Hitchin Town F.C. is an English semi-professional football club based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. They compete in the Southern Football League's Premier Division. Founded in 1928 and known as "The Canaries", Hitchin Town have been based at Top Field since their foundation.

Key Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to league record

Lvl = Level of the league in the current league system S = Numbers of seasons Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Overall position = Overall club position in the English league system

Key to cup records

Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Premilinary round QR1 = Qualifying round 1 QR2 = Qualifying round 2 QR3 = Qualifying round 3 QR4 = Qualifying round 4 R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Average home attendance = for league games only

Seasons

Year League Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer FA Cup FA Trophy Average homeattendance Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Record playing as Hitchin F.C.: 1871–72 Did not enter R2 0-1-1 not held 1872–73 Did not enter R1 0-0-1 not held Did not enter any major competitions in the 1873–74 season 1874–75 Did not enter R1 0-0-1 not held 1875–76 Did not enter scratched not held Did not enter any major competitions between 1876 and 1887 1887–88 Did not enter R1 0-0-1 not held 1888–89 Did not enter scratched not held Did not enter any major competitions between 1889 and 1898 1898–99 Did not enter QR1 1-0-1 not held 1899–1900 Did not enter QR1 0-0-1 not held 1900–01 Did not enter scratched not held 1901–02 South Eastern League Did not enter not held 1902–03 Did not enter not held 1903–04 24 10 5 9 39 57 -18 25 6th of 13 QR3 2-0-1 not held 1904–05 24 8 3 13 33 51 -18 19 8th of 13 QR5 2-0-1 not held 1905–06 24 8 4 12 53 65 –12 20 8th of 13 QR2 1-1-1 not held 1906–07 24 8 3 13 35 79 –44 19 10th of 13 QR3 1-2-1 not held 1907–08 33 4 3 26 34 146 11 18th of 18 PR 0-0-1 not held 1908–09 Spartan LeagueEastern Division 1 0 0 1 0 6 –6 0 withdrew Did not enter not held 1909–10 Spartan LeagueDivision B 10 3 0 7 12 29 –17 6 5th of 6 Did not enter not held 1910–11 Spartan League 18 1 2 15 17 74 –57 2 10th of 112 points deducted Did not enter not held Record playing as Hitchin Town F.C.: Club folded in 1911. Club re-founded in 1928. 1928–29 Spartan LeagueDivision Two (East) 6 24 41 2nd of 13Promoted not held 1929–30 Spartan LeagueDivision One 26 31 4th of 14 not held 1930–31 26 41 2nd of 14Promoted not held 1931–32 Spartan LeaguePremier Division 24 29 4th of 13 not held 1932–33 26 27 8th of 14 not held 1933–34 26 28 5th of 14 not held 1934–35 Spartan League not held 1935–36 not held 1936–37 not held 1937–38 not held 1938–39 not held 1939–40 Athenian League 4 2 2 0 0 14 2 +12 4 Season abandoned not held No competitive football played during World War Two 1945–46 Athenian League 26 10 1 15 61 68 –7 21 10th of 14 not held 1946–47 26 11 5 10 64 63 +1 27 6th of 14 QR4 3-1-1 not held 1947–48 26 10 4 12 43 71 –18 24 11th of 14 QR2 2-0-1 not held 1948–49 26 9 7 10 44 46 –2 25 7th of 14 QR3 3-2-1 not held 1949–50 26 12 5 9 44 50 –6 29 6th of 14 QR3 3-0-1 not held 1950–51 30 6 6 18 47 75 –28 18 15th of 16 QR3 3-0-1 not held 1951–52 30 5 1 24 36 111 –75 11 16th of 16 QR1 0-0-1 not held 1952–53 26 8 8 14 37 56 –19 20 11th of 14 QR3 3-0-1 not held 1953–54 26 16 3 7 58 32 +26 35 2nd of 14 QR4 3-2-1 not held 1954–55 26 6 9 11 44 60 –16 21 12th of 14 QR1 1-0-1 not held 1955–56 28 7 4 17 47 74 –27 18 15th of 15 QR4 3-1-1 not held 1956–57 28 10 5 13 67 73 –6 25 10th of 15 QR3 3-1-1 not held 1957–58 30 12 6 12 52 65 –13 30 9th of 16 PR 0-0-1 not held 1958–59 30 8 8 14 37 52 –15 24 14th of 16 R1 4-2-1 not held 1959–60 30 11 6 13 55 57 –5 28 10th of 16 QR1 0-0-1 not held 1960–61 30 15 6 9 81 52 +29 36 5th of 16 R1 4-0-1 not held 1961–62 30 15 4 11 85 71 +14 34 6th of 16 QR4 3-0-1 not held 1962–63 30 16 3 11 74 61 +13 35 5th of 16 QR2 1-1-1 not held 1964–65 Isthmian League 5 38 13 9 16 61 66 –5 35 11th of 20 QR3 2-1-1 not held 1965–66 38 6 8 24 57 118 –61 20 18th of 20 QR2 1-0-1 not held 1966–67 38 8 6 24 39 89 –50 22 19th of 20 QR1 0-0-1 not held 1967–68 38 14 9 15 61 73 –12 37 12th of 20 QR3 2-1-1 not held 1968–69 38 23 10 5 67 41 +26 56 2nd of 20 QR3 2-0-1 not held 1969–70 38 19 10 9 71 40 +31 48 7th of 20 QR3 2-0-1 Did not enter 1970–71 40 12 9 17 46 60 –14 33 12th of 21 QR2 1-2-1 Did not enter 1971–72 42 17 10 13 68 66 +2 44 10th of 22 QR1 0-1-1 Did not enter 1972–73 42 15 9 18 52 64 –12 39 16th of 22 QR2 2-0-1 Did not enter 1973–74 Isthmian LeagueDivision One 5 42 15 10 17 68 73 –5 55 13th of 22 R2 5-4-1 Did not enter 1974–75 42 15 10 17 57 71 –14 55 12th of 22 R1 4-3-1 R1 4-2-1 1975–76 42 13 11 18 45 57 –12 50 16th of 22 QR4 0-0-1 QR1 0-1-1 1976–77 42 19 6 17 60 66 –6 63 9th of 22 R2 2-5-1 R3 5-2-1 1977–78 Isthmian LeaguePremier Division 5 42 20 9 13 69 53 +16 69 5th of 22 QR4 0-1-1 R1 1-1-1 1978–79 42 12 11 19 59 71 –12 47 16th of 22 R1 1-0-1 QR3 0-0-1 1979–80 6 42 13 15 14 54 68 –14 54 12th of 22 QR4 0-0-1 QR2 1-1-1 1980–81 42 14 10 18 64 52 +12 52 13th of 22 QR4 3-0-1 R3 5-0-1 1981–82 42 12 11 19 56 77 –21 47 18th of 22 QR1 0-0-1 R1 1-0-1 1982–83 42 11 9 22 49 77 –28 42 20th of 22 QR1 0-0-1 QR3 0-0-1 1983–84 42 16 15 11 58 57 +1 63 6th of 22 QR4 3-0-1 QR3 0-0-1 1984–85 42 10 15 17 55 70 –15 45 20th of 22 QR2 1-1-1 QR1 0-0-1 1985–86 42 11 14 17 53 69 –16 47 17th of 22 QR2 1-3-1 QR1 0-0-1 1986–87 42 13 5 24 56 69 –13 44 20th of 22 QR1 0-0-1 R2 4-2-1 1987–88 42 10 8 24 46 79 –33 38 21st of 22Relegated QR1 0-0-1QR3 2-1-1 1988–89 Isthmian LeagueDivision One 7 40 21 11 8 60 32 +28 74 4th of 21 QR1 1-0-1 QR1 0-0-1 1989–90 42 22 13 7 60 30 +30 79 4th of 22 QR3 3-0-1 QR3 1-1-1 1990–91 42 21 9 12 78 50 +28 72 5th of 22 QR1 0-1-1 QR2 0-1-1 1991–92 40 17 10 13 55 45 +10 61 8th of 21 PR 0-1-1 QR2 1-0-1 1992–93 40 25 7 8 67 29 +38 80 1st of 21Promoted QR2 2-0-1QR2 1-0-1 1993–94 Isthmian LeaguePremier Division 6 42 21 7 14 81 56 +25 70 8th of 22 QR1 0-0-1 QR1 0-0-1 1994–95 42 18 12 12 68 59 +11 66 5th of 22 R2 5-3-1 QR3 0-0-1 1995–96 42 10 10 22 41 74 −33 40 18th of 22 R2 2-0-1 QR3 0-0-1 1996–97 42 15 7 20 67 73 −6 52 14th of 22 QR4 0-0-1 QR1 0-0-1 1997–98 42 8 15 19 45 62 −17 39 21st of 22Relegated QR1 0-0-1QR3 2-0-1 1998–99 Isthmian LeagueDivision One 7 42 25 10 7 75 38 +37 85 2nd of 22Promoted QR1 0-0-1R5 3-2-1 1999–2000 Isthmian LeaguePremier Division 6 42 13 11 18 59 72 −13 50 16th of 22 QR4 2-0-1R1 0-1-1 2000–01 42 18 5 19 72 69 +3 59 10th of 22 QR2 0-2-0R2 1-1-1 2001–02 42 15 10 17 73 81 −8 55 11th of 22 QR4 2-2-1R1 0-0-1 2002–03 46 15 13 18 69 67 +2 58 14th of 24 QR2 0-0-1R2 1-0-1 2003–04 46 13 8 25 55 89 −34 47 20th of 24Transferred to SFL QR2 0-1-1R2 1-1-1 2004–05 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 7 42 13 9 20 55 77 −22 48 18th of 22 QR1 0-0-1R1 0-0-1 2005–06 42 13 12 17 59 76 −17 51 14th of 22 QR3 2-0-1QR2 1-0-1 2006–07 42 16 9 17 55 68 −13 57 11th of 22 QR3 1-5-0QR1 0-0-1 294 2007–08 42 12 11 19 46 61 −15 47 18th of 22 QR4 3-2-1QR3 2-1-1 316 2008–09 42 10 10 22 57 79 −22 40 20th of 22Relegated QR3 2-1-1QR2 1-0-1 338 2009–10 Southern Football LeagueDivision One Midlands 8 42 31 7 4 91 36 +55 100 2nd of 22Lost in playoff semifinal QR1 1-1-1QR3 3-1-1 2010–11 Southern Football LeagueDivision One Central 8 42 26 9 7 107 44 +63 87 2nd of 22Promoted through playoffs QR2 2-1-1PR 0-0-1 2011–12 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 7 42 13 12 17 54 57 −3 51 14th of 22 John Frendo 23QR1 0-0-1QR2 1-0-1 388 2012–13 42 15 7 20 62 68 −6 52 13th of 22 John Frendo 31QR3 2-2-1QR3 2-1-1 338 2013–14 44 16 11 17 63 52 +11 59 13th of 23 Callum DonnellySimon Martin 10QR1 0-1-1QR1 0-1-1 342 2014–15 44 20 10 14 78 63 +15 70 9th of 23 Jonny McNamara 9QR2 1-0-1QR1 0-1-1 391 2015–16 46 24 12 10 78 50 +28 84 3rd of 24Lost in playoff semifinal Jonny McNamara 17QR3 2-2-1QR3 2-1-1 423 2016–17 46 24 14 8 79 45 +34 86 4th of 24Lost in playoff final Robbie Burns 16QR2 1-1-1R1 3-1-1 478

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