Louis Almond scored the only goal as Southport beat Gateshead and climbed out of the National League relegation zone.
Almond was left unmarked and swept home a short corner from Paul Rutherford 11 minutes into the second half.
He had earlier crashed an effort against the crossbar.
Gateshead’s Ben Clark had a first-half header cleared off the line, while Paddy McLaughlin and Adam Wrightson had late chances, but Southport held on.
LINEUP, BOOKINGS (1) & SUBSTITUTIONS (4)
Gateshead
- 01 Russell
- 02 Baxter
- 05 Curtis
- 22 Ramsden (Johnson – 59′ )
- 16 Cranston
- 06 Clark
- 12 Mafuta
- 26 McLaughlin
- 21 Honeyman
- 19 Bowman
- 28 Hamilton (Wrightson – 46′ )
Substitutes
- 13 MacDonald
- 14 Buddle
- 20 Johnson
- 24 Wrightson
- 25 Smith
Southport
- 25 Crocombe
- 02 Challoner
- 12 Blakeman
- 06 Foster
- 05 Thompson
- 16 Rutherford
- 24 Ryan (Joyce – 67′ )
- 08 Wright
- 17 Almond
- 22 Phenix Booked (Nolan – 85′ )
- 11 Jones
Substitutes
- 04 Nolan
- 07 Allen
- 14 Joyce
- 18 Jones
- 19 Viscosi
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