By James Houghton

SOUTHPORT 1
BUXTON 4
BUXTON defeated Southport in the Sandgrounders’ first home game since the start of October.
Both sides struggled to create in the first half and it took until the 36th minute for the first chance to arrive as Marcus Carver had the ball in the back of the net from a corner only for referee Richard Holmes to blow for a foul among the sea of bodies.
The opener came right at the end of a dull first half as Southport could only clear a long free-kick as far as Connor Kirby on the edge of the box, his effort from 20 yards out bouncing off th...