ASSISTANT boss Peter Shirtliff admitted Town had deserved nothing from their visit to Southampton in League One this afternoon. The play-off chasing Saints cruised to a 4-1 win at St Mary's as Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Radhi Jaidi and substitute
TOWN were beaten 4-1 at St Mary's by a slick and well-drilled Southampton outfit this afternoon. Adam Lallana's 15th-minute strike put Saints ahead in a first half where Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Guly Do Prado both hit the woodwork.
NEW signing Mike Grella has been thrown straight into the Town starting 11 for this afternoon's League One clash with Southampton at St Mary's. The American, who has signed a loan deal at Town until the end of season, comes into a front three
WESTLECOT Bowls Club will break new ground at the end of next month when they hold their first open men’s tournament, writes DAVE EATON. The indoor club, which was formed in 1983, will stage the Dexion Westlecot Open Tournament over the weekend of March
SWINDON-BASED Andrew ‘Macca’ McCaffrey has had a late change of opponent for his third professional outing at MECA next Saturday, writes PETER FOLEY. The Calne-born super middleweight had been scheduled to box Stuart Tordoff, but the Brummie was sidelined
FIGHTERS from Swindon’s Scorpion Gym hit the heights this week in both the mixed martial arts cage and the kickboxing ring. MMA scrappers Phil Wells and Alex Brunner from Swindon Vale Tudo travelled to the Bristol Academy to take part in a tournament
WHILE the most memorable moment of David Prutton’s Southampton career is one he would rather forget, the midfielder recalls his days on the south coast fondly. It has been exactly six years to the day since Prutton shoved referee Alan Wiley in an attempt
SIMON Ferry’s been getting a little restless on the touchlines. After making his first appearance in almost a month during the 1-0 defeat to Carlisle last weekend, the Scot is desperate for another piece of the action at St Mary’s this afternoon. Ferry
MARLBOROUGH club pro Simon Amor ended a quarter-of-a-century wait by winning the West of England Foursomes Championship, with the help of teenage son Ben. The Amors took on another Wiltshire pro in Andrew Butler, from Kingsdown, and his partner Steve
LAMBOURN trainer Nicky Henderson hoping to land a big race double at the Festival. Henderson’s hopes lie with Long Run in the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Binocular in the Champion Hurdle, and the trainer paraded his formidable Festival team in front of
THE British Speedway saga involving Coventry Bees, Peterborough Panthers and the BSPA, has taken another twist after it was revealed talks are continuing between the Bees and the sport’s governing body in an effort to salvage the Elite League season before
JAMES Knight is a man who doesn’t ‘do ill’ very well. Having contracted a rare virus and been told to stay in bed for two weeks, the Wildcats forward managed 10 days confined to his home before deciding enough was enough. Confounding the beliefs of
THE popular Terminator 11 multi-terrain race will return this weekend with hundreds of competitors set to take part. Held at Pewsey Vale School, the event is known as one of the area's toughest and last year attracted nearly 600 entrants. The action
MIKE Grella has not ruled out the possibility of making a more permanent switch to Wiltshire, depending on the future success of his loan stint with Swindon Town. Grella spoke to the local media yesterday for the first time since joining the Robins on
BARBURY Castle trainer Alan King paraded some of his Festival hopefuls at a press day earlier in the week. Hoping to add to his 11 Festival winners, the local trainer could have as many as 30 runners at the four-day meeting, which begins on Tuesday,
KEMPTON, Chepstow and Newcastle are the jumping venues for this afternoon, with an all-weather flat card at Lingfield. Feature race at Kempton is the Racing Post Chase where the Tom George-trained grey Nacarat heads a talented field of three-mile
