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Welcome to Port Online
...a historical record of Southport FC
Thursday April 23, 2009


This site is an online historical record of Southport Football Club. It is a vast resource covering a lot of the history of the club. It will not be updated with the latest news, except that specifically relating to the content of the site itself.

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Liverpool Senior Cup Results
Picture complete
Sunday June 05, 2011

With great thanks to Michael Braham, I am for the first time able to publish the complete list of all of Southports results in the Liverpool Senior Cup.

Mike has also kindly filled in the gaps I had with Southport's 1930s foray into the Welsh Cup.

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The Lancashire County Cup Story
Part II
Wednesday May 04, 2011

An experiment to play all Lancashire Cup games late in the season was deemed unsuccessful and the early rounds of the competition went back to being played in the first half of the campaign. For Southport this meant that by the end of September 1937 their interest in the competition had gone after a 3-1 defeat at home to bury.

As the onset of war loomed ever closer in 1939 the FA temporarily suspended all organised football 3 games into the league campaign, deferring to local authorities to determine whether regional football could be started with restrictions on the numbers allowed to attend matches.

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The Lancashire County Cup Story
Part I (Pre WW2)
Sunday November 28, 2010

The Lancashire FA’s Senior Challenge Cup is one of the oldest cup competitions in England dating back to 1879, two years before Southport Football Club were formed. Their first participation in the Lancashire Cup wasn’t until 1882 when they opened their account as 4-0 victors over Stacksteads Working Mens club.

The early years of the competition were dominated by clubs from East Lancashire such as Blackburn Rovers, Blackburn Olympic, Darwen and Accrington, but as football grew in popularity across the county the number of applicants to join the competition increased.

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Lancashire Junior Cup Results
Complete
Sunday November 28, 2010

Thanks to the kind help of Lancashire FA historian Gordon Small I have now been able to complete the list of Lancashire Junior Cup results dating back to 1888. 

For the full list of results click here

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Lancashire Senior Cup Results
Now Complete
Friday November 19, 2010

The complete set of Lancashire Senior Cup Results dating back to 1882 have now been added to the database, including line-ups for the cup finals. Click here for the full list

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OTHER TOP STORIES

100 Non-League FA Cup Games
Tuesday November 02, 2010

Live TV games
Tuesday October 26, 2010

From the Archives
Saturday June 05, 2010

From the Archives
Saturday June 05, 2010

June 2010 - What's New
Saturday June 05, 2010

May 2010 - What's New
Friday May 21, 2010

April 2010 - What's New
Wednesday April 28, 2010

March 2010 - Whats New
Sunday March 21, 2010

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Friday February 12, 2010

News Archive

Last 5 Games on this day in history

Date Comp. Home team Away team Final score
07.02.2009 League / Conference North SOUTHPORT HYDE UNITED 2 - 0
07.02.2004 League / Northern Premier League WHITBY TOWN SOUTHPORT 0 - 5
07.02.1998 League / Conference SOUTHPORT HAYES 0 - 2
07.02.1995 Liverpool Senior Cup / 2 SOUTHPORT LIVERPOOL 0 - 0 AET
07.02.1987 Northern Premier League Cup / 1 SOUTHPORT CHORLEY 2 - 1

See all games on this day in history

2011/2012 Attendance Records

Biggest attendance in home match
01.01.2012 League H FLEETWOOD TOWN 2589
 
Biggest attendance in away match
20.08.2011 League A LUTON TOWN 5681
 
Smallest attendance in home match
10.12.2011 FA Trophy / 1 H ALFRETON TOWN 394
 
Smallest attendance in away match
15.11.2011 Lancashire Junior Cup / 2 A LANCASTER CITY 108
2011/2012 TOP scorers


2011/2012 TOP appearances



Contact
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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