BOSSES have called time on a popular Southampton nightclub.

The Dungeon and Xcalibur, one of the city’s longest running clubs, has closed for good after a final farewell on Saturday night.

As reported by the Daily Echo, it had shut temporarily in January, apparently due to management health problems.

However landlords Sue Rositer and Tony Court announced on social media that the business has been deemed unviable.

The couple, who quit their jobs as postal workers to take on the Dungeon – previously known as the Crown and Sceptre – in 1989, celebrated 25 years in business in 2014.

The Facebook announcement said: “After 27 incredible years Tony would like to thank all the staff who have worked at the Dungeon, those that loved the place and all the supporting team who have helped us reopen.

"Regrettably the brewery don’t see it viable to keep the venue open with the lack of support recently (and this is understandable considering they have already helped him out with so much in reopening). We will be open this Friday and Saturday for one final farewell. Thanks and much love from the Dungeon.”

Regulars at the Bevois Valley Road club, fondly known as the Dinge, have voiced their disappointment at the closure.

Francesca Stout, writing on the club’s Facebook page, said: “Met many friends there, who are still friends 20 plus years later, got together with a few of my former partners there, my friends proposed to each other there, and we had many, many good times there.

"We even hired mini-buses from Salisbury, and I still have my guest pass from 20 plus years ago. Thanks to everyone who made so many happy memories possible.”

Charlotte Whittingham got to know and love the venue as a student in Southampton. She told the Daily Echo: “I first visited Dungeon for a night out with my friends when I first lived away from home.

"I am heavily involved in the alternative music scene and it was amazing to meet so many like minded individuals. It’s a place loads of us could call home and feel comfortable.

"It was a big part of uni life but some of the regulars I know had been going for about 20 years.

“I have met many of my friends there who I am still friends with now. I loved this place, and have many memories of Halloween, New Year’s Eve and many birthdays. I’m really sad it’s closing, but hopefully there’ll be somewhere else that we can go to.”

The Dungeon is owned by Admiral Taverns, which was unavailable for comment.