HISTON FC

The club was formed in 1904 as Histon Institute FC and played for 44 years in the Cambridgeshire Football League. John Chivers, chairman of major Histon employer Chivers & Sons, helped to found the football club. The company donated a field, then covered in roses, for the club to play on, which is commemorated by the rose on the club's crest. From 1926, the club moved to its current location where a grandstand was erected in 1934... In 1965, the club switched to the Eastern Counties League where they were to play for the next 35 years. When the ECL adopted a two-division format in 1988, Histon were placed in the Premier Division. In the 1989-90 season, with Alan Doyle as manager, Histon won the ECL League Cup and sold players Lance Key and Shaun Sowden to Sheffield Wednesday. At the same time, Giuliano Maiorana was sold to Manchester United for a transfer fee that rescued the club financially. As part of the deal, a Manchester United team played Histon in a friendly match at Bridge..

Also known as: Histon

Primary location: Cambridge United Kingdom