10 Things You Did Not Know About Histon

Last updated : 29 November 2008 By Kevin Markey
1 Histon are nicknamed 'The Stutes', taken from the name of Histon Institute which the club played under when it was first founded in 1904.

2 Despite their name, the Blue Square Premier club are not actually based in the Cambridgeshire village of Histon. The Glass World Stadium is situated in nearby Impington.

3 The village of Histon was actually recorded in The Domesday Book, listed as Histone.

4 The population of Impington, 4,090, would virtually fit inside the Glass World Stadium on Sunday. The combined population of Histon and Impington would fit into Elland Road almost five times over.

5 Histon, or Histon Institute as they were, took 99 years to enter the FA Cup first round proper. There first outing came against Woking in 2003.

6 This is Histon's third appearance in round two of the FA Cup. They reached the same stage during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, losing to Yeovil Town on their first attempt to make round three and Nuneaton Borough on their second.

7 Histon captain Mathew Mitchel-King is employed by Nike as the body double for England and Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand.

8 Histon do not employ a single full-time member of staff. The club's off-field business is run by 74 volunteers.

9 Striker Damien Reeves is a former Leeds United trainee, who spent three years with the club as a professional player. He spent time with Barnsley and Farsley Celtic before joining Histon in June.

10 In 1988, Manchester United plundered Histon to sign forward Giuliano Maiorana for £30,000. He made a handful of appearances for the Red Devils, but his career at Old Trafford was cut short by a knee injury.