Category: Youth Team News

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

St Ives U12s Winter Trials!

Our U12 side are looking for new players for the remainder of the season.

Full trial details can be found below:

Thursday 21st of November

Sign-in: 4:30pm

Trial time: 5:00 – 6:00pm

Location: Quattro-Tech Westwood Road

Successful players will be brought back for team training in the weeks after on an extended 3-week trial basis.

To register your interest in the upcoming trials, email Anthony at: stivesyouth@gmail.com

Ives exit FA Youth Cup

Progress in the FA Youth Cup came to an end on Monday night as St Ives Town were beaten by Kempston Rovers.

The 3-2 defeat in the second qualifying round ended a run which had seen the Ives defeat Royston and Huntingdon Town previously in the competition.

Congratulations to Kempston on winning an entertaining game, and good luck in the next round.

Date for Youth Cup tie

The FA Youth Cup second qualifying round tie between St Ives Town and Kempston Rovers will take place on Monday 30 September with a 7:45pm kick-off. Your support will be greatly appreciated as the Ives look to book a place in the next round of the competition.

FA Youth Cup Draw

Following the dramatic 5-4 victory over Huntingdon in the last round, the Ives have been drawn at home to Kempston Rovers in the second qualifying round of the FA Youth Cup. The tie will be played week commencing Monday 30 September.

FA Youth Cup Draw

Following their victory against Royston earlier this week, St Ives Town have been drawn at home to Huntingdon Town in the first qualifying round of the FA Youth Cup. The tie will be played at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road week commencing Monday 16 September.

FA Youth Cup success

St Ives Town progressed through to the next round of the FA Youth Cup on Tuesday night courtesy of a 4-1 victory over Royston Town.

Ives took the lead on the quarter of an hour mark and the score stayed that way until half-time. It took a penalty in the opening stages of the second period for the Ives to extend their lead. Their was a flurry of goals towards the end of the match which saw the Ives net a third before Royston pulled one back but the Ives got a fourth to make the game safe and progress through to the first qualifying round of the competition.

The draw for the first qualifying round has yet to take place, but the matches will be week commencing Monday 16 September.

FA Youth Cup Draw

St Ives Town have been drawn at home to Crawley Green in the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Youth Cup. The match will be played week commencing 12 August 2024.

Should they be successful, they will be at home again to Moulton or Royston Town in the Preliminary Round which will be played week commencing 02 September 2024.

NEW U8’S YOUTH TEAM

As part of St.Ives Towns continued commitment to its Youth development programme, we’re now looking to start a new under 8’s team for the 2024/25 season.

The manager will need to be at least level 1 qualified, with an up to date DBS, Safeguarding and FA 1st Aid, they will also need an assistant that has all the required FA Qualifications.

Along with all the St Ives Town teams, you will train at the club’s fantastic facility at Quattro-Tech WestWood Road on Thursday’s and will play in the Hunts Mini Soccer league.

If you’re interested to be part of an inclusive club with lots of opportunities of progression, please get in touch with our Youth Development Manager

Paul Everest – sitfcyouthdevelopment@gmail.com to register your interest and get more detailed information.    

YOUTH TEAM TRIALS 2024/25

We will be holding trials for those looking to challenge themselves and join our youth teams for the 2024/25 season at EJA level.

See full details below of the open trials and who to contact for more detail and information.

Under 9’s:

Dates TBC.

Contacts:

Ed Shepherd – edsheps84@gmail.com

Mark Stirlin – stirlin25@gmail.com

Dan Cotton – dottycotton23@hotmail.co.uk

Under 11’s:

Dates TBC.

Contacts:

Tim Lowe – timothylowe2@mac.com

Under 12’s:

Dates:

26th May

2nd, 9th & 23rd June

Contacts:

Toby Partridge – toby.w.partridge21@gmail.com

Anthony Negus – anthonyrn94@icloud.com

Under 13’s:

Dates TBC.

Contacts:

Rob Blake – robertblake.41@icloud.com

Under 14’s:

Dates:

2nd, 9th & 16th May

Contacts:

Alistair Savage – asavage100@hotmail.com

Under 15’s:

Dates:

2nd, 9th & 16th May

Contacts:

Lee Whatmore – lawhaty1@gmail.com

Under 16’s:

Dates:

12th & 19th May

Contacts:

Tony Maxwell – tmax@sky.com

Luigi Pistilli – luigi.pistilli@domino-uk.com

2024/25 U13s OPEN TRIALS!

We’re delighted to announce we’re hosting open trials for our St Ives Town FC under 13s team for the 2024-2025 season.

For the 2024/25 season the U13s will be entering the EJA league (Eastern Junior Alliance) on Sundays, a proven high standard and very competitive league.

We are happy for players to be dual signed for Saturdays and Sundays, details of the open trials are below.

14th April 2024 – 14:20 – 16:30

Quattro-Tech Westwood Road, St Ives (the home ground of St Ives Town FC)

Please email manager, Rob Blake on robertblake.41@hotmail.com to register your interest for the trial.

Presentation evening!

End of season presentation evening

There will be a presentation evening at the club this Saturday, 13 May.  This traditional end of season event is an ideal chance to meet the players, management and socialise with supporters.  There will be several awards for various teams at the club including first team player of the year.  Admission is free and doors will be open at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road from 7:00pm.

U13 Cup Finals!

The Ives U13s will be taking part in two cup finals next week, the Hunts County Cup and the EJA Challenge Cup, see below details of both finals.

Hunts FA County Cup Final v Godmanchester Town White

Tuesday 2nd May – 19:00pm kick off

Eaton Socon FC, River Road, Eaton Ford, St Neots, PE19 7AU

EJA Challenge Cup Final v Cheshunt FC

Sunday 7th May – 10:30am kick off

Takeley FC, Station Road, Takeley, Bishops Stortford, Essex, CM22 6QA

Good luck Ives!

Around the club – Fixtures 15th/16th April

Below are the upcoming matches this weekend for all St Ives Town teams.

Mens

St Ives Town vs Bedford town

Sawston Rovers vs St Ives Town Reserves

Ladies

St Ives Ladies U18s – No game

Biggleswade United vs St Ives Ladies Firsts

Isleham United vs St Ives Town Ladies Seconds

Youth

St Ives Town U8s – No game

St Ives Town U12s vs Holme White

St Ives Town U13 Black vs Godmanchester Town White

St Ives Town U14 Black vs Histon

St Ives Town U14 White vs Potton United

St Ives Town U15 – No game

St Ives Town U16 vs Arlesey Town

Youth Team Open Days

All of our youth teams are having competitive seasons and as we look to the 2023/24 season we’re looking for new players to join our already talented squads.

As a player for our youth teams you will have the opportunity to train and play on the 3G Quattro-Tech Westwood Road stadium, with unrivalled facilities at the EJA youth level.

The Eastern Junior Alliance (EJA) is the South East of England’s leading youth development football league for age levels U13 to U18. It is the stepping stone between regular youth team football to academy levels at the professional level.

We are also looking for new players for two brand new teams for the 2023/24 season, out U11s and U12s.

If you wish to join our squads then please see below the upcoming open training sessions at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road that we’ll be hosting at different age levels.

U11s

Tuesday 23rd May

18:00 – 19:00 PM

Tuesday 6th June

Monday 26th June

FINAL OPEN DAY – Wednesday 19th July – 6-7 PM

To register interest please contact Anthony and Toby on anthonyrn94@icloud.com and toby.w.partridge21@gmail.com

U12s

Sunday 4th June

10:00 – 11:00 AM

To register interest please contact Robert on robertblake.41@hotmail.com

U14s

Thursday 13th April

19:00 – 20:00 PM

To register interest please contact Lee Whatmore on lawhaty1@gmail.com

U15s

Thursday 20th and Thursday 27th April

18:00 – 19:00 PM

Quattro-Tech Westwood Road Stadium

To register interest please contact Tony Maxwell on 07714 438823 or tmax@sky.com

Further May dates to follow

U16s

Thursday 4th and Thursday 11th of May

19:00 – 20:00 PM

To register interest please contact Alan Smith on alanfsmith@hotmail.com

Around the club – 1st/2nd April

Below are the results and reports from matches around the club including the mens, ladies and youth teams.

Mens

St Ives Town 1 – 3 Coalville

Watch the highlights here

Histon Reserves 0 – 3 St Ives Town Reserves

Ladies

St Ives Ladies Firsts – No game

Swavesey Spartans Ladies 3 – 4 St Ives Town Ladies Seconds

Youth

U8s

No game

U12s

Stamford AFC U12 Yellows 1 – 3 Ives U12

A really positive start by St Ives who put lots of pressure on Stamford initially who held off well before settling themselves into the match. The first half was fairly even ending at 0-0.

At the start of the second half we immediately pressurised from the off and after a quality cross from Rico Venditti ended on the head of Aiden Bonner we scored our first goal.  This was followed shortly after with a left foot chip over the keeper from Ollie Munns, who grabbed a second a few minutes later with his right.

A late goal from Stamford and some tenacious defending from St Ives sealed the win.

Overall a great team performance.

U13s

No game

U14Bs

No game

U14Ws

Bottisham 4 – 1 Ives

U14 White took a depleted squad to table toppers Bottisham.

A terrible pitch made for a scrappy game which Town dominated for large parts of the first half.

However, tiredness and a lack of options from the bench made for a difficult second half.

Town rallied in the last 10 minutes and got one back but a 4-1 loss was not an unfair result.

Players Player of the Match – Micah Ali

Managers Player of the Match – Charlie Lewis

U15s

No game

U16s

No game

Around the club – 25th/26th March

There was reason to celebrate this weekend with the Ives reserves winning their cup final on Friday night against Melbourn FC in their first season. Meanwhile, the Ives ladies firsts also progressed to the semi final of the cup as well after winning on penalties against Wodson Park.

Below are the results and reports from matches around the club including the ladies, reserves and youth teams.

Reserves

St Ives Reserves 3 – 0 Melbourn FC

Watch the highlights here: https://youtu.be/zmoPG2vQP2w

Ladies

St Ives Ladies Firsts 2 – 2 (5-3 penalties) Wodson Park

Watch the highlights here: https://youtu.be/A4R67pIQNRk

St Ives Ladies Seconds 1 – 6 Park Ladies

Youth

U8s

A really tough game today against a physically strong team and high winds made the conditions not ideal. With only 5 players the team really did battle hard and all of them looked very tired after a full 40 minutes each. Man of the match went out to Henry for not only playing well on the pitch but also making some great saves playing in goal for 2 quarters. McDonald’s on the way home for the whole team was a well deserved treat.

U12s

Ives 1 – 4 Peterborough RTC Blue

A disappointing result in what was actually a closely fought contest against the top of the table team. For much of the match we played the better football and the result once again was not reflective of the team performance.

First half finished 1-1 and we were firmly on the front foot. Unfortunately two very early goals conceded in the 2nd half knocked the wind out of our sails and we were then up against it. The boys battled to the end and showed great character in horrible playing conditions.

U13s

Ives 6 – 1 St Neots Town

Ives 3 – 2 Leigh Ramblers

St Ives Town U13 ran out comprehensive winners versus St Neots Town in the Hunts FA County Cup U13 semi final. Goals from Darius (x2), Olly, Filip, James and Tom secured a 6-1 win. Player of the match was Freddie. A great team performance.

Semi-final number two of the weekend for the U13s and the team secure another cup final place, this time in the EJA U13 League Cup. In a hard fought match in horrible conditions away at Leigh Ramblers, the lads had to dig deep especially after having played a tough County Cup Semi final the previous day. After going a goal down playing uphill on a boggy pitch, Whitehead latched on to a Windsor cross and drove the ball into the top of the net for the equaliser just before HT.  The boys started the second half strong and Kajfasz added a second after the restart slotting home after a Hollebon slide pass. Mustill added a third with a thunderous strike from outside the area. Leigh pulled a goal back to set up a nervy finish but the boys dug deep to secure the victory and their second final place of the weekend. The first time a St Ives Town team have made an Eastern Junior Alliance (EJA) cup final!

U14Bs

Ives 1 – 2 Walthamstow

St Ives Town U14 Black travelled to Walthamstow for the EJA cup quarter final tie.

St Ives started brightly and created several chances throughout the first half, however conceded a late goal to make it 1-0 at HT.

After the break St Ives equalised when Oscar Quickenden slotted home, St Ives continued to create chances but failed to take advantage. FT 1-1

Extra time, St Ives again continued to create the better chances however conceded from a free kick to make it 2-1 to Walthamstow.

With the game end to end, St Ives pushed for an equaliser and had opportunities in the closing minutes. Unfortunately, despite their best efforts St Ives missed the chance to progress to the semis. A big shout out to the lads today who with a depleted squad gave it their all, we go again!

U14Ws

Ives 3 – 2 Sawston

A hard fought match in difficult windy conditions.

Town showed great character to come from behind to win 3-2 thanks to goals from Wibberley and Windsor (x2).

Players Player of the Match – Sammy Windsor.

Managers Player of the Match – Sidney Reeve.

U15s

Ives 1 – 5 Arlesey Town

U16s

Ives 2 – 1 Stanway Rovers

New U11’s and U12’s Manager

As we look to develop our youth programme, the club is now looking for two new managers – one for an under 11s team and one for an under 12s team.

Managers wanting to apply should at least have an FA level 1 coaching badge, an up-to-date DBS, safeguarding and first aid certificates. They should also have a desire to develop their own coaching journey.

Ideally, the teams would play in the Sunday Peterborough Junior Alliance League with progression at under 13s into the coveted EJA league.

With the aid of the Youth Development Manager, we’d be looking for the successful managers to host open trials (held at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road stadium).

If you feel that you’re ready for the next challenge in your managerial journey then please contact Paul Everest with a brief introduction, current team and your name and number by clicking HERE to email Paul.

Match Preview – St Ives Town U18 v Fenstanton Youth U17

ST IVES TOWN U18 V FENSTANTON YOUTH U17

Hunts FA U18 Cup Final – Friday 29 April 19:45

Tonight sees our U18s compete in their chance for some silverware this season as they take on Fenstanton U17s in the Hunts FA U18 Cup at Eynesbury Rovers FC.

Route to the Final

1st Round
St Ives Town U18 H-W* Huntingdon Town U18 (*Home Win – Walkover)
Fenstanton Youth U17 – Bye

2nd Round
St Ives Town U18 12-3 Eynesbury Rovers U18
Godmanchester Rovers U18 1-1 (4-5 pens) Fenstanton Youth U17

Quarter Finals
St Ives Town U18 2-1 Hemingford Colts U17
Fenstanton Youth U17 5-2 St Neots Town Youth U17 Sky

Semi Finals
St Ives Town U18 1-0 ICA Sports Youth U18
Eaton Socon U17 Colts 0-2 Fenstanton Youth U17

Eynesbury Rovers FC
The Alfred Hall Memorial Ground
Hall Road
Eynesbury
PE19 2SF

Admission Prices
Adults – £2
Concessions – £1
U12 – Free

St Ives Town U15’s looking to add to the squad for the 21/22 season

The under 15’s are looking to add to their squad for the 2021/22 season. 

The team is run by Phil, who is qualified at UEFA B level and is 100% committed to development and progression for his team. 

If you’re going into year 10 in September and looking for the next challenge in youth football at Eastern Junior Alliance level, then for more information about the team and its plans, please get in touch with either Phil at stivesdev@hotmail.com or the youth development officer Paul at sitfcyouthdevelopment@gmail.com  We’d love to hear from you.  

The club recently promoted and announced a partnership programme with Peterborough Utd, where players will get opportunities within that scheme to showcase their abilities.