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MAN CITY 2 - SAINTS 1
THEY SAY you can't buy success, but Saints' best hope of survival is for Rupert Lowe to spend - now. There seems no alternative - apart from Championship football next season. For that's where Saints are heading if the chairman doesn't step in and
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LIVERPOOL 1 - SAINTS 0
SAINTS brought the curtain down on a miserable year with a game that seemed to sum up the past 12 months. In a team that saw several key players injured, an unfamiliar side put in a brave and battling display. It was more to contain the opposition
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SAINTS 0 - CHARLTON 0
FESTIVE cheer is in short supply at St Mary's at the moment. In fact, it's hard to find any cheer at all. Another tepid display against Charlton, another chance for three valuable points gone and a terrible game for the fans at Boxing Day. Merry Christmas
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SPURS 5 - SAINTS 1
IN the two seasons which proceeded this rather sorry campaign, Saints could boast one of the meanest defences in the country. At its heart was a towering cliff-face by the name of Michael Svensson. All around him there stood rocks. Yet in his absence
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SAINTS 2 - MIDDLESBROUGH 2
WHAT a difference a week - and a new manager - makes. After weeks of disappointing results and below-par performances, Saints looked a different side on Saturday. The result may not have been what it might, indeed should, have been - but there is
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MAN UTD 3 - SAINTS 0
WHAT Steve Wigley needs now is to prove he is more than just a coach. He needs to prove he's a manager. Despite having the title of head coach, Wigley is the manager. When things go badly at a football club, the team don't just need expert coaching
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SAINTS 2 - CRYSTAL PALACE 2
STEVE Wigley faces a battle to hold on to his job, but he should be given more time. That view might not be popular right now but I don't think there are many managers out there who will change things for Saints. The problems are deep rooted and
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NORWICH 2 - SAINTS 1
STEVE WIGLEY won't want to hear it. The players could do without it, the fans don't want to worry about it and the media will eventually get bored of writing or saying it. But Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Norwich has pretty much guaranteed the billing
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SAINTS 2 - POMPEY 1
LEGITIMATE questions have been asked of just how much Saints' players want Steve Wigley to stay as boss. Now we know the answer. Over the past couple of months, player after player has been keen to explain that Wigley is a great coach and therefore
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Flying high for Rose Road
TWO Southampton project workers will be flying high when they do a sponsored skydive. Jenny Cavanna, 26 and Tracey Smith, 24, will be jumping out of a aircraft to raise money for the Rose Road Project run by the Southampton based charity Society of St
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In charity footsteps of the Maasai
A TELEVISION news report inspired a Southampton couple to sign up for a gruelling charity challenge where they will trek alongside Maasai warriors. Sarah Thirkill and Nick Paul, both 31, are training hard for the six-day, 100km trek in the African wilderness
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NEW FOREST: Nursing homes plan vetoed
PLANS to treble the size of a New Forest nursing home have been rejected by just one vote. Proposals to redevelop the Woodside Lodge facility in Burley Road, Bransgore, were narrowly defeated at a meeting of the New Forest National Park Authority (NPA
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Lymington Belles take an odd Moonwalk in pink fluffy bras
A PAIR of flurry pink bras, two determined ladies and a nighttime marathon challenge raised more than £1,600 for cancer charity. Caroline Bennett, of Lymington and Jill Millward, of New Milton, joined thousands of others to walk 26.2 miles of London
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EASTLEIGH: Dolly’s legacy for town’s disabled
TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved woman who worked tirelessly to make Eastleigh an easier place for disabled people to live. Dolly Dawes, a founding member of Eastleigh Shopmobility, died on Saturday aged 72, having been taken ill last week. The
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HOOK: Model flyers face long wait over ban decision
MODEL aircraft enthusiasts must wait months to find out if they will have their wings clipped. Villagers have called for a ban on model planes at Hook Recreation Ground because of noise, damage to property and concerns about the safety of park users
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WHITELEY: Public debate ordered over new school plans
A MAJOR public debate is to be held over controversial moves to build a primary school in Whiteley. Winchester City Council has indicated its support for the idea of building a new school on Meadowside Recreation Ground despite residents' protests that
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Plans for phone mast near school spark residents’ fury
WINCHESTER residents have reacted with fury to plans to build a mobile phone mast near a school and a children's play area. They are concerned about the adverse effects on health and property prices after mobile phone giant O2 announced plans to erect
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TOTTON: ‘Merry hell’ threat over remnants of illegal fence
A TOTTON councillor has vowed to raise "merry hell" if the remnants of illegal fencing along a bridge are not fully removed by next week. The majority of wooden panels obstructing centuries old views of the River Test at Salmon Leap bridge were taken
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Action packed army tester
YOUNG visitors to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu have been getting an action-packed taste of life in the Army. The youngsters had a chance to see some of the Army's transport and loading vehicles and learn some of the disciplines of military life
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May Searchline file
Lyn Bennett (Nee Forbes) email: lyn_uk1@yahoo.com comments: Looking for Clive Sheppard...had MAJOR crush on him in High School in the late 60's! Poor guy :). He married Christine Tulley but I believe they are now divorced. Would love to find
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BOWLS - Julie grabs her chance for England
JULIE Saunders has realised a lifetime's ambition by being chosen for her England debut in this month's home internationals. Winning the national singles' title at Royal Leamington Spa last August guaranteed the Hampshire champion an England trial
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BOWLS - Hampshire show faith in Sports Centre stars
SPORTS Centre provide three of the six new faces named in Hampshire's side for the opening Middleton Cup match of the season on Saturday (2pm). Adam Tidby, Mick Slade and Jody Bright have been called up to face Berkshire at Suttons, Reading, as Hampshire
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FISHING - Fishery hope to crack 40lb mark
Wayne Little's Milton Abbas Carp Fishery produced another of its magnificent jewels when fishery management student Chris Gillet took the Baby Common at 32lb 2oz more than 4lb up on its previous best weight. Confidence is now sky high on the Dorset
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ATHLETICS - Ball smashes British best to take gold
EIGHTEEN-year-old Hedge End race walk sensation Nick Ball won the 3km track walk title for Hampshire at the CAU Senior Inter-Counties Championships in Bedford. And the Southampton youngster clinched gold in style, setting a new British junior record
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Young guns earn crack at Havant in semi-final
Bournemouth face Havant in the in the ECB Cockspur Cup club championship regional semi-final on June 18. National semi-finalists last season, Havant comfortably beat Basingstoke & North Hants by 69 runs, while a youthful Bournemouth side surprised
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Oxley spins Oak to victory
Fair Oak have lined up an attractive Southern Electric Cup second round duel against Andover after thrashing Easton & Martyr Worthy by seven wickets at Lapstone Park. Rhys Oxley took 4-6 and James Featherstone 3-16 as Easton were skittled for a meagre
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Vaughan return not ‘one’ to remember
Michael Vaughan endured an unhappy return to the County Championship thanks to Billy Taylor. All the hype before this match was about Vaughan and his first championship appearance for more than a year, as he prepared to face Shane Warne for the first
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Kev is rated by Richards
It has taken Kevin Pietersen well under two years in international cricket to convince many good judges he is capable of rewriting the record books. England's mercurial South Africa-born batsman can list any number of fans with world-class pedigrees
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Cheers! Hawks get Carlsberg on board
HAVANT & Waterlooville have thrown down the gauntlet to ambitious south coast rivals Eastleigh by unveiling their first summer signing and announcing a massive sponsorship deal with brewing giants Carlsberg. Having narrowly missed out on the Conference
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Vase hero Neil back in business
WINCHESTER City's FA Vase-winning manager Neil Hards is back in business with Cirencester Town. After a year's break from football, the 44-year-old has been tasked with transforming the fortunes of the Gloucestershire outfit who finished just one place
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Totton win the race for King
WESSEX League Cup holders AFC Totton have beaten off hot competition for former AFC Bournemouth and Winchester City centre-back Dave King. VT FC, Lymington & New Milton and King's former club Brockenhurst are all believed to have been fighting it out
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Conference on football topics is free for all
The third annual Hampshire FA Football Development Conference is taking place this year on Sunday at Sparsholt College (10am to 4pm). This year's theme for the conference will be "leadership" and it will be free to all those who register. The conference
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Sickness bug forces ship to abandon cruise
SOUTHAMPTON based luxury cruise ship, Sea Princess, is heading back to the city's docks 24 hours early after 200 passengers were struck down with a highly contagious vomiting virus. Sea Princess, pictured, will berth in Southampton early tomorrow morning
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Going down! Police dial 999 after getting stuck in lift
A group of cooped-up coppers found themselves on the other side of the emergency services while attending an incident in Thornhill, Southampton, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The team of police officers had been called to Hightown Towers to
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Askham stays to bitter end
KEY Saints director Guy Askham has scotched rumours he will retire today, saying the time's not right to leave the club he loves. Askham, who has been with the club since he was 18, was widely expected to call it a day at today's board meeting, bringing
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You can stay!
Ecstatic Hampshire nurse Corazon Caro has been told she can stay in Britain. Home Office officials have made a dramatic U-turn to allow the 29-year-old to stay after weeks of pressure from her colleagues, union members and MPs. The Daily Echo has highlighted
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Flying the flag to back England squad's bid for glory
LOVE IT or hate it the beautiful game has taken over the south by storm. Hampshire is going football crazy in the build up to this year's much-awaited World Cup. It has only been one day since the Daily Echo launched its quest to find the most decorated
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Pet Idol winner
THE winner of the Daily Echo Pet Idol Competition 2006 is Rio the three-year-old long-haired border collie. He dazzled judges with his good looks and canine charm. He beat stiff competition from a wide range of pets, including cats, rabbits, hamsters
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Askham stays to bitter end
KEY Saints director Guy Askham has scotched rumours he will retire today, saying the time's not right to leave the club he loves. Askham, who has been with the club since he was 18, was widely expected to call it a day at today's board meeting, bringing
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Pulling power helps charity
ALEX Hayes, the commercial director at Southampton-based distribution firm Boyes Conning, grits his teeth during a charity truck pull in aid of a cancer charity for men. He was one of 12 teams tasked with pulling an 18-ton truck 50ft in the fastest
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Rising rent forcing Habitat to shut shop
SOUTHAMPTON'S Habitat interior design store is to close after bosses decided it was "no longer economically viable". The chain, which is owned by the same group as Swedish interior design giant Ikea, said it was in talks with a fashion retailer to
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Port Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals Aegean Breeze, roro, 0600, 201; CEC Caledonia, cargo, 0730, 101e; Thunder, cargo, 1130, 25; Triton Highway, roro, 1930, 202; Sluisgracht, cargo, 2230, 101w Today's principal Southampton sailings