Eastleigh director of football Dave Malone announced on the fans forum tonight that Bridle Insurance have “re-affirmed their intention to move forward at Eastleigh football club. “Following a meeting today, Bridle Insurance have re-affirmed their intention to move forward with their desire to acquire a majority Shareholding in Eastleigh Football Club Limited. The Club has…
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Two new signings for Spitfires
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•Ian Baird’s Spitfires crashed out of the FA Trophy Tuesday night against Evo-Stick Southern Premier side Chippenham Town in a classic cup tie for both teams to remember. The Bluebirds opened the scoring with Alan Griffin following up on his original effort which was saved by on-loan Southampton keeper Jack Dovey. Eastleigh started to play football on…
A tale of two halves…
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•Ian Baird’s Spitfires forced a replay away to Evo-Stik Southern Premier League side Chippenham Town in the FA Trophy third qualifying round at Hardenhuish Park on Saturday. Before the game Eastleigh fans received some exciting news about new investment – Bridle Insurance are believed to have bought 51% of the company-See here. The Bluebirds took…
Cheaper car insurance for Eastleigh fans?
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Eastleigh FC supporters maybe in line for cheap car and home insurancefollowing an announcement from the club this morning that an Oxfordshire based insurance company is about to purchase a majority holding in the club. Bridle Insurance already sponsor Oxford United to the tune of £100k and as part of the deal offer players staff…
Spitfires on FA Trophy trail
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•Ian Baird’s Spitfires travel away to Chippenham Town at Hardenhuish Park in the FA Trophy tomorrow (3PM Kick Off) in the third Qualifying Round. Not only will the winners be in the first round draw for FA Trophy they will also win £4000 for progressing to the next round. The Spitfires have been in good…
Rose Bowl could go bust say Echo
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West End’s Rose Bowl cricket ground has been on the verge of going bust says The Daily Echo. Echo Chief Reporter Julian Robinson claims to have had sight of a top secret report from Eastleigh council finance boss Nick Tustian which states that the cricket ground was in danger of going into administration earlier this…
Questions raised on Huhne partner
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•Eastleigh’s controversial MP Chris Huhne seems to be linked to more questions this time relating to his former press officer and partner Carina Trimingham. In a front page story in today’s edition of The Times Ms Trimingham is reported to have been offering prospective employers access to contacts in the cabinet and government. In her…
Investment offer in Eastleigh Football Club
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•Eastleigh FC chairman Paul Murray announced a press release today on the official website about a possible investment in the company. “Eastleigh Football Club Limited can confirm that over the course of the last week we have received three enquiries from parties interested in investing in the Company. One of the interested parties has submitted…
Eastleigh jobseekers up 14% Y.O.Y
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The number of jobseekers in Eastleigh has increased by over 14% in the last 12 months while the numbers of 18 -24 year –olds on the dole has jumped by 27% from 365 to 500. This comes despite the Harvester restaurant opening in the Swan Centre. The latest employment figures released by the Office for…
Spitfires to play Darts
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•The Spitfires are playing Dartford on Saturday in the Blue Square Bet South (3pm kick off) at The Silverlake Stadium. Eastleigh got their third straight league win at The Rushmoor Stadium on Saturday when they beat Hampshire rivals Farnborough 1-3. The Spitfires took the lead with Andrew White firing in his fifth goal of the season…
How will the localism bill affect Eastleigh?
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•The government’s flagship policy the Localism Bill has been given royal assent. The new act introduces many new measures which could have a profound effect on Eastleigh residents. The Act will enable councillors to openly discuss planning issues with residents; the council can revert to a democratic committee style of governance; taxpayers will able to…
Eastleigh pays tribute to the fallen
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The centre of Eastleigh came to a standstill yesterday as the community gathered together at the town’s ‘Angel of Mons’ war memorial to remember the fallen. One of the largest crowds for years assembled on the recreation ground to watch the ceremony Led by His Worship, The Mayor of Eastleigh Wayne Irish and his chaplain…
Mayor saves Town Library!
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•Eastleigh bookworms will be celebrating today after Hampshire County Council revised its plans to close the Town Library on Mondays after Mayor Wayne Irish came up with a viable alternative. As part of the cut in funding imposed on the County by the Conservative/Lib Dem Coalition government, Hampshire is trying to save £450,000 by reducing…
Bishopstoke girl wins UK Carnival Queen Title
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•A Bishopstoke Carnival Queen has been chosen as a Joint UK Junior Carnival Queen. On the 1st of November UK Carnivals took a group of 44 young ladies who represent their home town carnivals from across the UK, to Disneyland Paris to compete in the UK Carnival Court Selection for 2011, during the trip the…
Councillor praises town centre cops
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The work of Eastleigh Town Centre’s beat Bobbies has come in for praise by local councillors. On Tuesday Cllr Chris Thomas, Chair of Eastleigh Local Area Committee, updated fellow members on the progress the Safer Neighbourhoods Team had made in arresting and charging burglars in the area as part of ‘Operation Nemesis’, a county wide…