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Boro players and fans await fixtures
16:19 - 02 July 2009

BORO players and fans are awaiting their club s football fixtures for the new season. The fixtures are announced tomorrow morning (Friday) but whichever opening tie is thrown up by the Blue Square Premier s fixtures secretary the Boro faithful will be con... Full Story »

The Boro squad were back in training
Gallery: Boro players back in training

14:53 - 01 July 2009

THE Boro players were back in training this week after their summer break. New boys Charlie Griffin, Chris Beardsley, Stacy Long, Joel Byrom and Yemi Odubade all linked up with their new team-mates for the first time and were put through their paces by Gr... Full Story »

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Blue Square World: Goodbye Setanta, Goodbye
12:50 - 24 June 2009

GETTING home after a hard day s toil deep in the bowels of Comet HQ yours truly was quite looking forward to vegetating on the couch with a glass of wine while spending a few hours in the company of Setanta TV and its Tuesday night schedule of Australian...

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Kettering, AFC Wimbledon, Brentford, Kidderminster, Walsall and York City gossip
09:25 - 02 July 2009

KETTERING Town boss Mark Cooper is looking to recruit up to four more players before the start of the new season. The Poppies have already signed Lee Fowler, James McPike, Ryan Beswick and Greg Taylor but according to the Northants Evening Telegraph Coope... Full Story »

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Hitchin Town FC

Jeff Hammond
Jeff Hammond re-signs for Hitchin Town
14:33 - 01 July 2009

STRIKER Jeff Hammond has re-signed for Hitchin Town, delighting assistant manager Carl Williams who says there are more players of his quality to come. Hammond was a revelation after signing for the Canaries in February from Enfield Town and netted 10 goa... Full Story »

Canaries to face either Clacton or London APSA in FA Cup

11:41 - 01 July 2009

HITCHIN Town have been drawn away to either FC Clacton or London APSA in the Preliminary Round of the FA Cup. The tie will take place on Saturday, August 19 and should Hitchin win they will play Canvey Island in the first qualifying round on September 12.... Full Story »

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Football

Arlesey on lookout for new players
11:40 - 23 June 2009

ARLESEY Town is holding trials on June 30 to recruit players for three new sides. The club will operate a reserve side, and under-18s side and a new under-16s team next season. Tuesday s trials take place at Arlesey Recreation Ground, High Street, Arlese...

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Jack Wilshere with Arsene Wenger. Photo: Arsenal Football Club / Stuart MacFarlane.
Jack Wilshere signs professional terms

16:35 - 05 January 2009

ARSENAL midfielder Jack Wilshere has signed his first professional contract with the club after turning 17 on New Year's Day. Wilshere, from Hitchin, has been with the club on a scholarship since he was nine and is the youngest player to play for Arsenal... Full Story »

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Cricket

Stevenage hold on for draw
16:49 - 25 June 2009

STEVENAGE came close to victory at but had to settle for a draw from their trip to St Albans. Stevenage won the toss and chose to bowl under overcast skies and on a green wicket at Clarence Park and got off to a flier with Scott Davies (6-0-18-2) and Amit... Full Story »

Five out of five for Letchworth

16:44 - 25 June 2009

Hemel Hempstead 152 Letchworth GC 153-6 Letchworth win by four wickets IT was a great day for Letchworth GC on Saturday as they recorded their first clean sweep of the season with all five sides winning their league fixtures. The First XI visited Hemel... Full Story »

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F1

Lewis Hamilton
Gallery: F1: What a difference a year makes for Hamilton's McLaren team
06:24 - 22 June 2009

WHAT a difference a year makes! Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton won the 2008 British Grand Prix with a peerless drive in the rain at Silverstone. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team-mate Heikki Kovalainen had the previous day bagged the first pole posi... Full Story »

Lewis Hamilton
F1: Tough lessons for McLaren's Hamilton at British Grand Prix

21:55 - 21 June 2009

THE team boss of McLaren Mercedes has admitted they haven t given Lewis Hamilton a car to defend his F1 world title in. The 24-year-old Herts driver was a distant 16th in today s British Grand Prix at Silverstone as Red Bull s Sebastian Vettel took the ch... Full Story »

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