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Histon chairman Gareth Baldwin has told the Daily Mail of death threats and the fire-bombing of a club official's car after they drew a match in September.
Police and the FA are investigating claims from the club that they were told to win their match with Lewes on Spetember 23rd, with the paper reporting the subsequent events:
Within 30 seconds of Lewes taking a surprise lead against a Histon side which was a short-priced favourite to win the game, the first of 38 threatening phone calls to seven club officials was made.
The caller warned of dire consequences if Histon did not win and claimed to know where officials worked and lived, and even where their children went to school. A last-minute equaliser earned Histon a draw but at just before 1am the following morning, a car belonging to club president Peter Betson was set on fire outside a college at Cambridge University, where he works as a night porter. About an hour later a female official received a call warning her to leave her house because it was about to be firebombed.
Further threats were received in the days following the game, including a warning that unless Histon paid £100,000 — the amount the caller claimed his group had lost — the team coach would be ambushed while travelling to or from a forthcoming game at Wrexham and everyone on board shot.
Cambridgeshire Police subsequently handed over the investigation to Merseyside Police, who were unable to confirm reports that a man had been charged in connection with the allegations.
The paper notes five matches that are being investigated by the FA, including the Weymouth-Rushden match and Forest Green-Grays game.
