A HAMPSHIRE football fan has admitted confronting Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger during the club's clash with Saints.

Luke James Byrant today admitted at Southampton Magistrates' Court to approaching Mr Wenger as he sat in the dug out at the end of his club's Premier League match with Saints on New Year's Day.

The case was adjourned ahead of a football banning order hearing on February 27.

As reported, the 25-year old from Bankhill Drive, Lymington confronted Arsene Wenger and his staff on the pitch side after Saints 2-0 win over Arsenal.

He was charged with an offence of going on to an area adjacent to the playing area contrary to the Football (Offences) Act 1991.

The incident capped a miserable visit to the south coast for Arsenal whose goalkeeper, Wojciech Szczesny, gifted the Saints victory with two howlers.

Wenger sat fuming on the bench, shaking his head sullenly in reaction to Szczesny's loose errors which gifted Southampton their win.

Staff at Saints were subsequently told that the fan was an Arsenal supporter, although Wenger was initially under the impression it was a home supporter.