St Ives Town F.C.
St. Ives Town F.C. is a football club based in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division Central and play at Westwood Road.
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| Full name | St. Ives Town Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Saints | ||
| Founded | 1887 | ||
| Ground | Westwood Road, St Ives | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Chairman | Gary Clarke | ||
| Manager | Ricky Marheineke | ||
| League | Southern League Premier Division Central | ||
| 2019–20 | Southern League Premier Division Central (season abandoned) | ||
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History
St Ives Town Football Club was formed in 1887. They joined the Central Amateur League in 1949, but the league folded at the end of the 1949–50 season.[1] The club briefly played in the United Counties Football League Division Two for two seasons in the early 1950s. They rejoined the United Counties Football League Division One in 1985–86, and gained promotion to the Premier Division in 2004–05 after a third-placed finish. They reached the Fifth Round of the FA Vase in 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10, and reached the Quarter Finals in 2011–12.[2] They won promotion to the Southern Football League after finishing second in the United Counties League Premier Division in 2012–13. They also produced Conor Washington who now plays at Heart of Midlothian and has made several appearances for Northern Ireland. In the 2015–16 season, the club earned promotion to the Southern League Premier Division via the play-offs, defeating AFC Rushden & Diamonds in the final on 2 May 2016 in front of 1,523.[3]
Records
See also
- St Ives Town F.C. players
References
- Central Amateur League 1949/50 Leics Football
- St Ives Town at the Football Club History Database
- "St Ives Town 2-1 AFC Rushden & Diamonds". afcdiamonds.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.