User:Narom/Southport F.C. league record by opponent

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Southport Football Club is an English association football club based in Southport, Merseyside and currently play in the Conference National. 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 Thursday 12 November of that year against Bootle. Originally a rugby union side the club switched codes after suffering a concession 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 club dropped Vulcan from their name and were now known simply asSouthport and have been ever since. In 1921, all first teams (league was a mixture of first and reserve teams) playing in the Central League became founder members of the newly formed Football League Third Division North including Southport.

Key

 * † Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are Southport's divisional rivals in the 2012–13 season.
 * ‡ Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are defunct.
 * The table includes results of matches played by Southport in the Midland League, the Football League and the Football Conference. Matches from uncompleted competitions – the abandoned 1939–40 Football League – are excluded, as are play-offs and matches in the various wartime competitions.
 * The name used for each opponent is the name they had when Southport most recently played a league match against them. Results against each opponent include results against that club under any former name. For example, results against Scunthorpe United include matches played against Scunthorpe & Lindsey United.
 * P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win% = percentage of total matches won
 * The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Southport played league matches against each opponent.