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2008/2009

Division:Football Conference North


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

2012/2013 TOP scorers


2012/2013 TOP appearances



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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.
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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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