Post by Daedalus on Dec 9, 2011 11:06:46 GMT
Southern League Premier Division -
Hitchin Town (16th) v St. Albans City (14th)
Saturday 10th December 2011, KO 15:00
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Top Field, Fishponds Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1NU
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STATTO'S CORNER (written by Daedalus):
Hitchin Town Quick Guide:
Club founded: 1865*
Nickname: Canaries
Club colours: Yellow and green
10 year record:
01-02 | 02-03 | 03-04 | 04-05 | 05-06 | 06-07 | 07-08 | 08-09 | 09-10 | 10-11 |
IsthP 11th | IsthP 14th | IsthP 20th | SthP 18th | SthP 14th | SthP 11th | SthP 18th | SthP 20th | SthM 2nd | SthD1C 2nd |
*Hitchin Town can trace its roots back to 1865 when Hitchin FC was formed. The club took part in the first FA Cup in 1871-72, and reached the quarter finals of the competition, losing to eventual finalists Royal Engineers. That first Hitchin club came to an end in 1911. In 1928, the Hitchin Town FC club was formed.
Read more about Hitchin Town's club history by clicking here.
Interesting links:
Hitchin Town's official website
Directions and how to get to Top Field
Pyramid Passions page on Top Field
Hitchin Town fans' forum
A report of Hitchin's last outing in the league, which was a 1-0 defeat away to Evesham United. On Tuesday night, they played Stevenage in the Herts Senior Cup and lost 2-0 at Top Field. You can read that report by clicking here.
You can see Hitchin's results so far this season by clicking here.
At the time of writing, there have been no announcements regarding CITYLIVE coverage of this game. Regardless, we hope to have some updates here on the forum.
Current Form (last 5 matches in the league):
Hitchin Town - DLDDL (home form - LWLDD)
St. Albans City - WDLLL (away form - DLLLL)
Top league goalscorer(s):
St. Albans City - The Saints have had 12 different goalscorers in the league so far this season. Sakho Bakare is currently leading the goalscoring charts for the Saints with 5 league goals.
Hitchin Town - John Frendo scored a lot of goals for the Canaries at Step 4 over the last couple of seasons as they were chasing promotion. Frendo has been on good form again this year, recording 11 goals.
Latest Saints team news:
- Ryan Moran four match suspension kicks in for this match. He won't be available for selection.
- Paul Furlong was suspended for the last match but should be back to possibly feature in this one.
- Simon Martin has rejoined the Saints and he played his first match since returning against Barwell last weekend. Another new signing who played last weekend was fullback Narada Bernard.
- Howell has moved to bring in experienced midfielder Micah Hyde during the last week. Read the full article on the official site here - www.sacfc.co.uk/index.php/news/-latest-club-news/1769-howell-seeks-and-finds-hyde.html
- Jerome Walker has left the Saints to join Met Police. Reece Yorke is another player to have left the club. He has moved to Northwood.
- Mo Shariff won't be returning to the Saints as he has taken up an offer to go on loan to Staines Town.
- Matt Cutchey rejoins the Saints after a brief loan spell with Billericay.
- We'll add any other team news here as it comes out nearer to the game.
Possible Saints starting XI (in a 4-4-2 formation):
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Quick Stats Guide (league matches only):
Hitchin Town:
- Not won for 8 games
- Not won at home for 3 games
- Not scored at home for 2 games
- One win in 9
- 9 points out of the last 30
St. Albans City:
- Worst goals against column in the league having conceded 45 goals in 20 games (average goals conceded is 2.25 a game)
- Lost last three
- Not won for 4 games
- Not won away for 8 games
- Not scored away for 2 games
- One win in 7
- 9 points out of the last 30