Royston Town F.C.

Royston Town
Full nameRoyston Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Crows
Founded1875
GroundGarden Walk, Royston
Capacity5,000 (300 Seated)
ChairmanSteve Jackson
ManagerChris Watters
LeagueSouthern League Premier Division Central
2023–24Southern League Premier Division Central, 10th of 21
WebsiteClub website

Royston Town Football Club (also known as The Crows) are an English football club based in Royston, Hertfordshire, England, and have played their home games at Garden Walk since 1932.

Founded in 1875, it is the third oldest club in Hertfordshire, behind Hitchin Town and Bishop's Stortford. They reached the fifth round of the FA Vase in 2009–10 for the first time in their history, and the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup in 2019–20, losing to Maldon & Tiptree in front of a record crowd of 1,152 at Garden Walk.[1] The Crows also reached the quarter final of the Buildbase FA Trophy in 2019–20[2] losing to eventual finalists Concord Rangers. They won the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division in 2011–12, and now play in the Southern League Premier Division Central.[3]

  1. ^ "Royston Town v Maldon & Tiptree". Royston Town Football Club. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Concord Rangers v Royston Town". Royston Town Football Club. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. ^ Walk, Layth Yousif at Garden. "Southern League: Royston Town 4 Biggleswade Town 0". Royston Crow. Retrieved 5 April 2019.