SAINTS chief excecutive Lee Hoos has today resigned his position with immediate affect.
The rest of the Saints PLC board - Leon Crouch, Patrick Trant and Keith Wiseman - are now expected to follow soon, paving the way for Rupert Lowe and Michael Wilde to return to power at St Mary's.
Hoos, brought to Saints by Wilde back in 2006 as part of the regime which ousted Lowe, said: "I am very grateful for having had the opportunity to serve the Company and Southampton Football Club.
"SFC is a great club and I can now only hope that everyone - fans, shareholders and employees - can put past differences behind them to unite and take this club forward again."
