THE battle for power at Saints took a dramatic turn last night with the news that acting chairman, Leon Crouch, could find himself fired.

Crouch, who has been at the helm of the football club since taking over from Michael Wilde last March, will attend a face-to-face board meeting of the club on Monday morning.

After being contacted by the Daily Echo, Crouch revealed he had received an e-mail about the PLC board meeting with the aim, he says, to discuss "the removal of Leon Crouch as director and chairman of the club."

The life-long Saints fan said: "There are people at the club who will be very upset about this."