Histon F.C.

Histon Football Club is a football club based in the village of Histon and Impington, Cambridgeshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Bridge Road in Impington. Nicknamed "the Stutes", originating from the club's previous name Histon Institute, 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.HistoryThe club was established in 1904 as Histon Institute, the footballing arm of the Histon Institute formed the previous year with help from John Chivers, the chairman of the major employer in Histon & Impington, the Chivers and Sons jam company. The new club joined the Cambridgeshire League, and had reached the top division by the early 1920s. They were Premier Division runners-up in 1935–36, and won the league title in 1945–46, the first after World War II.In 1948 Histon left the Cambridgeshire League to move up to the Spartan League. They were promoted to the league's Premier Division in 1951, and dropped "Institute" from their name the following year. In 1960 the club joined the Delphian League. They finished bottom of the league in 1961–62, and after the league was disbanded at the end of the following season, they joined most other Delphian League clubs in becoming founder members of Division Two of the Athenian League. After finishing bottom of Division Two for two consecutive seasons, the club dropped into the Eastern Counties League.