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Written by Peter Grimes
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Saturday, 08 September 2007 |
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Histon Football Club
The Glassworld Stadium
Bridge Road
Impington
Cambridge
CB24 9PH
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The club was formed in 1904 as Histon Institute F.C. hence their
nickname `The Stutes' and they played for many years in the
Cambridgeshire Football League and has, since the 1999-00 season,
enjoyed a meteoric ride up the non-league pyramid. team based in the
twin villages of Histon and Impington, approximately 5 kilometres (3
miles) north of Cambridge. The club play at the Glassworld Stadium
(formerly known as Bridge Road) in Impington. The rose in Histon's
crest signifies the field that was given to them by Chivers Ltd to
build their ground, the field was covered in roses so the founder of
Histon F.C thought it would be appropriate to include the rose in
their crest.
In 1960 the club (which by now had dropped the "Institute" from their
name) joined the Delphian League, then the Athenian League and in
1966 they switched to the Eastern Counties League, where they were to
play for nearly twenty-five years. In the 1999-00 season they won the
Premier Division title and were promoted to the Southern Football
League.
The 2003-04 season saw Histon finish 2nd in the Southern League's
Eastern Division to claim promotion to the Premier Division, and they
followed this up by winning the Premier Division championship at the
first attempt, and with it promotion to Conference South, the highest
level at which the club had ever played.
In their first season at this level Histon finished in 5th place,
enough to secure a place in the play offs for promotion to the
Conference National. They won their first game away at Farnborough
Town 3-0, but lost 2-0 in the play-off final at Broadhall Way against
St. Albans City.
In the FA Cup they managed to reach the second round proper after
beating Hednesford Town in the first round. The team managed a draw
away at Nuneaton Borough but were defeated in the replay at the
Glassworld Stadium 2-1. They would have played Premiership club
Middlesbrough if they had won. Nonetheless the second round replay
saw 3,077 people at the Glassworld Stadium, the highest attendance of
the whole season. The 2004?05 season saw Histon take on League Two
side Shrewsbury Town in the F.A Cup 1st Round Proper, setting up a
2nd Round tie at home to Yeovil Town with a 2-0 victory. They lost to
Yeovil in the 2nd Round, but it did not affect their league
performances as they clinched the Southern League Premier Division
title on the last day of the season.
On the 14 April 2007, the Stutes beat Welling United 1-0 at the
Glassworld Stadium to secure promotion to the Conference National for
the first time in their history. Adrian Cambridge scored the winner
in the 89th minute. Just two days previously, officials from the
Conference had passed the Glassworld Stadium as fit for Conference
football, paving the way for promotion. In the same season fan
favourite Neil Kennedy got his 300th goal for the club with a hat-
trick against Havant & Waterlooville.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 14 September 2007 )
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