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Shore returned a profit for the year of £2 on a £522 income, but still had debts of over £100. After
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rejected a County protest as to the state of the South Shore ground. Its stance was rewarded with a crowd of 3,000 attending to watch a 2–1 win, the winning goal coming in the 86th minute, from a scrimmage in which three players bundled goalkeeper
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Lancashire League. On 9 December, an agreement was reached following a match between the two sides where Blackpool would absorb South Shore; Blackpool duly signed on four South Shore players for Lancashire League fixtures, while other players had their
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gave the visitors the lead just before half-time. Despite dominating the second half, the
Shoreites could not get the equaliser, Richard Elston coming the closest with a shot which Edwards pushed onto the post.
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tap home. County had to play much of the match with ten men, with full-back Snook carried off with what proved to be a broken ankle after he over-exuberantly charged
Tattersall.
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The club initially played on a ground off Lytham Avenue, moving to a ground at Cow Gap Lane in 1885. In
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as early as 2022. However, South Shore
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per match), the club caused a major surprise by reaching the quarter-final; in the fifth round, the club was drawn at home to
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contracts cancelled. South Shore's record for the season (3 wins, 2 draws, and 5 defeats) was subsequently expunged.
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as the town's primary football club. South Shore joined Blackpool in the
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jerseys and white knickers. Its change shirt was white.
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388:References
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256:the Swifts
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226:History
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