Date: 28/08/2000 
Attendance: 3574
Competition: National League
 Rushden & Diamonds |
4 - 0 Full-Time |
 Southport |
| Manager: Mark Wright | ||
| Goalscorers | ||
| None | ||
Line-Ups
| - | Steve Dickinson |
| - | Phil Bolland |
| - | Martin Clark |
| - | Lee Furlong (  Ian Arnold ) |
| - | Andy Gouck |
| - | Neil Grayston |
| - | Scott Guyett |
| - | Mike Marsh |
| - | Simon Parke ( Lee Elam ) |
| - | Mark Stuart ( Stuart Whittaker ) |
| - | Shaun Teale |
Substitutes
| Ian Arnold (  Lee Furlong) | |
| Stuart Whittaker ( Mark Stuart) | |
| Lee Elam ( Simon Parke) | |
| John Morgan | |
| David Linighan |