Southport go out of the Liverpool Senior Cup on penalties, and the 8 December game with Hebburn is postponed

Wednesday 11 November 2026 · By Bernard Lathom

Southport went out of the Liverpool Senior Cup on Tuesday, drawing 1–1 with Ashton Town and losing 4–2 on penalties, and their league meeting with Hebburn Town, listed for Tuesday 8 December, has been postponed. Conor Ready scored for the visitors after eight minutes, or after just seven minutes according to Southport’s own wording, and Daniel Ogwuru equalised from the penalty spot on 41. Harry Flowers was sent off in the first minute of added time, as the club reported; no league ban is inferred from that county-cup dismissal. Solomon and Cunningham scored in the shoot-out, Burgess’s kick was saved and Ogwuru missed. The attendance was 351. The winners were earlier due to visit Marine in that competition.

On the same day the club announced that the 8 December league fixture had been postponed because Hebburn are involved in a local county cup game that night. No new date has been given, and the BBC still showed the original 7.45pm slot when the December list was checked on 11 November. A rearranged home game with Macclesfield remains listed for 7.45pm on Tuesday 1 December.

Calum McIntyre’s side are 23rd on 10 points from 15 matches, six from safety and level with bottom club Spennymoor, with a goal difference of minus 15. They have conceded 30 league goals, the most in the division. Their most recent league result is the 5–1 defeat at leaders South Shields on 7 November, when Sol Solomon scored on 89 minutes after the hosts had scored four times in the first half. Malakai McKenzie has since moved to Buxton.

Saturday takes them to Alfreton in the FA Trophy second round. They then host 18th-placed Brackley Town in the league on 21 November, a meeting of two sides near the bottom, though Brackley have 19 points, three above the cut. The bottom four, from 21st to 24th, are relegated. Darlington, 22nd on 12 after a 1–1 draw with Oxford City on Tuesday, are four points from safety.

South Shields lead on 32 from 15, two clear of Hereford. First place is promoted automatically, and second to seventh contest the play-offs. No National League North club is in the FA Cup second round. No first-team league or Trophy game is scheduled today. The BBC table was last updated at 07:36 on 11 November.

The BBC table, last updated at 11:13 on 9 November, still shows Southport 23th on 10 points from 15 matches, with a record of 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats. They have scored 15 and conceded 30, for a goal difference of minus 15. Those numbers have not changed since 31 October, because no National League fixture has been played in this window. The FA Cup, National League Cup and county cups do not count in the standings. Southport occupy six points from safety.