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Hawks plan title swoop

Aaron Martin says Havant & Waterlooville are gunning for the Southern Premier South title following an impressive summer splurge in the transfer market.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 July 2026

By Chris Dunlavy

Aaron Martin says Havant & Waterlooville are gunning for the Southern Premier South title following an impressive summer splurge in the transfer market.
Relegation in 2024 consigned the Hawks to Step 3 football for only the second time in 25 years, and getting back to the National League has proved difficult.
Havant narrowly missed out on a play-off spot in 2024-25, and were in a relegation scrap when Martin replaced Shaun North in November.
Survival was comfortably secured, and the former Southampton defender has now bolstered his squad with a host of experienced opera...

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