Saints have been given special dispensation to hastily re-arrange their FA Premier Reserve League match against Arsenal for today.

The game was called off last night for a second time because the Borehamwood pitch was waterlogged.

That was a blow to Dennis Rofe whose side have not had a competetive reserve match since December 11 and do not have another scheduled until a week tomorrow at Ipswich.

He had been hoping to give a run-out to Matthew Le Tissier on his latest comeback trail while Arsenal were equally frustrated by the postponement.

Both clubs wanted the fixture played so the FA Premier Reserve League have given permission for it to go ahead behind closed doors this afternoon.

Stuart Ripley is a doubt for Saints with a stiff back but Uwe Rosler should play following flu.