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At the time, Hednesford were a formidable Conference outfit. But times change. Christ, at the time, the Stereophonics were considered a credible indie outfit by the NME. Since then, the club’s fortunes – much like the NME’s - have waned dramatically and fans have endured a slide down the pyramid almost as alarming as our own.

In the grander historical context, such a slide should probably not be entirely unexpected. Formed in 1880 after a merger between two local sides, Hednesford competed in a number of no-name regional leagues until they joined the Southern League in 1984. Eleven years later, they won promotion to the Conference, moved to a new ground and finished third in the league. The following season they beat two league clubs before that FA Cup tie against Boro. They couldn’t quite capitalise on their momentum, however, and in 2001 they were relegated from the Conference.

After a brief resurgence, in which the Pitmen won the FA Trophy and saw themselves elevated to the Conference North in the pyramid reshuffle, the club was again relegated in 2006, back into the NPL, where they have remained ever since, ensnared in the interminable purgatory of park football with little hope of rescue.

You can read a more comprehensive, and no doubt more accurate, account of the club's history HERE.

The most interesting facts about this small corner of Staffordshire stem from the huge military training bases constructed around the time of the First World War. The camps were used to train over 250,000 troops and send them on their merry way to certain disembowelment at the hands of murderous machine gun nests in the trenches of the European theatre.

The military theme continued over into the next round of genocidal massacres in 1939 when RAF Hednesford was established. This base was later used to house Hungarian refugees in the 1950s.

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