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Jack Leslie Hoar (b 26 Dec 1912 d abt Jan 1995) Scoring on his Spartan League debut at Top Field on 29th August 1936, Jack Hoar, a left-winger, averaged .77 goals per game over his career. Born in Luton, his first club was Biscot Sports. Scoring 122 goals in 158 appearances his goals per game averag...

Romiley Melville Vaughan Furr Canary and Bluebird. Born in Hitchin on 20th May 1910. Between 1931 and 1934 he played 43 games for Hitchin, scoring 3 goals (thank you Fishponder), before moving on to Letchworth. Shown on our stats as 'Ron' Furr, his true abbreviated moniker should read 'Rom'. He play...

While the forum is quiet, I thought I'd sneak in Hitchin Town FC's next final, which ended in a narrow defeat. Herts Charity Cup Final BARNET'S FINE RECORD Seventh Successive Charity Cup Win VAIN RECOVERY BY HITCHIN BARNET 3 HITCHIN 2 By beating Hitchin 3-2 in the final of the Herts Charity Cup on S...

The Dunkles Cup Final, a challenge match between the Spartan League Premier Division winners (Hitchin) and the Division 1 winners (Jurgens) played at Hitchin on 11th May 1935. JUBILEE MATCH CHAMPIONS MEET AND BEAT JURGENS ARMITAGE'S FAREWELL HAT-TRICK HITCHIN 4 JURGENS (OF PURFLEET) 3 Champions met ...

Hitchin just itchin' to go By PAT COLLINS Hitchin 1 Swindon 1 Big Neil Bunker, scorer of the equaliser that takes Hitchin to a Tuesday FA Cup replay, said: "I shall be surprised if we lose at Swindon." He explained: "We were not at our best today. It was the conditions. I don't think ...

Just a couple of years before he signed for Hitchin, the following story was all over the national press: GASSED IN BATH Cecil Cannon, Cambridge Town's goalkeeper, formerly of St Albans, was rendered unconscious on Sunday by fumes from a geyser in his bathroom, and he was found by his wife in the ba...

Super day out at Wembley yesterday. Gifted a ticket for a seat up in the gods, I was worried I'd get a poor view, but happily I could see everything (excepting the occasions jack in the box supporters in front of me decided to bob up and down, as is their wont). Nothing negative to say about the day...

From the Hertfordshire Express Saturday 1st November 1930 HITCHIN FOOTBALLERS 'EXPRESS PEN SKETCHES' C.R.M.CANNON Cecil Robert Metcalf Cannon, Hitchin's new goalkeeper, was born in Hitchin 29 years ago. He started to play football at school in Hitchin at the age of nine. Later he went to the East An...

I agree entirely. A Pipeman report is essential reading, reminding one of the incidents fast fading from memory. Ever since Tom Wooding (Sparbed) hit the ground running in the 1928/29 season we have been well served by so many correspondents. 'Brigadier' of the Beds & Herts Pictorial and 'Soccer...

Cambridge Town 3 Hitchin 2 (30th August 1928) Cambridge defeated the re-formed Hitchin Town club by the odd goal of five at Milton Road yesterday (Thursday) evening. Cambridge were inclined to treat their opponents too lightly in the first half with the result that they found themselves two goals do...