"Second Class" Cups What constitutes a First Class and Second Class fixture has been a topic of conversation amongst the research "group" for a long time. Geoff was always clear that the First Class designation applied to League, FA Cup, FA Trophy and League Cup only. All other fixtures would therefore
Website Updates
Research Update
Our research into the history of Southport Football Club stems from our aim to to help supporters new and old to recognise the contribution each and every player, manager, coach or official has made to the club, town and community. The Southport newspaper archives (Journal, Visiter, Guardian) have not yet been
Player Search
Cup Competition Missing Data
FA Cup 10/10/1896 FA Cup / 1Q H BLACKBURN PARK ROAD W 4 - 2 Goals: R. Mellor, ?. Heywood, C. Hallows & ?? 31/10/1896 FA Cup / 2Q H WORKINGTON W 2 - 0 Goals: J. Kirwan & ?? 21/11/1896 FA Cup / 3Q A 3600 STALYBRIDGE ROVERS L 1 - 3 Goal:R.
League Missing Data
Missing/Incomplete Line-Ups 1912-13 17/02/1913 A STOCKPORT COUNTY RESERVES L 0 - 1 T. Saunders, J. Yarwood, A. Stringfellow, B. Semple 25/02/1913 A GLOSSOP RESERVES D 1 - 1 A. StringfellowW. Hodge, A. Stringfellow, R. Turnell 22/03/1913 A ROCHDALE L 0 – 8T. Saunders, J. Yarwood, A. Stringfellow, T. Wright 1913-14 01/04/1914 A BRADFORD CITY RESERVES L 0
War-Period Missing Data
Missing/Incomplete Line-Ups Second World War 1945-46 23/02/1946 FL War Cup A ACCRINGTON STANLEY L 0-4 19/04/1946 FL War Cup A CHESTER L 0-3
Programmes Wanted
If you have any of the following programmes for sale, or are able to confirm that no programme was issued, please get in touch. danhayes1881@gmail.com. 1959-60 27/10/59 A Blackburn Rovers Lancashire Senior Cup 1st Round24/11/59 H Blackburn Rovers Lancashire Senior Cup 1st Round Replay01/12/59 H Blackburn Rovers Lancashire Senior Cup 1st Round
Have you ever held a role at the club? You may be able to help!
With the addition to the board of three new directors this season things are really starting to look up off the field. Whilst we were not in any financial difficulty prior to their arrival I wanted to take a look back at previous boardroom changes at the club and the
Mystery Players
Over the years Southport have named a number of players in either their starting line-up or amongst the substitutes who I do not have full name for. Trawling through programmes has shed no light either. If you can shed any light on who these mystery men were, it will help
Going back to basics
Match by Match Line-Ups
Match by Match Line-Ups
Southport Central
I'm starting to add as much information to the site as possible regarding our pre-football league days. Over the past month I've added all of the league tables and season summaries from 1881 to 1921, and I'm also adding details of a number of known players. Some of the things you
Data Anomalies and Missing Information
1980-81 18th November 1980 Home v Skelmersdale Utd in the Liverpool Senior Cup 1st Round In a game Southport won 5-1 the line-up is documented as: Alty, Ritson,Pritchard, Styles, Ramsden, Francis, A.Wilson, McInnes, Woodcock,Mawson Sub: Burgess What was the attendance, and more importantly who is the missing player from the starting 11? 1981-82. 21st January 1982 Away
Welcome to Port Online
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. This website would not be possible