Date: 27/08/1988 
Stadium: Bower Fold, Stalybridge
Attendance: 420
Competition: Northern Premier League
 Stalybridge Celtic |
2 - 2 Full-Time |
 Southport |
| Manager: Micky Taylor | ||
| Goalscorers | ||
 Frank Gamble Phil Marsden |
||
Line-Ups
| 1 | Ian Haigh |
| 2 | Jimmy Mitchell (  Joe Nichol
) |
| 3 | Steve Wilkes |
| 4 | Paul Byron |
| 5 | Rob Sturgeon |
| 6 | Carl Lancashire |
| 7 | Phil Marsden |
| 8 | Darren Oldroyd |
| 9 | Stuart Diggle |
| 10 | Mark Shirley |
| 11 | Frank Gamble ( Tony Quinn
) |
Substitutes
| 12 | Tony Quinn
(  Frank Gamble) |
| 14 | Joe Nichol
( Jimmy Mitchell) |