With Hess at the helm, Hill is now tasked with tightening Pursestrings

By JON COUCH

AMIDST the dawn of a new era at Eastleigh this week, Richard Hill – reputed for his no-nonsense and somewhat abrupt outlook on the beautiful game – was in a relaxed, but reflective, mood.
“Any other chairman would have relieved me of my duties a month ago at least,” the Spitfires supremo accepts with the National League’s pre-season promotion candidates languishing just five points off a relegation place.
It was a fair and honest assessment from stalwart Hill who this week mo...