St Ives Town F.C.

St. Ives Town
Full name St. Ives Town Football Club
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
2017–18 Southern League Premier Division, 22nd of 24

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.

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 Queens Park Rangers 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

  • FA Cup[2]
    • First Qualifying Round 2006–07, 2009–10
  • FA Vase
    • Quarter Finals 2011–12

References

  1. Central Amateur League 1949/50 Leics Football
  2. 1 2 St Ives Town at the Football Club History Database
  3. "St Ives Town 2-1 AFC Rushden & Diamonds". afcdiamonds.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.

Coordinates: 52°19′49.51″N 0°04′55.79″W / 52.3304194°N 0.0821639°W / 52.3304194; -0.0821639

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