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St Albans City F.C. (nicknamed The Saints) is a football club based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It was founded in 1908 and plays its home matches at Clarence Park, about 800 yards from the city centre. The club is in the Conference South division of the Football Conference, having been promoted at the end of the 2005-06 season by beating Histon 2-0 in the Conference South play-off final at Stevenage Borough's Broadhall Way ground and then being relegated the following season with a last place finish. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Clarence Park is a multi-use stadium in St Albans, England. ... , St Albans is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around 22 miles (35. ... Rungnado May Day Stadium is the worlds largest football stadium. ... 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A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... , St Albans is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around 22 miles (35. ... For the similarly named county in the West Midlands region, see Herefordshire. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Clarence Park is a multi-use stadium in St Albans, England. ... Conference South (currently billed as Blue Square Southern for sponsorship reasons) is one of the second divisions of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. ... The Football Conference is a football league at the top of the National League System of non-League football in England. ... 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City's most famous match was on November 22, 1922 in a first round FA Cup match. Having been held by Dulwich Hamlet to a 1-1 draw at Clarence Park on November 18, the replay drew a gate of 4,060. City's New Zealand-born goalkeeper W. Tennant did not appear, his place taken by Alf Fearn who was usually a half-back with the reserves. Dulwich put eight goals past him, the winning goal coming in near darkness at the end of extra time. What put the game in the record books was that City scored seven times, with all seven goals being scored by Wilfred Minter. His feat remains the highest tally by a player on the losing side of an FA Cup tie. is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is an English football club that was formed in 1893, and joined the Isthmian League a few years later. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Extra time is an additional period played at the end of some games of football (soccer) if the score is tied after the two standard periods (halves) of play. ...

Promotion to the Conference

On 7 May 2006, St Albans City beat Histon 2-0, in the 2005/2006 Conference South Play Off Final at Stevenage's Broadhall Way ground. Goals from Lee Clarke and Paul Hakim meant that St Albans was promoted to the Conference National for the first time. Histon Football Club is an English football team based in the village of Impington, approximately 5 kilometres (3miles) north of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. ... Conference South (currently billed as Blue Square Southern for sponsorship reasons) is one of the second divisions of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. ... Conference National (currently billed as the Blue Square Premier for sponsorship reasons) [1] is the top division of the Football Conference. ...

Following the team's promotion, Clarence Park was redecorated and improved slightly, a noticeable difference being the acquisition of a new club sponsor, as well as new advertising boards. There were rumours at the time of the promotion that St Albans were possibly moving to a larger venue. However, nothing was confirmed or denied.

2006 to 2007 season

The Saints' first three games in the Conference were a mixed affair, with the team winning, drawing and losing their first three games respectively. After then St Albans had a bad run of games and were hovering around the relegation zone. There hopes being restricted by being a part-time team whilst going up against full-time opponents. However, Colin Lippiatt remained positive about his team's chances. Having been knocked out in the FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round by Yeading, the team started concentrating on staying in the Conference for another season. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Yeading F.C. are an English football club from Yeading in the London Borough of Hillingdon, West London, currently playing in the Conference South. ...

St Albans started the second half of the season just one place off the relegation zone. In terms of transfers, The Saints allowed defender Dave Theobald to return to the Conference North team Kettering Town, but have re-signed defender Djoumin Sangare on loan from Grays Athletic until the end of the season. Lippiatt also signed Chris Watters and Leon Archer from neighbours Boreham Wood for an undisclosed fee on two year contracts. The Football Conferences logo Conference North (often referred to as Nationwide North for sponsorship reasons) is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. ... Kettering Town Football Club are an English football club based in Kettering, Northamptonshire. ... Grays Athletic Football Club are a football team from the south east of England, representing the small town of Grays, Essex. ... Boreham Wood F.C. are a football club based in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, at Meadow Park football ground. ...

In January 2007, director (and chief football writer for the Mail on Sunday) Ian Ridley left the club amid disagreement over policy. Ridley argued that the club needed to bring in older, more experienced players (citing Steve Claridge) to bolster the campaign to stay in the Conference; the remainder of the board wanted to maintain a strong reliance of "young, hungry" players. [1] The Daily Mail and its Sunday edition the Mail on Sunday are British newspapers, first published in 1896. ... Steve Claridge (born 10 April 1966) is an English football player, pundit and coach. ...

St Albans continued throughout the new year with a run of poor results. On April 9, 2007 (Easter Monday), a 1-1 draw with Tamworth guaranteed St Albans relegation from the Nationwide Conference and the team finished bottom of the table.[2] The Saints' were the first team to be relegated from the Nationwide Conference, but were later joined by Southport, Tamworth and Altrincham. Tamworth Football Club are an English football team based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, currently playing in the Conference North. ...

The Saints will return to the Conference South next season. To add to the uncertainty to next season, Colin Lippiatt resigned as manager at the end of the season. In a statement he stated that it was 'right and proper' for him to leave. He has now rejoined Conference side Woking (where he was once manager) as a director.

Back To The Conference South

After relegation to the Conference South, St Albans appointed inexperienced Ritchie Hanlon as their new manager, who had only retired through injury in January. He had a huge task to rebuild the squad; Nick Roddis had left the club after finding out that he would not be interviewed for the vacent manager position, Chris Watters rejoined his old club Boreham Wood for a nominal fee, only 5 months after joining the Saints. Goalkeeper Paul Bastock was released by 'mutual consent', later joining Rushden & Diamonds. Conference South (currently billed as Blue Square Southern for sponsorship reasons) is one of the second divisions of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. ... Boreham Wood F.C. are a football club based in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, at Meadow Park football ground. ... Paul Bastock, born May 19, 1970 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire is an English goalkeeper currently playing for Blue Square Premier side Rushden & Diamonds. ... Rushden and Diamonds is an English professional football club who play in the Conference National. ...

More players where to leave Clarence Park as Striker Leon Archer joined Braintree and Midfilder joined Lewes, after both made it clear that they did not want to play for St Albans. Dean Cracknell also left the club to join Hemel Hempstead. Hanlon however bolsterd the squad with numerous new signings, Gary Burrell joined from Heybridge Swifts, Mark Beard joined from Stevenage Brough as Player/Assistiant Manager, Paul Bruce joines from Dagenham & Redbridge & So Solid Crew Rapper, Former AFC Wimbledon player Junior Harvey was recuruted, another player from Dagenham & Redbridge was brought in, Nick Eyre, signed to replace Veteren Paul Bastock. This was backed up with two youth singings, Hector Mackie & Reis Noel, and finaly Hanlon added Hassan Sulaiman & Paul Semakula to the ranks. St Albans are still waiting to see if southend legend and trialist at clarence park Leo Roget will join.

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