THE largest Saints supporters group meets tonight and is expected to officially adopt a resolution to call for Rupert Lowe's resignation.

The Saints Trust has grown rapidly since its launch at St Mary's back in January.

Since then, they have gathered over 530 members and hoovered up over 560,000 Southampton Leisure Holdings shares - around two per cent of the total shareholding.

Though initially set up without a pro or anti-Lowe agenda, the Trust found 88 per cent of their members wanted major change at the top of the boardroom table when polled last month.

And among the five resolutions which will be officially voted on tonight is one calling on the under-fire chairman to quit - ideally before he celebrates his ninth anniversary of being appointed on June 1.

The five resolutions are as follows:

1) The Trust seeks representation on the board of Southampton Leisure Holdings plc.

2) The Trust seeks that the first home tie in both domestic cup competitions for the 2006-2007 season be given free of charge to season ticket holders.

3) The Trust seeks the separation of the roles of both the Managing Director and the Chairman within the board of Southampton Leisure Holdings plc.

4) The Trust believes that, for the future success of Southampton FC, the current Chairman of SLH plc should step down from his current role.

5) The Trust believes that, for the future success of Southampton FC, there should be changes in the current board, both at Executive and Non-Executive level.

Only members can attend the meeting tonight in Southampton, which means Michael Wilde and Leon Crouch are both eligible to turn up.

Crouch has proxied 100,000 of his shares to the Trust while Wilde has proxied the 60,000 held in the name of his company Merlion Homes.

Even if the pair do turn up, though, they won't be allowed to take the microphone.

"We've discussed it," said Trust press officer Steve Grant.

"If Wilde or Crouch turn up, they won't do a speech or anything.

"In the interests of fairness, if we let them do it we should have invited Rupert Lowe along to put his side of things.

"If it looks as though the EGM will definitely be held, we might look to hold a meeting where Wilde can speak and another one where Lowe can have his say.

"I don't think you'd get both of them keen to share the same stage with each other."

Grant said that both Wilde and Crouch were receptive to their idea of a Trust representative sitting on the PLC board. "They were certainly supportive of the idea," Grant revealed. "What the Trust needs to do is get more members, get more proxies, and get more shares.

"The bigger we become, the bigger our collective voice and the better chance we have of getting a Trust rep on the board.

"It's fairly common at other clubs."

The highest-ranked club with a fan on its board is Charlton, who choose a fan from its season-ticket base to serve on the board for a two-year period.

In all, according to Supporters Direct - the national body all Trusts must affiliate to - 39 clubs in England and Wales have fans on their boards.