Histon F.C.
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| Full name | Histon Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Stutes |
| Founded | 1904 (as Histon Institute) |
| Ground | Bridge Road, Impington |
| Capacity | 4,300 (1,700 seated) |
| Chairman | John Hall |
| Manager | Lance Key |
| League | Southern League Division One Central |
| 2015–16 | Southern League Premier Division, 22nd (relegated) |
Histon Football Club is an English football club based in the village of Histon, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. The club currently compete in the Southern Football League Division One Central, after having been relegated from the Football Conference at the end of 2010–11, and then relegated from the Conference North at the end of 2013-14.
Histon are nicknamed "the Stutes", originating from the club's previous name Histon Institute, and they play their home matches at Bridge Road in Impington. Histon's crest features a rose, the flower representing the rose-covered field given to the people of Histon & Impington in perpetuity for sporting activities in the community by local firm Chivers and Sons. Histon play in red and black, their traditional colours, with red and black striped jerseys, black shorts and black socks. Their current away kit is sky blue shirts, royal blue shorts and sky blue socks. The club is currently managed by Lance Key.
The club was formed in 1904 as Histon Institute F.C. and played for many years in the Cambridgeshire Football League. John Chivers, the chairman of the major employer in Histon & Impington, the jam company Chivers and Sons, helped to found the Histon Institute in 1903, from where the football club has its origins. The company donated a field, then covered in roses, for the club to play on, which is commemorated in the rose on Histon's crest.
In 1960 the club (which by now had dropped the "Institute" from their name) joined the Delphian League, but just three years later this league disbanded. Histon, along with most of the other member clubs, joined the Athenian League. In 1966 they switched to the Eastern Counties League, where they were to play for nearly twenty-five years. When the ECL adopted a two-division format, in 1988, Histon were placed in the Premier Division. In the 1989–90 season Histon won the Jewson League Cup, but lost players Lance Key and Shaun Sowden to Sheffield Wednesday and Giuliano Maiorana to Manchester United.
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