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  • New Milton appoint Burnett as boss

    GLENN Burnett has been tasked with helping preserve New Milton Town's top-flight status in the Wessex League after being appointed manager at Fawcett's Field. Burnett replaces joint bosses Steve May and Darran Atkins whose brief and turbulent reign

  • Stags fall to first home defeat

    AFC TOTTON were beaten at the Testwood Stadium for the first time this season by a resolute Hitchin side who grabbed the winner 12 minutes from time. The Stags defence was caught napping when a short corner was played to John Frendo, who had time to

  • Eastleigh teenager lands Fulham trial

    PREMIERSHIP outfit Fulham have won the race to take at closer look at Eastleigh’s 16-year-old strike prodigy Sam Wilson. No fewer than five Football League clubs, including Saints, have enquired about the West End-based frontman, including

  • Morgan's late leveller keeps Saints top of the pile

    Saints stayed top of the Championship thanks to Morgan Schneiderlin’s equaliser at Burnley. Charlie Austin made it four goals in four games against Saints to give the Clarets a second half lead but second half sub Schneiderlin pounced with

  • Man knocked unconscious in street brawl

    A MAN was knocked unconscious during a drunken street brawl last night. Police were called to Oxford Street in Southampton at around 2.25am amid reports four men were fighting. An ambulance was called after one of those involved was knocked unconscious

  • Burnley 1 Saints 1 - as it happened

    Follow @the_saints Like us on Facebook Live Match Updates The Sports Pink Online The Sports Pink is now available to read online. The latest edition goes live every Saturday night. Click the front page for

  • Saints handed Palace tie in Carling Cup

    SAINTS have been handed an away draw with Crystal Palace in the Carling Cup fourth round. Nigel Adkins’ side, who set up a fourth round tie after defeating Preston 2-1 this week, will travel to Selhurst Park on the week commencing October

  • Thieves steal 14 drain covers from one street

    THIEVES have stolen 14 drain covers worth thousands of pounds from a Southampton street. The cast iron grates were taken from Barters Close in Millbrook, leaving gaping holes in the road. It is believed that thieves are selling the covers

  • Britain's worst flytipper’s bid to reduce sentence denied

    A SOUTHAMPTON man dubbed “Britain’s worst fly-tipper” has lost an appeal against his prison sentence. Judges told Marcus Bairstow he cannot complain about his jail term after he took his case to London’s Criminal Appeal Court. For 18

  • Wave of superyacht orders at Boat Show

    SOUTH coast superyacht firms have already won orders worth tens of millions of pounds as the PSP Southampton Boat Show enters its final weekend. Almost 1,000 boats have been hosted at the show at Mayflower Park, with more than 340 moored up

  • Peacocks ruffle feathers in Hampshire village

    A GROUP of stray peacocks is ruffling feathers in a Hampshire community. People living in the normally quiet New Forest village of Hordle are split over what to do with the birds, who have moved in to disturb their peace. Some want

  • Maritime Museum to close doors

    SOUTHAMPTON’S Titanic Museum will open its doors for the last time tomorrow ahead of the opening of the city’s new £15m Sea City Museum. As previously reported, The Grade I-listed Wool House, which has housed the city’s Maritime Museum for the past 45

  • Sex accused had previously received caution

    A FORMER Hampshire Army cadet leader accused of sexually assaulting boys in the 1990s had received a police caution for indecently touching a teenager ten years earlier, a court heard. Brian Court invited two boys, aged 13, into a garage on

  • Over the moon and sick as a pig

    STUART Seaborn was over the moon and sick as a pig following Hedge End Club’s first derby pool match. The A team skipper texted his teammates early on the Thursday morning with the words: “Big match night. Need some big performances tonight