Southampton Chairman may step down

Koen Freriks

16 mei 2006, 11:52

Southampton chairman Rupert Lowe will face a vote for his removal at an upcoming extraordinary general meeting of the club's parent company.

Michael Wilde, the largest individual shareholder of Southampton Leisure Holdings, has proposed the removal of Lowe, managing director Andrew Cowen, Michael Richards, David Windsor-Clive and former chairman Guy Askham as directors.

Wilde proposes himself, Ken Dulieu, Jim Hone, Lee Hoos and Patrick Trant as replacements.

The board now have 21 days to fix a date for the meeting.

Wilde said: "It has been clear for some time that a wide body of shareholders and supporters of Southampton Football Club believe that fundamental change to the senior management of the company is required to get the club moving again in the right direction."