St Ives Town
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- Angleterre - Southern Premier League Central 203 Southern Football League, Premier Division South 92 Angleterre - FA Trophy 11 FA Cup, Qualification 10 Angleterre - FA Cup 10 Matchs amicaux 4 Matchs amicaux 4 Southern League, Premier Division Central 3
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Wikipedia - St Ives Town F.C.
St. Ives Town Football Club 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. 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. 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 Charlton Athletic F.C. 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.
Le terrain du club est le Westwood Road, qui a une capacité de 3 000 places. Le surnom du club est « Les Saints » et leurs couleurs traditionnelles sont le bleu et le blanc.
Le St Ives Town FC a remporté la FA Vase à deux reprises, en 2016 et 2018. Le club a également remporté la Southern League Cup en 2017.
L'équipe actuelle est entraînée par Ricky Marheineke. Les joueurs clés de l'équipe incluent le gardien de but Martin Conway, le défenseur Alex Hall et l'attaquant Nathan Olukanmi.
Le St Ives Town FC est un club communautaire avec une forte présence dans la ville. Le club organise divers événements et activités pour les résidents locaux, notamment des séances d'entraînement de football, des journées de match et des collectes de fonds.