Dec 31, 2017
No | Date | Event |
1 | 12 November 1881 | First Ever Game-1-1 v Bootle |
2 | 07 October 1882 | First apperance in FA Cup drew 1-1 away at Liverpool Ramblers |
3 | 14 September 1889 | First League game in Lancs League v Rossendale 3-1 |
4 | 2 February 1895 | Southport Central reach First Round of FA Cup for first time lost 3-0 v Everton |
5 | 24 April 1895 | Crisis! Club affairs suspended |
6 | 4 May 1895 | Club revived after public appeal under the title “Shall It Die” |
7 | 19 October 1901 | Record Win in Pre FL 11-0 v Bacup |
8 | 26 May 1903 | Medal presentation after winning Lancs League for first time |
9 | 12 August 1905 | First game at Ash Lane (later renamed Haig Avenue) |
10 | 16 December 1911 | Southport Central record defeat 12-3 v Everton Reserves |
11 | 04 September 1915 | First Game of war time football won 3-0 v Blackpool |
12 | 1918/19 | One Season as Southport Vulcan |
13 | 05 June 1919 | Reorganisation sees Club change name to present day Southport Football Club |
14 | 07 March 1921 | Elected to the Football League |
15 | 27 August 1921 | First Game in Football League 1-1 v Durham City |
16 | 10 September 1921 | Billy Halsall 334 and Tommy Sinclair 320 games make their debuts |
17 | 22 October 1921 | Billy Glover scores 6 in 7-1 win against Grimsby Town |
18 | 03 December 1921 | First FA Cup game as league team win 3-0 v Altrincham |
19 | 05 January 1923 | Peter Mee disappears “found drowned” in the River Mersey some weeks later! |
20 | 01 June 1923 | Gordon Hunt’s 53 year association with the Club starts |
21 | 05 January 1924 | Jack Sibbald scores first FL hat trick for the Club (note 22/10/21) |
22 | 29 January 1927 | Highest ever attendance 51620 at Liverpool |
23 | 18 April 1930 | Ben Twell scores all five goals in 5-3 win against Wrexham |
24 | 01 January 1931 | Record FL Victory 8-1 v Nelson |
25 | 01 January 1931 | Archie Waterston scores 5 of the goals |
26 | 28 February 1931 | 9-1 defeat in FA Cup at Everton |
27 | 25 April 1931 | Archie Waterston scores his 31st goal-A Football League Record |
28 | 26 January 1932 | Highest Ever Haig Ave attendance 20010 v Newcastle 1-1 |
29 | 06 May 1939 | Joe “Hat-Trick” Patrick makes final appearance after scoring 76 goals-5 Hat-Tricks inc a four timer |
30 | 07 December 1939 | First match postponed at Haig Avenue |
31 | 22 January 1949 | Trevor Hitchen’s first appearance of 247 |
32 | 27 December 1949 | Highest League attendance at Haig Ave 14766 v Rochdale |
33 | 24 September 1955 | Ray Rimmer makes his debut at 17 Yrs and 49 days old-the youngest ever FL Player |
34 | 19 November 1955 | George Bromilow scores 5 in FA Cup v Ashton United |
35 | 23 February 1957 | Stan Mortensen makes the first of 36 appearances |
36 | 01 November 1957 | John Church co-opted to The Board and remained involved until his death in 1990 |
37 | 31 March 1958 | The start of 644 minutes without scoring this ended on 23 April 1958 |
38 | 28 April 1959 | For the only time in our history we finish 92nd of 92 Clubs |
39 | 05 November 1960 | Reg Blore scores our last ever FA Cup Hat-Trick as FL side |
40 | 09 January 1962 | Floodlights first used in game v Shrewsbury |
41 | 10 February 1962 | Arthur Peat makes his debut and goes on to play 401 League games |
42 | 15 September 1962 | Alan Spence scores the first of his Club Record 98 League goals |
43 | 26 December 1962 | Record FL Defeat, 11-0 at Oldham |
44 | 02 November 1963 | Alex Russell makes his debut and goes on to make 346 starts second only to Arthur Peat |
45 | 01 January 1965 | Billy Bingham (The Miracle Worker) appointed manager |
46 | 12 February 1966 | 2-0 win v Cardiff in FA Cup 4th Round |
47 | 05 March 1966 | FA Cup 5th Round at Hull City (lost 2-0) |
48 | 20 August 1966 | Eric Redrobe makes his debut |
49 | 27 December 1966 | The Main Stand burns down after match v Wrexham |
50 | 24 April 1967 | Colin Alty is our First Player Of The Year |
51 | 06 May 1967 | Promoted to Division Three after 1-0 win against Southend |
52 | 27 January 1968 | Southport v Everton 0-1 in front of 18795 spectators in FA Cup Round Three |
53 | 13 April 1968 | First Appearance on Match Of The Day 3-3 at Swindon |
54 | 16 November 1968 | Last FA Cup win as FL Team 1-0 at Tranmere |
55 | 03 September 1969 | FL Cup v Man City 11215 attend, the best at Haig Ave in the FL Cup |
56 | 04 December 1970 | Peter Withe makes his debut, one of just three appearances for the club |
57 | 01 June 1971 | Jimmy Meadows appointed manager |
58 | 10 September 1971 | The 4-2 win against Newport is the fourth time in a row we score 4 goals at home |
59 | 16 October 1971 | Last Hat-Trick scored as a FL Club by Barry Hartle at Exeter but Jim Fryatt did get a 4 timer |
60 | 06 January 1973 | 7-0 win at a very foggy Feethams |
61 | 06 January 1973 | Jim Fryatt scores 4 of the goals and became the last FL player to score 3 or more in a game |
62 | 18 April 1973 | Promotion to Division 3 after 2-0 win at Crewe Alexandra |
63 | 23 April 1973 | Champions of Division Four after 1-1 draw v Hartlepool |
64 | 15 April 1974 | Ground taken over by Oldham fans in gate of 9504 (lost 2-0) |
65 | 27 April 1974 | Relegated to Divison Four |
66 | 16 August 1975 | Alan Wilson makes his debut and becomes the only player to make 100+ apps in NL and FL Games |
67 | 10 September 1975 | Newcastle 6 Southport 0 in FL Cup gate 23776 is the highest FL Cup attendance |
68 | 06 December 1975 | After 18 games without a win a victory finally arrives 2-1 at Scunthorpe |
69 | 26 December 1975 | George Best plays for Stockport against Southport-Lost 1-0 |
70 | 12 April 1977 | Only our third win in the whole of the 76/77 season 2-1 v Scunthorpe |
71 | 23 September 1977 | Phil Ashworth scores his seventh goal in consecutive games, a FL record |
72 | 28 November 1977 | Last FA Cup game as FL Team lost 1-0 at Runcorn |
73 | 14 January 1978 | Last away win in FL 2-0 at Scunthorpe previous away win was 19/4/76 635 days |
74 | 07 April 1978 | Last win as Football League team 4-1 v York City |
75 | 29 April 1978 | Last game in Football League lost 3-2 at Watford |
76 | 02 June 1978 | Club fails to gain re-election |
77 | 19 August 1978 | First Ever NL Game Away At South Liverpool resulted in a 1-0 win Joe Turner scores the goal |
78 | 04 November 1978 | First FA Cup Game as NL Club 0-0 at Northwich |
79 | 10 February 1979 | Nearly the end for the Club with winding up petition pending |
80 | 01 April 1980 | 118 v Netherfield our lowest ever home league attendance |
81 | 30 April 1980 | Record NL defeat 8-0 at Matlock |
82 | 23 September 1980 | 100th Non League goal Tony Brookfield v Oswestry |
83 | 10 September 1981 | First Player Reunion with 125 former players in attendance |
84 | 24 November 1981 | First NL Hat Trick Gary Cooper at Marine |
85 | 15 March 1982 | 116 is our lowest ever league gate, at Tamworth |
86 | 27 November 1982 | Charlie Clapham witnesses his first game |
87 | 30 April 1984 | First Trophy as NL Club a 4-0 win over Horwich in Lancs Floodlit Trophy |
88 | 04 March 1986 | John Coleman becomes the only player to score 4 goals in NL game |
89 | 15 November 1986 | First game against FL opposition in FA Cup at Scunthorpe(lost 2-0) |
90 | 09 February 1988 | The Gainsborough 77 “Wind Assisted” game (won 2-1) |
91 | 19 November 1988 | First game against FL Opposition (Port Vale) at Haig Ave as NL Club |
92 | 26 November 1988 | Record Home win 7-0 v Gateshead |
93 | 31 May 1989 | Brian Kettle appointed |
94 | 17 March 1990 | John Bishop(yes, that John Bishop) makes the first of his 35 appearances |
95 | 26 January 1991 | Leading NL Goalscorer David Gamble makes his debut |
96 | 06 December 1992 | Second Round of FA Cup as NL Team at Hartlepool (lost 4-0) |
97 | 17 April 1993 | NPL Champions with a 4-0 win at Emley |
98 | 26 December 1994 | 1000th Non League goal David Gamble v Runcorn |
99 | 11 February 1995 | Charlie Powell passes away after 45 years at the Club |
100 | 31 January 1998 | 6-0 win at Yeading in FA Trophy en route to FA Trophy Final |
101 | 28 March 1998 | Win 1-0 at Slough in First Leg of FA Trophy Semi Final |
102 | 05 April 1998 | Second Leg of FA Trophy v Slough drew 1-1 and the club are Wembley bound |
103 | 17 May 1998 | FA Trophy Final at Wembley v Cheltenham (Lost 1-0) |
104 | 05 December 1998 | Giant Killers with a 2-1 win at Mansfield Town |
105 | 02 January 1999 | FA Cup Third Round v Leyton Orient New Ground Record 4950 |
106 | 20 March 1999 | Paul Futcher becomes the oldest NL player at the age of 42 yrs and 145 days |
107 | 14 August 1999 | Steve Dickinson makes his debut and goes on to make a NL record 283 league starts |
108 | 16 March 2002 | 1000th Non League game, home v Barnet Lost 1-0 |
109 | 16 November 2002 | Giant Killers 4-2 v Notts County |
110 | 26 April 2003 | Relegated to Conference North |
111 | 18 October 2003 | Liam Watson’s first game in charge v Radcliffe Borough(Won 2-1) |
112 | 23 April 2005 | Southport 1 Hucknall 0, Worcester 3 Droylsden 1-The roar from the crowd was amazing |
113 | 30 April 2005 | Conference North Champions 5-2 at Harrogate |
114 | 30 April 2005 | Terry Fearns scores his 33rd league goal a Club Record |
115 | 25 April 2006 | Conference survival after 1-1 draw at Grays |
116 | 26 April 2006 | The birth of Trust In Yellow |
117 | 23 May 2006 | Liam Watson quits |
118 | 24 April 2007 | Relegation to Conference North |
119 | 17 November 2007 | Josh Hine becomes our youngest ever Player at 16yrs 258 days |
120 | 05 April 2008 | Tony Gray scores at Solihull to create a record of scoring in 8 consecutive games |
121 | 04 May 2008 | First Appearance In Play Offs end in a penalty shoot out defeat at Stalybridge |
122 | 30 June 2008 | Liam Watson returns to the Club |
123 | 24 April 2010 | Conference North Champions 3-0 at Eastwood |
124 | 07 November 2010 | Home v Sheffield Wednesday in FA Cup-Live on ITV |
125 | 12 March 2011 | 2000th Non League goal JP Kissock v Cambridge United |
126 | 30 April 2011 | Relegated to Conference North |
127 | 11 June 2011 | Reprieved and reinstated into Conference National |
128 | 05 November 2011 | NL Club Record beaten with 7 consecutive away wins and 3 goals in 6 consecutive away games is all time record |
129 | 26 November 2011 | All Time Away wins record(8) beaten after 1-0 win at Stockport County |
130 | 13 February 2013 | 2000th Non League game( v Barrow) |
131 | 17 April 2013 | Liam Watson quits |
132 | 15 May 2013 | Alan Wright appointed as manager with John Hills as assistant |
133 | 08 October 2013 | 1500th Non League League game |
134 | 06 December 2013 | Alan Wright Leaves by mutual consent |
135 | 07 December 2013 | John Coleman appointed manager with Jimmy Bell assisting |
136 | 29 April 2014 | John Coleman departs |
137 | 04 May 2014 | Martin Foyle appointed manager |
138 | 08 October 2014 | Martin Foyle departs |
139 | 09 October 2014 | Gary Brabin appointed manager with Paul Carden assisting |
140 | 18 November 2014 | Southport beat Football League opposition for the first time in 12 years with a 2-0 win over Dag & Red |
141 | 03 January 2015 | Southport in FA Cup Third Round at Derby County narrowly go down 1-0 to added time penalty |
142 | 19 January 2015 | Gary Brabin leaves for a coaching job at Everton and is replaced by Paul Carden |
143 | 11 April 2015 | Highest Away NL League attendance 8251 at Bristol Rovers |
144 | 16 November 2015 | Paul Carden leaves by mutual consent after 299 days in the hotseat |
145 | 19 November 2015 | Dino Maamria becomes Southport’s 27th NL Manager |
146 | 02 January 2016 | Southport equal our Conference winning run of 6 games after 3-2 win against Wrexham |
147 | 14 March 2016 | Dino Maamria stands down as manager citing family and travel reasons |
148 | 27 April 2016 | After a spell as caretaker manager Andy Bishop is appointed on a permanent basis |
149 | 03 September 2016 | Andy Bishop is sacked after one win in the opening eight games |
150 | 07 September 2016 | Liam Watson, Nigel Allen and Dave Barron appointed as Directors |
151 | 08 September 2016 | Steve Burr appointed manager |
152 | 30 January 2017 | Steve Burr sacked and Liam Watson appointed as interim manager-Steve in charge for 144 days |
153 | 08 February 2017 | Andy Preece is next in the managerial hot seat |
154 | 14 April 2017 | Southport are relegated to National North |
155 | 21 April 2017 | Charlie Clapham, Sam Shrouder and Haydn Preece stand down as directors |
156 | 29 April 2017 | Highest home NL League Attendance 3462 v Lincoln (2500 est from Lincoln) |
157 | 29 April 2017 | Andy Preece leaves the club |
158 | 9 May 2017 | James Treadwell & Adrian Shandley announced as new owners of the Club |
159 | 22 May 2017 | Mark Wright returns as Head Of Development |
160 | 26 May 2017 | Alan Lewer appointed manager |
161 | 5 September 2017 | Phil Hodgkinson joins the Board |
162 | 5 September 2017 | Beaten 6-0 at Stockport County our highest ever NLN Defeat |
163 | 26 September 2017 | Alan Lewer sacked with Mark Wright also leaving |
164 | 17 October 2017 | Manager number 32 is Kevin Davies with John Dreyer as his assistant |
165 | 18 December 2017 | John Dreyer departs and Jon McCarthy takes over as Assistant Manager |
166 | 26 December 2017 | Equal longest ever run without a win after 0-0 draw at Chorley |
167 | 13 March 2018 | NL Club Record 6 home wins in a row |
168 | 26 April 2018 | A bad run at the end of the season with just one win in the final 9 games sees Kevin Davies dismissed |
169 | 7 May 2018 | Liam Watson returns as manager |
170 | 17 December 2018 | NL record home attendance set 5414 v Tranmere Rovers in FA Cup Round Two Replay |
171 | 29 April 2019 | Lancs Jun Cup & Liv Sen Cup double after wins against Colne & Prescot |
172 | 12 October 2019 | Liam Watson’s 500th game as manager-all games |
173 | 22 April 2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID 19. Southport had played 32 games out of 42 |
174 | 3 October 2020 | New season starts behind closed doors and club puts out its first live stream |
175 | 18 February 2021 | Season Declared Null & Void-COVID |
176 | 2 May 2022 | Liam Watson’s 600th game as manager |
177 | 16 August 2023 | After a total of 660 games in charge in all games Liam stands down as manager |
178 | 16 August 2023 | Andy Burgess and David Morgan put in temporary charge |
179 | 19 August 2023 | An unwanted all time club record 12 defeats in a row 8 from 2022/23 4 into 2023-24 |
180 | 30 August 2023 | Jim Bentley appointed manager |