Who would have thought that today’s late season game would be so vital and the points so precious? We all remember the handsome win at Halesowen when goalkeeper Charlie Horlock scored that fluke goal but would not celebrate. He actually felt sympathy for his colleague. Given the result today you will of course realise that…
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League leaders Needham Market came from Suffolk to consolidate their position at the top of the table. Perhaps it is premature to call them champions elect, despite their impressive accumulation of points, that they garnered whilst Hitchin lost them in a prodigal manner. They suffered a rare loss in their last game and sought a…
Brett Donnelly, former Hitchin player and erstwhile manager of Stotfold made a leap into the dark to take on the managerial post at Hitchin. It is a brave decision, as he himself has pointed out, coming from one club striving to reach Step 3 to one in danger of losing that status. But it is…
There are not many clubs that can boast an official who can can claim fifty years service, and Roy Izzard may be proud of his impeccable record and dedication. I am pleased to report that tonight’s event was a real success, and we were honoured with the presence of many former players from both clubs…
This specially arranged friendly was seen as one that could benefit our beleaguered team, who could improve their game against fledgling professional opposition, as they did against a similar Watford team. This was achieved by a fairly comfortable margin, and they made a full contribution to an entertaining game that provided plenty of goals. Of…
After the rain, the sterling work by our ground staff, the sun put his hat on and so we could come out to play, and the need was to play well. The competent performance at Coalville showed we could improve, and we came very close to a point in that game. The optimism was in…
First of all, we must pay homage to our elite ground staff who, in face of predictions that today’s game would be postponed, set about their task and indeed drained over two thousand gallons of water from the pitch, with the pumps in continuous use, and thus the game was on, and it was skipper…
This recently arranged fixture was embraced with goodwill by Hitchin and I suspect that the players will prefer a game than simply have a training session. This would mean, we knew facing ‘academy football’, the one touch, play out from the back, keep possession, even at the expense of boredom for spectators, break the press,…
Today marked a third meeting with Kettering, and the first two and can bear some comment. We went to Kettering midweek in a league game and won handsomely 4-0, making it our best win, home or away. By chance we were drawn at home against them in the FA Cup on the following Saturday and…