National League North

Sight of Fin not heeded by visitors

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
28 December 2025

MARINE 4 SOUTHPORT 2
By Tom Murphy

TWO Finlay Sinclair-Smith penalties and goals from Josh Wardle and Offrande Zanzala saw Marine defeat Southport.
A quick start saw Marine take an early lead thanks to their captain Wardle.
The ball fell kindly to the centre-half in the penalty area and he smashed home emphatically from close range.
Southport enjoyed large spells of possession after the goal and found an equaliser. An inch-perfect finish from Ted Lavelle nestled into the bottom right corner, past a scrambling Fraser Barnsley who was unable to get a finger on it.
Minutes later, Aar...

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