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 13th April 1908 Club Founded at a meeting held at the council chamber in the Town Hall 1908-09 Entered Herts County League and Spartan League 1909-10 Herts County League Champions 1911-12 Spartan League Champions 1920 Joined Athenian League 1920-21 & 1921-22 Athenian League Champions In the 1921 FA Cup Final Tottenham Hotspur beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0. The Tottenham captain was former St Albans City half-back Arthur Grimsdell while leading the Wolves attack was George Edmonds who had scored 62 times in 65 games for St Albans 1922 Main stand at Clarence Park built 1923 Joined the Isthmian League 1923-24, 1927-28 & 1928-29 Isthmian League Champions Three appearances in the semi-final of the Amateur Cup during the 1920’s 1924-25 Brentford beaten in the FA Cup as City claim their only Football League scalp 27th February 1926 Clarence Park record attendance set as, 9,757 people saw City beat Ferryhill Athletic in the quarter final of the Amateur Cup 13th March 1926 City, at Middlesbrough’s Ayresome Park, play in front of their largest crowd as 20,380 see Stockton win in the semi final of the Amateur Cup All time leading goalscorer Wilfred (Billy) Minter played for the club throughout the 1920’s, he scored 356 goals in 362 appearances. He is one of five players to have played for the England Amateur side whilst with St Albans City 22nd November 1922 Minter scores all seven goals to set the record tally by an individual player on the losing side in an FA Cup tie as City go down 8-7 away to Dulwich Hamlet 1954-55 Isthmian League runners up 1960 Railway sleepers at Clarence Park replaced by concrete terracing 1963 Floodlights installed, Charlton Athletic partake in the official switching on 1969-70 Amateur Cup semi finalists for a fourth time 1972 John Mitchell is sold to Fulham for £500. Three years later his two goals in the FA Cup semi final take the London club to Wembley 1973-74 Relegated from Isthmian League Premier Division 1982-83 Relegated from Isthmian League Division One 1983-84 With John Mitchell now as manager promoted to Isthmian League Division One 1985-86 Promoted to Isthmian League Premier Division 1990 defender Dean Austin sold to Southend United. His subsequent move to Tottenham Hotspur earns St Albans City a club record transfer fee of approximately £92,500 1992-93 Isthmian League runners up 1994-95 Amateur England international Phil Wood plays the last of his club record 900games 1998-99 FA Trophy semi finalists. Club holds the unique non-league record of making more semi final appearances (five) in national knock out competitions without going on to play in the final than any other club 2004 City captain Lee Clarke played for the Northern Ireland Under 21 side 2004-05 Founder members of Conference South 2005-06 Promoted to Conference National 2006-07 Relegated after just one season in Conference National. Average attendance 1,146, the clubs highest for many decades 2010-11 Relegated from Conference South 2011-12 First season in Southern Leaguethe fourth time this season saw out the closing stages in some comfort with neither keeper being extended. |
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