CANARIES SAY CHEERS!

By Neil Harvey

GLOVELY STUFF: Hitchin Town brewed their own beer for yesterday’s cup-tie
PICTURE: Peter Else/Hitchin Town

HITCHIN TOWN unveiled their very own FA Cup ale at their home clash with Biggleswade Town to celebrate 150 years of the competition.
Hop Field 1871 – brewed by Garden City Brewery – was on offer at yesterday’s first round qualifying tie to commemorate the Southern League club’s own special part of history.
The Canaries were one of only 15 of the then-50 member clubs who chose to enter the first FA Cup in 1871.
They joined Barnes...

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