Hitchin Town (A)

[Del]

Match scheduled for: Saturday 15 October - kick-off time: 15:00
Venue: Top Field, Fishponds Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1NU.
Link to opponents official website: https://hitchintownfc.club

[Perton Pitman]

With Tamworth visiting next week, this has the feeling of a game that we have to win.

[Town Crier]

O-Yay, O-Yay
After failing miserably to make the last away game I am hopeful to make this one.
Quick M1 trip with my bell should see me arrive if I finish work on time.
Really hope to finally catch up with you mr Lee if you are going so you can see my bell! I might even let you ring it
O-Yay, O,Yay, O-Yay

[Lee K]

O-Yay, O-Yay
After failing miserably to make the last away game I am hopeful to make this one.
Quick M1 trip with my bell should see me arrive if I finish work on time.
Really hope to finally catch up with you mr Lee if you are going so you can see my bell! I might even let you ring it
O-Yay, O,Yay, O-Yay

I won’t be at Hitchin unfortunately

[Town Crier]

O-Yay never mind mr Lee
Soz I cant make it either now as work routine changed.
Hope to catch you at one of the coming home games tho.
Can I ask if you have a bell as I have a couple of old ones I can bring for you if you want?
O-Yay, O-Yay

[PitmanKeith]

Radio commentary here:

https://htfc.radio12345.com/

[Del]

Radio commentary here:

https://htfc.radio12345.com/

Thank heavens for the home side.
Seems crazy that if Dave Chamberlain has other commitments (which he obviously will have) the club cannot organise someone else to cover him.
Once upon a time there was a lady appointed to assist with the media side - now it seems left just one person.

[Del]

HITCHIN TOWN 1 - 1 PITMEN


Official 481

League table: League Table: https://southern-football-league.co.uk/ ... 22/2023/P/

Full Time Scores:
AFC Rushden & Diamonds 0v2 Redditch
Barwell 2v5 Mickleover
Bromsgrove 1v7 Leiston
Hitchin 1v1 Hednesford
Royston 1v2 Ilkeston
Rushall 1v3 Bedford
Stourbridge 4v0 Stratford

[Glyn]

[TMVP]

Highlights

[TMVP]

Ben Bailey post-match interview

[sheriff]

must win against Tamworth

[TMVP]

Steve Burr post-match interview

[Del]

Highlights

Thanks Dan.

A good job keeper Brooks was on form on Hitchin would have won all the points!

[sheriff]

trying to think the last time we were rock bottom this far into the season,would it be the midland leaugue back in the early seventies

[Perton Pitman]

Possibly in the Southern League Midland Division when we sacked Paddy Page and had Jimmy Houston in charge. I seem to remember it took a dozen or so games before we won one.

More recently I do think when we got relegated from the Conference we were bottom of the league for most of the season.

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong

[PitmanKeith]

trying to think the last time we were rock bottom this far into the season,would it be the midland leaugue back in the early seventies

Occupied bottom or finished in bottom place post October in the following seasons.

1973/74 Midland Counties League (finished bottom)
2000/01 The Football Conference (finished bottom)
2015/16 National League North (finished 21/22)

As far as I know we haven't occupied bottom place in a Southern League season.

[Scott]

trying to think the last time we were rock bottom this far into the season,would it be the midland leaugue back in the early seventies

Occupied bottom or finished in bottom place post October in the following seasons.

1973/74 Midland Counties League (finished bottom)
2000/01 The Football Conference (finished bottom)
2015/16 National League North (finished 21/22)

As far as I know we haven't occupied bottom place in a Southern League season.

Thanks as always for the stats Keith. We must've been close to being bottom at the beginning of October 2001 I guess, as the start to that first season back outside the Conference was pretty awful from memory.