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Saints 1 Portsmouth 4
THEY SAY derby matches are amongst the most unpredictable in football. But the strange thing about the south coast one at St Mary’s at the weekend was how oddly predictable much of it was. Saints v Portsmouth is always a special occasion – for
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Saints were too naive after going behind says Pardew
Saints boss Alan Pardew says his Saints side were naive after going behind to Pompey. But the manager was pleased with his side's performance until Portsmouth pulled away with their late goals. Speaking after Saints 4-1 FA Cup defeat
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Violence after FA Cup clash
VIOLENCE flared up outside St Mary's stadium following Saints' 4:1 FA Cup defeat. Police let both groups of fans leave St Mary's at the same time leading to a stand off between some home and opposition fans. A group of Pompey fans and
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Football fans clash as FA Cup match gets underway
Football fans clashed as today's FA Cup match got underway. Two Portsmouth fans were arrested after throwing fireworks at Southampton Central Railway station as they were about to be escorted to the ground. Coins and bottles were also thrown.
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We were naive, says Pardew
Saints boss Alan Pardew says they were naive in their FA Cup defeat by Pompey. Speaking after the 4-1 defeat at St Marys he said: "We gave a really good account of ourselves in terms of the first 60-70 minutes and we kept it really tight.
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Fans have their say on Saints defeat
After the match Saints fans had their say. Edward Horbus, 19, Somers Close, Winchester, said: “I thought we played quite well against a Premier league team in the first half but that doesn’t always give you enough to win.” Mark Langridge
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Life support turned off after collapse at party
A SOUTHAMPTON woman has died after collapsing at a party which is now at the centre of a drugs investigation. Lindsey Wilson’s life support machine was switched off 19 days after the house party. Lindsey, 28, was found unconscious on January
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Brilliant Bland chasing Tour win
SOUTHAMPTON'S Richard Bland could secure his first ever European Tour win tomorrow. The Stoneham golfer shot a superb third round 66 at the Avantha Masters, in India, to grab a share of the lead ahead of the last day. The 37-year-old's sparkling
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Derby Day!
IT’S Derby Day – the countdown is on to today’s Saints versus Pompey FA Cup clash. A sell out 32,000 fans will be in Southampton’s St Marys Stadium for the fifth round game between two of football’s biggest rivals. With Portsmouth facing
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Southampton 1 Portsmouth 4
SEE MONDAY'S DAILY ECHO FOR FULL MATCH REPORT Saints were beaten 4-1 by Portsmouth in the FA Cup fifth round at St Mary’s. All five goals came in a frantic 19 minute period in the second half but the scoreline did not really reflect the game
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Woman is held in custody after she made threat to kill
A SOUTHAMPTON woman bombarded police with false complaints that she had been harassed by a security guard she had met at college. Allegra Frazer, 31, told them Kieron Awcock was stalking her and had sent letters threatening her and her baby
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Pompey court date set for March 1
Portsmouth’s winding up hearing on behalf of the Inland Revenue has been scheduled for Monday March 1. The High Court appearance will be the club's last attempts at trying to convince the courts that the club can function properly and if they fail
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Swan-ning around with Elvis Presley
LOVE was firmly on the mind of shoppers with suspicious minds in Eastleigh. Hundreds of Hampshire shoppers were greeted by the King of rock ’n’ roll tribute artist Elvis Presley. The Swan centre laid on a musical treat for shoppers in a bid to get
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Lizzie now in final three
A last-minute injury has boosted the chances of Hampshire’s very own dancing queen in tonight’s So You Think You Can Dance final. Lizzie Gough will now only face competition from two others on the BBC1 hit show tonight after finalist Robbie
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Outrage over closure plans
CAMPAIGNERS are calling for a public meeting to voice their opposition over plans to close vital respite care for vulnerable people. Plans are being tabled to close down the dedicated Westminster House centre in Newport on the Isle of Wight. The centre
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Night of Carnage in Southampton
Around 1,500 students dressed as cops and robbers joined in the massive bar crawl through the city centre, organised by controversial entertainment firm Carnage UK. The revellers, from both of the city’s universities, toured pubs in the Bedford
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Probe after industrial site blaze
AN investigation is under way today into the cause of a fire at one of Hampshire’s biggest industrial sites. The blaze broke out at 3.15pm yesterday in a process unit at Esso’s Fawley refinery. The refinery deployed its own firefighting
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GP must wait for tribunal decision
A HAMPSHIRE GP will have to wait weeks until she finds out whether she has won her claims of unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination against her former employers. Lucy Charlwood, 34, of Whitsbury Road, Fording-bridge was sacked from the Castle Street
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Letters from Prestatyn
SO, Sunday is the new Saturday. Confusion reigned at Pontin’s Prestatyn Sands Holiday Centre, North Wales, just an hour after the draw for the week-long Lt Col Walter Rowley OBE Junior Star of the Future festival. The UK’s biggest and richest junior
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Making sure fans go home safe
So Saturday dawns and like police football commanders all over the country I get ready for today's match. In many cities across the country derby games are a regular event. Here it’s a bit more rare. Well, once in 5 years. But before 2005 there
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TV thief causes derby cup clash blackout
IT was meant to be a celebration of one of the biggest matches in Saints’ recent history. But members of a Southampton youth club have been denied the chance to watch today’s Saints vs Pompey FA Cup clash after thieves stole their TV. Youngsters
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ICE patrol goes back on street
SOUTHAMPTON’S night time In Case of Emergency (ICE) bus will be back on the streets this weekend to help deal with the large number of revellers expected for Saints’ FA Cup clash. The bus, which is kitted out with a first aid room and helps people
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Pardew's orders: Go on the attack
SAINTS boss Alan Pardew has told his players to go on the attack in today’s south coast derby. Pompey enter the FA Cup fifth round match at St Mary’s as favourites, but Pardew has warned the Blues his side will not back down. He also believes a
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Absolute joy for Soton RBL
FOR a team that insists it’s just a social night out, Southampton RBL’s cribbage side made a pretty good fist of celebrating their first league win since October 15 last year. After their 5-4 home victory over Riverside Club A, skipper Richard
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Lift rescue
FIREFIGHTERS came to the rescue after a student got stuck in a lift. The man had been trapped for around 20 minutes until fire crews from St Mary’s got to the block of accommodation in Southampton around 6pm on Thursday night. They isolated the
