985	A	WL1	Keynsham Town	1-1	Mark Seatherton
Wed	21/08/1985	H	WL1	Yeovil Town Reserves	2-1	Colin Weeks Jan Wheatley
Sat	24/08/1985	H	WL1	Backwell United	3-1	Mark Seatherton Pete Webber Jan Wheatley
Mon	26/08/1985	A	WLC	Clevedon Town	1-0	Mark Seatherton
Sat	31/08/1985	A	FAV	Wadebridge Town	1-4	Mark Seatherton
Wed	04/09/1985	A	WL1	Ilfracombe Town	2-1	Mark Seatherton Heath Ellis
Sat	07/09/1985	A	WL1	Glastonbury	3-3	Mark Seatherton 2 Phil Adcock
Sat	14/09/1985	A	WLC	Barnstaple Town	2-3	Jan Wheatley Mark Seatherton
Sat	28/09/1985	A	WL1	Odd Down	0-3
Sat	05/10/1985	H	WL1	Westbury United	5-1	Mark Seatherton 4 Peter Buckingham
Sat	12/10/1985	A	WL1	Radstock Town	1-2	Pete Webber
Sat	19/10/1985	A	WL1	Yeovil Town Reserves	0-2
Sat	26/10/1985	H	WL1	Warminster Town	3-0	Derek Cruwys Peter Buckingham Mark Seatherton
Sun	03/11/1985	A	WL1	Portway-Bristol	3-6	Mark Seatherton 2 Pete Webber
Sat	09/11/1985	H	WL1	Wellington	3-0	Mark Seatherton 3
Sat	16/11/1985	A	WL1	Bath City Reserves	2-1	Mark Seatherton 2
Sat	23/11/1985	H	WL1	Keynsham Town	0-1
Sat	30/11/1985	A	WL1	Weymouth Reserves	3-3	Richard Jarman Phil Adcock Mark Westcott
Sat	07/12/1985	H	WL1	Devizes Town	3-2	Phil Adcock Pete Webber Mark Seatherton
Sat	14/12/1985	H	WL1	Swanage Town & Herston	1-2	Mark Seatherton
Sat	21/12/1985	H	WL1	Westbury United	3-1	Mark Seatherton 2 Pete Webber
Sat	04/01/1986	A	WL1	Welton Rovers	2-1	Neil Middlemiss Mark Seatherton
Sat	11/01/1986	H	WL1	Larkhall Athletic	0-1
Sat	18/01/1986	A	WL1	Wellington	1-4	Mark Westcott
Sat	08/02/1986	H	WL1	Radstock Town	0-3
Wed	19/02/1986	A	WL1	Ottery Saint Mary	2-2	Chris Ormand Richard Jarman
Sat	22/02/1986	H	WL1	Bath City Reserves	2-0	Mark Seatherton Richard Jarman
Sun	23/02/1986	H	WL1	Wimborne Town	1-5	Mark Seatherton
Sat	01/03/1986	A	DSL	Ilfracombe Town	0-1
Sat	08/03/1986	H	WL1	Ilfracombe Town	1-0	Richard Jarman
Tue	11/03/1986	H	WL1	Heavitree United	1-2	Richard Jarman
Sun	16/03/1986	H	WL1	Odd Down	3-1	Colin Weeks Richard Jarman Own Goal
Tue	25/03/1986	H	WL1	Glastonbury	2-2	Mark Seatherton 2
Fri	28/03/1986	H	WL1	Elmore	0-0		290
Sat	29/03/1986	A	WL1	Devizes Town	2-4	Derek Cruwys John Payne
Mon	31/03/1986	A	WL1	Heavitree United	0-2
Wed	09/04/1986	A	WL1	Elmore	0-1
Sat	12/04/1986	H	WL1	Welton Rovers	3-1	Mark Seatherton Colin Weeks Phil Adcock
Sat	19/04/1986	A	WL1	Warminster Town	1-0	Mark Seatherton
Mon	21/04/1986	H	WL1	Portway-Bristol	0-2
Sat	26/04/1986	A	WL1	Wimborne Town	3-0	Peter Buckingham Mark Seatherton Phil Adcock
Wed	30/04/1986	H	WL1	Ottery Saint Mary	0-2
Sat	03/05/1986	A	WL1	Larkhall Athletic	2-3	Pete Webber Own Goal
Sun	04/05/1986	A	WL1	Swanage Town & Herston	1-3	Mark Seatherton
Tue	06/05/1986	H	WL1	Weymouth Reserves	2-3	Mark Seatherton 2
Thu	08/05/1986	A	WL1	Backwell United	1-1	Mark Seatherton

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