Eastleigh, Sholing and AFC Totton kept their promotion trains on track this afternoon. Seventh-placed Eastleigh won 2-1 at Basingstoke Town in the Blue Square Bet South courtesy of first-half goals from Jamie Slabber and Anthony Riviere.
First published in The Pink, Saturday, February 12, 2011 LOYALTY is a rare commodity in football, so we hear everyday. Reams of newspaper, gigabytes of data on websites and hours broadcast material every year refer to how footballers are only
Nigel Adkins hailed a terrific weekend for Rickie Lambert as the striker celebrated the birth of his son with his 50th Saints goal. Lambert scored the only goal of the game as Saints defeated Carlisle 1-0 at St Mary’s some 24 hours after
Saints kept up with the League One pacesetters as they edged a 1-0 win over ten man Carlisle at St Mary’s. Nigel Adkins’ side really needed the three points with league leaders Brighton and second placed Bournemouth also winning. After
EMERGENCY crews were called after two cars collided on the outskirts of Sutton Scotney. It happened at around midday today close to the Lower Cranbourne Cottages on the road to Micheldever Station. Paramedics were called but police said there were no
This time of year our shop is full of hearts. Glass coasters with hearts fused into them, heart shaped cushions, handmade cards with stuck on hearts… other shops have enough flowers, chocolates and romantic CDs to fill Westminster Abbey. All intended
A SELECTION of photographs from the match between Saints and Carlisle at St Mary's. • Launch the photo gallery • Saints v Carlisle
RACING at Newbury was abandoned today after two horses mysteriously collapsed and died in the parade ring before the first race. The reasons for the deaths of Fenix Two and Marching Song are unknown, however there was speculation the horses died
SHE spun a wicked web of lies that cost her many victims £1.2m. Tina Roberts “peddled the fantasy” that she was a qualified physiotherapist – and claimed she was so good at her job she had been hired by the England rugby union team treating
Saints team Davis, Butterfield, Fonte, Jaidi, Harding, Chamberlain, Chaplow, Hammond, N'Guessan, Guly, Lambert. Subs: Bialkowski, Richardson, Seaborne, Gobern, Forte, Lallana, Barnard. Carlisle team Collin, Simek, Michalik
SPICE up your Sunday in Southampton tomorrow night with not one but two Burlesque nights in the city. At the Mo Club, Carrie-Ann O’Dell, known as the official Dita von Teese tribute act will shock and stun onlookers by performing from a five foot-tall
EXCITING, if bizarre, things are afoot in Eastleigh. These are in the shape of “from scratch” nights. Immersive event Salon de ShadyJane aimed to create the cultural atmosphere of Paris’ intellectual Left Bank in the 1920s while inviting favourite
The Daily Echo’s campaign to find 100 apprentices in 100 days is already off to a flying start. Nearly a hundred Hampshire employers gathered at a breakfast launch yesterday to pledge new vacancies. Convinced by testimonials
AS a television comedy character Little Britain’s Daffyd Thomas was determined to cause a stir with his garish outfits as the “only gay in the village”. Now a hotelier has caused kerfuffle in his own Hampshire community with controversial gay
A PENSIONER died after suffering “catastrophic” injuries in a fall at her Hampshire home. Southampton Coroner’s Court heard Doris Clark, 89, sustained fractures to her arm, upper body and pelvis after falling as she tried to pull the curtains at her
Today’s principal Southampton arrivals: Huelin Dispatch, cargo, 0242, 44N; Kuala Lumpur Express, container, 0500, 205; Oriana, passenger, 0600, 106; OOCL Rotterdam, container, 1100, 206; Zim Rio Grande, container, 2000, 207; Beluga Formation, cargo,
A HAMPSHIRE man who set fire to a student dressed as a sheep has had his jail term reduced on appeal by top judges. Jason Whatley, 39, of Faroes Close, Fareham, set fire to 19-year-old Stuart Mitchell in October 2009, leaving him with burns over 12
SOUTHAMPTON’S Guildhall Square will tomorrow be the centre of celebrations for Saints’ 125th anniversary. At 3.30pm the square will play host to a World Cup style tournament of a human table football – a huge inflatable version of the popular
THE NATION has gone Harry Potty for Voldemog. The ugly feline struggling to find a new home because he looks like the evil Lord Voldemort from the Harry Potter films has got cat lovers spellbound. Since hitting the headlines
A TEST Valley-based charity is staging a garden party tea dance for Romsey residents on St Valentine’s Day. Testway Transform – the charity arm of Testway Housing – is behind the garden-themed event at the Crosfield Hall from 2pm to 5pm on Monday.
A WOMAN needed hospital treatment after two others gatecrashed a party and attacked her, Southampton Crown Court heard. The pair, Hannah Higginbottom, 20, and Sarah Garvey, 18, forced their way into a bedroom where they found Amanda Dear. Prosecutor
IT is the time of year to treasure loved ones’ hearts as Valentine’s Day approaches and the romantic spirit has taken hold of the city. But one Hampshire charity has urged people across the county to step into someone else’s shoes to raise awareness
THEY bring a new meaning to girl power. Two Hampshire families are both celebrating five generations of females. Grandma 88-year-old Eva House from West End has her first great-great-granddaughter Tabitha-Mae Sheppard. The chain goes from head
The Ex-Saints Association have insisted they have not had a fallout with the football club. The Southampton Old Boys group say they have had nothing to do with the organisation of this weekend’s 125th anniversary events and that, contrary to
HAULING jars to the bottle bank could become less of a hardship in Winchester. Lib Dem civic chiefs are following the lead of colleagues in Eastleigh by providing a kerbside glass collection scheme. It is part of a new environmental
CARLISLE boss Greg Abbott believes Saints wonderkid Alex Chamberlain is the most dangerous player in League One. And he has given his new left-back, Gary Borrowdale, the toughest of responsibilities – keeping the 17-year-old winger quiet today.
Between them, they have made 1,875 appearances for Saints and scored an equally staggering 624 goals. And tomorrow night one of Mick Channon, Terry Paine or Matthew Le Tissier will be crowned the greatest Saints player of all-time. Saints fans have
SNOOKER loopy Swindon teenager Jodie Symes will be taking on the world’s best women players on her home tables today. But, last weekend, Symes lost in the group stages of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Silver Tour at Chandler’s Ford
A man was found dead in a hostel with an “enormously high” level of alcohol in his system, an inquest heard. Post-mortem examinations revealed Adam Kotkowski had 460mg per 100ml of blood – more than five times the legal drink-drive limit – when he
