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. Key updates since the turn of the year include: Launch of our

Research during the past month has continued to focus on players who represented the club during the first and second world war. We have identified a further WW1 casualty in Arthur Stringfellow thanks to a reference unearthed in the Lancashire Evening Post in September 1918. Arthur too is buried/commemorated in France and

The results and line-ups for the whole World War Two period are now complete and match reports have also been added where they were missing. It has been a goal since the start of lockdown to be able to complete this part of our history and I'm delighted that I

We’ve continued to make steady progress with research of the WW2 period and the location of former Visiter editor Joe Moore’s diary has provided line-ups for a number of Northern Floodlit League and Cup games.

"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

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