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2008/2009

At the end of the 2007/2008 season Gary Brabin departed to Cambridge United as manager. Financial problems, linked to the illness of chairman Chris Lloyd, at near neighbours Burscough led to a complete restructuring of the village club. Liam Watson re-joined Southport as manager on 30th June, and immediately signed 11 of his former charges for �30,000. Southport were well placed to challenge for the title until the last few weeks of the season until a dip in form, blamed upon the number of games played, eventually saw the challenge fade away. Heartbreak in the play offs followed for the second year as Second placed Gateshead knocked Southport out in the semi-finals.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Tamworth	42	12	5	4	32	18	12	8	1	38	23	29	85

2	Gateshead	42	14	5	2	50	19	10	3	8	31	29	33	80
3	Alfreton Town	42	12	6	3	46	25	8	11	2	35	23	33	77
4	AFC Telford	42	13	6	2	36	13	9	4	8	29	21	31	76
5	Southport	42	13	4	4	41	20	8	9	4	22	16	27	76

6	Stalybridge	42	8	6	7	42	33	12	4	5	29	17	21	70
7	Droylsden	42	12	6	3	35	18	6	8	7	29	26	20	68
8	Fleetwood Town	42	12	4	5	32	23	5	7	9	38	43	4	62
9	Harrogate Town	42	11	6	4	39	23	6	4	11	27	34	9	61
10	Hinckley Utd	42	10	3	8	29	21	6	6	9	27	38	-3	57
11	Vauxhall Motors	42	7	8	6	28	29	7	3	11	23	38	-16	53
12	Workington	42	8	5	8	31	30	5	7	9	23	25	-1	51
13	Gainsborough	42	5	7	9	25	31	7	7	7	32	32	-6	50
14	Redditch	42	6	7	8	23	28	6	7	8	26	33	-12	50
15	Blyth Spartans	42	11	3	7	35	23	3	4	14	15	35	-8	49
16	Solihull Moors	42	9	6	6	34	31	4	4	13	15	42	-24	49
17	King's Lynn	42	5	10	6	28	30	5	8	8	22	30	-10	48
18	Stafford Rangers	42	6	5	10	15	20	6	7	8	26	36	-15	48
19	Farsley Celtic	42	10	3	8	42	29	4	2	15	16	36	-7	47

20	Hyde	42	6	6	9	31	36	5	3	13	26	44	-23	42
21	Burscough	42	3	5	13	20	35	7	1	13	23	45	-37	36
22	Hucknall	42	2	7	12	20	36	3	6	12	19	48	-45	28

Top Row (L to R): Chris Lever, Tony McMillan, James Connolly (cpt), Steve Drench, Earl Davis
Middle Row (L to R): Ciaran Kilheeney, Alan Moogan, Shaun Gray, Michael Powell, John Doolan, Robbie Booth, Steve Daly, Kevin Lee, Matty McGinn
Bottom Row (L to R): Mark Duffy, Neil Robinson, Mal Liptrot, Liam Watson, Chris Price, Tony Gray, Craig Noone

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