It's not quite mission impossible, but Southampton Saints will need something approaching a miracle to keep them alive in the FA Women's Premier League National Division this week.

The only hope the second-to-bottom Saints have of surviving is by beating London giants Fulham on Sunday (Winchester City FC, 2pm) and Arsenal next Wednesday (Staplewood, 7pm).

It could hardly be a tougher double assignment. Arsenal won the league title season and Fulham have succeeded them after Thursday's victory over Everton.

Although relegation looks inevitable for the Saints, head coach Ivor Gumm is far from downhearted.

He predicts that his bright, young side will bounce straight up again from the FAWPL Southern Division and admits: "I can't wait for next season to start."

Since taking over the Saints reins from Steve Stone at the beginning of March, Gumm has worked hard building confidence and will spend pre-season preaching the importance of awareness on the park.

He said: "There is no doubt our girls are technically very, very gifted, but so much of their football is played off the cuff without a clue what other people are doing.

"The first touch and control is superb, but they give the ball away all the time.

"I guarantee next season we will be very organised, very solid and very hard to beat and, unlike this season, we will score loads of goals."

Fair Oak's Shelly Cox is among the England squad who have clinched qualification for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship finals in Germany this July.

The 18-year-old former Southampton Saint, now with Leeds United, helped her country go through as best runners-up in the second qualifying group stage.

The Hampshire FA Women's team won the South West Counties Final at Aldershot on Thursday night.

The Army took the lead but Hampshire fought back to equalise through Daniella Bird in the 55th minute.

Ten minutes later, Bird was on target again as Hampshire moved ahead.

But, just as Hampshire looked to have done enough to secure the trophy, a last- minute penalty sent the game into extra-time.

Neither side could get the upper hand and the game went to penalties, in which Hampshire held their nerve to win 2-1.