THEY were the young hopefuls of their time, full of talent and potential, the best-of-the-best plucked from a variety of local schools.
Southampton Schoolboys team comprised youngsters from a plethora of age groups, and a wide selection of schools.
These schools included: Noadswood, Bellemoor, Hounsdown, Bitterne Park, Wildern, Weston Park.
On these pages we show some of the youngsters who made up some of the teams from the first half of the 1970s.
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