Season tickets to watch St Ives Town for the 2024/25 campaign are now on sale, with prices remaining the lowest in the league. Those prices are:

Adults: £130.00
Concessions (over 65): £110.00
Students: £60.00
Child (under 16): £35.00

Season tickets are valid for entry to all first team games excluding cup matches. Full terms and conditions can be found on the application form. As an incentive, all season ticket holders will be entitled to a 10% discount on purchases in the Ives online club shop.

Commenting on the prices for the new season, Ives Chairman Paul Reason said “The club feels that this is excellent value and with the prices representing a significant saving, we are hopeful that many of our fans will take the opportunity to purchase a season ticket for what we all hope will be another exciting campaign”.

To purchase your 2024/25 season ticket, download the application form from the link below which has all the details of how you can apply and pay for your ticket.

The funeral details of lifelong supporter Martin Carter have been announced. It will take place at 11am on 16th May at Cambridge crematorium. Anyone who would like to pay their respects is invited to attend.

Martin was a popular and well known figure at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road and passed away last Monday evening.

The Quattro-Tech Westwood Road will be the place to be on Sunday 7 July as teams of legends from St Ives Town and Arsenal take part in a charity football match.

The match will be played to raise funds for the Children’s Charity, Sports Connections Foundation (SCF).  The local charity was launched 14 years ago by former professional footballers and Ives players Junior McDougald and Richard Philp with the aim of using sport to transform the lives of children and young people.

McDougald who also hopes to be playing in the Ives legends team said “I would love to see past and present players, fans, and the local community come together to enjoy what promises to be a fun-filled and action-packed day. I am truly grateful to Paul Reason, Neville Nania, St Ives Town FC as well as Arsenal legends Nigel Winterburn and Jimmy Carter for their support in helping to pull together a team to help us raise awareness and much needed funds for such deserving children & young people who we are privileged to support”.

Since the charity was formed it has overseen the development of four main programmes which include Sporting Wishes – Making dreams come true for children and young people living with life-limiting illnesses. The Inspire Through Sport Programme has been created to help develop positive futures and exciting career pathways with a particular focus on those who face challenging circumstances. The Prokick Schools Challenge Initiative that has so far engaged with over 586,000 children and a small ITS International project that uses sport and education to help guide children away from a life of poverty.

Neville Nania manager of the St Ives Legends team has been delighted by the response of former St Ives players who are excited at the prospect of playing a part in the match against a team that will feature not only Arsenal Legends but special guests too. He commented “Everyone is looking forward to it, we will be trying hard to get Conor Washington back to the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road, which was the scene of his prolific goalscoring exploits before embarking on a wonderful professional football career with teams that include Peterborough Utd, QPR and Rotherham Utd as well as featuring on the international stage with Northern Ireland. We look forward to welcoming back lots of familiar old faces and new ones too for what I know will be an enjoyable day and one that we hope will make a big difference to SCF”.

Heading up the Arsenal squad will be SCF ambassador, Nigel Winterburn who played an incredible 584 games for the Gunners, winning 3 League titles, 2 FA Cups, 1 League Cup and a European Cup Winners Cup.

Winterburn said “I am delighted to be coming to St Ives Town in July with a team of Arsenal legends and special guests to support such a worthwhile charity.  As an ambassador of SCF, I am fully aware of the excellent work that they do and the difference they make to children’s lives.  The event will show how football can come together to raise money for such a worthwhile cause”.

As well as the football, there will be appearances by some special guests with events for all the family happening elsewhere around the ground.  Further event information including details of who will be playing for both teams and ticket prices will be announced nearer the time.

At an awards ceremony last night Dan Barton was named as the first team supporters player of the year. Barton, who has been on a season long loan from Cambridge United, has been an ever present in the Ives team with a number of consistent and excellent performances that made him the fans favourite. Also collecting awards were Jonny Edwards for leading scorer and managers player of the year. Meanwhile, skipper Michael Richens collected the award for Players Player of the Year.

There was also a special award for manager Ricky Marheineke and goalkeeping coach Paul Swannell in recognition of their 10 years at the club.

This Saturday will see the end of season awards take place in the clubhouse after the final first team fixture against Alvechurch.

There will be five presentations for the under 19, under 18, A Team, Reserve Team and First Team Player of the Year. The event will start no later than 6:00pm and will last just over an hour.

Admission is free, and the club will be delighted to see as many supporters as possible stay after the game and mix with the players and officials of the club to celebrate the end of the season. A reminder that voting is still open for the first team player of the year. The link is HERE. Alternatively, you can collect a voting slip from the matchday office on Saturday.

St Ives Town Football Club is today mourning the loss of lifelong supporter Martin Carter who passed away on Monday night.

As a supporter and volunteer of the Ives for many years, Martin was known by so many at the club and together with his wife Janet and brother Steve, he was an ever present supporting the Ives at both home and away matches.

Chairman Paul Reason said “The passing of Martin is devastating news and a shock for everyone who knew him.  Not only was he a popular and well known figure at the club but one of the most dedicated and loyal fans as he hardly ever missed a first team game either home or away.  On behalf of everyone at St Ives Town, I would like to offer our sincere condolences to Janet, Steve and his family at such a sad time.  As a club, we will be paying our respects prior to the final game of the season against Alvechurch on Saturday”.

The club is aware that many supporters will be wanting to attend the funeral, and these details will be announced in due course.

To celebrate the launch of our online shop, we are offering all St Ives Town FC fans 5% discount on any orders made on the shop for the rest of March using the code “SITFCLAUNCH”.*

To make an order, head over to our online shop using the link below and use the above code.

Head to the store and show your support for the Ives! ⬇️

st-ives-town-fc-shop.fourthwall.com

*T’s and C’s apply:

• Minimum $45 order
• Up to 1 use

All fans of St Ives Town are invited to attend an open meeting at the club later this month.

The meeting will take place on Thursday 21 March with Chairman Paul Reason and representatives from the board of directors available to provide an update on everything behind the scenes and to answer any questions from supporters. First team manager Ricky Marheineke will also be at the meeting which will begin at 7:45pm. The clubhouse will be open from 6:30pm.

St Ives Town Football Club is inviting applications for the following vacancy.

Complex Steward

Summary:

St Ives Town Football Club consists of several teams ranging from the men’s first team to reserves, A Team, youth, and ladies.  The club is based at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road and the stadium comprises of an artificial 3G pitch which is used by the club teams and is also hired by others within the local community 7 days a week.  This role is for someone who could help maintain the facilities and the Stadium complex at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road. 

Job description and duties:

1. Opening and closing the facility
2. Footwear checks for all personnel who enter the 3G playing surface.
3. Oversee general cleanliness and presentation of the stadium complex ensuring removal of all litter and dealing with left items/lost property etc.
4. Accountability for when the pitch is hired and used.
5. Health and safety following the required training.
6. Dealing with customer requirements and or incidents
7. Oversee the presentation of the facility and pitch including assisting with movement of goals.
8. Dealing with the operation of stadium floodlights.

This role would be of minimum wage requirements and would suit someone who could help maintain the facilities and take pride in our stadium complex.  Reliability and great customer service skills are required for this role to assist our valued complex users.

The hours would be varied and would include evenings and weekends.

Benefits would include refreshments and a season ticket to St Ives Town, who have a strong reputation as a family, friendly club.

Applications should be sent via email to club Chairman, Paul Reason: Paulreason@mail.com

Last Saturday was a day to remember for representatives of the St Ives Rangers U9 Black Sox team, who were official matchday mascots for the first team clash with Stratford Town.

Their day included a tour of the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road stadium which included a big round of applause from a packed hospitality suite as they walked through. They then had a pre-match meeting with Ives manager Ricky Marheineke and then accompanied the Ives out onto the pitch ahead of kick-off.

As the pictures below show, they all had a great time and we look forward to seeing them back at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road again soon.

If you have a youth team that would be interested in being mascots for the day, then please get in touch via our website or message us on social media.

A quiz night held at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road on Friday evening proved to be a huge success.

With 20 teams and over 100 people in attendance, the clubhouse was packed as those taking part competed in a quiz hosted by Ives Director of PR, Andrew Dunn. The quiz consisted of eight rounds of ten questions and in a tight contest, it went right down to the wire with the team named ‘Piddlers plus one’ winning on a tie-break and claiming the £100 first prize.

The club would like to thank everyone for taking part and hope they all had an enjoyable evening. The quiz is the first of a number of events coming up at the Quattro-Tech Westwood in the next few months. All the details of those forthcoming events can be found HERE.

St Ives Town Football Club are delighted to announce the appointment of Neville Nania as their new club president.

Neville is one of the most well-known figures in Huntingdonshire football and returns to the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road having previously been club Chairman for a 10-year term before standing down in 2010 and moving into football management with Godmanchester Rovers as first team manager in the Eastern Counties League. Basically, to fulfil his desire to go back into coaching and management.

His role as President will see him work with the current board of directors in developing the club strategy as well as assisting with raising the profile of the club.

Club Chairman Paul Reason said “I would like to welcome Neville back to the club. The club continues to grow and the fantastic team that we have built behind the scenes has played a large part in the big strides the club has made in the last couple of years. The appointment of Neville will only improve this and his assistance with the overall strategy of the club, and the innovative ideas he will bring, will be a massive benefit to St Ives Town”.

The new Ives president said“ Since moving away from Godmanchester Rovers in 2016 after winning the Hunts Senior Cup as my last game, I took the opportunity to watch my team Crystal Palace as a season ticket holder, which I thoroughly enjoy and spending more time with the family. However, from afar I have seen how St Ives continue to grow as a club under the stewardship of Paul Reason and the rest of his team of volunteers. Indeed, In the past I had an association with St Ives Town for 17 consecutive years as was also Chairman of the St Ives Town Colts club before taking the reigns of the senior club. When Paul asked me to consider taking the role of President, and after discussion with my wife and family, I had no hesitation in accepting and look forward to how I can help the club raise its profile in the years ahead”

St Ives Town have recently gone top of the league for hospitality in the Southern League Premier Division Central.

Points are awarded by fellow member clubs for hospitality on a matchday and with the Ives consistently scoring highly this season, it has seen them take top spot.

Chairman Paul Reason said “This is great news and is reward for the hard work that our hospitality team have put in this year and we hope to sustain our top spot for the remainder of the season.  We have had an increase in matchday sponsors this year who along with visiting officials always compliment us on how good our offering is”.

The club has recently improved it’s hospitality and catering facilities by having a new kitchen installed and would like to thank Graeme Thackeray and HBC Kitchens for donating the kitchen and Dan Coulson and other volunteers who assisted in fitting it.

Anyone who wants to take advantage of our matchday sponsorship should contact paul@rcostings.co.uk for further details

There are still tickets available for the St Ives Town FC New Years Eve Party.

Tickets are priced at just £5.00 and you can reserve yours by contacting Gareth Chapman or Mark Walker via email on garethchaps@icloud.com or mwalker2020@outlook.com. Tickets are priced at just £5.00 and the event starts at 7:30pm.

As we approach Christmas, here is the latest news from around the club

First Team

The Ives have three matches over Christmas starting at Leamington on Saturday followed by a Boxing Day home clash with Kettering Town and then a trip to Stamford on New Years Day. A reminder that the match against Kettering on Boxing Day is a 1:00pm kick-off. The Ives go into these matches 15th in the table, on 24 points which is four places, and four points clear of the relegation zone.

Reserve & A Teams

The reserves are without football action over the festive season which means they will next take to the field on 06 January when they travel to Eynesbury United for an Intermediate Cup fixture. In terms of their league position, the reserves are currently fifth in the Cambs League Senior B Division, seven points off leaders March Town United reserves. It’s a similar story for the A Team as they have no football action until 6 January when they host Houghton and Wyton. The A Team go into Christmas currently sixth in Division 2B of the Cambs League.

Ladies Second Team

The Ladies second team had match action last Sunday. Unfortunately, they fell to a 7-1 league defeat to Histon Development. The next league match for the Ladies second team is on 7 January when they travel to Netherton United.

Youth Update

Our boys under 14 team are the stand out performers of the season so far from the youth set-up. They are currently five points clear at the top of their league having lost only once so far during the current campaign. At the weekend, they beat Leigh Ramblers 4-1 in a cup competition. The only other youth football at the weekend saw a victory for the under 15’s as they progressed through to the next round of the County Youth Cup.

150 Club

The latest winners of the 150 Club were announced at the weekend. As usual, there was prizes for first second and third. First went to Jack Clarke. Second was Peter Chapman and third was Paul Reason. The next draw will be on Boxing Day.

Christmas Draw

Also being drawn on Boxing Day will be the Christmas Draw. Before it is drawn, you will still be able to purchase tickets priced at £1.00 each. These can be purchased from the clubhouse during the game against Kettering Town. A number of prizes will be on offer to the winners.

New Years Eve Tickets

You can see in 2024 at the football club by purchasing a ticket for our New Years Eve Party. Tickets are still available and they are priced at £5.00. Please contact Gareth Chapman or Mark Walker for further details.

Club Podcast

Get set for the launch of a Club podcast in the new year. This will be a new weekly feature from the club media team and it is hoped to be launched at some point in January. More details to follow soon.

Commercial News

A big thank you to all our commercial partners and to those who have sponsored the club throughout the year. On Saturday for the game against Hitchin, we had a group of Ives fans sponsoring the game who enjoyed our matchday hospitality, which continues to go from strength to strength. On the back of those fans sponsoring a game, we are pleased to say there has been more interest from supporters who want to follow their lead at future home matches. So if you want to do this or know of a group or organisation who wants to sponsor the club in other ways, then please get in contact with Mark Taylor: mark@marktaylormarketing.co.uk.

Volunteers

The club is always looking to recruit more volunteers. There’s always jobs to do or help required around the ground be it on a matchday or during the week. If you have a few spare hours and would like to get involved, then please contact Club Chairman, Paul Reason: paul@rcostings.co.uk.

Programme Articles

We always welcome programme content from supporters. This can be anything from a Birthday mention to some other news. You can also submit any music requests or stadium announcements on a matchday. To do this, please contact stivestownmedia@hotmail.co.uk

And Finally….

The Chairman and Board of Directors would like to thank the fans, volunteers and everyone connected with the club for their support during 2023. Attendances for this season are currently showing an increase and it will be great if this continued into 2024 which we hope will be a successful one for the club. We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.