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Jones’ Canaries are chirping again

Relegation is never fun but sometimes it can bring that exact feeling back to a football club – see Hitchin Town, for example.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 January 2026

BOSS’ BID FOR REDEMPTION
By Matt Badcock

RELEGATION is never fun but sometimes it can bring that exact feeling back to a football club.
A late reprieve in summer 2024 saved Hitchin Town but it was only a stay of execution for one year as the Canaries, finally, dropped out of Southern Premier League Central last season.
“No one wants to get relegated,” boss Michael Jones, who took over last November after an interim spell, tells The NLP. “My remit at the start when I came in was I wanted to keep the club at Step 3. Unfortunately I couldn’t and there’s no excuses for that. I had enough sup...

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