Phil Hodgkinson and Ian Kyle have issued the following statement on behalf of the Board of Directors:

Following a difficult evening and disappointing performance at Blyth Spartans, Phil Hodgkinson and Ian Kyle will offer full refunds to supporters who travelled to Blyth Spartans this evening.

In the opinion of the Board of Directors, tonight’s performance at Blyth Spartans fell below the standards we now expect at Southport Football Club.

Additionally, considering this was the third scheduled date for this fixture, we are conscious of how difficult it was for supporters to travel to the game to support the team. The Board, and the First Team, are incredibly grateful to those supporters who did manage to travel to the North East this evening.

We would like to assure supporters every attempt will be made to rectify the club’s current position during our remaining games.

Refunds can be requested by emailing online@southportfc.net.

The players should give their wages back as well,for NOT playing football to the correct standards.This should apply to players in every football league,including the Premier division teams,why should supporters who follow them have to put up with poor displays either at Home or Away,and the players still get their full wages paid to them ? If they worked for a company they would be sacked for not doing their jobs properly.