Saints and Potters share spoils after week sharing headlines

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Luckily for the sell-out crowd on the south coast it was the football that gave the respective sets of supporters a positive feeling going into the summer.

At St Mary’s, chairman Nicola Cortese had thrown his future at the club into doubt before the Italian was told he was part of their future plans. Whereas at the Britannia Stadium, it was end-of-season pranks out of control that dominated the headlines.