"Histon's management approached us because they were very interested in the benefits of sports science. My department's motto is 'Performance through Science', so naturally we wanted to provide the best support we could for a local club.

"A scientific approach to training and playing will benefit any player, no matter what league they play in. Small margins exist between success and failure, so every 1% improvement in performance that can be achieved is vital.

"We are delighted to be able to offer Histon the same quality and depth of sports science support available to Premier League clubs. Histon's manager, David Livermore, is keen for his team to play the passing game so we said we would provide the same sports science support as we would have given to Barcelona had they come calling!"

"Histon's captain, Omer Riza, immediately realised the benefit of the regime to the players. When we spoke to the team, they bought into what we were suggesting, especially when they realised how serious we were about helping to improve their performance.

"The information we provided after the first series of tests showed that Histon's players were aerobically fitter than they expected at this point of the summer. This meant they could tailor their pre-season training to the level of fitness the players were actually at rather than guessing and wasting time on work that would provide little benefit."