Havant & Waterlooville manager Shaun Gale is preparing for arguably the biggest FA Cup mismatch of all time by insisting: "We can beat Liverpool!" The Hawks, languishing in mid-table in the Blue Square South - some six divisions below Liverpool - secured
Gordon McQueen believes eyebrows will be raised at the imminent appointment of George Burley as the new Scotland manager. Burley is set to be unveiled as national team coach within the next 48 hours after the Scottish Football Association identified
George Burley's appointment as Scotland manager is set to be rubber-stamped tomorrow. Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith has secured terms for Burley's release from Southampton. The SFA agreed to pay the Coca-Cola Championship
A TEENAGER who watched his friend collapse in front of him after being stabbed has been accused in court of earlier chasing one of the alleged attackers with a knife. Craig Smith, 19, today took the witness stand in the trial of four people charged with
FIRE crews were called to a Hampshire farm this afternoon after 150 rubber tyres caught alight. The blaze broke out just after 3pm at South Stoke Farm in Springvale, Kings Worthy, near Winchester. Two fire crews from Winchester and one crew from Alresford
Justin Gregory has been denied the chance to play for Havant & Waterlooville against Liverpool at Anfield this weekend. The Hove-based full back is suspended for the trip to Anfield after the Football Association decided that tonight's rescheduled
The Scottish Football Association are close to appointing George Burley as the new Scotland manager after reaching an agreement with Southampton over compensation. Saints boss Burley has been confirmed as the man the SFA want to succeed Alex McLeish
A MAN was airlifted to hospital after falling off a ladder and injuring his spine. The casualty was working on a house at Lepe Road, Blackfield, today when he plunged about nine feet and landed on a flat roof. He is understood to have suffered injuries
With George Burley expected to be announced as the new Scottish boss, VC Bet have opened a market on who will be the next manager of Saints. Glenn Hoddle is the favourite at 7/2, followed by Chris coleman at 5/1 and then both Alan Shearer and Billy
HAMPSHIRE'S police chief has urged the Home Secretary to "see sense" over the pay dispute that today saw over 20,000 officers on a protest march. Chief Constable Paul Kernaghan said it wasn't too late for the government to settle the dispute as he pledged
Former Scotland manager Craig Brown believes George Burley's "first-class" credentials make him the perfect choice to take over as boss of the national team. Brown had eight years as Scotland boss and led the team to their last major finals, the 1998
POLICE investigating the death of a man at his home have arrested a third man. Officers held the man in connection with the death of 23-year-old Shaun Wells of Whitsbury Road, Fordingbridge. The 28-year-old man from the Fordingbridge area has been released
A TEENAGER watched his friend collapse in front of him after telling him he had been stabbed, a court has heard. Lewis Singleton ran past his friend Craig Smith shouting "I've been stabbed, I've been stabbed" jurors in his murder trial have been told
A TEENAGE watched his friend collapse in front of him after telling him he had been stabbed, a court has heard. Lewis Singleton ran past his friend Craig Smith shouting "I've been stabbed, I've been stabbed" jurors in his murder trial have been told
Havant & Waterlooville defender Justin Gregory is no stranger to FA Cup fourth-round trips to Anfield. As a Brighton & Hove Albion fan, the full-back made the journey to Liverpool to watch the Seagulls earn a fourth-round replay 17 years ago. Now Gregory
AN ASBO-style crackdown on badly behaved tethered horses and donkeys grazing on council land in Southampton has been agreed by the city council. Animals reported for biting, pushing, kicking or causing other problems will be banned from all council land
EVERY week throughout their 67-year marriage Len Scorey bought his beloved wife Rene flowers. It was typical of a relationship that spanned almost seven decades and during which they hardly spent a day apart. When Rene died, Len told his family he was
Glenn Hoddle is the 4/1 favourite to replace the Scotland-bound George Burley as next manager of Saints. Paddy Power, Saints' official betting partner, has the latest odds making Hoddle the favourite for a return to Southampton followed by another
LEGENDARY singer songwriter Neil Diamond will play the Rose Bowl this summer. Due to demand for tickets, he has added three open-air stadium dates to his eagerly anticipated UK tour, including the home of Hampshire cricket on June 17. Diamond will perform
Jackie Jones (nee Capell) email_address: jjones@lhp-law.co.uk I am trying to find Susan Norton who I went to school with back in 1967-1972. We went to what was then Weston Park Girls School. Is there anyone out there who knows of her whereabouts
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/_images/misc/blog_files/rant.gif Adam Leitch has a new - and rather unusual - sporting hero. FAVOURITE story of the last week has to be the celebrations of the life of football star Lily Parr, some 30 years after her death.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/_images/misc/blog_files/rant.gif Adam Leitch has a new - and rather unusual - sporting hero. FAVOURITE story of the last week has to be the celebrations of the life of football star Lily Parr, some 30 years after her death.
Jim Sangster might now be 90 but his life-long passion for sport remains as strong today as it was when he used to play football and cricket for local Southampton teams. Most nonagenarians take life a little easy but not Jim, who was born and bred in
SOME readers might like to know that the photograph which has appeared twice recently claiming to "Southampton Docks in the 1960s" was taken on August 22, 1936, as it was the first time that all the berths in the New Docks (now Western Docks) were occupied
GORDON Brown, it seems, is backing plans to allow doctors to remove organs from the dead for use in transplant operations. Religious groups will be among those who may contest such a move, and rightly so. I for one, don't want my organs removed for
WE all assume that most decisions made by the Government are in accordance with the so-called experts in the Think Tank and act accordingly, but just how sound are they? It would be interesting to hear from those people just how wrong they were/are and
Congratulations to those responsible for cuting our bus services and closing our Chandler's Ford post office. Until now I have been able to use the Red Rocket C service to shop in Eastleigh and walk to our post office. Now, alas, I will have to use
IF COUNCILLOR Derek Tipp (Letters) has proof that certain charities are showing overt political bias, then he should produce firm evidence for the charities to investigate. What is important that charity trustees visit the premises regularly, meet users
VILLAGERS will meet tonight to discuss the murder of a pensioner. Otterbourne Parish Council has called an extraordinary meeting and leafleted some 600 homes in the village near Eastleigh. It comes in the wake of the murder of Georgina Edmonds, 77
IF I had to predict the winners of the African Nations Cup I would go for the Ivory Coast. The Elephants' are in Group B with Nigeria, the tournament's Group of Death, and are managed by Berti Vogts. In Didier Drogba, Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Eboue and
PRINCE Edward was the star of the show at a new state-of-the art £6m research centre to revolutionise hearing and test the effects of sound and vibration on the human body in Southampton. The Earl of Wessex, pictured second right, officially opened the
Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon insists his former Hearts boss George Burley can be an outstanding national team manager. Saints boss Burley is expected to be formally announced as the new Scotland boss before the end of the week. The Scottish
CIVIC chiefs in Southampton have given the go-ahead to a scheme in which 400 businesses would pay for extra services like graffiti removal or security guards with helmet-mounted cameras. The city council has agreed to stump up £84,000 to develop the
STAFF at three Hampshire branches of shoe shop Dolcis have lost their jobs after the Above Bar store and two concessions were axed by administrators of the debt stricken company. Already slated for closure, the Above Bar shop was ordered to close on
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Curlew, cargo, 0330, 102/3; Manon, vehicle, 0330, 34/35; APL hong Kong, containe,r 0900, 204; Chiikuma Reefer, refrigerated, 0930, 104; Greta, cargo, 1930, 102/3; Forth Guardsman, landing craft, pm, 202 Today's
A JUDGE issued a warrant for the arrest of a 16-year-old girl after a Hampshire murder trial ground to a halt yesterday because several witnesses failed to show up. No evidence could be heard during the entire afternoon session of the prosecution of
IT must be the deadliest item of headwear that has ever appeared in the movies. Oddjob, one of the villains in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, uses his steel-rimmed bowler as a lethal weapon. Bond is given a graphic demonstration of the hat's killing
A CORONER has described it as a "travesty of justice" that Hampshire police and ambulance staff had allegations that they did not properly deal with a 999 call hanging over them for more than a year. Southampton coroner Keith Wiseman said all the evidence
CLIMATE change threatens the economic and environmental "well-being" of Hampshire, MPs have been warned. A senior official at Hampshire County Council told a Commons committee that the coastal location of the county left it facing a bigger threat than
THE cousin of a murdered Hampshire teenager has told a court of the events on the evening he died. Daniel Hawkins had been at a Southampton pub with Lewis Singleton and other friends in the hours before the 18-year-old was fatally stabbed in March last
GLENN Hoddle is the main name mentioned today in the national press as speculation starts as to who the next Saints boss will be if George Burley takes over at Scotland. Hoddle has been out of work since leaving Wolves in the summer of 2006. The
BOGUS police officers got away with more than £800 after burgling four homes in the New Forest within 90 minutes. The conmen claimed to be plain-clothed policemen and used false identity cards to fool their victims, who included a man in his 90s. Detectives
1956: Born June 3, Cumnock. 1972: Joins Ipswich as an apprentice. 1973: Makes senior debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford, and given the job of marking George Best. 1978: Member of the Ipswich side which upset the odds to defeat Arsenal
Hearts stand-in manager Stevie Frail, who worked as reserve coach under George Burley at Tynecastle, welcomed the SFA's appointment of a man who was believed to be the outsider of the four candidates. He said: "I think he will do great. He was fantastic
Saints boss George Burley is expected to be asked to become Scotland's new manager today. Burley is the man the Scottish Football Association's interview panel have decided best fits the bill as Alex McLeish's successor. The SFA want a man with
PLANNERS have rejected part of a hospital redevelopment scheme - but managers have denied that it will delay the building's reopening. An application to install security lighting at the Fenwick Hospital, Lyndhurst, create a new access and more than double
Motherwell manager Mark McGhee had "no complaints" after hearing during a television interview that he had lost his bid to become Scotland manager to George Burley. The Scottish Football Association have yet to announce an appointment but it is understood
A MAJOR campaign to persuade Southampton residents to improve their health with a more active lifestyle was due to be launched today. Key players in sport, health and fitness want to show all residents - whatever their age, ability or experience - that
A HAMPSHIRE MP has accused the Government of "skulduggery" over its refusal to reappoint one of the New Forest's top public figures. Desmond Swayne, Conservative MP for New Forest West, said the failure to offer a further three-year term to Oliver Crosthwaite
ACCLAIMED actress June Whitfield has joined the Daily Echo's campaign to make sure the county's most vulnerable residents are looked after properly this winter. The star of BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous is the latest public figure to back our Winter
