Latest Articles From St Albans City F.C. History & Statistics
Match Abandoned
Matches postponed are aplenty throughout our history but games abandoned are a rarer breed. The terr...
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2011-12: New Manager David Howell rebuilds the City
Following the takeover of St Albans City by businessmen Lawrence Levy and John McGowan on 10th May 2...
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1991-92: A season that promised so much
Ron Duke teams up with Mitch
During their first five seasons back in the Premier Division of the Is...
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1992-93: Dean Austin cash boost but tree blocks path to promotion
Preparations for the 1992-93 season received a financial boost with the transfer of full-back Dean A...
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Saints Centurions
It is not uncommon for players to make a century of appearances for one club; less so 200, 3...
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The day the World Cup came to St Albans
Sunday 24th September 1989
Every football club can boast of big games played at their ground. ...
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Stan Johnson - City's last Isthmian Champion
Stan William Johnson, born 18th February 1908, is believed to have been the last surviving member of...
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Player Of The Season
The following players have had the honour of being voted the Supporters Club Player of the season. C...
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John Feneley
It is with great sadness that we heard of the death of our former kit man and dressing room steward ...
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1900-01 St. Albans sweep the board but Herts F.A. punish the club
During the two previous seasons the football club had left the ranks of the professionals, returned ...
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1898-99 Financial problems bring professionalism to an end
The upbeat words confidently projected by the St. Albans captain at the end of the 1897-98 campaign ...
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1897-98 Saints in the Southern League
Following the election of St Albans Town into the Southern League in May 1897, the club was bu...
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1896-97 Financial loss in first season as professional club
Two weeks before the start of their 16th season, St. Albans Town held their Annual General Meeting i...
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1895-96 Pinks change name to St. Albans Town
St. Albans 1895-96
George Hartley, Walter Giddings, John William Sharpe snr, Herbert Vinsen, Erne...
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1894-95 Saints move into Clarence Park
With the opening of Clarence Park during the summer of 1894, St. Albans’ nomadic existence came to a...
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23rd July 1894 – The Opening of Clarence Park
The possibility of Clarence Park being made available to the general public, rather than continue as...
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1893-94 Almost 3,000 witness County Cup tie
By the start of the 1893-94 season it was evident that football was moving forward at pace although ...
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1892-93 Saints lift Herts County Cup – Bingham Cox Cup launched
Prior to the start of their twelfth season, St. Albans held their annual meeting in the Council Cham...
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1891-92 Return to Holywell Meadow
The 1891-92 season, the Saints eleventh, saw St. Albans back on familiar territory as the site at Ho...
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1890-91 Fourth new home at Gombards
During the summer of 1890 there was a great deal of speculation as to whether St. Albans Football Cl...
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1889-90 Saints reach County Cup Final
The 1889-90 season was to be a watershed in the history of the first St. Albans club as, at the four...
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1888-89 Tottenham Hotspur defeated at St. Albans
Season tickets remained priced at 2s 6d for the 1888-89 season. The clubs faced by St. Albans varied...
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1887-88 Moore is less as 8-0 County Cup win is expunged from the records
Prior to the start of the 1887-88 season St. Albans held its AGM at the Crystal Palace on 5th Septem...
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1886-87 County Cup launched
At a meeting held at the Crystal Palace on the 16th August 1886 it was announced that receipts for t...
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1885-86 St. Albans host the first County Game
With the formation of the Hertfordshire Football Association football in the county took a significa...
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1883-84 Club moves To Bernard's Heath
After playing home matches on Jacob Reynolds (left) land in Hatfield Road for two years the club mov...
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1882-83 First away win recorded
The Crystal Palace continued to be closely linked to the club during the early years and prior to th...
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St. Albans Football Club - an Introduction
St Albans Football Club 1881-1904. Those simple details will come as a surprise to some supporters o...
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Tickets Please
To get in anywhere you need a ticket, or at least an invitation. In this section we take a look at m...
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Clarence Park - The home of St Albans Football
Clarence Park came into existence in the summer of 1894 when Sir John Blundell Maple, MP, generously...
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Carlton Football Club
One pathway used for catching the eye of the St Albans City selectors after World War Two through to...
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In Conversation With Bill Nicholson
‘In Conversation With’ were articles for the matchday programme during the 1998/99 season in which D...
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In Conversation With Terry Harris
‘In Conversation With’ were articles for the matchday programme during the 1998/99 season in which D...
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In Conversation With Mick Bodley
‘In Conversation With’ were articles for the matchday programme during the 1998/99 season in which D...
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In Conversation With Paul Turner
‘In Conversation With’ were articles for the matchday programme during the 1998/99 season in which D...
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In Conversation With Tom Meredith
‘In Conversation With’ were articles for the matchday programme during the 1998/99 season in which D...
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In Conversation With Rob Haworth
‘In Conversation With’ were articles for the matchday programme in the 1998/99 season in which Dave ...
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In Conversation With Paul Newell
‘In Conversation With’ were articles for the matchday programme during the 1998/99 season in which D...
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In Conversation With Steve Clark
‘In Conversation With’ were articles for the matchday programme during the 1998/99 season in which D...
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In Conversation With Ashley Vickers
"In Converstation With" were articles for the matchday programme in the 1998/99 season in which Dave...
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In Conversation With Mark Kane
‘In Conversation With’ were articles for the matchday programme in the 1998/99 season in which Dave ...
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In Conversation With Peter Risley
‘In Conversation With’ were articles for the matchday programme during the 1998/99 season in which D...
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Honorary Secretary Season Reports 1958-74
The date of 13th April 1908 is probably familiar to St Albans City supporters as the date that ...
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Cartoons & Caricatures
Amateur and non-league football clubs are not usually featured too often in the mainstream newspaper...
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Peter Taylor - The Colourised Collection
Lifelong St Albans City supporter Peter Taylor was one of the handful of people responsible for the ...
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2010-11 - Boardroom misdemeanours condemn Castle’s Saints
St Albans City prior to the friendly with Watford at Clarence Park on 17th July 2010.
Glodi Kwemi...
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Past Programmes
Matchday programmes have been produced for St Albans City since the 1921-22 season. To say 'produced...
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St Albans City Team Pictures
St Albans City team pictures through the seasons. Some good quality, some not so good and a unfortun...
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Knockin’ on Wembley’s Door
The 1998-99 season was a season of so-near-yet-so-far. A strong challenge for the Isthmian League ch...
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2009-10: Defying The Odds
The summer of 2009 was a tough time for managers of non-league football clubs. Indeed, with the rece...
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John Mitchell - From Carlton to Wembley
At the close of the successful 1992-93 season John Mitchell, the City manager since March 1991, info...
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2008-09: A Season of Stability
St Albans City 2008-09
Sean Ridgeway, Ben Bowditch, James Fisher, Rod Hicks, Paul Bastock, Ryan F...
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2007-08: Three managers and a relegation battle in centenary year
From the glory of promotion from the Conference South to the National Division at the end of the 200...
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2006-07: A Year With The Elite
St Albans City celebrated promotion to the Conference National in May 2006 with an open-top bus trip...
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2005-06: From cannon fodder to the joining the elite – Lippiatt’s greatest achievement
Colin Lippiatt, who took over the managerial position at Clarence Park in late November 2004 with St...
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When The Saints Took On The World....
OK, so not quite the world but St Albans City have been privileged to play various teams from outsid...
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1922-23: Minter’s historic match – League runners up then City quit
City hero turns down place in Full England team
Following the completion of the extension of the st...
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13th December 1941: Hitchin Town 4 St Albans City 3
Hitchin Town 4 St. Albans City 3
Saturday 13th December
Top Field
The Herts and Middlesex Le...
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