Southport
Haig Avenue
Wednesday 29th April 2009, Conference League North, Play-Off Semi Final First Leg, Southport entertained Gateshead in what was a tense affair with either team reluctant to push to much with so much as stake, The game was a tight one nil win fir Gateshead with Armstrong getting the goal, It proved to be the decisive goal in the two legged affair, the return game at Gateshead being a 1 1 draw.
SOUTHPORT: McMillan, Lever, Gray, Flynn, Davis, Moogan, Booth, Winn, Daly, Whalley (sub Mitchley 83mins), McGinn
Subs not used: Prince, Atkins, Moore, Powell
GATESHEAD: Musselwhite, Baxter, Cave, Gate, Curtis (sub Hocking 46mins), Jones, Harwood, P.Turnbull, Armstrong (sub Dinning 73mins), Novak, Phillips (sub S.Turnbull 90mins)
Subs not used: Stamp, Provett
Scorers: Armstrong (Gateshead)
Booked: Moogan, Winn (Southport), Turnbull, Phillips (Gateshead)
Referee: P.Graham
Attendance: 1,011
SOUTHPORT: McMillan, Lever, Gray, Flynn, Davis, Moogan, Booth, Winn, Daly, Whalley (sub Mitchley 83mins), McGinn
Subs not used: Prince, Atkins, Moore, Powell
GATESHEAD: Musselwhite, Baxter, Cave, Gate, Curtis (sub Hocking 46mins), Jones, Harwood, P.Turnbull, Armstrong (sub Dinning 73mins), Novak, Phillips (sub S.Turnbull 90mins)
Subs not used: Stamp, Provett
Scorers: Armstrong (Gateshead)
Booked: Moogan, Winn (Southport), Turnbull, Phillips (Gateshead)
Referee: P.Graham
Attendance: 1,011