Havant & Waterlooville Hawks

Young Saints no match for the mighty Hawks

Wes Fogden’s second minute opener put a young Southampton side on the

back foot at Westleigh Park last night as Shaun Gale’s men inflicted a

2-1 defeat on the League One club. With the Saints’ first team on tour

in Switzerland it fell to a largely Academy based side to hold the fort

in Hampshire, but when the Hawks went two up in the 27th minute after

Sammy Igoe deftly slotted the ball between keeper Jack Dovey’s legs,

the game was firmly up for the visitors.

Scott Shulton’s free kick allowed Aaron Racine to find the net just

before the break, but the goal was ruled o***ide. It took until the

74th minute for Saints to finally pull one back when Jordace

Holder-Spooner fired low under second half Hawks keeper Aaron Howe, but

despite a plethora of changes to their side, the Hawks held fast for

the win.

In addition to some of the trial faces present in Saturday’s game

against Pompey, Gale added Hayes and Yeading defender Matt Ruby to last

night’s line-up, as well as Academy player Liam Crosswell.