THE setting was familiar for a footballer, the situation anything but. Glen Southam had just finished tucking into his chicken at Nandos, and asks to be excused from the table.
FOUR Non-League names will be included in tonight’s FA Cup third round draw in Cardiff with Premier League and Championship clubs now entering the fray.
LEON BROADHURST doesn’t care where he plays on Saturday as long as he’s in the Stourbridge starting line-up for the crunch FA Cup clash with Eastleigh.
AFTER overseeing three wins over promotion rivals in his four games in caretaker charge, Chris Todd would have been more scared by his daughters’ school Halloween party on Friday night than his appointment as Eastleigh’s permanent manager.
RICHARD HILL didn’t even want his wages for September after falling on his sword at Eastleigh this week – but chairman Stewart Donald is expecting an avalanche of managers seeing the pound signs.
LIKE an Australian innings, football’s close season has come and gone in the blink of an eye and it’s time to look at the players who, like the Aussies’ Trent Bridge scorecard, will be topped off by that bit ‘Extra’ during 2015-16.
THIS time of year is always about the announcement of new arrivals, and Eastleigh’s capture of another former Conference promotion winner in Andy Drury is a massive statement for the Spitfires to make – before his own follows in six weeks!
GRIMSBY goalkeeper James McKeown says that winning through to the Vanarama Conference Promotion final at the third attempt has helped him get over his mistake in last season’s semi-final.