Match Preview: Histon FC, Saturday 15th November, 3pm
Date: Saturday 15th November 2025
Time: 3pm
Opponent: Histon FC
Venue: The Oval, Coventry Road, Bedworth, CV12 8NN
Admission Prices: £10 Adults, £8 Concessions, £5 Students 17-19, £1 Children 5-15, Under 5s and NTFC Season Ticket Holders Free
Weather forecast: Light Rain, 9°C
'Who put the ball in the Histon net?' is the first question every Nuneaton fan asks when the name Histon is mentioned. On Wednesday 14th December 2005, Terry Angus' late winner in the FA Cup 2nd Round sent fans into raptures knowing Premier League side Middlebrough awaited the winners of that cold night replay in Cambridgeshire.
Nearly 20 years later and this time it's a league clash between Nuneaton Town and Histon, only the second season the two sides have met in the league, with the other occasion in the Blue Square Conference North in 2011-12.
Fast forward to this season and the two sides sit 1st and 4th in the United Counties League Premier South, with Histon having picked up 10 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their 17 games, sitting on 33 points and 6 behind Nuneaton Town from a game more. Histon are in good form, having won 7 of the last 8, with one loss against another of the in-form sides March Town United.
Indeed it's the start of a difficult league month for Nuneaton as they play the 4th, 5th and 2nd placed teams respectively. So it will be an important period in the season before the FA Vase 3rd Round tie to come in early December.
Nuneaton Town celebrated some good news this week as a lease was approved in principle to build a new ground, and will be looking to celebrate with 3 points on Saturday.
History:
Histon FC were established in 1904 as Histon Institute, named after the club that opened the previous year, hence the nickname The Stutes. They dropped the Institute part in 1952, but it was the early 2000s where Histon gained their fame. They reached the Southern Premier League in 2004, and reached the FA Cup 1st Round for the first time, losing to Woking. They then earned promotion to the Conference South in 2005, and went one better in the FA Cup, losing in the 2nd round to Yeovil Town after beating Shrewsbury Town in the 1st Round.
The 2005-06 season saw them lose to St Albans City in the play off final of the Conference South, and beat Hednesford Town in the FA Cup first round before losing to Nuneaton Borough in the 2nd.
2006-07 saw them win the Conference South earning promotion to the Conference National, and in 2007-08 they finally reached the FA Cup 3rd Round, famously beating then League One Leeds United in the 2nd on ITV, before losing to Swansea City in the 3rd Round. That boosted them to 3rd in the table, their highest ever league finish, and they lost in the play offs to Torquay United.
Since that golden decade they have had 4 relegations to drop back to Step 5, where those FA Cup memories will play again.
Previous meetings:
Saturday 24th March 2012 (Blue Square North)
Histon 1-1 Nuneaton Town
(Andy Brown)
Tuesday 20th September 2011 (Blue Square North)
Nuneaton Town 3-2 Histon
(Lee Smith (p), Danny Pugh, Danny Glover)
Last season: United Counties League Premier South (12th)
Current position: 4th
