At the Wanderers AGM in June 1886, at which a representative of the Southport club was present, they invited Southport to amalgamate. Thanks to the British Newspaper Archive’s digitisation of the Southport Visiter archives a full report of this pivotal event can now be made available to supporters to view.

Images: Southport Visiter – Tuesday 21 September 1886
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