THE END of Franny Benali's incredible 1,000 mile run is in sight, as the Saints legends prepares to be greeted by thousands of fans at St Mary's Stadium

Earlier, club chairman Ralph Krueger this morning joined Benali as the began the final day of his challenge.

Decked out the Southampton home strip the pair ran through the Hampshire countryside as Benali's 1,000 mile run to every Premier League football stadium draws to an emotional finale this afternoon.

The former Saints defender is raising money for Cancer Research UK, and has been running the equivalent of almost two marathons everyday for three weeks.

He arrived in West End on the outskirts of Southampton shortly after 2pm and 45 minutes later was on the eastern end of Northam Bridge.

At St Mary's Stadium, he will be presented to almost 32,000 fans at half time in today's Saints v Newcastle match.

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Alternatively, visit benalisbigrun.com where you can also chart his progress with a live GPS map.