Ronnie Bull struck a valuable winner in the 90th minute as Crawley ground out victory over their relegation rivals.
Despite early Southport dominance, Reds took the lead when striker Scott Rendell turned to fire in his ninth of the campaign.
However, the visitors were presented with an equaliser immediately from the second half kick-off as goalkeeper Ben Hamer's attempted clearance hit team-mate Dave Woozley and rebounded nicely for Tony Gray to slide into an empty net.
From then on a point looked the most Reds could hope for, until Bull popped up to shoot home after good approach work from substitute Marcus Richardson.
Despite early Southport dominance, Reds took the lead when striker Scott Rendell turned to fire in his ninth of the campaign.
However, the visitors were presented with an equaliser immediately from the second half kick-off as goalkeeper Ben Hamer's attempted clearance hit team-mate Dave Woozley and rebounded nicely for Tony Gray to slide into an empty net.
From then on a point looked the most Reds could hope for, until Bull popped up to shoot home after good approach work from substitute Marcus Richardson.
| Nationwide Conference, Saturday 20th January 2007 @ 15:00 |
 | Crawley Town v Southport |  |
| Starting Line-ups | ||
| 1 | Hamer | |
| 6 | Bull | |
| 3 | Wright | |
| 26 | Woozley | |
| 4 | Hiley | |
| 17 | Bulman | |
| 12 | McLeod | |
| 8 | Blackburn | |
| 5 | Okuonghae | |
| 10 | Rendell | |
| 9 | Blackman | |
| Substitutes | ||
| 22 | Tolfrey | |
| 2 | Judge | |
| 0 | Ridgway | |
| 29 | Nayee | |
| 0 | Richardson | |
| Starting Line-ups | ||
| 21 | Harrison | |
| 6 | Boyd | |
| 0 | Dugdale | |
| 15 | Rowland | |
| 2 | Lane | |
| 5 | Lee | |
| 7 | Baker | |
| 3 | Hoolickin | |
| 14 | Paterson | |
| 17 | Donnelly | |
| 9 | Gray | |
| Substitutes | ||
| 12 | Bagnall | |
| 20 | Clancy | |
| 11 | Olsen | |
| 19 | Fowler | |
| 4 | Powell | |