Match Preview

HITCHIN TOWN v BLUES - MATCH PREVIEW

Match Information

Hitchin Town v Blues
Pitching In Southern League Central Premier
7.45pm kick off
Top Field, Fishponds Road, SG5 1NU
Tel: - 01462 459028.

Admission Prices

Adults - £13.00
Concessions (60-79) - £9.00
Teenager - £4
U13’s - £2.00
Over 80’s - FOC.

Game 17/42.

Leiston hope to get their league campaign back underway tomorrow night when they head to Hitchin Town.

It will be the Blues first game for 13 days if they play tomorrow evening, after games against Nuneaton Borough and Needham Market have been postponed recently.

Hitchin Town currently reside in 4th position in the league table, with 33 points from 19 games after having an excellent season so far. The Blues remain in 16th place after games over the weekend, one point above the relegation places but the Blues have three games in hand on fourth from bottom Royston Town. Leiston are also on their travels next weekend at Bromsgrove Sporting.

The sides met for the first time in November 2018, with the Blues looking like securing a win on a cold evening after going a goal behind. Tom Bullard and Joe Jefford looked like they had won it for the Blues, but a late leveller in the 93rd minute saw Hitchin nick a point. The next season saw the game abandoned at Hitchin after 37 minutes, with the rain affecting the game. The score was 0-0 at the time. The game wasn’t replayed as COVID hit the country shortly later.

In October 2020, Will Davies and Liam Jackson looked to have won the game for the Blues but Hitchin scored two late goals to gain a 2-2 draw. The following season, Leiston won 3-1 at Hitchin in the FA Trophy but nine days later, lost 4-1 in the league. On another Monday evening last season, second half goals from Will Davies, Finlay Barnes and Ben Fowkes saw Leiston to a 3-0 win.

FORM GUIDE: -

Hitchin Town: - LWDLW

Leiston: - WWDLL.

Hitchin are nicknamed the ‘Canaries’ and first were formed in 1928. Their ground can hold up to over 4,500 people at full capacity. The club started off in the Spartan League before moving to the Athenian League in 1939. In 1963 they moved to the Isthmian League before going into the Southern League in 2004.

FUN FACTS: -

Hitchin’s record attendance in 7,878, set in 1955 in an FA Amateur Cup match against Wycombe Wanderers.

Hitchin have reached the Second Round of the FA Cup four times. This came in season’s 1973-74, 1976-77, 1994-95 and 1995-96.

Their best ever league standing was in the 1968-69 campaign where they finished in 5th place. (This was the equivalent of playing in the National League in today’s game).

There are no other games tomorrow night.

Tuesday night: -

Stourbridge v St Ives.