Caddis calls point fair as King’s Lynn are held by Southport on a grim afternoon

Sunday 25 October 2026 · By Glen Marsland

King’s Lynn Town were held to a goalless draw by Southport at The Walks on Saturday, but Paul Caddis felt a point was about right on a wet and difficult afternoon.

It was the first home game this season in which the Linnets have failed to score. The result still stretched their unbeaten run to five league games and kept them in the play-off places.

Southport, playing their first game since Mark Duffy’s departure and with Craig Noone and Will Craggs in temporary charge, kept their first clean sheet of the season. Their goalkeeper, Douglass Lukjanciks, made a late save from Tunnicliffe to protect the point.

A crowd of 1,220 watched the game, which the Lynn News described as a drab affair.

“Overall, I thought a point was probably fair,” Caddis told the Lynn News. “It was pretty grim, much like the weather.”

The manager pointed out that his side had gone into the game as one of the division’s most prolific teams. “Before the game, we were the joint-top scorers in the division,” he said. That was correct, as Lynn were level with Hereford on 22 goals before Saturday. Hereford’s win at Macclesfield means they are now two goals ahead.

Caddis also discussed whether Lynn are a decent team, a good team or a very good team. He said earlier in the week that he was enjoying proving the doubters wrong.

The draw leaves King’s Lynn fifth on 21 points from 13 games. They are level on points with sixth-placed Hednesford Town and one point ahead of seventh-placed Chester. They are two points behind South Shields and five behind leaders Hereford, though Lynn have played a game more than the teams above them.

Only the champions win automatic promotion, with the clubs from second to seventh going into the play-offs. Lynn’s goal difference of plus six is the joint fourth best in the division, alongside Morecambe.

Defender Ed Leach is part of the squad on loan from AFC Wimbledon, and the club said earlier this month that his loan runs until January.

Lynn now face two away games in five days. They travel to Worksop Town on Tuesday, with kick-off at 19:45 GMT. Worksop are 14th after a 1–1 draw at Harborough on Saturday.

Caddis’s side then head to Hereford on Saturday 31 October to face the leaders. Hereford have the best defence in the division, with only seven goals conceded in 12 games, so it will be a real test of Lynn’s attacking form.

King’s Lynn then host Spennymoor Town on Saturday 7 November. With no FA Cup tie that weekend, the league game against the bottom club goes ahead as planned.

It may have been a frustrating afternoon in front of goal, but a fifth game without defeat keeps Lynn well placed as the season heads into November.