Few people who were there to see it will forget that Monday night when Hayes came to town and tore us apart. Inspired by striker Jason Roberts, the Missioners put five goals past us and made us look quite silly. It was our first defeat to them in eight meetings too. It’s certainly a good way for the west London club to right a record they weren’t proud of.
Formed as Botwell Mission in 1909, the club’s peak arguably came as we were coming down from the high of being 1995-6 Conference champions. They came up themselves in 1996; coming third in behind Cheltenham Town and Kettering Town at the close of the 1998-9 season. Three seasons later, however, it was back down to the Ryman League.
In summer 2007, the Missioners merged with Yeading FC to form a new club – Hayes & Yeading. Original, eh?
