Key Dates In SFC History

NoDateEvent
112 November 1881First Ever Game-1-1 v Bootle
207 October 1882First apperance in FA Cup drew 1-1 away at Liverpool Ramblers
314 September 1889First League game in Lancs League v Rossendale 3-1
42 February 1895Southport Central reach First Round of FA Cup for first time lost 3-0 v Everton
524 April 1895Crisis! Club affairs suspended
64 May 1895Club revived after public appeal under the title "Shall It Die"
7Saturday, October 19, 1901Record Win in Pre FL 11-0 v Bacup
8Tuesday, May 26, 1903Medal presentation after winning Lancs League for first time
9Saturday, August 12, 1905First game at Ash Lane (later renamed Haig Avenue)
10Saturday, December 16, 1911Southport Central record defeat 12-3 v Everton Reserves
11Saturday, September 04, 1915First Game of war time football won 3-0 v Blackpool
121918/19One Season as Southport Vulcan
13Thursday, June 05, 1919Reorganisation sees Club change name to present day Southport Football Club
14Monday, March 07, 1921Elected to the Football League
15Saturday, August 27, 1921First Game in Football League 1-1 v Durham City
16Saturday, September 10, 1921Billy Halsall 334 and Tommy Sinclair 320 games make their debuts
17Saturday, October 22, 1921Billy Glover scores 6 in 7-1 win against Grimsby Town
18Saturday, December 03, 1921First FA Cup game as league team win 3-0 v Altrincham
19Friday, January 05, 1923Peter Mee disappears "found drowned" in the River Mersey some weeks later!
20Friday, June 01, 1923Gordon Hunt's 53 year association with the Club starts
21Saturday, January 05, 1924Jack Sibbald scores first FL hat trick for the Club (note 22/10/21)
22Saturday, January 29, 1927Highest ever attendance 51620 at Liverpool
23Friday, April 18, 1930Ben Twell scores all five goals in 5-3 win against Wrexham
24Thursday, January 01, 1931Record FL Victory 8-1 v Nelson
25Thursday, January 01, 1931Archie Waterston scores 5 of the goals
26Saturday, February 28, 19319-1 defeat in FA Cup at Everton
27Saturday, April 25, 1931Archie Waterston scores his 31st goal-A Football League Record
28Tuesday, January 26, 1932Highest Ever Haig Ave attendance 20010 v Newcastle 1-1
29Saturday, May 06, 1939Joe "Hat-Trick" Patrick makes final appearance after scoring 76 goals-5 Hat-Tricks inc a four timer
30Thursday, December 07, 1939First match postponed at Haig Avenue
31Saturday, January 22, 1949Trevor Hitchen's first appearance of 247
32Tuesday, December 27, 1949Highest League attendance at Haig Ave 14766 v Rochdale
33Saturday, September 24, 1955Ray Rimmer makes his debut at 17 Yrs and 49 days old-the youngest ever FL Player
34Saturday, November 19, 1955George Bromilow scores 5 in FA Cup v Ashton United
35Saturday, February 23, 1957Stan Mortensen makes the first of 36 appearances
36Friday, November 01, 1957John Church co-opted to The Board and remained involved until his death in 1990
37Monday, March 31, 1958The start of 644 minutes without scoring this ended on 23 April 1958
38Tuesday, April 28, 1959For the only time in our history we finish 92nd of 92 Clubs
39Saturday, November 05, 1960Reg Blore scores our last ever FA Cup Hat-Trick as FL side
40Tuesday, January 09, 1962Floodlights first used in game v Shrewsbury
41Saturday, February 10, 1962Arthur Peat makes his debut and goes on to play 401 League games
42Saturday, September 15, 1962Alan Spence scores the first of his Club Record 98 League goals
43Wednesday, December 26, 1962Record FL Defeat, 11-0 at Oldham
44Saturday, November 02, 1963Alex Russell makes his debut and goes on to make 346 starts second only to Arthur Peat
45Friday, January 01, 1965Billy Bingham (The Miracle Worker) appointed manager
46Saturday, February 12, 19662-0 win v Cardiff in FA Cup 4th Round
47Saturday, March 05, 1966FA Cup 5th Round at Hull City (lost 2-0)
48Saturday, August 20, 1966Eric Redrobe makes his debut
49Tuesday, December 27, 1966The Main Stand burns down after match v Wrexham
50Monday, April 24, 1967Colin Alty is our First Player Of The Year
51Saturday, May 06, 1967Promoted to Division Three after 1-0 win against Southend
52Saturday, January 27, 1968Southport v Everton 0-1 in front of 18795 spectators in FA Cup Round Three
53Saturday, April 13, 1968First Appearance on Match Of The Day 3-3 at Swindon
54Saturday, November 16, 1968Last FA Cup win as FL Team 1-0 at Tranmere
55Wednesday, September 03, 1969FL Cup v Man City 11215 attend, the best at Haig Ave in the FL Cup
56Friday, December 04, 1970Peter Withe makes his debut, one of just three appearances for the club
57Tuesday, June 01, 1971Jimmy Meadows appointed manager
58Friday, September 10, 1971The 4-2 win against Newport is the fourth time in a row we score 4 goals at home
59Saturday, October 16, 1971Last Hat-Trick scored as a FL Club by Barry Hartle at Exeter but Jim Fryatt did get a 4 timer
60Saturday, January 06, 19737-0 win at a very foggy Feethams
61Saturday, January 06, 1973Jim Fryatt scores 4 of the goals and became the last FL player to score 3 or more in a game
62Wednesday, April 18, 1973Promotion to Division 3 after 2-0 win at Crewe Alexandra
63Monday, April 23, 1973Champions of Division Four after 1-1 draw v Hartlepool
64Monday, April 15, 1974Ground taken over by Oldham fans in gate of 9504 (lost 2-0)
65Saturday, April 27, 1974Relegated to Divison Four
66Saturday, August 16, 1975Alan Wilson makes his debut and becomes the only player to make 100+ apps in NL and FL Games
67Wednesday, September 10, 1975Newcastle 6 Southport 0 in FL Cup gate 23776 is the highest FL Cup attendance
68Saturday, December 06, 1975After 18 games without a win a victory finally arrives 2-1 at Scunthorpe
69Friday, December 26, 1975George Best plays for Stockport against Southport-Lost 1-0
70Tuesday, April 12, 1977Only our third win in the whole of the 76/77 season 2-1 v Scunthorpe
71Friday, September 23, 1977Phil Ashworth scores his seventh goal in consecutive games, a FL record
72Monday, November 28, 1977Last FA Cup game as FL Team lost 1-0 at Runcorn
73Saturday, January 14, 1978Last away win in FL 2-0 at Scunthorpe previous away win was 19/4/76 635 days
74Friday, April 07, 1978Last win as Football League team 4-1 v York City
75Saturday, April 29, 1978Last game in Football League lost 3-2 at Watford
76Friday, June 02, 1978Club fails to gain re-election
77Saturday, August 19, 1978First Ever NL Game Away At South Liverpool resulted in a 1-0 win Joe Turner scores the goal
78Saturday, November 04, 1978First FA Cup Game as NL Club 0-0 at Northwich
79Saturday, February 10, 1979Nearly the end for the Club with winding up petition pending
80Tuesday, April 01, 1980118 v Netherfield our lowest ever home league attendance
81Wednesday, April 30, 1980Record NL defeat 8-0 at Matlock
82Tuesday, September 23, 1980100th Non League goal Tony Brookfield v Oswestry
83Thursday, September 10, 1981First Player Reunion with 125 former players in attendance
84Tuesday, November 24, 1981First NL Hat Trick Gary Cooper at Marine
85Monday, March 15, 1982116 is our lowest ever league gate, at Tamworth
86Saturday, November 27, 1982Charlie Clapham witnesses his first game
87Monday, April 30, 1984First Trophy as NL Club a 4-0 win over Horwich in Lancs Floodlit Trophy
88Tuesday, March 04, 1986John Coleman becomes the only player to score 4 goals in NL game
89Saturday, November 15, 1986First game against FL opposition in FA Cup at Scunthorpe(lost 2-0)
90Tuesday, February 09, 1988The Gainsborough 77 "Wind Assisted" game (won 2-1)
91Saturday, November 19, 1988First game against FL Opposition (Port Vale) at Haig Ave as NL Club
92Saturday, November 26, 1988Record Home win 7-0 v Gateshead
93Wednesday, May 31, 1989Brian Kettle appointed
94Saturday, March 17, 1990John Bishop(yes, that John Bishop) makes the first of his 35 appearances
95Saturday, January 26, 1991Leading NL Goalscorer David Gamble makes his debut
96Sunday, December 06, 1992Second Round of FA Cup as NL Team at Hartlepool (lost 4-0)
97Saturday, April 17, 1993NPL Champions with a 4-0 win at Emley
98Monday, December 26, 19941000th Non League goal David Gamble v Runcorn
99Saturday, February 11, 1995Charlie Powell passes away after 45 years at the Club
100Saturday, January 31, 19986-0 win at Yeading in FA Trophy en route to FA Trophy Final
101Saturday, March 28, 1998Win 1-0 at Slough in First Leg of FA Trophy Semi Final
102Sunday, April 05, 1998Second Leg of FA Trophy v Slough drew 1-1 and the club are Wembley bound
103Sunday, May 17, 1998FA Trophy Final at Wembley v Cheltenham (Lost 1-0)
104Saturday, December 05, 1998Giant Killers with a 2-1 win at Mansfield Town
105Saturday, January 02, 1999FA Cup Third Round v Leyton Orient New Ground Record 4950
106Saturday, March 20, 1999Paul Futcher becomes the oldest NL player at the age of 42 yrs and 145 days
107Saturday, August 14, 1999Steve Dickinson makes his debut and goes on to make a NL record 283 league starts
108Saturday, March 16, 20021000th Non League game, home v Barnet Lost 1-0
109Saturday, November 16, 2002Giant Killers 4-2 v Notts County
110Saturday, April 26, 2003Relegated to Conference North
111Saturday, October 18, 2003Liam Watson's first game in charge v Radcliffe Borough(Won 2-1)
112Saturday, April 23, 2005Southport 1 Hucknall 0, Worcester 3 Droylsden 1-The roar from the crowd was amazing
113Saturday, April 30, 2005Conference North Champions 5-2 at Harrogate
114Saturday, April 30, 2005Terry Fearns scores his 33rd league goal a Club Record
115Tuesday, April 25, 2006Conference survival after 1-1 draw at Grays
116Wednesday, April 26, 2006The birth of Trust In Yellow
117Tuesday, May 23, 2006Liam Watson quits
118Tuesday, April 24, 2007Relegation to Conference North
119Saturday, November 17, 2007Josh Hine becomes our youngest ever Player at 16yrs 258 days
120Saturday, April 05, 2008Tony Gray scores at Solihull to create a record of scoring in 8 consecutive games
121Sunday, May 04, 2008First Appearance In Play Offs end in a penalty shoot out defeat at Stalybridge
122Monday, June 30, 2008Liam Watson returns to the Club
123Saturday, April 24, 2010Conference North Champions 3-0 at Eastwood
124Sunday, November 07, 2010Home v Sheffield Wednesday in FA Cup-Live on ITV
125Saturday, March 12, 20112000th Non League goal JP Kissock v Cambridge United
126Saturday, April 30, 2011Relegated to Conference North
127Saturday, June 11, 2011Reprieved and reinstated into Conference National
128Saturday, November 05, 2011NL Club Record beaten with 7 consecutive away wins and 3 goals in 6 consecutive away games is all time record
129Saturday, November 26, 2011All Time Away wins record(8) beaten after 1-0 win at Stockport County
130Wednesday, February 13, 20132000th Non League game( v Barrow)
131Wednesday, April 17, 2013Liam Watson quits
132Wednesday, May 15, 2013Alan Wright appointed as manager with John Hills as assistant
133Tuesday, October 08, 20131500th Non League League game
134Friday, December 06, 2013Alan Wright Leaves by mutual consent
135Saturday, December 07, 2013John Coleman appointed manager with Jimmy Bell assisting
136Tuesday, April 29, 2014John Coleman departs
137Sunday, May 04, 2014Martin Foyle appointed manager
138Wednesday, October 08, 2014Martin Foyle departs
139Thursday, October 09, 2014Gary Brabin appointed manager with Paul Carden assisting
140Tuesday, November 18, 2014Southport beat Football League opposition for the first time in 12 years with a 2-0 win over Dag & Red
141Saturday, January 03, 2015Southport in FA Cup Third Round at Derby County narrowly go down 1-0 to added time penalty
142Monday, January 19, 2015Gary Brabin leaves for a coaching job at Everton and is replaced by Paul Carden
143Saturday, April 11, 2015Highest Away NL League attendance 8251 at Bristol Rovers
144Monday, November 16, 2015Paul Carden leaves by mutual consent after 299 days in the hotseat
145Thursday, November 19, 2015Dino Maamria becomes Southport's 27th NL Manager
146Saturday, January 02, 2016Southport equal our Conference winning run of 6 games after 3-2 win against Wrexham
147Monday, March 14, 2016Dino Maamria stands down as manager citing family and travel reasons
148Wednesday, April 27, 2016After a spell as caretaker manager Andy Bishop is appointed on a permanent basis
149Saturday, September 03, 2016Andy Bishop is sacked after one win in the opening eight games
150Wednesday, September 07, 2016Liam Watson, Nigel Allen and Dave Barron appointed as Directors
151Thursday, September 08, 2016Steve Burr appointed manager
152Monday, January 30, 2017Steve Burr sacked and Liam Watson appointed as interim manager-Steve in charge for 144 days
153Wednesday, February 08, 2017Andy Preece is next in the managerial hot seat
154Friday, April 14, 2017Southport are relegated to National North
15521 April 2017Charlie Clapham, Sam Shrouder and Haydn Preece stand down as directors
15629 April 2017Highest home NL League Attendance 3462 v Lincoln (2500 est from Lincoln)
15729 April 2017Andy Preece leaves the club
1589 May 2017James Treadwell & Adrian Shandley announced as new owners of the Club
15922 May 2017Mark Wright returns as Head Of Development
16026 May 2017Alan Lewer appointed manager
1615 September 2017Phil Hodgkinson joins the Board
1625 September 2017Beaten 6-0 at Stockport County our highest ever NLN Defeat
16326 September 2017Alan Lewer sacked with Mark Wright also leaving
16417 October 2017Manager number 32 is Kevin Davies with John Dreyer as his assistant
16518 December 2017John Dreyer departs and Jon McCarthy takes over as Assistant Manager
16626 December 2017Equal longest ever run without a win after 0-0 draw at Chorley
16713 March 2018NL Club Record 6 home wins in a row
16826 April 2018A bad run at the end of the season with just one win in the final 9 games sees Kevin Davies dismissed
1697 May 2018Liam Watson returns as manager
17017 December 2018NL record home attendance set 5414 v Tranmere Rovers in FA Cup Round Two Replay
17129 April 2019Lancs Jun Cup & Liv Sen Cup double after wins against Colne & Prescot
17212 October 2019Liam Watson's 500th game as manager-all games
17322 April 2020Season cancelled due to COVID 19. Southport had played 32 games out of 42
1743 October 2020New season starts behind closed doors and club puts out its first live stream
17518 February 2021Season Declared Null & Void-COVID
1762 May 2022Liam Watson's 600th game as manager
17716 August 2023After a total of 660 games in charge in all games Liam stands down as manager
17816 August 2023Andy Burgess and David Morgan put in temporary charge
17919 August 2023An unwanted all time club record 12 defeats in a row 8 from 2022/23 4 into 2023-24
18030 August 2023Jim Bentley appointed manager
18130 October 2023The Big Help Group announce a takeover of the Club from Ian Kyle

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