Category: General Club News

Reserves up to second after Swavesey win

St Ives Town reserves have moved up to second place in the Cambs League Senior B after a 5-2 win at Swavesey Institute on Saturday.

Two goals from Florentino Pereira as well as strikes from James Webb, Peter Anderson and Dylan Parry-Jones saw the Ives take all three points.

The result leaves the Ives five points behind Sawston United who have played two games less. The reserves are next in action on Saturday when they host Linton Granta at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road. Kick-off is at 3:00pm.

New book for Ives fans

A new book featuring St Ives Town is now available to buy.

The book is the St Ives Town edition of the ‘Beautiful Grounds 2’. Written by Ray Margetson, the book is a must for all Ives fans. It includes a great feature on our home league fixture against current leaders, Kettering Town earlier this season. There are also interviews with club officials and supporters as well as some fantastic pictures of the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road. The author also gives a great write-up of the ground and the history of the club.

With Christmas just round the corner, these are the perfect gift for any Ives fan. They are priced at £15.00 each. To reserve a copy, please contact stivestownmedia@outlook.com

Reserves hit four to stay third

St Ives Town Reserves secured a comfortable 4-1 over Sawston Rovers to stay third in the Cambs League Senior B Division.

Jacob Dickson scored twice along with goals from Peter Anderson and Archie Sillett. Next up for the reserves is a trip to Swavesey Institute next Saturday. Their next home game is the week after, 7 December when they host Linton Granta at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road.

December U19 Trials

We are delighted to announce we will be running trials for the U19 Academy Scholarship programme, the trial is available for skilled players aged 16 to 19 who are excited to join our vibrant academy squad.

Full details of the trial can be found below.

Location: St Ives Town FC, Quattro-Tech Westwood Road, St Ives, PE27 6DT

Date & Time: Monday 16th December, 7:00 – 8:30 PM

To sign up for the trial, please use the link below.

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If you have any further questions, please email Academy Manager Jack Clarke at jclarke.stivestownfc@gmail.com

Reserves go third after victory

St Ives Town Reserves are up to third in the Cambs League Senior B table after a 2-1 victory at Abingdon United.

Goals from Peter Anderson and James Webb was enough for the Ives to get maximum points and are now just two points behind second place Hartford Rangers. Sawston United are top, currently six points clear of Hartford.

The reserves are next in action when they host Sawston Rovers this Saturday, 23 November.

150 Club Winners

The latest draw of the St Ives Town 150 Club took place on Saturday at the game against Redditch United and the winners were:

1st: John Birt – wins £150.00

2nd: Mike Robinson – wins £100.00

3rd: Dave Finkle jnr – wins £50.00

The next draw will take place on Saturday 16 November following the Leiston game. There are still some numbers available and if you would like to take part, please contact Phil Moore: phil.moore01@btinternet.com

Reserves lose out to Cottenham

St Ives Town Reserves were defeated by Cottenham United in their latest Cambs League Senior B clash on Saturday.

Despite the 4-2 away defeat, the result sees the reserves remain fourth in the table. The scorers for the Ives were Will Hutley and Jude Sedgwick.

The reserves are next in action on Saturday (9 November) when the Reserves host Over Sports Reserves at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road with a 3:00pm kick-off.

Reserves hit Fordham for six

St Ives Town Reserves have moved up to fourth in the Cambs League Senior B Division as they recorded a 6-2 victory over Fordham.

The star of the show was Alfie Shepherd who bagged a hat-trick. There was also a brace for James Webb and Evan Watkins also got on the scoresheet. The Ives are level on points with third place Thurlow who are both two points behind second place Hartford Rangers. Sawston United are top and they will be the next opponents for the Reserves, albeit in the Percy Oldham Cup next Saturday afternoon, 26 October. The match is at Sawston, and will take place at Spicers Sports Ground at 3:00pm.

Ives announce fantastic new partnership with Autoglazing Ltd!

The club are very excited and proud to announce a fantastic new partnership deal with Autoglazing Ltd of Huntingdon as our main Everdell Stand sponsor. Autoglazing are a hugely respected business with a brilliant reputation which has been built up over many decades. 

They provide a complete windsreen replacement and repair service for all vehicle types from family saloon cars to lorries, to buses, to agricultural vehicles, to public utility vehicles. Autoglazing are part of a UK wide windscreen service, approved by all UK insurers, can normally offer same day fitting and technicians can visit the customer any time by prior arrangement.

Mark Taylor SITFC Commercial Director commented; ‘This is brilliant news for the club to have another fantastic local company supporting it and helps massively to cement it’s continued growth and development. The new signage on the stand is first class and really adds to the professional look of the ground.’

Andy Hodge Autoglazing Owner and Managing Director stated; “We are very proud of our new partnership deal with St. Ives Town F.C. and we look forward to a successful working relationship in the future.”

Reserves defeat Swavesey to move up to third

St Ives Town reserves recorded an excellent victory on Saturday as they won 3-0 at home to Swavesey Institute.

There was a brace for Dylan Parry-Jones with Marklon Johnson netting the other. The result moves the Ives up to third in the Cambs League Senior B table, three points behind Thurlow who have played a game less.

The reserves are next in action on Saturday when they host Warboys Town Reserves in the Intermediate Cup with the next league match being a home game against Fordham on 19 October.

St Ives Town FC extend great partnership with The Buzz Studios Group

The club are very excited and delighted to announce the continuation of it’s fantastic and very important partnership with Buzz Studios and it’s related companies which has built up and developed over many years. The Buzz Group comprises:

Buzz Studios – The marketing services agency/platform for businesses harnessing cutting edge AI technology to deliver powerful search engine optimisation, social media marketing, website design and creative advertising solutions.

What’s The Buzz Magazine – High quality local market leading topical magazine also offering invaluable advertising exposure to businesses in the local community.

Cambridge Hamper Company – Proudly working in partnership with skilled artisans, producers and manufacturers in the local community to create exceptional food and beverage hampers that travel all over the world.

Mark Taylor SITFC Commercial Director commented – ‘Brilliant news for the club to have Jon and his Buzz Team continue their invaluable relationship with the club covering many different support/advice strands. They have also provided fantastic and cutting edge support to the various businesses I have been involved with over the years.’

Jon Orchard Buzz Studios Founder said ‘I’m delighted to continue our close working relationship with St Ives Town Football Club, Mark Taylor, Paul Reason and all involved at the club’.

Ives back Play Safe Weekend

English football unites this weekend to promote Play Safe – the national campaign to focus attention of the vital importance of safeguarding across our game.

St Ives Town Football Club is right behind Play Safe, which is endorsed by the NSPCC and supported across every level of English football, including the Premier League, EFL, Barclays Women’s Super League, Barclays Women’s Championship, men’s and women’s National Leagues and across the grassroots game.

Paul Reason, Chairman of St Ives Town Football Club said “As a club we are totally committed to ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people. The Play Safe campaign is an excellent initiative that the club is proud to be supporting.”

As Sue Ravenlaw, The FA Head of Safeguarding says: “The central push behind this year’s Play Safe weekend is to create awareness among individuals of the vital safeguarding role they can play in football. It really is about Everyone Everywhere, Every Time.

Play Safe weekend is a fantastic way of raising the awareness of safeguarding and putting this at the forefront of people’s minds, not just for this weekend, but throughout the season. This year, we’re asking everyone to know their role in safeguarding and we look forward to seeing clubs at every level of the game showing their support across the weekend, to make sure football is safe, fun, and enjoyable for all.”

Crucially, Play Safe also has the full support of The FA’s Survivor Support and Safeguarding Advisory Group: “It’s essential that everyone in football – no matter if they’re actively involved, or on the sidelines – understands that they have an ongoing safeguarding role to play. Obviously Play Safe is 24/7 and 365, as is reflected in the Play Safe messaging of ‘Everyone, Everywhere and Every time’, but this weekend helps with raising awareness of how everyone can help to create safe and positive football spaces, what inappropriate behaviours look, sound, and feel like and importantly how to report concerns.”

If you have a safeguarding concern, or would like some advice, the person to contact at St Ives Town Football Club is club secretary, Marina Howlett sitfcsecretary@aol.com

For more information visit https://www.englandfootball.com/playsafe.

Ives Continue Great Partnership with Cambridge Sensotec Ltd

St Ives Town FC are very proud and delighted to confirm the continuation of their great partnership deal with Cambridge Sensotec Ltd. and their Dynascan division as first team home kit sponsor for the 2024/25 season and back of home and away kits as well.    

SITFC Commercial Director Mark Taylor commented; ‘we have had Cambridge Sensotec as a great partner/supporter for many years now and this has been critical in enabling the club to both be stable and continue to thrive for the past decade or more. It is brilliant to have such long standing support.’       

Mark Swetnam Cambridge Sensotec’s Managing Director added; “once again we are delighted to renew our sponsorship with St Ives Town at a further enhanced level. It is important that we grow the relationship as Sensotec grows as a business.  As we enter our seventh consecutive year as first team home and away shirt sponsors, we look forward to another great season after an amazing top ten finish last season.  It is great to see so many senior players have committed to stay at the club to form the backbone of the squad for the new season and there are some exciting additions to strengthen the team in what is hopefully a campaign to get into contention for the playoffs this season.”  

“As always I want to thank Chairman Paul Reason and his board of directors for overseeing this amazing progress at the club, and send our best wishes and hopes for a great season to our gaffer, Ricky, and his support team. We have some new interesting places to visit and some new teams to welcome at Westwood Road in the 24/25 season and we look forward to seeing everyone old and new at the ground soon. Up the Ives!”

Goal fest greets the reserves opener

St Ives Town reserves were involved in a feast of goals as they opened their Cambs League Senior B programme with a 4-4 draw at home to Histon Reserves on Tuesday night,

The Ives goals came from Marklon Johnson, Jude Sedgwick, Evan Watkins and James Webb as they secured a point.

Their next match is at home to Sawston United on 07 September with a 3:00pm kick-off. As usual the lads welcome your support so please come down and give them a cheer.

Top marks from the Padded Seat for Ives hospitality

For our first home game of the season, we welcomed representatives from the Padded Seat to the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road. The Padded Seat purchased a hospitality package and nominated Alex Collard as their Player of the Match. The Padded Seat have an online presence where they review VIP and hospitality packages at football clubs and then produce a short film showcasing their experience at the club they have visited. The video below is all about their experience visiting our Quattro-Tech Westwood Road home. We would like to thank them for showcasing St Ives Town and we hope they enjoyed their visit!

Reserve team fixtures announced

The fixtures for the reserve team for the 2024/25 season have been announced. Once again, the Ives second string will be playing in the Gowing and Hunt Cambs League Senior B. Their league programme starts on 27 August when they host Histon Reserves with a 7:45pm kick-off. There are two more home games thereafter against Sawston United and Hartford Rangers. Sawston United will be their opponents again, but this time in the first round of the Percy Oldham Cup. This will take place on 26 October. The reserves finish their league campaign with a home match against Cottenham United on 3 May. The full list can be view HERE

Lowestoft Hospitality

Our award winning hospitality is available to book for our first home game of the season on Monday 12 August when we entertain Lowestoft Town at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road. The full details are below

Ives launch online ticketing

St Ives Town have launched a new online ticketing service ahead of the new season.

Tickets can be purchased in advance for all home matches and those who opt to do so, will avoid queues at the turnstiles on matchdays. Later this week additional services will be added inclusive of the option to make donations, buy merchandise and hospitality.

Commenting on the launch, Ives Chairman Paul Reason said “We have been looking to launch an online ticket service for a while to enhance the matchday experience. Many other clubs at our level provide this service and I am delighted that we have got this up and running ahead of the new season”.

The link to the online ticketing page is on the home page of the website. Alternatively, it can be found HERE

New community cafe opens

St Ives Town Football Club has officially opened a new community cafe at their Quattro-Tech Westwood Road ground.

The catering facility was funded through a grant the club received from the Mick George Community Fund.  The grant enabled the club to transform a previous structure of concrete beams and uprights into a functional and welcoming café.

Works started towards the end of last season and the project, inclusive of the interior fit-out, has been completed on time ahead of the 2024-25 campaign and welcomed its first customers at the Arsenal Legends charity match last weekend.

Ives Chairman Paul Reason said “We are delighted with the new café at the ground.  It provides a great space to offer catering and hospitality to teams using our pitch together with families and supporters.  I would also like to thank Gary Clarke for his excellent work overseeing the project and with the café already proving popular I have every confidence that it will be a success”.

Open for business…..the new Community Cafe at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road