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Southport Football Club is an English association football club based in Southport, Merseyside who currently play in the National League North. This list details the club's achievements in senior league and cup competitions, and the top scorers for each season where known.

Southport Central were formed in 1881 and played their first association football match on 12 November of that year against Bootle. Originally a rugby union side the club switched codes after suffering a succession of heavy defeats. The club became founder members of The Central League in 1911. In 1918, the club was renamed as Southport Vulcan – having been bought by the Vulcan Motor Company – becoming the first club to take a sponsor's name. In 1919, the sponsorship from Vulcan ended thus meaning a final name change, this time to Southport. In 1921, all first teams playing in the Central League became founder members of the newly formed Football League Third Division North including Southport, with the Central League becoming a league for Football League reserve teams.

Statistics

Key

Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation. Top scorer shown in bold when he set or equalled a club record.

Key to league record:

  • P – Played
  • W – Games won
  • D – Games drawn
  • L – Games lost
  • F – Goals for
  • A – Goals against
  • Pts – Points
  • Pos – Final position

Key to colours and symbols:

1st or W Winners
2nd or RU Runners-up
↑ Promoted
↓ Relegated
♦ Top league scorer in Southport's division


  • QR1 = First Qualifying Round
  • QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
  • QR3 = Third Qualifying Round
  • QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round
  • QR5 = Fifth Qualifying Round
  • QR6 = Sixth Qualifying Round
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • R5 = Round 5
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • RU = Runners-up
  • C = Champions

Seasons

Season League FA Cup League
Cup 		Other competitions Top scorer Average
attendance 		References
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
1882–83 R1
1883–84 R1
1884–85 R3
1885–86 R1
1888–89 QR2
1889–90 Lancs 24 9 7 8 40 32 25 6th
1890–91 Lancs 20 8 3 9 43 55 19 6th
1891–92 Lancs 22 12 3 7 58 47 27 5th
1892–93 Lancs 22 7 2 13 33 44 16 8th
1893–94 Lancs 22 13 0 9 57 42 36 3rd
1894–95 Lancs 26 14 4 8 68 43 32 4th R1
1895–96 Lancs 30 17 4 9 72 51 38 4th
1896–97 Lancs 28 16 2 10 84 51 34 4th
1897–98 Lancs 26 13 3 10 51 41 29 7th
1898–99 Lancs 24 12 8 4 41 18 32 2nd QR5
1899–1900 Lancs 28 14 5 9 49 32 33 7th QR5
1900–01 Lancs 20 15 3 2 49 15 33 2nd QR5
1901–02 Lancs 24 16 4 4 56 25 36 2nd QR5
1902–03 Lancs 22 17 2 3 49 18 36 1st↑ QR5
1903–04 Lancs C2 34 23 6 5 82 30 52 1st↑ QR5
1904–05 Lancs C1 34 17 8 9 59 41 42 3rd
1905–06 Lancs C1 38 11 10 17 70 96 32 17th QR4
1906–07 Lancs C1 38 14 13 11 50 50 41 9th QR5
1907–08 Lancs C1 38 18 7 13 64 63 43 6th
1908–09 Lancs C1 38 13 8 17 61 67 34 14th
1909–10 Lancs C1 38 13 7 18 61 67 33 18th
1910–11 Lancs C1 38 11 15 12 55 61 37 11th
1911–12 TCL R1
1912–13 TCL 38 12 6 20 44 76 30 15th
1913–14 TCL 38 10 10 18 43 58 30 17th
1914–15 TCL 38 10 6 22 42 68 26 19th QR3
1915–16 FLLS 26 9 6 11 41 41 24 9th
1916–17 FLLSA 30 10 8 12 40 43 28 9th
1917–18 FLLSA 30 8 6 16 33 69 22 13th
1918–19 FLLSA 30 15 3 12 49 53 33 6th
1919–20 TCL 42 15 6 21 71 76 36 16th
1920–21 TCL 42 13 6 23 68 99 32 18th
1921–22 Div 3 N 38 14 10 14 55 44 38 9th R1 Billy Glover 26
1922–23 Div 3 N 38 12 7 19 32 46 31 17th QR5 Billy Glover 7
1923–24 Div 3 N 42 16 14 12 44 42 46 7th QR6 Jack Sibbald 13
1924–25 Div 3 N 42 22 7 13 59 37 51 4th QR6 Jack Sambrook
 17
1925–26 Div 3 N 42 11 10 21 62 92 32 20th R3 Jack Sambrook 14
1926–27 Div 3 N 42 15 9 18 80 85 39 12th R4 Harry Beadles 20
1927–28 Div 3 N 42 20 6 17 79 70 45 8th R4 Harry Beadles 23
1928–29 Div 3 N 42 16 8 18 75 85 40 12th R2 Harry Beadles 18
1929–30 Div 3 N 42 15 13 14 81 74 43 9th R1 Jimmy Cowen 24
1930–31 Div 3 N 42 22 9 11 88 56 53 5th QF Archie Waterston 31
1931–32 Div 3 N 40 18 10 12 58 53 46 7th R4 Archie Waterston 13
1932–33 Div 3 N 42 17 7 18 70 67 41 12th R4 Jack Appleby 13
1933–34 Div 3 N 42 8 17 17 63 90 33 18th R1 Football League Third Division North Cup R1 Jack Diamond 20
1934–35 Div 3 N 42 10 12 20 55 85 32 21st R1 Football League Third Division North Cup R1 Ray Worswick 18
1935–36 Div 3 N 42 11 9 22 48 90 31 21st R1 Football League Third Division North Cup R3 Tommy Savage 12
1936–37 Div 3 N 42 12 13 17 73 87 37 14th R2 Football League Third Division North Cup RU Joe Patrick 29
1937–38 Div 3 N 42 12 14 16 53 82 38 16th R1 Football League Third Division North Cup W Joe Patrick 20
1938–39 Div 3 N 42 20 10 12 75 54 50 4th R3 Joe Patrick 27
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.
1946–47 Div 3 N 42 7 11 24 53 85 25 21st R1 Harry Hawkins 17
1947–48 Div 3 N 42 14 11 17 60 63 39 15th R1 Cec Wyles 25
1948–49 Div 3 N 42 11 9 22 45 64 31 21st R3 Cec Wyles 12
1949–50 Div 3 N 42 12 13 17 51 71 37 16th R3 Cec Wyles 8
1950–51 Div 3 N 46 13 10 23 56 72 36 21st R2 Jimmy Nuttall 22
1951–52 Div 3 N 46 15 11 20 53 71 41 17th R2 Jack Lindsay 15
1952–53 Div 3 N 46 20 12 15 63 60 51 6th R2 Jack Billingham 16
1953–54 Div 3 N 46 17 12 17 63 60 46 11th R2 Jack Billingham
Colin McLean 		11
1954–55 Div 3 N 46 16 16 14 47 44 48 11th R1 William Holmes 12
1955–56 Div 3 N 46 23 11 12 66 53 57 5th R2 George Bromilow 22
1956–57 Div 3 N 46 10 12 24 52 94 32 22nd R1 George Bromilow
Jimmy McDermott 		8
1957–58 Div 3 N 46 11 6 29 52 88 28 23rd R1 Ray Gryba 9
1958–59 Div 4 46 7 12 27 41 86 26 24th R1 Jimmy McDermott 11
1959–60 Div 4 46 10 14 22 48 92 34 21st R1 Eddie Moss 12
1960–61 Div 4 46 19 6 21 69 67 44 14th R3 R1 Reg Blore 15
1961–62 Div 4 44 17 9 18 61 71 43 17th R3 R1 Jimmy Blain 20
1962–63 Div 4 46 15 14 17 72 106 44 13th R1 R2 Jimmy Blore 20
1963–64 Div 4 46 15 9 22 58 89 32 20th R2 R1 Alan Spence 27
1964–65 Div 4 46 8 16 22 58 89 32 20th R3 R1 Alex Russell 16
1965–66 Div 4 46 18 12 16 68 69 48 10th R5 R1 Alan Spence 18
1966–67 Div 4 46 23 13 10 69 42 59 2nd↑ R1 R1 Alan Spence 13
1967–68 Div 3 46 17 12 17 65 65 46 14th R3 R1 Terry Harkin 21
1968–69 Div 3 46 17 13 16 71 64 47 8th R2 R2 George Andrews 19
1969–70 Div 3 46 14 10 22 48 66 38 22nd↓ R1 R2 Tony Field 16
1970–71 Div 4 46 21 6 19 63 57 48 8th R1 R1 Eric Redrobe 12
1971–72 Div 4 46 18 14 66 14 46 50 7th R1 R2 Eric Redrobe 12
1972–73 Div 4 46 26 10 10 71 48 62 1st↑ R1 R2 Andy Provan 21
1973–74 Div 3 46 6 16 24 35 82 28 23rd↓ R1 R1 Andy Provan 7
1974–75 Div 4 46 15 17 14 56 56 47 11th R1 R1 Paul Taylor 12
1975–76 Div 4 46 8 10 28 41 77 26 23rd R1 R2 Keith Galley 9
1976–77 Div 4 46 3 19 24 33 77 25 23rd R1 R1 Alan Wilson 6
1977–78 Div 4 46 6 19 21 52 76 31 23rd R1 R2 Phil Ashworth 9
1978–79 NPL 44 19 14 11 62 49 52 5th R1 John Gerrard
Terry Nolan
John Beesley 		8 579
1979–80 NPL 42 8 13 21 30 75 29 19th QR4 FA Trophy R2 Steve Woodcock 5 291
1980–81 NPL 42 11 11 20 42 68 33 20th QR1 FA Trophy QR3 Vin Dobie
Paul Birchall 		5 237
1981–82 NPL 42 16 14 12 63 55 46 8th QR1 FA Trophy QR1 Gary Cooper 21 417
1982–83 NPL 42 11 14 17 58 65 47 15th QR1 FA Trophy QR3 Gary Cooper 15 299
1983–84 NPL 42 14 8 20 57 74 50 16th QR3 FA Trophy QR2 Joe Strong 10 311
1984–85 NPL 42 15 9 18 65 66 54 12th QR2 FA Trophy QR2 Andy Mutch 21 308
1985–86 NPL 42 17 11 14 70 66 62 6th QR3 FA Trophy R3 John Coleman 15 323
1986–87 NPL 42 19 11 12 67 49 68 8th R1 FA Trophy R1 John Coleman 25 316
1987–88 NPL 42 15 12 45 43 48 57 14th QR1 FA Trophy RQ3 John Coleman 9 385
1988–89 NPL 42 13 12 17 66 52 51 14th R1 FA Trophy QR1 Clint Neysmith 13 359
1989–90 NPL 42 17 14 11 54 48 65 7th QR4 FA Trophy QR1 Steve Holden 12 304
1990–91 NPL 40 18 14 8 66 48 68 5th QR2 FA Trophy QR1 Steve Holden 20 455
1991–92 NPL 42 16 17 9 57 48 65 7th QR2 FA Trophy R2 Jimmy Blackhurst 12 365
1992–93 NPL 42 29 9 4 103 31 96 1st↑ R2 FA Trophy QR3 Steve Haw 31 1025
1993–94 Conf 42 18 12 12 57 51 66 4th QR4 FA Trophy R3 David Gamble 15 1293
1994–95 Conf 42 21 9 12 68 50 72 3rd R1 FA Trophy R1 David Gamble
Steve Haw 		12 1078
1995–96 Conf 42 18 12 12 77 64 66 6th QR4 FA Trophy R1 Andy Whittaker 16 944
1996–97 Conf 42 15 10 17 51 61 55 11th R1 FA Trophy R2 Andy Whittaker 19 970
1997–98 Conf 42 13 11 18 56 58 50 16th R1 FA Trophy RU Andy Whittaker 8 1055
1998–99 Conf 42 10 15 17 47 59 45 18th R3 FA Trophy QF Lee Elam 7 1158
1999–2000 Conf 42 15 13 14 55 56 58 9th R1 FA Trophy QF Ian Arnold 14 1307
2000–01 Conf 42 20 9 13 58 46 69 4th R2 FA Trophy QF Ian Arnold
Simon Parke 		13 1423
2001–02 Conf 42 13 14 15 53 49 53 15th R1 Football League Trophy
FA Trophy 		R1(N)
R3 		Simon Parke 16 1048
2002–03 Conf 42 11 12 19 54 69 45 21st↓ R2 Football League Trophy
FA Trophy 		R1(N)
R5 		Peter Thomson 12 1161
2003–04 NPL 44 20 10 14 71 52 70 6th↑ QR2 FA Trophy R2 Neil Robinson 14 809
2004–05 Conf Nor 42 25 9 8 83 45 84 1st↑ R1 FA Trophy R3 Terry Fearns 33♦ 1004
2005–06 Conf Nat 42 10 10 22 36 68 40 18th R1 FA Trophy R1 Steve Daly 12 1244
2006–07 Conf Nat 46 11 14 21 57 67 47 23rd↓ QR4 FA Trophy R2 Carl Baker 11 1200
2007–08 Conf Nor 42 22 11 9 77 50 77 4th QR4 FA Trophy R1 Tony Gray 19 1014
2008–09 Conf Nor 42 21 13 8 63 36 76 5th QR3 FA Trophy QF Ciaran Kilheeney 16 899
2009–10 Conf Nor 40 25 11 4 91 45 86 1st↑ R1 FA Trophy R1 Steve Daly 18 924
2010–11 Conf Nat 46 11 13 22 56 77 46 21st R1 FA Trophy R1 Shaun Whalley 8 1152
2011–12 Conf Nat 46 21 13 12 72 69 76 7th R1 FA Trophy R1 Tony Gray 24 1290
2012–13 Conf Nat 46 14 12 20 72 86 54 20th QR4 FA Trophy QF Chris Almond
Karl Ledsham 		12 958
2013–14 Conf Nat 46 14 11 21 53 71 53 18th R1 FA Trophy R1 Danny Hattersley 9 1049
2014–15 Conf Nat 46 13 12 21 47 72 51 19th R3 FA Trophy R1 1070
2015–16 National 46 14 13 19 52 65 55 16th QR3 FA Trophy R2
2016–17 National 46 10 9 27 52 97 39 23rd↓ R1 FA Trophy R2
2017–18 National N 42 14 8 20 60 72 50 15th QR2 FA Trophy QR3
2018–19 National N 42 13 14 15 58 55 53 14th R2 FA Trophy R1
2019–20 National N 32 12 7 13 40 41 43 12th QR4 FA Trophy R2
2020–21 National N 14 4 4 6 16 19 16 17th QR3 FA Trophy R5

Notes

A.  : The League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.
B.  : Includes goals only scored in league games (including play-offs).
C.  : Founder members of the Lancashire League.
D.  : Equal points as 1st place team but lost on goal average.
E.  : Joined Lancashire Combination as founder members of new Division 2.
F.  : Following a disagreement with the Lancashire Combination, Southport joined forces with other disgruntled teams and formed The Central League.
G.  : Central League suspended due to outbreak of the First World War. Southport competed in the Football League Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition.
H.  : Leagues reorganised again. Southport competed in the Football League Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition Group A.
I.  : The Central League resumed after the war.
J.  : Southport were founder members of the Football League Third Division North.
K.  : Southport became the first Third Division North club to reach the quarter-finals in 1931, losing away at Everton 9–1.
L.  : A new Fourth Division was created in 1958 along with a new Third Division by merging the regionalised Third Division North and Third Division South.
M.  : Southport were subjected to a re-election vote by other league clubs after having finished in the bottom four and were duly voted out of the football league and into the Northern Premier League.
N.  : With the formation of the Alliance Premier League (officially called Football Conference from 1986), the Northern Premier League dropped down one level in the English football league system and became a feeder league to the Alliance.
O.  : The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
P.  : Southport's first appearance in the final of a major knockout cup competition, which was a 1–0 defeat to Cheltenham Town. It is also the first time Southport have played at Wembley.
Q.  : The 2001–02 edition of the Football League Trophy saw 8 Football Conference sides (Top four Northern teams and four Southern) playing in the competition. As a result of Southport being the highest placed northern team by finishing 4th in the 2000–2001 season they qualified for the competition for the 2001–02 season.
R.  : The 2002–03 edition of the Football League Trophy saw 12 Football Conference teams playing in the competition. Despite Southport finishing the 2001–2002 season in 15th place they qualified due to most of the teams who finished above being geographically southern.
S.  : Formation of the Conference North and Conference South divisions for the 2004–05 season saw the top 13 teams from the Northern Premier League promoted to form the new divisions alongside teams from the Southern League and the Isthmian League.
T.  : Southport lost in the play-off semi-final to Stalybridge Celtic on penalties after finishing 2–2 on aggregate.
U.  : Farsley Celtic were removed out of the division with their results being expunged.
V.  : Rushden & Diamonds were expelled from the Conference National on 11 June 2011. This decision was made due to their unstable financial position, meaning they could not guarantee being able to complete all their fixtures in the 2011–12 season, Southport, as the highest placed relegated team were thus reprieved.

References

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