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Directions

Directions to Haig Avenue

Rail

The Nearest Train Station to Haig Avenue is Meols Cop

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By Bus

Bus number 44 runs from Eastbank Street to Haig Avenue on a Saturday at 2, 22 & 42 minutes past the hour and takes about 8 minutes.
For evening games the 44A leaves Eastbank Street at 18.47 and 19.17.
After the game you can get a bus back into town at 21.40 or 22.10.

for detailed information regarding this bus route, please visit the Arriva website here

By Car

From The South:
Leave the M6 at Junction 26 and take the M58 towards Southport. Leave the M58 at Junction 3 and take the A570 towards Skelmersdale/Ormskirk. Stay on the A570 going through Ormskirk towards Southport and after about another five miles you will reach the outskirts of Southport. At the roundabout with a McDonalds on the left take the third exit into Scarisbrick New Road (A570) you will see the ground on the right, it is situated just past the College (KGV). Turn right at first set of lights into Haig Avenue

From The North:
Leave the M6 at Junction 28 and take the B5248 towards Leyland. Follow the B5248 through Leyland and then at the end of the B5248 at the junction with the A59, turn left onto the A59 towards Southport. Continue to follow the A59 as it then becomes the A565. On reaching Southport, take the second turning off the roundabout on to Preston New Road (Plough Hotel on left) Follow this road and continue straight on at the traffic lights (Tesco Express on your left). Turn left Into Hesketh Drive following the signs for Southport Football Club.
At the junction turn right into Roe Lane, and at Traffic lights turn left into Norwood Avenue.
Continue down this road and Southport Football Club will be clearly signposted. Haig Avenue is on your right hand side, opposite the Thatch pub.

From the East:
Take the M62 then the M60. Then join the M61 North-bound, exit at Junction (8) signed Chorley. Then follow directions from the North/

Parking:
The club's small car park is for players and officials only. Therefore, fans have to park in the surrounding streets. There are usually many spaces under a couple of minutes walk away but please watch out for parking restrictions in some of the surrounding streets.

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A number of Profiles on this site are referenced and reproduced with Permission from

  • The Sandgrounders: The Complete League History of Southport F. C., by Michael Braham and Geoff Wilde (Palatine Books, 1995). ISBN 978-1-874181-14-9
  • The Complete Non-League History of Southport Football Club 1978 - 2008, by Trust in Yellow (Legends Publishing, 2008). ISBN 978-1-906796-01-3

Particular thanks to Geoff Wilde, Michael Braham and Rob Urwin.
If you can provide any further information or spot anything incorrect please contact me




In all statistics the club are referred to as Southport or Southport Football Club, however were known as Southport Central between June 1888 & July 1918 and Southport Vulcan between July 1918 & July 1919.


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