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Team	Overall								Home							Away
			GP		W	D	L	GS	GA			W	D	L	GS	GA			W	D	L	GS	GA			GD	P
1.		Torquay United	17		12	3	2	45	25			7	1	0	21	8			5	2	2	24	17			+20	39
2.		Aldershot Town	17		12	1	4	33	21			7	0	2	19	8			5	1	2	14	13			+12	37
3.		Burton Albion	17		9	7	1	32	19			6	1	1	18	10			3	6	0	14	9			+13	34
4.		Stevenage Borough	17		10	3	4	35	18			5	3	1	20	8			5	0	3	15	10			+17	33
5.		Cambridge United	17		8	8	1	28	17			5	4	0	16	8			3	4	1	12	9			+11	32
6.		Forest Green Rovers	17		9	4	4	35	27			5	2	2	23	17			4	2	2	12	10			+8	31
7.		Crawley Town	17		8	4	5	27	20			6	2	1	20	8			2	2	4	7	12			+7	28
8.		Histon FC	17		8	4	5	27	20			3	2	3	15	14			5	2	2	12	6			+7	28
9.		Ebbsfleet United	17		8	4	5	22	19			6	0	2	13	8			2	4	3	9	11			+3	28
10.		Exeter City	17		6	9	2	27	22			3	6	0	15	10			3	3	2	12	12			+5	27
11.		Oxford United	17		6	7	4	22	20			3	5	1	14	12			3	2	3	8	8			+2	25
12.		Kidderminster Harriers	17		7	3	7	28	28			4	1	4	15	13			3	2	3	13	15			0	24
13.		Salisbury City	17		6	5	6	27	27			5	2	1	15	8			1	3	5	12	19			0	23
14.		Weymouth FC	17		6	4	7	26	25			3	1	4	12	12			3	3	3	14	13			+1	22
15.		Grays Athletic	17		5	5	7	15	15			2	2	5	9	11			3	3	2	6	4			0	20
16.		Rushden & Diamonds FC	17		4	8	5	19	20			1	4	3	5	7			3	4	2	14	13			-1	20
17.		Woking FC	17		4	8	5	18	20			2	5	1	8	7			2	3	4	10	13			-2	20
18.		Halifax Town	17		4	7	6	22	22			3	5	0	12	6			1	2	6	10	16			0	19
19.		York City	17		5	3	9	22	29			2	1	6	11	18			3	2	3	11	11			-7	18
20.		Farsley Celtic	16		4	4	8	18	28			2	3	2	7	8			2	1	6	11	20			-10	16
21.		Altrincham FC	16		2	5	9	18	33			1	1	7	8	20			1	4	2	10	13			-15	11
22.		Stafford Rangers	17		1	5	11	13	29			0	3	5	7	15			1	2	6	6	14			-16	8
23.		Droylsden FC	17		1	2	14	15	42			1	1	7	7	18			0	1	7	8	24			-27	5
24.		Northwich Victoria	17		0	3	14	13	41			0	3	5	7	16			0	0	9	6	25			-28	3

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Histon
Full name	Histon Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Stutes
Founded	1904
Ground	Glassworld Stadium, Impington
Capacity	3,500 (450 seated)
Chairman	Gareth Baldwin
Manager	Steve Fallon
League	Conference National
2006-07	Conference South, 1st
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Histon still living the dream
By Pete Oliver



Histon's remarkable rise through the ranks of non-league football is a success story that shows no sign of ending.

Seven years ago, the modest Cambridgeshire club was a member of the Eastern League Premier Division.

But the 1999-2000 season was also the time Histon appointed Steve Fallon as manager and with him still at the helm, the Stutes are now just one more promotion away from the Football League.

"We might have talked about it but I don't think we genuinely believed that seven or eight years down the line we would be at the top level of non-league," Fallon told BBC Sport.

"It's not something you would have put a lot of money on. We are enjoying every minute of it. But we are not complacent and we want to push on."

It is that kind of attitude that has seen Histon rocket up the non-league pyramid since Fallon first led them into the Southern League with three promotions in the last four years now making them a Blue Square Premier team.

"We do the best we can each year and if we are good enough to go up then we deal with it," said Fallon.

"10 or 15-year plans don't work. If you are good enough you go up and then you deal with it.

"I don't understand people who say you are not ready to go up. You are better off having at least one year in the league above. You can't pick and choose when you make it."

We've earned the right to be where we are

Steve Fallon

Even by his own admission, Fallon's team was ready to take stock this time around, having joined the likes of Torquay, Exeter, Oxford, Halifax, York and Cambridge United, where Fallon previously played over 400 games to become an Abbey Stadium legend.

"I know everybody says it, but the biggest aim was to make sure we got another year, to make sure we survived and learn from it," he added.

"We didn't have the best start and we didn't win for the first four games. But since then our form has been very good and we have this ability not to lose games.

"It's something we've had over the years that we have not always played at our best but we have hung in there and got results.

They are all good players and deserved a go at this level

Steve Fallon

"It's been a great start and we are very pleased with it, particularly as we have not had the best of home records. We have gone away and picked up results and hopefully we have started to turn the corner at home."

As a result, survival looks almost certain and looking upwards is again the option for a squad in which every player bar one has another job, like the manager who combines his football with teaching.


Fallon is not complacent about Histon's success

"We are not too tough taskmasters. If we train three times a week and they make two out of three we are happy with that, as long as they are doing it on the pitch on a Saturday or Tuesday night," he said.

Fallon, who is assisted by former Preston and Cambridge boss John Beck, brought in just five new players over the summer, mainly from lower leagues, and kept faith with a squad that has developed a winning mentality.

And in Adie Cambridge, record appearance maker Jamie Barker and striker Neil Kennedy - who has taken more of a back seat since scoring his 300th goal for the club last season - he has a trio of players who have climbed every division with the club.

Ten or 15-year plans don't work

Steve Fallon

"They are all good players and deserved a go at this level but they have probably surprised themselves a little bit," said Fallon.

"Adie Cambridge should really have played at a higher level but he has been loyal to this club and now having got this far with his hometown club is the best thing going."

Fallon acknowledges that his side still faces a long, hard season but with more than a third of it gone they are currently just a couple of places outside the play-off zone.

As unthinkable as it may seem, a place in the Football League is therefore a potential prize for the village team.

We are not complacent and we want to push on

Steve Fallon

And typically, Fallon is unfazed by the prospect.

He added: "I'm not saying we are going to do this or that but you can't just dismiss it as luck or a flash in the pan. We have earned the right to be where we are.

"We have played some of the big teams and we are not up with them. But we are not far off. It's not impossible.

"It's still a long way off, although in theory we are only four points away. If we are good enough to be successful then I'm sure we would be ready off the pitch.

"And if we were good enough on the pitch we would give it a go. It's a really big step in a lot of ways, although I don't think there's that big a difference playing-wise.

"There are a lot of lads playing in this league who could play higher, as they have shown at Peterborough. But it's something you don't know until you try it."

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Histon v Altrincham
Histon striker Cliff Akurang is still suspended for the visit of Altrincham.
Danny Wright looks set to continue up front, although captain Jamie Barker is pushing for a recall after scoring a superb goal against Bamber Bridge.

Altrincham's Val Owen (foot) and Gareth Whalley (calf) are out, as is leading scorer Colin Little after picking up a knock in the FA Cup against Kendal.

Colin Potts remains on the sidelines, but Joe O'Neill and Robbie Lawton have both recovered from minor knocks.

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Histon 1-0 Altrincham
Histon maintained their good start to life in the Blue Square Premier with a victory over struggling Altrincham
The home side started brightly when Erkan Okay's 25-yard strike fizzed past the left-hand post.

And they took the lead on 22 minutes when Daniel Wright curled the ball into the top corner from 25 yards.

Chances were scarce for Alty, with Carlos Logan missing their best opening when he shot past the left post from 12 yards with 15 minutes to go.



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Histon: Naisbitt, Pope, Langston, Ada, Gwillim, Okay, Cambridge, John Kennedy, Knight-Percival, Wright (Barker 75), Murray.
Subs Not Used: Key, Mitchell-King, Andrews, Nightingale.

Booked: Cambridge.

Goals: Wright 23.

Altrincham: Coburn, Lane, Tinson, Shotton (Munroe 87), Scott, Lawton, Sedgemore, Logan, Dean (Aspinall 74), O'Neill, Senior.
Subs Not Used: Peyton, Acton, McFadden.

Booked: Logan, Aspinall.

Att: 814.

Ref: W Barrett (Kent).

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England call for Knight Percival
Histon winger Nathaniel Knight Percival has been called into the England C squad to face Finland next week.
Manager Paul Fairclough promoted the 20-year-old from the stand-by list for the International Challenge Trophy tie in Helsinki on 14 November.

Knight Percival, a Histon youth system graduate, is their first player to receive international recognition.

Boss Steve Fallon told Histon's website: "This is fantastic news for a very promising young player."

Fallon continued: "It is testimony to all the hard work and effort he has put in. His progress has been phenomenal."

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Notts County v Histon
Notts County will put on-loan Krystian Pearce straight into their squad and he ay even replace Stephen Hunt, who is struggling with injury.
Fellow loanee Craig Lindfield has been gven permission to play by Liverpool and Spencer Weir-Daley and Jay Smith could both return to the squad.

Histon's leading scorer Cliff Akurang is out suspended so in-form youngster Danny Wright will play.

Otherwise Histin have no new injuries or suspensions to contend with.

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Notts County 3-0 Histon
Histon's hopes of an FA Cup upset were ended by two second-half goals from Lawrie Dudfield and another from Hector Sam as Notts County eased to victory.
The deadlock was broken when Neil MacKenzie sent Dudfield clear.

Kevin Pilkington made his one real save of the day to deny Antonio Murray and within 60 seconds Dudfield cleverly worked an opening for Sam to fire home.

The third goal came late on when Dudfield beat keeper Danny Naisbitt to a poor pass back from Matt Langston.



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Notts County: Pilkington, Canoville, Tann, Pearce, Mayo, Silk, MacKenzie (Somner 71), Butcher, Parkinson, Dudfield (Weir-Daley 89), Lindfield (Sam 55).
Subs Not Used: Sandercombe, McCann.

Booked: Canoville.

Goals: Dudfield 48, Sam 73, Dudfield 88.

Histon: Naisbitt, Pope (Mitchell-King 74), Langston, Ada, Gwillim, Okay (Neil Kennedy 80), Cambridge, John Kennedy, Knight-Percival, Wright (Barker 68), Murray.
Subs Not Used: Nightingale, Short.

Booked: Murray, Pope, Ada.

Att: 4,344

Ref: N Kinseley (Essex).

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HT		Histon [1 - 1] Exeter C.
30'	[0 - 1]		D. Moxey
45'	[1 - 1]	M. Langston
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FT		Altrincham [1 - 2] Histon
33'	[0 - 1]		C. Akurang
60'	[1 - 1]	C. Lane
74'	[1 - 2]		D. Wright
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