‘It is with extreme sorrow that the club announce the tragic passing of Carl after an heroic five year battle against a very serious illness. Carl was a great supporter of the club and a dear friend to everyone who knew him.

In his younger years he was a talented sportsman playing both cricket and football for the likes of Hemingford and Elsworth, together with also having a very active role in the running of these clubs for many years. He was very much a leader in terms of socially, always organising get togethers, band nights and being very supportive of other people doing the same. He forged a very successful career with Akzo Nobel and most importantly was a great family man with a lovely family who our hearts go out to.

Carl will be sorely missed by all of us but will forever live on in our memory.

As a tribute to Carl’s life the club will be holding a minute’s applause before our home game against Royston on Boxing Day, Kick Off 1PM.’

It’s the reverse of the opening day fixture on Saturday as St Ives town welcome Bromsgrove Sporting to the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road.

Back on the opening day in August, the Ives found themselves a goal down at the break but two second half strikes from Johnny Edwards ensured maximum points.

Wind the clock forward four months, and the Ives go into the game in decent form having recorded back-to-back league victories against Hednesford Town and Kings Langley and are currently 10^th in the table, six points off the play-offs but with four games in hand.  In midweek, the Ives recorded a comfortable 4-0 victory at Godmanchester to progress through to the final of the Hunts Senior Cup.

Ives boss Ricky Marheineke does have a few injury concerns ahead of the match tomorrow.  Myles Cowling was withdrawn early from the game at Kings Langley last Saturday.  Whilst defenders Kane Lewis and Julien Sakka are still coming back from injury.  Definitely missing is Ravi Shamsi who looks set to have a prolonged period on the sidelines after a sustaining an injury at Bedford last month.

INTRODUCING THE VISITORS:

Bromsgrove arrive a place below the Ives in the league table and also in decent form.  From their last six league outings, they have won three, drawn two and lost one.  The solitary defeat coming last weekend at Rushall Olympic.  In that sequence of matches was an impressive 3-0 win against promotion chasing Nuneaton Borough.

STAR MAN:

Look out for striker Daniel Sweeney.  The 24-year-old has played for a host of midlands-based clubs including Redditch, Hednesford and Solihull.  He has been in prolific form this season for Bromsgrove having netted 13 times in the league so far.

LAST SEASON:

23/11/21 St Ives Town 2 Bromsgrove Sporting 2

11/12/21 Bromsgrove Sporting 1 St Ives Town 0

MATCH SPONSORS:

A big thank you to our Match sponsor for the game tomorrow who will be Cambridge Sensotec.  The match ball is being sponsored by Dynascan Ltd.

ADMISSION PRICES:

Adults – £11
Concessions (Over 65) – £8
Military Discount (with ID Card) – £5
Students (With ID Card) – £5
U16’s to 12 – £2
U12’s – Free (Accompanied with an adult)

A reminder that if you are not going to the game then there will be updates on social media throughout the afternoon with a match report and post-match interviews available over the weekend.

Kick-off at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road is at 3:00pm.

Our match programmes are online only. Click here to view / download.

St Ives Town FC are delighted to announce that we are now offering season tickets for the remaining 11 home league games this season for just £50 an adult of which works out at a measly £4.55 a game! An absolute bargain to watch a team looking at the play off places.

Click here to download a form

HALF SEASON TICKET

Adults – £50

Students – £40

U16’s to 12 – £20

The league action continues for St Ives Town on Saturday afternoon as they welcome bottom side Hednesford Town to the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road.

The match comes one week after the Ives narrowly failed to secure a win at home to Needham Market as they succumbed to an injury time equaliser as the game finished in a 1-1 draw.

The Ives continue to have injury concerns, especially defensively as Kane Lewis and Julien Sakka are doubtful for the match.  Up front, Nabil Shariff was on the scoresheet last weekend and boss Ricky Marheineke could be tempted to start him alongside Johnny Edwards.

Introducing the Visitors

It’s a been a difficult season so far for Hednesford.  Nicknamed the Pitmen, they arrive bottom of the table, having amassed just eight points all season.  Their latest outing was on Tuesday night when they fell to a 3-1 defeat at Stourbridge.  They have won only once, and that was against fellow strugglers AFC Rushden & Diamonds.  In the FA Cup, they were eliminated by Long Eaton United in the first qualifying round and in the FA Trophy they got knocked out last Saturday in the second qualifying round stage, losing 2-0 at Coalville.

Star Man

Keep an eye out for Leory Lita.  As well as playing for England Under 21’s, the striker has also played for a number of football league clubs including Bristol City, Reading, Middlesbrough and Barnsley.

Last Season:

23/10/21: St Ives Town 2 Hednesford Town 4

22/03/22: Hednesford Town 2 St Ives Town 1

Admission

If you cannot get to the game, then you can keep up to date with all the latest via twitter and facebook with a match report available over the weekend.  If you are going to the game, then the admission prices are:

Adults – £11
Concessions (Over 65) – £8
Military Discount (with ID Card) – £5
Students (With ID Card) – £5
U16’s to 12 – £2
U12’s – Free (Accompanied with an adult)

Kick-off at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road is at 3:00pm.

Our match programmes are online only. Click here to view / download.

St Ives Town head to Bedford on Saturday looking to collect a valuable three points.

The Ives travel in the midst of some poor league form that has seen them only win once out of their last six league outings.  That came at Ilkeston on 4 October.

Last week, the Ives were beaten 2-1 by Nuneaton Borough at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road.  The home side were two goals down inside the first 20 minutes and despite a late rally slipped to defeat.  The result leaves the Ives 14^th in the league table, a place behind Bedford with three games in hand.

THE OPPONENTS

Bedford gained promotion back into step three this season, and had an indifferent start to the campaign which included an 8-1 reverse at home to current league leaders Tamworth.  But in recent times they have secured some decent results including victories last month against Rushall Olympic and Coalville.  However, since the Coalville victory they have only secured one point in their last four outings.  That was a 0-0 draw at Needham Market on 29 October.  In their last outing on Tuesday night, they lost 3-1 at Basford United.

STAR MAN

Look out for striker Afolabi Soyemi-Ololade.  The 22 year old forward signed for the Eagles last month after starting the season with Hashtag United.  He also lists Hayes & Yeading, Leatherhead and Romford among his former clubs.  He has aleady bagged two goals for the Eagles since arriving at Bedford and was on the scoresheet in their midweek defeat at Basford.

ADMISSION DETAILS

All the admission details and parking can be found at the following link:

Access to the Ground & Parking (pitchero.com)

Tickets for the match can also be purchased in advace at a reduced rate.  The link for the Bedford ticketing website is Ticket Home | Bedford Town FC Web (ktckts.com)

If you are not going to the game, then there will be updates on social media throughout the afternoon, and a match report available on the club website over the weekend.  Kick-off is at 3:00pm.

St Ives Town continue their league action on Saturday as they host Nuneaton Borough at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road.

The Ives go into the game not in the best of form in the league, but will be boosted by the midweek 6-0 victory over Huntingdon Town in the Hunts Senior Cup.  That victory came after a defeat the previous Saturday at home to Rushall Olympic.

In that game, new signing Ravi Shamsi made his debut and impressed as did defender Charlie Johnson who also made his first appearance for the Ives since re-joining the club from Bury Town.

Introducing the visitors….

The Ives will face a tough task against a Nuneaton side who currently sit second in the table, nine points behind leaders Tamworth.  Nuneaton have won seven times this season, five at home and two away.  Their last match was a 1-1 draw at home to Hitchin Town on Tuesday night.  The form of the visitors has hit the buffers slightly of late and arrive having not won in the league since 4 October when they beat Bedford Town.  In that run of form Nuneaton have drawn three matches in the league, and lost one against lowly AFC Rushden & Diamonds.

Star Man…

Look out for striker Matt Stenson.  Having signed from FC Halifax Town in the summer, he has found the net on seven occasions so far for Boro this season.  He was also formerly with Leamington, AFC Telford United and Solihull Moors.

Last season….

04/01/22: Nuneaton Borough 1 St Ives Town 2
19/03/22: St Ives Town 3 Nuneaton Borough 2

If you cannot get to the game, then you can keep up to date with all the latest via twitter and facebook with a match report available over the weekend.  If you are going to the game, then the admission prices are:

Adults – £11
Concessions (Over 65) – £8
Military Discount (with ID Card) – £5
Students (With ID Card) – £5
U16’s to 12 – £2
U12’s – Free (Accompanied with an adult)

Kick-off at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road is at 3:00pm.

Our programme is online only. (Click here to view / download it).

The league programme continues for St Ives Town on Saturday as they host Rushall Olympic at Westwood Road.

The match comes a week after a 2-2 draw at home to Basford United.  However, since then it’s been a busy week on the player front as manager Ricky Marheineke has had the positive news of two new signings in addition to current players agreeing contracts.

With the latter both Jordan Williams and Jonny Edwards committed in midweek to staying at the Ives until the end of the season.  Whilst Ravi Shamsi and Charlie Johnson have joined the club from AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Bury Town.

All four players are available for selection ahead of the game against Rushall and the Ives will be looking to desperately return to winning ways at home as you have to go back August Bank Holiday Monday when they last tasted a league victory at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road.

Introducing the visitors:

Rushall arrive currently 7^th in the table having won five of their 13 league games to date.  Last Saturday they held Nuneaton Borough to a 0-0 draw and went into the match having won three out of their previous four league matches.  In that sequence, came their highest victory of the season and that was against Stratford Town who they beat 5-0 on 01 October.  Rushall were recently knocked out of the FA Trophy by Hednesford Town and earlier this season Redditch United eliminated them from the FA Cup at the first qualifying round stage.

Star Man:

Look out for midfielder Sam Mantom.  The 30 year old started his career at West Brom but made his name at Walsall where he made over 100 appearances during a three year spell.  He has also played for Southend and Hemel Hempstead and has also had a brief stay at Rushall previously before returning this season.

Last Season:

16/11/21:  Rushall Olympic 3 St Ives Town 1

02/04/22: St Ives Town 3 Rushall Olympic 2

If you cannot get to the game, then you can keep up to date with all the latest via twitter and facebook with a match report available over the weekend.  If you are going to the game, then the admission prices are:

Adults – £11
Concessions (Over 65) – £8
Military Discount (with ID Card) – £5
Students (With ID Card) – £5
U16’s to 12 – £2
U12’s – Free (Accompanied with an adult)

Kick-off at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road is at 3:00pm.

Our programme is online only. (Click here to view / download it).

RAVI SHAMSI SIGNS FOR THE IVES

St Ives Town have added to their squad by signing Ravi Shamsi.

Shamsi is a winger/forward and played most recently for AFC Rushden & Diamonds.

A product of the Oxford United and Fulham youth teams, Ravi has also played National League football for Maidenhead United but is more known in the Southern League Premier Division Central after playing for Stratford, Banbury, and Nuneaton Borough.

Ives manager Ricky Marheineke was delighted to secure the signing of the 24-year-old.  “This is a massive signing for us and a real statement of intent for what we are looking to achieve this season.  He has excellent experience playing at this level and will bring extra quality to the squad and I am really looking forward to him being part of St ives Town, and I am sure our fans will be excited that Ravi has signed for us”.

The new signing looks set to be included in the Ives squad for their home game against Rushall Olympic this Saturday.

CHARLIE JOHNSON RETURNS TO THE IVES

Joining St Ives Town is defender Charlie Johnson.

The centre back is no stranger to the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road after playing for the Ives during the aborted 2019/20 season.

Charlie started out at Cambridge United and has played for Yaxley and St Neots Town since his first spell with the Ives.  At St Neots he made over 30 appearances last season.  However, this season he has been with Bury Town and has been a regular in their squad, with his most recent appearance coming in their 2-2 draw at home to Hullbridge Sports on Saturday.

Ives manager Ricky Marheineke said “I’m delighted to welcome back Charlie Johnson to St Ives Town.  Since leaving us he has played at step four football but he is more than ready to return to our level.  He brings added physicality and has a strong presence and will improve our defensive options as we look to push on in the league”.

Charlie will be available for selection ahead of the home match with Rushall Olympic on Saturday afternoon.

St Ives Town Football Club is delighted to announce that both Jonny Edwards and Jordan Williams have signed contracts until the end of the current season.

Both players are key members of the Ives squad after consistently producing impressive performances making them popular among supporters at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road.

Edwards has been a prolific goalscorer in the first few months of the campaign, having already scored 12 goals in all competitions and is currently joint second in the top scorers for the division. He added to his tally at the weekend after netting both goals in the 2-2 draw at home to Basford United.  Meanwhile, Williams has been a commanding presence at the heart of the Ives defence after joining the club from fellow PitchingIN Southern League Premier Division Central side Stratford Town in the summer.

Manager Ricky Marheineke was delighted that both players have committed for the rest of the season.  “This is great news for the club.  In the case of Jonny Edwards, it was well known that other clubs had been looking to get his signature and offering extra money to do so.  But Jonny loves it here and it says a lot that he has chosen football over finance.  Clearly, we have had discussions with him to get to a point where we can offer him revised terms and I would like to thank Chairman Gary Clarke and Director Paul Reason for their help in achieving this.  It’s great that he has committed and I’m sure our fans will be thrilled as he is a real favourite on the terraces”.

On Williams he added “I am equally delighted that Jordan has signed a contract.  He is a massive player for St Ives Town.  His tall, commanding presence in the heart of defence and his overall ability and experience is key to us.  Again, there have been approaches for him this season so I am really pleased he has decided to commit as he is a crucial member of the squad and will play a big part in what we want to achieve this season”.

Both players look set to feature in the Ives squad in their next match at home to Rushall Olympic this Saturday, 29 October.  Kick-off 3:00pm.

It’s back to the league this weekend for St Ives Town as they welcome Basford United to the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road.

It’s been seven days since the Ives were last in action which was a FA Cup fourth qualifying round defeat to FC Halifax Town.  The visitors were also in cup action last weekend as they lost narrowly 1-0 to fellow National League side, Solihull Moors.

For both teams it’s a chance to focus on the league campaign as both have made promising starts to the season.  The Ives currently sit ninth in the table whilst Basford are two places, and a point above them.  Ives manager, Ricky Marheineke hopes to have much of his squad available for selection.  This includes left back Julien Sakka who was on the bench last week after making his way back from injury that kept him out of selection ahead of the Halifax game.  Due to their exploits in the FA Cup, the Ives haven’t been in league action since 4 October when they won 3-2 at Ilkeston.

Introducing the visitors

It’s the first season for Basford in this division after switching from the Northern Premier League, Premier Division during the summer.  They arrive unbeaten in their last three league matches with wins against Hednesford, Stourbridge and a draw against Bromsgrove Sporting.  During all of that was an FA Cup 3^rd qualifying round penalty shoot-out victory over Boston United.  They also progressed in the FA Trophy courtesy of another penalty shoot-out win against Harborough Town.

Star Man

Look out for striker Anthony Dwyer.  He arrived at Basford this summer after scoring 20 goals for Nuneaton Borough last season.  He has already hit the net on 10 occasions so far this season and looks to be on course to at least match or beat his tally from the last campaign.

Admission Prices
Adults – £11
Concessions (Over 65) – £8
Military Discount (with ID Card) – £5
Students (With ID Card) – £5
U16’s to 12 – £2
U12’s – Free (Accompanied with an adult)

Kick-off at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road is at 3pm.

Our programme is online only. (Click here to view / download it).

There’s more cup action for St Ives Town this weekend as they head to Belper Town in the FA Trophy.

The third qualifying round tie at the Raygar Stadium will see the Ives make their second trip to Derbyshire in a matter of days coming hot on the heels of the last gasp league victory at Ilkeston on Tuesday night.

Despite the victory, there was several injury concerns with Jonny Edwards, Tyrone Baker and Kane Lewis all being forced out of the action during the game.  With that in mind, Ives boss Ricky Marheineke may look at starting with players such as Ethan Johnston, Owen Sherriff or Greg Sandiford to give the trio time to recover ahead of the big FA Cup clash at home to FC Halifax Town next Saturday.  Also missing will be Julien Saka who is recovering from an ankle injury he sustained at Mickleover earlier in the season.

Belper won promotion via the play-offs from the Northern Premier League Midlands last season.  However, they have struggled at the beginning of this season in their new surrounds of the Northern Premier League, Premier Division.  Just two league wins to date against Stalybridge and Stafford Rangers and their last league match finished in a 1-1 draw at Lancaster City last Saturday.

Belper are nicknamed ‘The Nailers’ due to the nail making industry in the town, and a player to watch will be Brodie Litchfield who despite the difficult start to the campaign for his team, has still managed to find the net on several occasions in the opening two months of the season.

Kick-off at the Raygar Stadium is at 3:00pm.

GOING TO THE GAME

Admission Prices:
Adults (16-60) – £11.00
Concessions (under 16 and 60+) – £7.00
Students (with valid ID card) – £7.00
Children under 11 (with accompanying adult) – Free

Address:
Raygar Stadium
Bridge Street
Belper
Derbyshire
DE56 1BA

St Ives Town put their FA Cup exploits to one side tonight as they resume their league programme with a trip to Ilkeston Town.

Andrew Dunn talks to Ricky Marheineke after the Ives make history to book a place in the FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round for the first time.

“It was the perfect start with Jonny Edwards getting the first goal for us inside the opening minute.  I’ve always said that if you score first that you must build on the early momentum that gives you.  I felt that we didn’t necessarily do that, and as a result we allowed Chasetown to come back into the contest.

Their goal came from a succession of corners and sustained pressure.  Although they were having this spell, I was never really fearful or anxious that they would score from it as I would like to think we have enough defensive presence to deal with it.  So, to concede like we did was disappointing.

We said to the lads at half time that we felt Chasetown had thrown a lot at us in the first half and may well have peaked, but equally we needed to do better.  We needed to do the basics right and we felt we were playing at about 60% of our ability and we asked them to collectively raise the tempo of their performance.

So, in the second half I was delighted with how we put in a much more controlled performance and took a grip of the game.  Obviously, we took the upper hand when Enoch Andoh put is in front.  I thought it was a great finish, and all round he had put in an excellent shift for us.

At 2-1, I felt reasonably comfortable with things as I just didn’t think we would concede.  When you look at it, we’ve come close when we hit the bar, there’s been a goalmouth scramble and we looked like we would create more of the opportunities.  The icing on the cake to our second half performance was the strike from Johnny Herd.  It was a great strike and worthy of securing our path to the next round.

Getting to the fourth qualifying round is massive for us.  The financial reward and the publicity it brings is brilliant, and the crowd we had on Saturday was fantastic.  I’ve said it before, but if we can get somewhere even near that on every matchday it makes things a lot easier and will enable us to compete more at the level of football that we are currently at.

As for the next round, well who knows what that will bring.  I really want to get to the first round proper but I am mindful that there are all the National League teams coming into the hat on Monday and we will need to get lucky if we are to progress.  We could get a Wrexham or a Notts County away and benefit from the gate receipts or we may get the lowest ranked team at home.  Whatever it is, we will take it as it comes, prepare for it, and enjoy it.

We do need to focus on Tuesday though and our trip to Ilkeston.  We need to get back to winning ways in the league and we are also mindful that we have a busy programme coming up with a lot of away games.  Julien Saka is currently out injured.  He got a knock to his ankle in the game at Mickleover last month and he is not 100% so he needs some time out to fully recover and get match fit again.  We’ve bought in Greg Sandiford who is a defender on an open-ended youth loan from Cambridge United, and we are grateful to them for letting us have him as that has given us a bit more cover defensively.

But yesterday was a great day for the club and there is a real buzz around the place which only the FA Cup can bring and we wait with anticipation as to who we will get in the next round”.

The FA Cup is all about stories and making history and this Saturday St Ives Town have a chance of doing just that as they host Chasetown in the third qualifying round of the competition.

The Ives have never got past this stage before, the closest they came was in 2018 which was their only other appearance in the third qualifying round and that ended in defeat at York City.  

Whilst the league form of the hosts has been a bit patchy of late with one point from the last nine available, they have convincingly beat Barking and Canvey Island in the previous two rounds of the competition.  With home advantage, and being a league higher than Chasetown, it may point to the Ives having the edge but the visitors, who have previously reached the third round of the competition, despatched AFC Telford United from the National League North in the previous round.

The Ives go into the game fresh from a 1-1 draw at Hitchin on Monday night.  Tyrone Baker returned from suspension to put the Ives ahead only for ex-Histon player Finley Wilkinson to equalise for the hosts.  The good news is that Greg Kaziboni and Michael Richens have returned from injury and will be available for selection.  Jonny Edwards and Nabil Shariff look set to be the striking partnership in a game that is arguably the biggest to be played at Westwood Road since May 2016 when the Ives beat AFC Rushden & Diamonds in a play-off final to gain promotion.

The Opponents

Chasetown were Formed in 1954 as Chase Terrace Old Scholars Youth Club.  However, it was in season 2005/06 that they shot to fame as they drew Oldham Athletic in the FA Cup First Round.  In front of the TV cameras, the Scholars held their football league opponents to a 1-1 draw but lost the replay 4-0 at Boundary Park.

A more memorable FA Cup run was to follow in 2007/08 when they beat Team Bath in the first round before eliminating Staffordshire neighbours Port Vale.  This set-up a clash with Championship side Cardiff City and despite Chasetown taking the lead, the Welsh side eventually secured a path into the next round courtesy of a 3-1 victory.

Chasetown are currently 13^th in the Northern Premier League Midlands, and have won one, drawn four and lost one of their opening six league games.  They came close to gaining promotion last season only to lose out in the play-off final to Belper Town, who the Ives will face in the FA Trophy next weekend.

Their FA Cup progress has seen them beat Coleshill Town, Stone Old Alleyans and AFC Telford United.

One to watch – Look out for striker Joey Butlin.  He scored two of the goals in the second qualifying round victory at AFC Telford United. 

Matchday information

The club is appealing for local football fans to come out and give the Ives their support as they bid to make history.  Season tickets are not valid for the match, so it is pay on the day at the turnstiles.  The admission prices are:

Adults – £11
Concessions (Over 65) – £8
Military Discount (with ID Card) – £5
Students (With ID Card) – £5
U16’s to 12 – £2
U12’s – Free (Accompanied with an adult)

Kick-off at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road is at 3:00pm.

Our programme is online only. (Click here to view / download it).