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id="toc-Full-time:_2006–2008" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Full-time:_2006–2008"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Full-time: 2006–2008</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Full-time:_2006–2008-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Return_to_part-time:_from_2008" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Return_to_part-time:_from_2008"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Return to part-time: from 2008</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Return_to_part-time:_from_2008-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-League_top_flight_(2010_to_2017)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-League_top_flight_(2010_to_2017)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>Non-League top flight (2010 to 2017)</span> 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-2.97917</span></span></span></a></span></span> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Football club</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Southport</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Southport_FC_crest.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Southport_FC_crest.svg/165px-Southport_FC_crest.svg.png" decoding="async" width="165" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Southport_FC_crest.svg/248px-Southport_FC_crest.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Southport_FC_crest.svg/330px-Southport_FC_crest.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="292" data-file-height="342" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Southport Football Club</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">The Sandgrounders, The Port</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1888<span class="noprint">; 136 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1888</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Ground</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Haig_Avenue" title="Haig Avenue">Haig Avenue</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">6,008</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Peter Mitchell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Manager</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bentley" title="Jim Bentley">Jim Bentley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_National_League" title="2023–24 National League">2023–24</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a>, 17th of 24</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://southportfc.net/">https://southportfc.net/</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; 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left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #89CFF0"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Away_colours" title="Away colours">Away colours</a></b></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Southport Football Club</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> club based in <a href="/wiki/Southport" title="Southport">Southport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merseyside" title="Merseyside">Merseyside</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ClubHome_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClubHome-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club compete in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a>, the sixth level of the <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">English football league system</a>. They play their home matches at <a href="/wiki/Haig_Avenue" title="Haig Avenue">Haig Avenue</a>, which has a capacity of 6,008. They are known by their nickname "the Sandgrounders". </p><p>Founded in 1888 as Southport Central, the club were members of regional leagues such as the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_League_(football)" title="Lancashire League (football)">Lancashire League</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Combination" title="Lancashire Combination">Lancashire Combination</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_League_(England)" title="Central League (England)">The Central League</a> for many years until 1921 when they were invited to become a founding member of the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North" title="Football League Third Division North">Football League Third Division North</a>. Southport held membership of <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">The Football League</a> from 1921 to 1978. The club's main honour whilst in the Football League was winning the 1972–73 <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Football League Fourth Division</a> championship. They failed to gain re-election in 1978 and since then have been members of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League" title="Northern Premier League">Northern Premier League</a> (1978 to 1993), the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(English_football)" title="National League (English football)">Football Conference</a> (1993 to 2003) and then the Northern Premier League Premier Division (2003–04). Southport were transferred to the new <a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a> in 2004 and, since then, have played in either that division (tier 6) or the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(division)" title="National League (division)">tier 5 National League</a>. In 2017, Southport were <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">relegated</a> to their current division, the National League North. </p><p>Southport's best performance in the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> came in the <a href="/wiki/1930%E2%80%9331_FA_Cup" title="1930–31 FA Cup">1930–31 tournament</a> when they reached the quarter-finals (last eight) but were then beaten 9–1 by <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> at <a href="/wiki/Goodison_Park" title="Goodison Park">Goodison Park</a>. Southport had another good <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_FA_Cup" title="1965–66 FA Cup">FA Cup run in 1965–66</a> when they reached the fifth round (last sixteen) and were beaten 2–0 by <a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a> at <a href="/wiki/Boothferry_Park" title="Boothferry Park">Boothferry Park</a>. Southport took part in the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">Football League Cup</a> from 1960 to 1978 but never progressed beyond the first two rounds. The team reached the final of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Trophy" title="FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a> in <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_in_English_football" title="1997–98 in English football">1997–98</a>, played at the old <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley Stadium</a>, but lost 1–0 to <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a statistical breakdown by season, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Southport_F.C._seasons" title="List of Southport F.C. seasons">List of Southport F.C. seasons</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Original_Amateur_Club:_1881–1886"><span id="The_Original_Amateur_Club:_1881.E2.80.931886"></span>The Original Amateur Club: 1881–1886</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Original Amateur Club: 1881–1886"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although association football was played in the town's private schools in the late 1870s the first association club was not formed in the town until November 1881. Bearing the name of Southport Football club, the club had originally begun as a rugby club, the 'handling code' having been played competitively since 1872. </p><p>The man responsible for the decision to switch was a former <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Welsh international</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Burnett_(footballer)" title="Thomas Burnett (footballer)">Thomas Blundell Burnett</a>. In the story of Southport Football Club, Burnett's role is very significant. He was the instigator of the switch, he was the Secretary of the new club, and he was also the Captain. He was the pioneer of association football in Southport, of that there is absolutely no doubt.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The club played its games on a field on a large plot of land opposite to the entrance of Chambers Road on the corner Scarisbrick New Road and Ash Street backing onto Trap Lane (today's Southbank Road), roughly where Westmoreland Road lies today. There was space enough for multiple pitches, one of which was used by Southport Olympic rugby club. </p><p>Encouraged by their first year, Southport joined both the Lancashire and <a href="/wiki/Football_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Association">English Football Associations</a> and entered the English, Lancashire and Liverpool and District Challenge Cups. The competitive element of the cup-ties aroused most interest. On 7 October, Southport entertained <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Ramblers_A.F.C." title="Liverpool Ramblers A.F.C.">Liverpool Ramblers</a> in their first ever F.A., or English Challenge Cup tie as the competition was called for years. This game was watched by 300 spectators including many women supporters and resulted in a 1–1 draw, Ambler scoring for Southport following a neat pass from Arthur Dalby. </p><p>In the 1884–85 season the club merged with the Southport Athletic Society. The team moved to the Sports Ground, on Sussex Road. It was unanimously decided to change their red jerseys for red and white striped flannel shirts. The Reds were thereby now known as “The Stripes”. </p><p>As football grew in popularity other clubs sprang up in the town. Southport Wanderers, High Park, Churchtown and Southport Old Boys were amongst the most prominent. However Southport Football Club was considered to be the town's premier side. </p><p>Off the field the club was not in a healthy state and in the 1885/86 season they were facing stiff competition from twenty six other clubs in the town. Southport reduced their annual subscriptions to five shillings to try and compete but were later forced to sever their connections with the Athletic Society and in the Athletic Society's Annual report the Committee regretted ‘their unfortunate connection with the Football Club which resulted in the Society incurring an expenditure on their account of £88-3 shillings. </p><p>After five years existence Southport's first football club folded. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Southport_Wanderers:_1884–1888"><span id="Southport_Wanderers:_1884.E2.80.931888"></span>Southport Wanderers: 1884–1888</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Southport Wanderers: 1884–1888"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Southport Wanderers formed as an amateur outfit in 1884 by members of the Southport Olympic rugby club. By the summer of 1886 Wanderers had grown into one of the most popular clubs in the town. In fact, by the time of the demise of the original Southport Football Club they were able to field a first and second eleven on a regular basis, something the original club struggled to do for much of the 1885/1886 season. </p><p>At the Wanderers AGM in June 1886, at which a representative of the original Southport association club was present, they invited Southport Football Club to amalgamate </p><p>At least six former Southport players and many of their supporters transferred their affiliations to Southport Wanderers. Southport Wanderers moved to a new ground in Scarisbrick New Road for the 1886-87 season. It was a large field, enclosed to a height of 7 foot 6 inches and big enough to accommodate three matches at once. A covered grandstand, to seat 140 spectators, and a dressing tent were provided. Three cows which grazed on the field withdrew behind the grandstand during matches. </p><p>At a General Meeting held in the Mather's Saleroom on Chapel Street, it was unanimously resolved that in future the club be called ‘Southport Football Club’ Thus imparting to it a representative character which it had not hitherto enjoyed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_new_professional_club_-_Southport_Central:_1888-1921">A new professional club - Southport Central: 1888-1921</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: A new professional club - Southport Central: 1888-1921"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 2 June 1888 the Southport Guardian newspaper revealed that there was a scheme in the town to provide a football club of ‘Mighty proportions’..by raising an importation team’ Professional football was about to be launched in Southport. </p><p>In the summer of 1888, the year the Football League was founded, with the game increasing in popularity, It was felt that a team of stronger calibre should be formed to represent the district The idea met with favour and the initial meeting called to form such a club took place on 12 June at Victoria Galleries, Chapel Street. </p><p>At a second meeting, held at the Railway Hotel a week later, Mr. Robert McGown (erroneously reported in the Guardian as “McGowan”), once secretary of the High Park club, successfully proposed that the name of the club should be “Southport Central Association Football Club”. </p><p>When the proposition to form a committee was put eleven voted in favour, none against and nineteen abstained. Mr James of Hoghton Street was appointed Honorary Treasurer, Edwin Ramsbottom Secretary and an executive committee was formed. </p><p>At a meeting held on 29 August, Mr. J. B. Watson explaining the objects of the club said it was likely to place Southport in the front rank of football with the certain result of bringing increased crowds of visitors to the town and it was confirmed that “Foreign talent” would be introduced by paying players. </p><p>The club's record for their initial season was Played 40 Won 21 Drawn 6 Lost 13. </p><p>The event which caused the most excitement in the town was the visit of <a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a> who had just carried off the League and Cup double. They came to Southport on 13 May and were given a rapturous welcome on arrival at the railway station. They were driven to the ground behind a marching band. There was a record gate of 3,500 and North End won 4-2 even though Central were re-inforced for the occasion by Forbes, Townley and Southworth of <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a>. </p><p>The club joined the newly formed Lancashire League. Following the success of the Football League it was hardly surprising that there would be a demand for a County Competition in Lancashire At a meeting organized by the Secretary of the Earlestown club the Lancashire League became a reality. Isaac Smith, Central's Chairman, became the league's first treasurer. </p><p>At the start of the 1905–06 season Central moved to its present home, <a href="/wiki/Haig_Avenue" title="Haig Avenue">Haig Avenue</a>, which was then known as Ash Lane. In 1911, the club became founder members of the <a href="/wiki/Central_League_(England)" title="Central League (England)">Central League</a>. In 1918, the club was renamed as <b>Southport Vulcan</b> – having been bought by the <a href="/wiki/Vulcan_(cars)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vulcan (cars)">Vulcan Motor Company</a> – becoming the first club to take a sponsor's name. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football_League:_1921–1978"><span id="Football_League:_1921.E2.80.931978"></span>Football League: 1921–1978</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Football League: 1921–1978"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1921 the club, now named simply <b>Southport</b>, joined <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">the Football League</a> and became a founder member of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North" title="Football League Third Division North">Third Division North</a>. In 1931, Southport became the first club from the Third Division North to reach the sixth round (quarter-finals) of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>, where they lost 9–1 to <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a>. A year later the club recorded its record attendance, when 20,010 watched them play <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> in the fourth round of the FA Cup. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Southport_League_Performances.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Southport_League_Performances.png/220px-Southport_League_Performances.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Southport_League_Performances.png/330px-Southport_League_Performances.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Southport_League_Performances.png/440px-Southport_League_Performances.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1176" /></a><figcaption>Southport League Performances Since Entering The Football league</figcaption></figure> <p>Having finished in the bottom half of the table at the end of the 1957–58 season, the club dropped into the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> following the reorganisation of the Third Division North and <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_South" title="Football League Third Division South">Third Division South</a> into Third and Fourth Divisions. The club's first promotion came at the end of the 1966–67 season, when they finished as runners-up in the Fourth Division behind <a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a> under the guidance of <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bingham" title="Billy Bingham">Billy Bingham</a>, who later went on to manage the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Irish</a> national team. They were relegated back to the Fourth Division in 1970, but won promotion again in 1973 when they finished as Fourth Division Champions. Relegation back to the Fourth Division followed the very next season. This heralded a period of decline as crowds dropped – on some occasions into just three figures – and the ground fell into disrepair. </p><p>Disaster struck in 1978, when the club was <a href="/wiki/Re-election_(Football_League)" title="Re-election (Football League)">voted out</a> of the Football League following three consecutive 23rd (out of 24) placed finishes, and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Wimbledon Football Club">Wigan Athletic.</a> The voting couldn't have been tighter, as the clubs drew on the first ballot (when many had expected <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a> to be voted out), but Wigan's superior canvassing ensured that they won the second ballot. Southport was the last club to leave the Football League through the re-election process. Automatic relegation from the Fourth Division was introduced in <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_in_English_football" title="1986–87 in English football">1986–87</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-League_football:_from_1978">Non-League football: from 1978</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Non-League football: from 1978"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After several seasons with South Liverpool, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Kettle" title="Brian Kettle">Brian Kettle</a> was appointed manager and was instrumental in one of the most successful periods. Kettle had a difficult task from the off, his first season in charge saw him start with only three players Andy Johnston, Stuart Bimson and club captain Rob Sturgeon.<sup id="cite_ref-seasons_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seasons-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a poor start to the season which saw the club in the relegation places until mid-October after bringing in several new players such as Ossie Smith, Bob Howard, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Whitehall" title="Steve Whitehall">Steve Whitehall</a>, Steve Holden, Peter Wright, Alan McDonald, the returning Ian Baines and for the third time <a href="/wiki/Tony_Quinn_(footballer)" title="Tony Quinn (footballer)">Tony Quinn</a> they finished the season in a very respectable seventh place in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League" title="Northern Premier League">Northern Premier League</a>, albeit 38 points off the champions <a href="/wiki/Colne_Dynamoes_F.C." title="Colne Dynamoes F.C.">Colne Dynamoes</a> who were not accepted for promotion and ultimately folded.<sup id="cite_ref-thebook_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thebook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the 1990–91 season, very little changed and was a very exciting season for the club. The free-scoring prowess of Holden and Whitehall saw the club reach 100 league goals in March and four semi-final appearances, losing only one. Ultimately due to the cup runs, the league performance suffered and they only managed to finish 5th in the league.<sup id="cite_ref-seasons2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seasons2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, there was now renewed optimism in the town. </p><p>The 1991–92 season started dreadfully for the club due to the loss of key personnel in the summer. Holden and Whitehall both left within weeks, the latter going for a club record £25,000 to <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kettle had to rebuild once again, but it didn't go to plan straightaway. The club were bottom of the table till September, only managing to win their first game at the start of October. After a series of good runs, they managed to claw their way up the table to once again finish seventh.<sup id="cite_ref-thebook_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thebook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1992–93 season was one of the most important seasons in the clubs recent history. Southport impressively won the league with 96 points and once again scoring 100 goals and tasted success in two more cup competitions and an excellent <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> run took them through to the second round proper for the first time since 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-thebook_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thebook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998 the club had its first (and only) trip to <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley</a>, when they lost 1–0 to <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a> in the final of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Trophy" title="FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a>. 10,000 Southport fans made the trip to London to see the match. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Southport_vs_Kidderminster_Harriers_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Southport_vs_Kidderminster_Harriers_1.jpg/220px-Southport_vs_Kidderminster_Harriers_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Southport_vs_Kidderminster_Harriers_1.jpg/330px-Southport_vs_Kidderminster_Harriers_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Southport_vs_Kidderminster_Harriers_1.jpg/440px-Southport_vs_Kidderminster_Harriers_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>Southport (in yellow) vs <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Harriers_F.C." title="Kidderminster Harriers F.C.">Kidderminster Harriers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Haig_Avenue" title="Haig Avenue">Haig Avenue</a>, 22 November 2005.</figcaption></figure> <p>The club were relegated back to the Northern Premier League at the end of the 2002–03 season. They became founder members of the new <a href="/wiki/Conference_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference North">Conference North</a> in 2004–05, and were the league's first Champions, earning promotion back to the newly renamed <a href="/wiki/Conference_Premier" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference Premier">Conference National</a>. In the 2005–06 season, Southport spent much of their time at the bottom of the table, but managed to secure survival with a five-game unbeaten run culminating in a 1–1 away draw with third-placed <a href="/wiki/Grays_Athletic_F.C." title="Grays Athletic F.C.">Grays Athletic</a> on 25 April. The manager at the time, Liam Watson, stated that this feat was more impressive than their title winning accomplishments the season before. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Full-time:_2006–2008"><span id="Full-time:_2006.E2.80.932008"></span>Full-time: 2006–2008</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Full-time: 2006–2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006 the club changed to full-time, with Liam Watson moving to Burscough at the end of the season a new manager in Paul Cook was appointed. This led to a massive overhaul of the squad, with many players unwilling or unable to go full-time. This proved to be a disastrous turn of events. Cook had to assemble a complete squad with just six of the original squad remaining. After a run of poor results, his contract was terminated on 3 January 2007. </p><p>The first match after Cook's departure saw Dino Maamria and Steve Whitehall take over as caretaker manager team and they succeeded in leading the team to a 3–1 home win over free-falling Grays, a match which also saw Carl Baker make his 100th appearance in a Southport shirt. </p><p>The only other match which saw the Maamria-Whitehall manager team was a 2–1 defeat in the FA Trophy at the hands of Salisbury before Peter Davenport, who had previously had an unbeaten spell as caretaker-manager of the club in 2001, was named as Cook's successor two weeks later. </p><p>Davenport's new team, aided with decent signings in the transfer window, started to churn out decent results. This did not last long however, and, due to Southport's ability to concede late goals in most games, the club looked certain to drop down a league, however again doubts were cast as the club won 4 matches on the run, and with two matches left were only two points off safety. However these matches were against play off hopefuls <a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Exeter_City_F.C." title="Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City</a>. After losing to a <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Donaldson" title="Clayton Donaldson">Clayton Donaldson</a> penalty against York, the Sandgrounders were relegated the following Tuesday, not even playing a game, after relegation rivals Grays and Halifax both won their games. </p><p>The club stayed full-time, looking to bounce straight back up from the Conference North to the top of non-League football. </p><p>Southport signed Neil Prince and Karl Noon from Stalybridge Celtic and Marine respectively. Peter Davenport also brought in goalkeeper Richard Whiteside, midfielder Dave Prout and right back Chris Lever after trials from Oldham. The biggest news in the transfer period for Southport fans however, was the departure of star right winger <a href="/wiki/Carl_Baker" title="Carl Baker">Carl Baker</a> to <a href="/wiki/Morecambe_F.C." title="Morecambe F.C.">Morecambe</a>, for a fee believed to be £50,000. </p><p>Southport Football Club announced on Monday 7 April 2008 that manager Peter Davenport and assistant Huw Griffiths left the club with immediate effect. The club placed on record their appreciation for everything they both contributed to Southport Football Club. </p><p>Former player <a href="/wiki/Gary_Brabin" title="Gary Brabin">Gary Brabin</a> was initially given the job until the end of the season and guided the team into the play-offs only to go out on penalties away at <a href="/wiki/Stalybridge_Celtic_F.C." title="Stalybridge Celtic F.C.">Stalybridge Celtic</a>, however only three days later the club announced their ambitions early by appointing him full-time and thus keeping their full-time playing status for another season at least. However, this appointment turned out to be only an agreement to sign a future contract, and after an approach from <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_United_F.C." title="Cambridge United F.C.">Cambridge United</a>, Brabin left Southport to sign as Cambridge manager on 23 June 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_part-time:_from_2008">Return to part-time: from 2008</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Return to part-time: from 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_Square_North_Trophy.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Blue_Square_North_Trophy.JPG/220px-Blue_Square_North_Trophy.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Blue_Square_North_Trophy.JPG/330px-Blue_Square_North_Trophy.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Blue_Square_North_Trophy.JPG/440px-Blue_Square_North_Trophy.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1479" data-file-height="1831" /></a><figcaption>Conference North trophy awarded to Southport, 2009–10 season.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 30 June 2008 the club's official website confirmed that <a href="/wiki/Liam_Watson_(footballer)" title="Liam Watson (footballer)">Liam Watson</a> had rejoined Southport as first team manager following his resignation from Burscough.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This change saw the arrival of numerous part-time players, following Watson from Burscough including Conference North top scorer Ciaran Kilheeney, Watson's co-Players of the Year – Adam Flynn and Anthony McMillan, as well former Southport players, Matty McGinn, Earl Davis, Robbie Booth and Steve Daly. Retained players, Michael Powell and Neil Robinson, chose to return to part-time football, whilst Matt Hocking, Neil Prince and club captain, Chris Holland left the club. Kevin Lee and Tony Gray signed new part-time contracts at the start of the season, and thus Southport practically returned fully to a part-time club. During that season Tony Gray and <a href="/wiki/John_Doolan_(footballer_born_1974)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Doolan (footballer born 1974)">John Doolan</a> departed the club, as well as <a href="/wiki/Craig_Noone" title="Craig Noone">Craig Noone</a>, who moved to Championship side <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a>. </p><p>The 2008–09 season saw Southport reach the Conference North play-offs, having finished in fifth place. However, a home defeat, followed by an away draw against Gateshead left Southport to battle for a further season in the Conference North. Only four defeats during 2009–10 saw Southport finally secure the League title following a 3–0 away victory at <a href="/wiki/Eastwood_Town_F.C." title="Eastwood Town F.C.">Eastwood Town</a> on the final Saturday of the season, spurred on by over 700 travelling Sandgrounders. They finished just one point ahead of near neighbours <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Town_F.C." title="Fleetwood Town F.C.">Fleetwood Town</a>. The success of the first team, who also lifted the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_FA_Challenge_Trophy" title="Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy">Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy</a> following victory against <a href="/wiki/Clitheroe_F.C." title="Clitheroe F.C.">Clitheroe</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Macron_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Macron Stadium">Reebok Stadium</a>, was mirrored by the club's youth team who won both the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_League_(football)" title="Lancashire League (football)">Lancashire League</a> and Conference North Youth League. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-League_top_flight_(2010_to_2017)"><span id="Non-League_top_flight_.282010_to_2017.29"></span>Non-League top flight (2010 to 2017)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Non-League top flight (2010 to 2017)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Football_Conference" title="2010–11 Football Conference">2010–11</a>, the first season back in the Conference, Southport finished in the relegation zone of the <a href="/wiki/Conference_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference National">Conference National</a>, but were reprieved after <a href="/wiki/Rushden_%26_Diamonds_F.C." title="Rushden & Diamonds F.C.">Rushden & Diamonds</a> were expelled from the league. </p><p>The 2011–12 season saw a change of fortune for the club, with the implementation of a new, extended training schedule seeing an upturn in performances and results. On 26 November 2011, a club record of consecutive away victories was broken with the Sandgrounder's 1–0 win at Stockport County, their 8th in succession. Although narrowly missing out on a play off spot, having occupied one of the top five positions for long periods of the season, the 2011–12 season saw the 'Port finish in a very impressive 7th place, the club's highest league finish in 10 years. </p><p>During the 2012–13 season Southport failed to repeat its successful performance in the prior season and finished 5th from bottom, just one place above the relegation zone. On 17 April 2013 it was announced that Watson would be leaving Southport once again, but on more amiable terms resigning, ostensibly, in order to 'take a break from the game'.<sup id="cite_ref-resign_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resign-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after, he was appointed manager of AFC Telford<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who he led to promotion in his first season.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 May 2013, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Wright" title="Alan Wright">Alan Wright</a> was appointed Southport manager,<sup id="cite_ref-southport_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-southport-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with <a href="/wiki/John_Hills_(footballer)" title="John Hills (footballer)">John Hills</a> as his assistant manager.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Southport kicked off the 2013–14 season with a 1–0 home win over Luton Town, just the beginning of a good start to the season, Wright managed the team to four straight home wins. However the good form didn't last long, a run of 8 straight defeats away from home saw Wright's side drop to the lower half of the table. A 2–2 draw to Macclesfield ended the losing away run, followed by a 6–2 victory over Marske United in the FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round and a 1–0 win against previously unbeaten table toppers Cambridge United. This looked like a catalyst for a turnaround in fortunes, however Southport lost their next six games, eliminated from both the FA Cup and FA Trophy, and sat in 18th place in the table, Alan Wright left the club on Friday 7 December 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His replacement was named just a day later on Saturday 8 December 2013, as <a href="/wiki/John_Coleman_(footballer_born_1962)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Coleman (footballer born 1962)">John Coleman</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Accrington_Stanley_F.C." title="Accrington Stanley F.C.">Accrington Stanley</a> manager, who had previously played for Southport over 25 years earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under Coleman the club escaped relegation, finishing the season in fine form. This spell also led to a change in the club's training schedule, with sessions during the day, rather than evening, unlike a majority of part-time clubs. </p><p>To the consternation of the fans, Coleman was not retained as manager; instead the Board appointed <a href="/wiki/Martin_Foyle" title="Martin Foyle">Martin Foyle</a> formerly the manager of Hereford United.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of first team players left the club at the end of the season (including several who had been on loan) leaving Foyle with a major rebuilding task for the 2014–15 season. Foyle was dismissed in October 2014 and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Gary_Brabin" title="Gary Brabin">Gary Brabin</a> who returned to the club for his second spell as manager.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite a run in the FA Cup culminating in a spirited third round defeat to <a href="/wiki/Championship" title="Championship">Championship</a> side <a href="/wiki/Derby_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Derby County">Derby County</a>, Brabin's spell was short lived, accepting an academy role with <a href="/wiki/Everton_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Everton FC">Everton</a>. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Carden" title="Paul Carden">Paul Carden</a>, previously assistant to Brabin, became manager and was joined by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Russell_(footballer,_born_1973)" title="Alex Russell (footballer, born 1973)">Alex Russell</a> as assistant manager, son of the <a href="/wiki/Alex_Russell_(footballer,_born_1944)" title="Alex Russell (footballer, born 1944)">club legend of the same name</a>. The club secured Conference survival yet again in 2015, finishing 19th in the league. </p><p>Carden's team started the 2015–16 season in poor form, leading to his departure from the club in November 2015, <a href="/wiki/Dino_Maamria" title="Dino Maamria">Dino Maamria</a> became Southport's seventh manager since April 2013 shortly after. On 19 March 2016 <a href="/wiki/Andy_Bishop" title="Andy Bishop">Andy Bishop</a> was appointed caretaker player/manager of the club after Dino Maamria left the club for family reasons. </p><p>On 6 September 2016, Liam Watson was announced as returning to Southport for the third time but in a new capacity. Watson joined the board of directors along with local businessmen Nigel Allen and David Barron. He will take up the newly created role as Operations Director.<sup id="cite_ref-portdir_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-portdir-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steve Burr was announced as the manager of Southport on 8 September 2016 following the departure of Andy Bishop 5 days earlier. </p><p>On 30 January 2017 Steve Burr was sacked after a poor run of form and being one point above the drop zone.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Andy_Preece" title="Andy Preece">Andy Preece</a> was appointed Manager on 8 February, their eleventh since April 2013<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but another poor run of form saw them slip to the foot of the table in March. On Friday 14 April 2017, Southport relegation to the <a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a> was confirmed after a 3–0 loss to <a href="/wiki/Dover_Athletic_F.C." title="Dover Athletic F.C.">Dover Athletic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following confirmation of relegation, long term chairman Charlie Clapham announced he would be stepping from the board of directors on 21 April 2017, along with vice-chairman Sam Shrouder. Southport then parted ways with Manager Andy Preece on 5 May 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_League_North_and_new_board">National League North and new board</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: National League North and new board"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 15 May 2017 it was announced that local accountant and supporter James Treadwell would become the club's new chairman, his first appointment was to welcome back former manager <a href="/wiki/Mark_Wright_(footballer,_born_1963)" title="Mark Wright (footballer, born 1963)">Mark Wright</a> as Head of Development. Southport appointed Alan Lewer as manager on 30 May 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2017–18 season started well for the new management team, winning the five of their first eight league games. Following supporter's campaigning since May, law firm director Phil Hodgkinson joined the board of directors on 5 September 2017. Having lost their next six games after this date, Wright and Lewer were dismissed on 26 September 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Davies" title="Kevin Davies">Kevin Davies</a> was appointed manager on 18 October 2017 on a two-and-a-half-year contract.<sup id="cite_ref-SouthportIn_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SouthportIn-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Southport secured survival on 21 April 2018 despite losing 1–0 to <a href="/wiki/Brackley_Town_F.C." title="Brackley Town F.C.">Brackley Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, Davies was dismissed as manager on 30 April 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a spell <a href="/wiki/Scout_(association_football)" title="Scout (association football)">scouting</a> for <a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a>, Liam Watson was reappointed manager of Southport on 7 May 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was confirmed during the summer of 2019 that Phil Hodgkinson would step down as Southport's owner and director so that he could replace <a href="/wiki/Dean_Hoyle" title="Dean Hoyle">Dean Hoyle</a> as majority shareholder and chairman of <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">Championship</a> club <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On his departure from Southport, Hodgkinson sold his shares to Ian Kyle, Steve Porter and manager, Liam Watson, to create a new-look boardroom.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Long serving manager Liam Watson stepped back from this role after a poor start to the 2023/34 season, to focus on his position as Club Director. <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bentley" title="Jim Bentley">Jim Bentley</a> was appointed the club's new manager on 29 August 2023. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Ownership_(2023)"><span id="New_Ownership_.282023.29"></span>New Ownership (2023)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: New Ownership (2023)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 27 October 2023, it was announced that Big Help Group had acquired Southport FC and become the majority shareholder following the purchase of Ian Kyle's shares. The former chairman has subsequently been succeeded by Big Help Group's CEO, Peter Mitchell. </p><p>On November 10, 2023, Southport FC, under the new ownership of the Big Help Group, held its first Fan Forum since the takeover. This significant event featured Assistant Manager <a href="/wiki/Andy_Burgess_(footballer)" title="Andy Burgess (footballer)">Andy Burgess</a> announcing the introduction of GPS vests in player training, signifying a step towards modernizing training methods and enhancing player performance analytics.<sup id="cite_ref-youtube.com_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the forum, Peter Mitchell shared his vision for the club, stating, "We aspire to be a full-time football club, I don't know when we're going to be able to reach that aspiration, but absolutely we aspire to be in full-time football."<sup id="cite_ref-youtube.com_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He further emphasized the club's financial commitment towards this goal, revealing, "We've committed to a quarter of a million pound of equity investment now, and we've also committed to a further quarter of a million pounds for the start of next season." </p><p>The event also highlighted plans for infrastructure development at the club's football ground. Mitchell discussed the board's deliberations on enhancing the ground, saying, "We've just been talking about it at the board meeting, about putting a plan together for the ground. I'm going to look at getting plans drawn up for a two-story changing facility to the left of the main stand, where we can have dressing rooms and changing rooms for the two teams and officials, and some offices above it."<sup id="cite_ref-youtube.com_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He added that he intends to submit planning permissions with <a href="/wiki/Sefton_Council" title="Sefton Council">Sefton Council</a> for this project, in a bid to get the "off the field facilities right", so they have better chances of being accepted into the Football League. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary_of_recent_seasons">Summary of recent seasons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Summary of recent seasons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Southport_F.C._seasons" title="List of Southport F.C. seasons">List of Southport F.C. seasons</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>League </th> <th>Level </th> <th>Pld </th> <th>W </th> <th>D </th> <th>L </th> <th>GF </th> <th>GA </th> <th>GD </th> <th>Pts </th> <th>Position </th> <th>Leading league scorer </th> <th>Goals </th> <th><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/FA_Trophy" title="FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a> </th> <th>Average attendance </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Northern_Premier_League#Premier_Division" title="2003–04 Northern Premier League">2003–04</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League_Premier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Premier League Premier Division">NPL Premier Division</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>44 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>71 </td> <td>52 </td> <td>+19 </td> <td>70 </td> <td>6th of 23<br /><b>Transferred</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Robinson_(footballer_born_1979)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neil Robinson (footballer born 1979)">Neil Robinson</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_FA_Cup" title="2003–04 FA Cup">QR2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_FA_Trophy" title="2003–04 FA Trophy">R2</a> </td> <td>809 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ACE1AF" align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Football_Conference#Conference_North" title="2004–05 Football Conference">2004–05</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference North">Conference North</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>83 </td> <td>45 </td> <td>+38 </td> <td>84 </td> <td>1st of 22<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">Promoted</a></b> </td> <td>Terry Fearns </td> <td>33 </td> <td bgcolor="White"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_FA_Cup" title="2004–05 FA Cup">R1</a> </td> <td bgcolor="White"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_FA_Trophy" title="2004–05 FA Trophy">R4</a> </td> <td bgcolor="White">1004 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Football_Conference#Conference_National" title="2005–06 Football Conference">2005–06</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference National">Conference National</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>36 </td> <td>68 </td> <td>−32 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>18th of 22 </td> <td>Steve Daly </td> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_FA_Cup" title="2005–06 FA Cup">R1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_FA_Trophy" title="2005–06 FA Trophy">R3</a> </td> <td>1244 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FF5349" align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Football_Conference#Conference_National" title="2006–07 Football Conference">2006–07</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference National">Conference National</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>57 </td> <td>67 </td> <td>−10 </td> <td>47 </td> <td>23rd of 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">Relegated</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Baker" title="Carl Baker">Carl Baker</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td bgcolor="White"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_FA_Cup" title="2006–07 FA Cup">QR4</a> </td> <td bgcolor="White"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_FA_Trophy" title="2006–07 FA Trophy">R2</a> </td> <td bgcolor="White">1200 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Football_Conference#Conference_North" title="2007–08 Football Conference">2007–08</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference North">Conference North</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>77 </td> <td>50 </td> <td>+27 </td> <td>77 </td> <td>4th of 22<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Playoffs#England" title="Playoffs">Lost in PO Semifinal</a></b> </td> <td>Tony Gray </td> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_FA_Cup" title="2007–08 FA Cup">QR4</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_FA_Trophy" title="2007–08 FA Trophy">R1</a> </td> <td>1014 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_Conference#Conference_North" title="2008–09 Football Conference">2008–09</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference North">Conference North</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>63 </td> <td>36 </td> <td>+27 </td> <td>76 </td> <td>5th of 22<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Playoffs#England" title="Playoffs">Lost in PO Semifinal</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ciaran_Kilheeney" title="Ciaran Kilheeney">Ciaran Kilheeney</a> </td> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_FA_Cup" title="2008–09 FA Cup">QR3</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#ACE1AF"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_FA_Trophy" title="2008–09 FA Trophy"><b>QF</b></a> </td> <td>899 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ACE1AF" align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_Conference#Conference_North" title="2009–10 Football Conference">2009–10</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference North">Conference North</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>91 </td> <td>45 </td> <td>+46 </td> <td>86 </td> <td>1st of 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">Promoted</a></b> </td> <td>Steve Daly </td> <td>18 </td> <td bgcolor="White"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_FA_Cup" title="2009–10 FA Cup">R1</a> </td> <td bgcolor="White"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_FA_Trophy" title="2009–10 FA Trophy">R1</a> </td> <td bgcolor="White">924 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Football_Conference#Conference_Premier" title="2010–11 Football Conference">2010–11</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference National">Conference National</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>56 </td> <td>77 </td> <td>−21 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>21st of 24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Whalley" title="Shaun Whalley">Shaun Whalley</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_FA_Cup" title="2010–11 FA Cup">R1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_FA_Trophy" title="2010–11 FA Trophy">R1</a> </td> <td>1152 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Football_Conference#Conference_Premier" title="2011–12 Football Conference">2011–12</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference National">Conference National</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>72 </td> <td>69 </td> <td>+3 </td> <td>76 </td> <td>7th of 24 </td> <td>Tony Gray </td> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_FA_Cup" title="2011–12 FA Cup">R1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_FA_Trophy" title="2011–12 FA Trophy">R1</a> </td> <td>1290 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Football_Conference#Conference_Premier" title="2012–13 Football Conference">2012–13</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference National">Conference National</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>72 </td> <td>86 </td> <td>−14 </td> <td>54 </td> <td>20th of 24 </td> <td>Chris Almond </td> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_FA_Cup" title="2012–13 FA Cup">QR4</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#ACE1AF"><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_FA_Trophy" title="2012–13 FA Trophy"><b>QF</b></a> </td> <td>958 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Football_Conference#Conference_National" title="2013–14 Football Conference">2013–14</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference National">Conference National</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>53 </td> <td>71 </td> <td>−18 </td> <td>53 </td> <td>18th of 24 </td> <td>Danny Hattersley </td> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_FA_Cup" title="2013–14 FA Cup">R1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_FA_Trophy" title="2013–14 FA Trophy">R1</a> </td> <td>1049 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Football_Conference#Conference_National" title="2014–15 Football Conference">2014–15</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference National">Conference National</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>47 </td> <td>72 </td> <td>−25 </td> <td>51 </td> <td>19th of 24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Brodie_(footballer)" title="Richard Brodie (footballer)">Richard Brodie</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_FA_Cup" title="2014–15 FA Cup">R3</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_FA_Trophy" title="2014–15 FA Trophy">R1</a> </td> <td>1070 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_National_League#National_League" title="2015–16 National League">2015–16</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_League_(division)" title="National League (division)">National League</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>52 </td> <td>65 </td> <td>−13 </td> <td>55 </td> <td>16th of 24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_Almond" title="Louis Almond">Louis Almond</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_FA_Cup" title="2015–16 FA Cup">QR4</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_FA_Trophy" title="2015–16 FA Trophy">R2</a> </td> <td>1133 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FF5349" align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_National_League#National_League" title="2016–17 National League">2016–17</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_League_(division)" title="National League (division)">National League</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>52 </td> <td>97 </td> <td>−45 </td> <td>39 </td> <td>23rd of 24<br /><a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">Relegated</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Allen_(footballer,_born_May_1995)" title="Jamie Allen (footballer, born May 1995)">Jamie Allen</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td bgcolor="White"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_FA_Cup" title="2016–17 FA Cup">R1</a> </td> <td bgcolor="White"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_FA_Trophy" title="2016–17 FA Trophy">R2</a> </td> <td bgcolor="White">1425 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_National_League#National_League_North" title="2017–18 National League">2017–18</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>60 </td> <td>72 </td> <td>-12 </td> <td>50 </td> <td>15th of 22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Gilchrist" title="Jason Gilchrist">Jason Gilchrist</a> </td> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_FA_Cup" title="2017–18 FA Cup">QR2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_FA_Trophy" title="2017–18 FA Trophy">QR3</a> </td> <td>1012 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_National_League#National_League_North" title="2018–19 National League">2018–19</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>58 </td> <td>55 </td> <td>-3 </td> <td>50 </td> <td>14th of 22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sampson" title="Jack Sampson">Jack Sampson</a> </td> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_FA_Cup" title="2018–19 FA Cup">R2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_FA_Trophy" title="2017–18 FA Trophy">R1</a> </td> <td>1071 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_National_League#National_League_North" title="2019–20 National League">2019–20</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a> <p><i>(</i><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_association_football" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football"><i>Season Suspended</i></a><i>)</i> </p> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>32 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>41 </td> <td>-2 </td> <td>50 </td> <td>12th of 22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Morgan_(footballer)" title="David Morgan (footballer)">David Morgan</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_FA_Cup" title="2019–20 FA Cup">QR4</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_FA_Trophy" title="2019–20 FA Trophy">R2</a> </td> <td>1003 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_National_League#National_League_North" title="2020–21 National League">2020–21</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a> <p><i>(</i><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_association_football" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football"><i>Season Suspended</i></a><i>)</i> </p> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>-3 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>17th of 22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jordan_McFarlane-Archer" title="Jordan McFarlane-Archer">Jordan Archer</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_FA_Cup" title="2020–21 FA Cup">QR3</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_FA_Trophy" title="2020–21 FA Trophy">R5</a> </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_National_League#National_League_North" title="2021–22 National League">2021–22</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>60 </td> <td>65 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>57 </td> <td>11th of 22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jordan_McFarlane-Archer" title="Jordan McFarlane-Archer">Jordan Archer</a> </td> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_FA_Cup" title="2021–22 FA Cup">QR4</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_FA_Trophy" title="2021–22 FA Trophy">R4</a> </td> <td>1081 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_National_League#National_League_North" title="2022–23 National League">2022–23</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a> </td> <td>6 </td> 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Trust in Yellow is the Supporters' Trust of the club. It was formed on 26 April 2006 by a set of supporters who were unhappy with the lack of communication between the club and its fans in an effort to get more involved and have a bigger say in the running of the club. T.I.Y. is a member of Supporters' Direct, a body funded by <a href="/wiki/Sport_England" title="Sport England">Sport England</a>. In 2021, the Trust funded the building of a new Fanzone building inside the club's stadium, however since the completion of this project the Trust has been effectively defunct. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_squad">Current squad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Current squad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>As of 5 August 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-Home_{{!}}_Southport_Football_Club_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Home_{{!}}_Southport_Football_Club-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r973156043">.mw-parser-output .nogrid,.mw-parser-output .nogrid td,.mw-parser-output .nogrid tr,.mw-parser-output .nogrid th{border:0}</style> <p><small>Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small> </p> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">1 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Chris Renshaw</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">2 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Matthew Thomson</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">3 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Doyle_(footballer)" title="Jack Doyle (footballer)">Jack Doyle</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">4 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/German_Football_Association" title="German Football Association">GER</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Festus_Arthur" title="Festus Arthur">Festus Arthur</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">5 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Harry Flowers</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">6 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Knight-Percival" title="Nathaniel Knight-Percival">Nathaniel Knight-Percival</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">7 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Lloyd_(footballer)" title="Danny Lloyd (footballer)">Danny Lloyd</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">8 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Irish_Football_Association" title="Irish Football Association">NIR</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Morgan_(footballer)" title="David Morgan (footballer)">David Morgan</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">9 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Proctor" title="Jamie Proctor">Jamie Proctor</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">10 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Carver" title="Marcus Carver">Marcus Carver</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">13 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Tony McMillan</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">14 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Keenan Quansah</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">15 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Tom Moore</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">16 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Jordan Keane</span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)"><i>Captain</i></a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">17 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Finlay Heath</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">18 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Hilton" title="Sonny Hilton">Sonny Hilton</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">20 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Luke_Burgess_(footballer)" title="Luke Burgess (footballer)">Luke Burgess</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">22 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Minihan" title="Sam Minihan">Sam Minihan</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">23 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Jack Stafford</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">25 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Philliskirk" title="Danny Philliskirk">Danny Philliskirk</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)"><i>Vice Captain</i></a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">26 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Finlay Turner</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">27 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Matthew Hawkins</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">28 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Spanish_Football_Federation" title="Royal Spanish Football Federation">ESP</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Renato De Oliveria Gomes</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Out_on_loan">Out on loan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Out on loan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r973156043"> <p><small>Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small> </p> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">24 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Will Russ</span> <i>(on loan to <a href="/wiki/Warrington_Rylands_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Warrington Rylands F.C.">Warrington Rylands</a>)</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_officials">Club officials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Club officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Board of directors</b> </p> <ul><li>Chairman: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Peter Mitchell</li> <li>Director: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Steve Porter</li> <li>Director: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Tammy Burgess</li> <li>Director: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Joe Goulding</li> <li>Director: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liam_Watson_(footballer)" title="Liam Watson (footballer)">Liam Watson</a></li> <li>Director: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Mike Black</li> <li>Director: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Collette Goulding</li> <li>Director: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Ollie Gottmann</li> <li>Sporting director: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Tammy Burgess</li> <li>Secretary: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Mark Lockyear</li> <li>Chief operations officer: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Steve Dewsnip</li> <li>Head of finance: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Lydia Davies</li> <li>Head of commercial: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Mike Black</li> <li>Head of media: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Rob Urwin</li></ul> <p><b>Coaching and medical staff</b> </p> <ul><li>Manager: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bentley" title="Jim Bentley">Jim Bentley</a></li> <li>Assistant manager: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andy_Burgess_(footballer)" title="Andy Burgess (footballer)">Andy Burgess</a></li> <li>First-team coach: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Morgan_(footballer,_born_1973)" title="Alan Morgan (footballer, born 1973)">Alan Morgan</a></li> <li>Player and first-team coach: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland"><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/David_Morgan_(footballer)" title="David Morgan (footballer)">David Morgan</a></li> <li>First-team coach: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Simon Beswick</li> <li>Player and goalkeeping coach: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Tony McMillan</li> <li>Physiotherapist: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Daniel Gabrielson</li> <li>Performance Analyst: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Shaun Slater</li> <li>Analyst: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Sam Lambert</li> <li>Kit manager: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Hamish Morton</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Managerial_history">Managerial history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Managerial history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Category:Southport_F.C._managers" title="Category:Southport F.C. managers">Category:Southport F.C. managers</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>League</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> (level 4) <ul><li>Champions: 1972–73</li> <li>Runners-up: 1966–67</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conference_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference North">Conference North</a> <ul><li>Champions: 2004–05, 2009–10</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League" title="Northern Premier League">Northern Premier League</a> <ul><li>Champions: 1992–93</li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>Cup</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North_Cup" title="Football League Third Division North Cup">Third Division North Cup</a> <ul><li>Winners: 1937–38</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FA_Trophy" title="FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a> <ul><li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_FA_Trophy" title="1997–98 FA Trophy">1997–98</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Senior_Cup" title="Lancashire Senior Cup">Lancashire Senior Cup</a> <ul><li>Winners: 1904–05</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Junior_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Lancashire Junior Cup">Lancashire Junior Cup</a> <ul><li>Winners (11): 1919–20, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2018–19 2021–22 2022–23</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Senior_Cup" title="Liverpool Senior Cup">Liverpool Senior Cup</a> <ul><li>Winners (12): 1930–31, 1931–32, 1943–44, 1962–63, 1974–75, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1998–99, 2011–12, 2018–19</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League_Challenge_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Premier League Challenge Cup">Northern Premier League Challenge Cup</a> <ul><li>Winners: 1990–91</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Town's Game: The Origins of Rugby and Association Football in Southport</i>, by Daniel J. Hayes (2022). <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9798836541293" title="Special:BookSources/9798836541293">9798836541293</a></li> <li><i>The Sandgrounders: The Complete League History of Southport F. C.</i>, by Michael Braham and Geoff Wilde (Palatine Books, 1995). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-874181-14-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-874181-14-9">978-1-874181-14-9</a></li> <li><i>The Complete Non-League History of Southport Football Club 1978–2008</i>, by Trust in Yellow (Legends Publishing, 2008). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-906796-01-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-906796-01-3">978-1-906796-01-3</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southport_F.C.&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ClubHome-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ClubHome_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://southportfc.net/club-information/">"Club Information"</a>. Southport F.C. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161025173719/http://southportfc.net/club-information/">Archived</a> from the original on 25 October 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 October</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Club+Information&rft.pub=Southport+F.C.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsouthportfc.net%2Fclub-information%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthport+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-seasons-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-seasons_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://southportfootballclub.co.uk/summary.php?season=63">"1989/90 Season Summary"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1989%2F90+Season+Summary&rft.pub=Port+Online&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsouthportfootballclub.co.uk%2Fsummary.php%3Fseason%3D63&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthport+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-thebook-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-thebook_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-thebook_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-thebook_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMichael_Braham_and_Geoff_Wilde1995" class="citation book cs1">Michael Braham and Geoff Wilde (1995). <i>The Sandgrounders: The Complete League History of Southport F. C</i>. 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Port Online. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130808014655/http://southportfootballclub.co.uk/summary.php?season=64">Archived</a> from the original on 8 August 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1990%2F91+Season+Summary&rft.pub=Port+Online&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsouthportfootballclub.co.uk%2Fsummary.php%3Fseason%3D64&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthport+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://southportfootballclub.co.uk/player.php?id=383">"Steve Whitehall profile"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 April</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Southport+manager+Liam+Watson+to+leave+at+end+of+season&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2F0%2Ffootball%2F22187619&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthport+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22194786">"Southport boss Liam Watson linked with vacancy"</a>. BBC Sport. 18 April 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130421071228/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22194786">Archived</a> from the original on 21 April 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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BBC Sport. 28 April 2014. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140429223055/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27175960">Archived</a> from the original on 29 April 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 March</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=AFC+Telford+United+promoted+to+Conference+Premier&rft.date=2014-04-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2F0%2Ffootball%2F27175960&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthport+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-southport-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-southport_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22539258">"Alan Wright: Southport name ex-Aston Villa defender as new boss"</a>. BBC Sport. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130623171900/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22539258">Archived</a> from the original on 23 June 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Alan+Wright%3A+Southport+name+ex-Aston+Villa+defender+as+new+boss&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2F0%2Ffootball%2F22539258&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthport+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131210222403/http://www.southportfc.net/news/details.php?news_id=8232">"Alan Wright is the new Southport Manager"</a>. Southport F.C. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.southportfc.net/news/details.php?news_id=8232">the original</a> on 10 December 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 May</span> 2013</span>. <q>I am bringing in John Hills as my number two.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Alan+Wright+is+the+new+Southport+Manager&rft.pub=Southport+F.C.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southportfc.net%2Fnews%2Fdetails.php%3Fnews_id%3D8232&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthport+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25267639">"Alan Wright leaves club by mutual consent"</a>. BBC Sport. 6 December 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131209031513/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25267639">Archived</a> from the original on 9 December 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 March</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Alan+Wright+leaves+club+by+mutual+consent&rft.date=2013-12-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2F0%2Ffootball%2F25267639&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthport+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25281485">"John Coleman named manager after Alan Wright departs"</a>. 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BBC Sport. 5 May 2014. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140718055538/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27283607">Archived</a> from the original on 18 July 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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BBC Sport. 6 October 2014. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150518072035/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29505247">Archived</a> from the original on 18 May 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://southportfc.net/three-new-board-join-sfc/">the original</a> on 10 September 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 September</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Southport+FC+Official+Site&rft.atitle=Three+New+Board+Members+Join+SFC&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsouthportfc.net%2Fthree-new-board-join-sfc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthport+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38796427">"Steve Burr: Southport sack manager, Liam Watson named interim boss"</a>. BBC Sport. 1 May 2018. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170201205520/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38796427">Archived</a> from the original on 1 February 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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BBC Sport. 8 February 2017. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180805041641/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38905274">Archived</a> from the original on 5 August 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 February</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Southport%3A+Andy+Preece+replaces+Steve+Burr+as+manager&rft.date=2017-02-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2F38905274&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthport+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://southportfc.net/southport-relegated-national-league-north/">"Southport Relegated To National League North"</a>. 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title="National League (division)">National</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Fylde" title="AFC Fylde">AFC Fylde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Town_F.C." title="Aldershot Town F.C.">Aldershot Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altrincham_F.C." title="Altrincham F.C.">Altrincham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnet_F.C." title="Barnet F.C.">Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_United_F.C." title="Boston United F.C.">Boston United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braintree_Town_F.C." title="Braintree Town F.C.">Braintree Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastleigh_F.C." title="Eastleigh F.C.">Eastleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebbsfleet_United_F.C." title="Ebbsfleet United F.C.">Ebbsfleet United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateshead_F.C." title="Gateshead F.C.">Gateshead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FC_Halifax_Town" title="FC Halifax Town">FC Halifax Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maidenhead_United_F.C." title="Maidenhead United F.C.">Maidenhead United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solihull_Moors_F.C." title="Solihull Moors F.C.">Solihull Moors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_United_F.C." title="Sutton United F.C.">Sutton United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamworth_F.C." title="Tamworth F.C.">Tamworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wealdstone_F.C." title="Wealdstone F.C.">Wealdstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woking_F.C." title="Woking F.C.">Woking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Grounds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_New_Lawn" title="The New Lawn">The Bolt New Lawn</a></li> <li>Boston Community Stadium</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Park" title="Boundary Park">Boundary Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Road_(Dagenham)" title="Victoria Road (Dagenham)">Chigwell Construction Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cressing_Road" title="Cressing Road">Cressing Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotland_Stadium" title="Spotland Stadium">Crown Oil Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damson_Park" title="Damson Park">Damson Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateshead_International_Stadium" title="Gateshead International Stadium">Gateshead International Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grosvenor_Vale" title="Grosvenor Vale">Grosvenor Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hive_Stadium" title="The Hive Stadium">The Hive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huish_Park" title="Huish Park">Huish Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingfield_Stadium" title="Kingfield Stadium">Laithwaite Community Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lamb_Ground" title="The Lamb Ground">The Lamb Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Farm_Sports_Village" title="Mill Farm Sports Village">Mill Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moss_Lane" title="Moss Lane">Moss Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recreation_Ground_(Aldershot)" title="Recreation Ground (Aldershot)">Recreation Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roots_Hall" title="Roots Hall">Roots Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Shay" title="The Shay">The Shay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Acres" title="Ten Acres">Silverlake Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonebridge_Road" title="Stonebridge Road">Stonebridge Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gander_Green_Lane" title="Gander Green Lane">VBS Community Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park_(Hartlepool)" title="Victoria Park (Hartlepool)">Victoria Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_Community_Stadium" title="York Community Stadium">York Community Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_Road_(Maidenhead)" title="York Road (Maidenhead)">York Road</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">North</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alfreton_Town_F.C." title="Alfreton Town F.C.">Alfreton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brackley_Town_F.C." title="Brackley Town F.C.">Brackley Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buxton_F.C." title="Buxton F.C.">Buxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_F.C." title="Chester F.C.">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorley_F.C." title="Chorley F.C.">Chorley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curzon_Ashton_F.C." title="Curzon Ashton F.C.">Curzon Ashton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farsley_Celtic_F.C." title="Farsley Celtic F.C.">Farsley Celtic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereford_F.C." title="Hereford F.C.">Hereford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Harriers_F.C." title="Kidderminster 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href="/wiki/South_Shields_F.C." title="South Shields F.C.">South Shields</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Southport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spennymoor_Town_F.C." title="Spennymoor Town F.C.">Spennymoor Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrington_Town_F.C." title="Warrington Town F.C.">Warrington Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_League_South" title="National League South">South</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aveley_F.C." title="Aveley F.C.">Aveley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_City_F.C." title="Bath City F.C.">Bath City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boreham_Wood_F.C." title="Boreham Wood F.C.">Boreham Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelmsford_City_F.C." title="Chelmsford City F.C.">Chelmsford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesham_United_F.C." title="Chesham United F.C.">Chesham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippenham_Town_F.C." title="Chippenham Town F.C.">Chippenham Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorking_Wanderers_F.C." title="Dorking Wanderers F.C.">Dorking Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastbourne_Borough_F.C." title="Eastbourne Borough F.C.">Eastbourne Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_Town_F.C." title="Enfield Town F.C.">Enfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farnborough_F.C." title="Farnborough F.C.">Farnborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_%26_Richmond_Borough_F.C." title="Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C.">Hampton & Richmond Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemel_Hempstead_Town_F.C." title="Hemel Hempstead Town F.C.">Hemel Hempstead Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_F.C." title="Hornchurch F.C.">Hornchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maidstone_United_F.C." title="Maidstone United F.C.">Maidstone United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_F.C." title="Salisbury F.C.">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slough_Town_F.C." title="Slough Town F.C.">Slough Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Albans_City_F.C." title="St Albans City F.C.">St Albans City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonbridge_Angels_F.C." title="Tonbridge Angels F.C.">Tonbridge Angels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truro_City_F.C." title="Truro City F.C.">Truro City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welling_United_F.C." title="Welling United F.C.">Welling United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston-super-Mare_A.F.C." title="Weston-super-Mare A.F.C.">Weston-super-Mare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymouth_F.C." title="Weymouth F.C.">Weymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worthing_F.C." title="Worthing F.C.">Worthing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1979–80 Alliance Premier League">1979–80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1980–81 Alliance Premier League">1980–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1981–82 Alliance Premier League">1981–82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1982–83 Alliance Premier League">1982–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1983–84 Alliance Premier League">1983–84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1984–85 Alliance Premier League">1984–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1985–86 Alliance Premier League">1985–86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_Conference" title="1986–87 Football Conference">1986–87</a></li> <li><a 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(1870)">Darwen</a></i> (1891–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gainsborough_Trinity_F.C." title="Gainsborough Trinity F.C.">Gainsborough Trinity</a> (1896–1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossop_North_End_A.F.C." title="Glossop North End A.F.C.">Glossop North End</a> (1898–1915)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leeds_City_F.C." title="Leeds City F.C.">Leeds City</a></i> (1905–19)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loughborough_F.C." title="Loughborough F.C.">Loughborough</a></i> (1895–1900)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_Ironopolis_F.C." title="Middlesbrough Ironopolis F.C.">Middlesbrough Ironopolis</a></i> (1893–94)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Brighton_Tower_F.C." title="New Brighton Tower F.C.">New Brighton Tower</a></i> (1898–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwich_Victoria_F.C." title="Northwich Victoria F.C.">Northwich Victoria</a> (1892–94)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_Town_F.C._(1878)" title="Rotherham Town F.C. (1878)">Rotherham Town</a></i> (1893–96)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a></i> Became <a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a> (1977–92, 2000–04)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third tier (1920–present)<br /> North/South (1921–1958)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aberdare_Athletic_F.C." title="Aberdare Athletic F.C.">Aberdare Athletic</a></i> (1921–27)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashington_A.F.C." title="Ashington A.F.C.">Ashington</a> (1921–29)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a> (1894–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_City_A.F.C." title="Durham City A.F.C.">Durham City</a> (1921–28)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Town_F.C." title="Merthyr Town F.C.">Merthyr Town</a> (1920–30)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_F.C." title="Nelson F.C.">Nelson</a> (1921–31)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Brighton_A.F.C." title="New Brighton A.F.C.">New Brighton</a></i> (1923–51)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_County_F.C." title="Rotherham County F.C.">Rotherham County</a></i> (1919–25)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gateshead_A.F.C." title="Gateshead A.F.C.">South Shields</a></i> (1919–30)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stalybridge_Celtic_F.C." title="Stalybridge Celtic F.C.">Stalybridge Celtic</a> (1921–23)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thames_A.F.C." title="Thames A.F.C.">Thames</a></i> (1930–32)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Borough_F.C." title="Wigan Borough F.C.">Wigan Borough</a></i> (1921–31)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fourth tier (by election, 1958–1987)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Accrington_Stanley_F.C._(1891)" title="Accrington Stanley F.C. 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