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Baj What Mr Tickle says is correct and you have done the right thing in seeing your GP asap Hopefully all will be fine in a day or two. However if the groin ache does persist do ask your GP to consider a X Ray. My lad had persistent groin ache which was variously described as a virus/growing pains/hip irritation until an X ray gave the correct diagnosis

Check out a condition called Perthes Disease. Primarily found in young lads. Groin pain is a symptom. Caused by referred pain from the hip joint which flattens out and doesnt bond correctly with the femur. It is a very curable condition, unlikely to involve operations or drugs, generally a few months in a plaster cast which takes a little getting used to.; An X Ray will be required to check out the condition of the hip joint Hope all goes well whatever the diagnosis

Link from ticket info leads to a comment from Mark Wotte!! Bit out of date now!!

The container port recently ordered some Liebherr cranes so some commercial link but small beer in the overall context of the Liebherr business Think the cranes were built in Ireland

Nick, fair point but surely the purchase of a TV would be looked upon as a consumable with no expectation of a return. I guess, for a businessman of Herr Liebherr's standing, shelling out £15m would be classed as an investment and there would have to be a return. Not many businessmen are philanthropic Supplementary question, will we be graced with the presence of Messrs Askham, Wiseman, Richards and others of the old guard next season? Will also be interesting to hear what Lawrie Mac and Leon Crouch have to say on the takeover.

First of all it is great news that someone with the apparent werewithal and business acumen of Markus Leibherr should be interested in Saints rather than the ragtag alternatives. However what attracts a 61 yr old man, with no loyalty to this area and no interest in footy, to SFC? Reportedly he has shelled out £13m plus a likely investment of at least £2m+ to strenghen a very weak squad. Based on a reasonable return of 5% he needs to earn £750k a year to justify his initial investment and hope that better times will increase the value of the club and see a decent capital appreciation when he comes to sell, as undoubtedly he will. To me the good thing here is that the new owner does appear to have decent business skills and, hopefully, fully understands the immediate requirement to build bridges with the fan base. Having said that I find the return of Andy Oldknow rather strange. Most posters here are committed fans and hopefully will provide full support to the new regime. The real trick is to gain the support of the floating and/or disillusioned fans. It is a shame Hants Radio is not around to help stimulate this interest. Great news today. Let's enjoy it without setting our sights too high for the moment. Us supporters have had to take a great deal of ridicule. Quite a few of those previously laughing at our predicament are now rather jealous. Good times!!

Out of interest, does anyone know know how long our friends from the dark side have been training at Stoneham Lane? I wonder if the change of air this side of the county may have coincided with their recent better fortunes. I reckon it must be 5 years or so since they moved into the hallowed ground of Southampton University

I played for Farsley Celtic many moons ago in the Yorkshire League. Bobby & Jack's other brother also played for them at the time. Bit of a big buggar as I remember him

So many Nottm Forest 3-3 in 1963 Wolves 9-3 in 1966 Ipswicn 7-1 in the cup about 1965? Leeds 5-4 in the League Cup. Floodlights went out. Huxford in goal Charlton 1-0 the last home game in the year we were first promoted to Div 1 (V nervous game needed the points) 6-3 v man utd 3-2 v Arsenal (mattys goal - so emotional) so many more....

Four random questions: 1. Where did the end of season collection money go? Has it been given to the club to pay expenses or in suspense somewhere? 2. Does the disappearance of the banners along West Quay Road have any significance. Presume term agreement expired? Shame looked good. 3. Will Anthony Pulis ever play for the Saints or will he join Perry Groves as a figment of our collective imagination? 4. Can all this recent misery be traced back to the fans disquiet when Rupert arranged to get Hoddle back? (Only time I can think of when Rupes listened to the fans- via Andy Cowans)

i like them Not cheap but a delicate texture Was also persuaded to try some wild alaskan salmon from the Sainsbury fresh fish counter. Not as good as the farmed stff imo

Heres hoping

Actually this has been proposed and a site allocated for a CHP plant up in the W Dks providing power and also hot water to Millbrook Estate However cost of setting up and operating is quite high and needs to be amortised over 20+ years. Unfortunately the prospective operator has yet to find a renewable power source provider (such as Biomass) which can guarantee supply for 5 yrs let alone 20. May change in future, of course

Top Gun Quite right and I was trying to explain why, in a factual way, that particular example is unlikely to work. Fill in some background details and all that. You get my drift!!

Hutchinson Whampoa re into container terminals. They currently own Felixstowe and are spending money extending their facilities there. Their main rival Dubai Ports own 51% of the Soton Container Terminal. HW are unlikely to have any interest in Soton

V unlikely in my view. Queen Mary 2 struggles to fill up on most Transatlantic crossings and the seaon is fairly short. Who will market the ship? Needs a big company to obtain critical mass. A one ship operation will never work. Where will it cruise outside of the New York/Europe season. Upper berths are fine. Lower down, the ship very much shows its age. Additionally there are new SOLAS regs coming into being in 2010 which will require a shed load of money thrown at the ship to make it suitable for passenger operations. That's why Carnival sold the ship. Shame but a non story

Sure I saw him with a few 'suits' on the 1430 E Cowes to Soton Ferry (in a chaffeured Jag) Not sure what this means but wasnt he featured with Matty in yesterdays Echo?

I was skiing in Italy and a group of older lads from Luton or Watford (who knew I was a Saints fan) mentioned the news to me as we were in the lift going up the mountain. I semi knew it wasn't a wind up as they werent that type altho it was v hard to believe. I never came down a mountain that fast ever again and then began the search for a paper. As said earlier no mobiles in those days. Had to wait until the following day when I could get hold of a day old Daily Mail Also remember going to the Guidhall when KK was presented. There was a journo on stage (from the Express? boyfriend of Lillian Board the athlete?) who said ..'this will be the first of many.. Didnt quite work out that way but LM did manage to sign a lot of big names KK was a v good player and his disallowed volley from the corner of the box (can't remember who against) was one of the best techical efforts i have ever seen. Disallowed at the time for offside against someone else. would definately have counted under todays rules

Have I been too demoralised with the recent goings on, or just getting old!! Whatever, I look at the fixtures and get an instant feeling of dread as to where the points are going to come from unless we can keep our decent players and strengthen in crucial areas, especially starting from a -10 point situation and historically never winning our opening game!!

Will the problems at Setanta cause financial problems within the English game or will their rights be snapped up by competitors at around the same price? Presume any financial fall out will hit the FA and Premiership but will there be any likely repurcussions for teams in League 1? I also heard that Setanta owe the Scottish League £3m (a relatively small sum) and this may cause 4 Scottish clubs to go into administration. If so it shows the fragility of Scottish clubs.

I have often been amused at the amount of different explanations as to how the 'affectionate' term, Scummer, was adopted by East Hampshire residents to describe those of us fortunate to live in the more favoured part of the county. As someone who has lived in the area for many (many!!) years, and on the 'frontline too, my recollection is that this terminology is fairly recent. I don't ever remember it being used when I was young and I went to school in what is now the PO post code area. One of the explanations, which is often used to support the supposed 'dislike' of Soton people, was that S.C.U.M referred to the Soton Company of Union Men who, supposedly, broke a strike in Portsmouth Docks at some time in the dim and distant past. Interestingly no one has ever found an organisation of that name or any historical dates to support the claim. However, having researched the strike breaking story a little more deeply, I have come across an anecdotal piece of information which suggests that on Tuesday 23 November 1976 (6 months after we won the cup), workers at Portsmouth Commercial Port decided to accept a ship which had been 'blacked' in Soton, effectively strike breaking. A deputation from Soton went down to Portsmouth to politely persuade the workers there to desist. There was a subsequent confrontation at the gates of the commercial port and several Soton Dockers were arrested, including the brother of an ex Saints goalie, a rather large gentleman (well both of them were actually!!!). If anyone has access to the archives of the Soton Echo or Portsmouth News, it would be interesting to establish the exact facts of the matter. If the circumstances are as reported to me, then the strike breaking 'slur' may well have a completely different angle.

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Dudley Carpenter? If so is a a member in the Mike Channon suite. Lives in chilworth. Used to run a printing company. Why?

Had friends down at the weekend to join a cruise ship. They were impressed with the Saints Trust banners in W Quay and those on roundabouts in the City (notice one has been nicked at Lordshill!!) Notice the banners were shown as a backdrop to a piece (on Euro elections) shown on BBC South this evening. Made me feel a degree of pride in these difficult times

The official England world cup 2018/2022 bid has gone live today. A a number of stadia are in the frame should the bid succeed. As expected, Wembley/Old Trafford/Villa park/St James Pk/St of Light/Walkers Stadium are in there plus Elland Rd & Hillsboro (presumably updated) Also in contention are Derby (with increased capacity to 44,000) Hull (increase to 32,500), MK Dons ( to 32,000) New grounds on the list are Liverpool, Bristol City and Nottm Forest (50,000!!!). Surprisingly P/mouth are in there on the basis that Fratton Park will have an increased capacity of 30,000!! I know our future is uncertain but, in some respects so could that of P/mouth, or at least this could be said of their stadium project. Why werent the mighty Saints represented. At least, for the moment, we have a ready made facility