This week’s match for Histon FC’s under 18s team is set to be much ‘louder’ than previous games, thanks to the village club being gifted a brand new PA system.
Funded, in part, by a grant from the Football Foundation, the new system will make the Histon matchday experience more enjoyable for all, as well as opening up new entertainment opportunities for fans within the stadium.
It was hoped that the replacement PA system would be fully operational at the first home fixture of the season on 4 January but, with bad weather causing that match to be postponed, fans have had to await this week’s U18s’ 9 January Haverhill Rovers game to hear the benefits of this new sound system.
The new kit will be operated by club volunteers, and is the latest phase in the continuous redevelopment of the Bridge Road Stadium. It replaces an outdated model that has been around since the advent of the CD.
According to club spokesperson John Payne: “The old system has been repaired more times than anyone can remember and any hope of obtaining spare parts was abandoned years ago.
“The ‘play’ button fell off the control panel, so music could only be played in the stadium by poking a sharpened pencil into the gap where the button once was! Other buttons and dials had stopped working completely and the microphone had taken on a personality of its own – some days it would work, but on others it would just let out a deafening shriek of defiance”.
Catch Histon FC First Team for their next United Counties Premier Division South home fixture on Saturday 18 January against Daventry Town. Kick off is at 3pm. Or watch Histon U18s v Haverhill Rovers on Thurs 9 January, with kick off at 7.45pm.
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