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.