ROYSTON TOWN vs ST IVES TOWN - MATCHDAY PROGRAMME - MONDAY 10th APRIL 2023

ROYSTON TOWN FC vs ST IVES TOWN FC

Monday 10th April 2023

Kick Off: 3pm

Royston Town FC would like to welcome this afternoon's opponents St Ives Town FC for their visit to Garden Walk for this Pitching In Southern Football League Premier Division Central fixture.

We wish their Players, Officials and Supporters an enjoyable afternoon and hope that the match will be a keenly contested and entertaining game.

We also welcome today’s Match Officials and hope they too have an enjoyable game.

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CLUB HONOURS

WINNERS

Herts County League (Div I) 1969-70, 1972-73

Herts County League (Premier Div) 1976-1977

South Midlands League (Div I) 1977-1978

South Midlands Reserve League (Div II) 1978-1979

South Midlands Reserve League (Div I) 1979-1980

North Herts (Div IV) League Cup, 1978-79, 1979-1980

Herts Charity Shield, 1981-82, 1989-90, 1996-1997

Herts Intermediate Cup, 1988-1989

Chiltern Youth League (Div I) 1989-1990

South Combinations Reserve Floodlight Cup, 1992-1993

Chiltern Youth League Cup, 1992-1993

South Midlands Challenge Trophy, 1995-1996

Eastern Region Women’s League (Div II) 1998-1999

Eastern Counties Youth League Cup, 2001-2002

South Midlands Reserve Challenge Cup 2004-2005

KB Tyres Division III Champions 2006-2007

South Midlands League (Div I) 2008-2009

South Midlands League Cup (Div I) 2008-2009

South Midlands Floodlit Cup 1994-1995 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012

South Midlands Reserve League (Div II East) 2008-2009

South Midlands Reserve Challenge Cup 2008-2009

KB Tyres Division I League Cup 2009-2010

South Midlands Reserve Floodlit Cup 2009-2010

BIS Cambs League Division 2A 2010/2011

BIS Cambs League Divisional Champions 2010/2011

Veterans Cambridgeshire Invitation Cup 2010/2011

South Midlands Premier League 2011/2012

South Midlands Premier League Cup 2011/2012

Suburban League North Division 2012/2013, 2013/2014

Joint Winners of the Hinchingbrooke Cup 2013

Eastern Region Women’s League Plate 2013/2014, 2014/15

Suburban Premier League 2015-16

Eastern Region Women’s League Division 1 West 2015/16

Southern League Div 1 Central 2016/17

Southern League Challenge Cup 2021/22

RUNNERS UP

South Midlands Challenge Cup, 1978-1979

Herts Charity Shield, 1978-79, 1998-99, 2004-05, 2008-2009

South Midlands League (Premier Div) 1979-1980

North Herts (Div IV) 1979-1980

North Herts (Div III) 1981-1982

North Herts (Div II) 1982-1983

South Midlands Res Section Trophy, 1982-1983

Chiltern Youth League Cup, 1986-87, 1988-1989

Herts Intermediate Cup, 1989-1990

Herts County Youth Cup, 1992-1993

North Herts (Div I), 1993-1994

South Midlands Floodlit Cup, 1995-1996

Herts F A Women’s Cup, 1998-99, 2001-2002 2013/14

Eastern Region Women’s League (Div I) 1999-2000, 2013/2014 2014/15

Eastern Junior Plate, 2001-2002

KB Tyres Division I 2008-2009, 2009-2010

South Midlands Reserve Challenge Trophy 2009-2010

South Midlands Reserves Floodlit Cup 2010/2011

Hertfordshire Women’s County Cup 2013/2014

Eastern Region Women’s League, League Cup 2014/15

Southern League Division 1 Central 2014/15 2015/16

It is with the greatest sadness that we will be paying our respects with a minutes silence at today's match, to Royston Town Youth Coach U9 Girls Russell Jones who passed away Tuesday 28th March.

Russell had no hesitation in saying yes when his daughter decided that she wanted to play matches and the club were on the hunt for a new coach and there Royston Town Youth youngest Girls team, the U9 Girls were formed. Russell made sure that match days were always fun, with half time oranges and someone always brought a sweet treat to finish.

Russell not only coached the U9s but would also put himself forward to help out whenever and where ever he could. He regularly volunteered to referee for the U14 Girls, sometimes this was straight after his own Girls team match had finished. Most recently, he had put himself forward to assist with the Club's Inclusive programme, where numbers had grown and they were in need of extra coaches.

Everyone at Royston Town Youth FC and Royston Town FC hold his wife Crystle, daughters Raya and Skye, Russell's family and those who knew and loved him in our thoughts at this time.

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SO WHEN DID IT ALL BEGIN?

The history of Royston Town FC

After some intensive research, the evidence is that the club came into existence in 1875 making Royston the third oldest Club in Hertfordshire after Hitchin and Bishop Stortford.

The Club’s very first honour came in 1911/12 when they won the Creake Charity Shield beating Wisbech 1-0 in extra time

The Club’s first major honour in more recent times came in the guise of promotion to the Herts County Premier League in 1969/70 and they went on to be champions in 1972/73 and 1976/77. In 1978 we rejoined the South Midlands League and won the Division One title at the first time of asking Success continued with a final appearance in the Herts Charity Shield for the first time in 1979 and runners up spot in the South Midlands League Premier Division in 1980 The Herts Charity Shield was won in 1981/82 and two years later the Club joined the Isthmian League Division Two North where we remained for 10 seasons before returning to the South Midlands League in 1994.

After a period in the doldrums that culminated in relegation from the South Midlands League Premier Division at the end of 2006/07, Paul Attfield was appointed manager with ex-Spurs favourite Tony Galvin returning to Garden Walk 1st Team Coach in November 2007.

Paul immediately set about building a new 1st Team squad and a run of 17 games undefeated saw the Club move from the bottom of the table to finish in 5th place in the League

The foundations had been laid for the 2008/09 season and the first team took the South Midlands Division One League title with one of the best sets of stats for any Step 6 Club in the country W33, D4, L3, GF138, GA30, GD+108, PTS 103

The 2011/2012 season will be seen as a watershed in our history with winning the South Midlands Premier Division title and promotion to Step 4 in the shape of the Evo-Stik Southern League Division One Central

In our first season back at Step 4 after an absence of 19 years, it was hard to know what to expect and how we would perform. Most of our supporters felt a mid-table position would be an acceptable target for the season, but we quickly found ourselves exceeding all expectations as our performances propelled us towards the top of the table Four straight wins in the first four games set the tone and a run of nine wins with just one defeat between October and December saw us maintain a play-off position In the very last game of the season a playoff was still a possibility and having gone 2-1 up away at AFC Hayes with just a few minutes of the game left it looked a near certainty. But it was not to be as Hayes scored an 87-minute equaliser and our play-off place was lost.

In our second season at this level, our steady progress to claim a place in the playoff zone was given a severe jolt when Paul Attfield announced his resignation as first team manager due to ill health at the beginning of November The search for his replacement began almost immediately and we were inundated with applications from some very well know and successful managers. After an exhaustive selection process, the Board appointed Steve Castle at the end of November and on Boxing Day Steve officially took over securing a 0 – 0 draw against the League’s form team and eventual champions Dunstable Town

Our 2014/15 season opener was at home against one of the promotion favourites Rugby Town but an impressive team display ensured their threat was stifled and we ran out winners 2 -1. That victory really did set things buzzing but we were quickly brought back down to earth when on the following Tuesday night Bedworth United were the visitors winning the game 3 – 1

As we all know consistency in performances provides the key to long term success and although the early stages of the season produced good results against the likes of Daventry Town and Beaconsfield these were punctuated by dismal performances against the likes of Aylesbury and Egham Town From mid-November to mid-December We really lost our way with six defeats in seven games but our rollercoaster ride saw an incredible run of form over the Christmas period and into the New Year with five straight wins which helped us maintain a position in the playoff places.

On a miserable Tuesday evening in February, we travelled to lowly AFC Hayes and after an abject performance, we lost the game 2 – 0. This prompted our Chairman to tell Steve Castle that he had given up on this team making the play–offs and said that we should start preparing instead for next season That message was conveyed to players and we witnessed a most remarkable transformation in our results with a 14 game unbeaten run during which we scored 29 goals and conceded just seven resulting in us achieving the runners up spot to league champions Kettering Town and securing our place in the playoff semi-final where we met local rivals Barton Rovers. After an incident-packed 90 minutes and extra time the game ended in a goalless draw but it was not to be our night and we lost the shoot out 4-5 and had to suffer the agony of all the emotions which go with being defeated in this way

We started the 2015/16 season strongly and between the end of December and the end of March we produced a rich vein of form with only one defeat in 14 games and this ensured we were sitting on top of the league with just 7 games to go and with the expectation that we could win promotion outright ran high throughout the whole club However, three games in succession proved our downfall when we could only draw 0 – 0 with Bedford and lost to Egham away 3- 1 and Godalming at home 1- 0 and once again we ended up in the play offs against AFC Rushden but we failed to turn up and went out tamely to our opponents 2 - 1. Having finished runners up for two years in succession Steve Castle was determined to make it third time lucky and began to recruit some experienced new blood in the shape of John Frendo and Adam Murray whilst at the same time giving youngsters Gus Scott Morris and Josh Castiglione extended runs in the first team

However, the season didn’t start well and after four games we’d only mustered five points whilst promotion rivals Farnborough just couldn’t stop winning. Although results did improve, defeat in the FA Cup to Heybridge Swifts 4 – 1 and a thrashing by Barton Rovers at home 6 – 3 at the end of September didn’t do a great of good for our confidence.

Things took a dramatic turn thereafter with 12 successive league wins which ended with defeat 2-1 at Kidlington in early January 2017, interspersed by a magnificent run in the FA Trophy including a victory against Step 2 outfit Hampton and Richmond Borough before in the replay against Dulwich Hamlet we eventually went down 1 -0.

With cup football out of the way, the team put together an incredible run of 16 league games undefeated including a 5 – 0 thrashing of closest rivals Farnborough which saw us maintain the top spot until the end of the season by a margin of 12 points and the highest number of goals scored, 120, across all three Evostik Leagues

Promotion to the Southern Premier League means that the Club was playing at the highest level in its 142-year history!

Season 2017/18 saw The Crows exceed all expectations in our first season at Step 3. Throughout the season we managed to maintain our hopes of a play-off place until they were finally put to bed with two successive defeats against the eventual play-off winners Slough Town and we had to be satisfied with a seventh-place finish The signing of Adam Marriott, a proven goal scorer who had played for Lincoln City, Stevenage and Cambridge United was without a doubt a real coup and he was to play a key role in the progress made by the Club by becoming our leading marksman with 31 goals. A good run in the FA Trophy with wins against Enfield Town and Leatherhead came to an end against Eastbourne Borough when having managed to draw at their place we lost the replay on penalties We managed to get to the final of the Herts Senior Cup where we played Borehamwood from Step 2 and in spite of a brave performance we never really had the power to compete and lost 2 – 1.

Given where we had started from we definitely exceeded our own and many other peoples’ expectations and this has provided us with the building blocks to face this season in the newly constituted Southern Premier Central League.

Season 2018/19 saw us finishing in a respectable 9th position in what proved to be a very strong Premier Division Central During February/March we recorded six wins out of seven league games to give us a faint hope of a playoff spot, but three straight defeats in April put paid to our chances We suffered another early at AFC Sudbury in the FA Cup and in the FA Trophy we progressed through two rounds before being beaten in a replay at Needham Market

Season 2019/20 will go down in the Club’s history as one of the most successful and exciting but ultimately one which ended in bitter disappointment.

Steve Castle was quick to ensure we had players who were proven goal scorers and the arrival of Matt Bateman, Brandon Adams and Claudio Ofosu did not disappoint Perhaps the only sadness that our young and highly talented left wing-back Joe Newton had created so much interest from EFL Clubs that in the end, it was inevitable he would have to leave us and Joe was signed by Coventry City.

No Crows fans will ever forget the team's brilliant performances in both the FA Cup and FA Trophy and although our FA Cup run ended with defeat to the very talented Maldon and Tiptree in front of what was then a record crowd for Garden Walk of 1152 The interest generated in the Crows both locally and beyond was immense and set the scene for what was to come in the FA Trophy It all started with very comfortable wins against Brightlingsea Regent and Haywards Heath and then were drawn away at Step 2 table-topping Wealdstone which for many was one of the games of the season as Royston shot into a 2- 0 lead before Wealdstone hit back to pull the tie level 2-2 In spite of being under constant pressure, the Crows mounted a great counterattack down the left and the cross was despatched by Brandon Adams to give the Crow’s victory 3-2. What followed was truly historic with home wins against Step 2 teams Boreham Wood 2-0, Chester 3-0 and away at National League Ebbsfleet 2-0, to set up a quarter-final tie away at Concord Rangers. In the run-up to the game, the rain had been falling heavily but our opponents declared the pitch playable and the invasion of six coach loads of Royston supporters and a convoy of cars and mini-buses descended on Canvey Island As we started arriving for the kick-off the match referee declared the pitch unplayable and with a sense of extreme disappointment and also a lot of anger we all returned home The following Tuesday the game went ahead but it was not to be and we were defeated 2-1 There is no doubt the Clubs achievements in the FA Trophy marked a watershed in our history which will be remembered for a very long time

Running alongside the cup success it was easy to forget that we had got ourselves in contention to win the League with a run of only two defeats in 20 league fixtures. With 3 games in hand and only 2 points behind Peterborough Sports and Tamworth and playing some of our best football, we looked nailed on to win the League Then out of the blue, the Covid crisis hit all levels of football and with what many felt was indecent haste the League decided to null and void the whole season All our achievements were suddenly for nothing and the taste of bitter disappointment amongst all supporters of the Crows was very hard to swallow

Season 2020/21: As the pandemic took hold it seemed like the chances of seeing a new season start were remote but by summer 2020 there had been a massive improvement and by July the lockdown ended albeit with a host of restrictions in place.

By the time we had assembled a squad, we were without key players such as Matt Bateman who moved to Hemel Hempstead and Claudio Ofosu who joined Hartlepool and with a lot of the momentum and energy generated by the now-defunct season now dissipated we were finding it hard to get going again. In the League, we seemed to slip into the habit of conceding goals when in a winning position and a string of draws meant we languished in the lower half of the division. The FA cup again promised to provide excitement with wins against Newmarket, Wroxham and AFC Stamford before losing to our old rivals Bishops Stortford. We won our first two ties in the FA Trophy against Hythe Town and Tamworth before going out 3-2 away at Brackley by which time the League season was yet again declared null and void as the second wave of Covid took its stranglehold

A comprehensive history of the Club can be found in The History of Royston Town FC 18752012 first published in 2013. The book was written by the Club’s President, Alan Barlow following more than five years of painstaking research and can be purchased via the Club.

WHO'S WHO OF THE CROWS

Dimi Kyriatzis (Goalkeeper)

recent addition to the Crows squad having joined us from Bedfont Sports Dimi's revious clubs include Brentford and Inter Leipzig

d Asafu-Adjaye (Defender)

ersatile defender who re-joined the Crows in 2019 after spending a season at Hayes Yeading Started his playing career at Luton Town and broke into the 1st team uring the 2008/9 season. In total he made 64 appearances for The Hatters before oving to Forest Green Rovers and then to Hemel Hempstead Town.

dam Murray (Defender)

dam joined us at the beginning of 2017/18, having spent the previous two seasons Cambridge City where he made 60 appearances He quickly settled into the squad nd has proved to be a formidable addition for the Crows.

onnie Henry (Defender)

gned for the Crows at the beginning of this season after spending a season at lericay Town Ronnie was a product of the Spurs youth system, before going on to ay 502 games for Stevenage (the club’s all-time record appearances) in two spells her side of two seasons at Luton Town.

elNakatani-Brown(Defender)

el is a 22 year old left-sided defender who has impressed during pre-season and joins e Crows for their 2022/23 Southern League Premier Central campaign Joel’s previous ubsincludeWestfield,FCRomania,CockfostersandWalthamstow

ames Brighton (Defender)

xperienced full-back who joined us in November 2019 from Kettering Town, where e had spent a successful four seasons James has previously played for Hemel empstead Town, Cambridge City & Cambridge United

ay Rolfe (Defender)

ersatile defender who can play in a number of positions Joined the Crows this ummer from Welwyn Garden City Previous clubs include Cockfosters, Colney Heath nd Hatfield Town

pyros Mentis (Midfield)

ersatile, hard-working and tough-tackling midfielder or defender, Spyros re-joined he Crows in 2018/19 after a season away at Hayes & Yeading, he previously played ust under 100 games for us from 2013 during his first spell at Garden Walk.

lfie Williams (Midfield)

oined the Crows on loan from Stevenage until the end of this season Alfie joined the evenage academy after being released by Tottenham Hotspur and signed a rofessional contract with Stevenage in April 2021. Made his professional debut for evenage in a 1–0 victory at Scunthorpe United in May 2021, coming on as an 83rdminute substitute in the match. Alfie has spent time on loan at Kings Langley, Hemel empstead Town and Hayes & Yeading United

Mackye Townsend-West (Defender)

oined the Crows on loan from Stevenage until the end of this season. Mackye signed his first prof contract with Stevenage in October 2020. He made his rofessional debut in the Stevenage’s 3–2 EFL Trophy defeat against MK Dons in October 2020 Has previously been on loan at St Albans City

FernandoBellToxtle(Midfield)

FernandostartedhiscareeratCambridgeUnitedandspenttimeonloanatStNeots Town.FollowinghisreleasefromCambridgeUnited,hejoinedAFCRushden&Diamonds inthesummerof2017.InNovember2017hemovedtoBasfordUnitedinorderto pursuehisuniversitystudiesinNottingham.HethenrejoinedAFCRushden&Diamonds andwasakeymemberoftheirsquadlastseason

IsaRotimi(Midfield)

YoungmidfielderwhosignedfortheCrowsatthebeginningofseason2019/20,Isa previouslyspenttwoseasonsatColneyHeath

MattBateman(Forward)

Re-joineduslastseasonfromHemelHempstead,wherehespentaseasonaftermoving fromtheCrowsMattsignedfortheCrowsatthestartofseason2019/20andscoredan impressive24goalsin41gamesduringthatseasontoearnhismovetoHemel.Previous tothatMattplayedabigpartinBerkhamsted’spushforpromotionin2018/19wherehe netted43timesin54appearancesforTheComrades.

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ecentacquisition,signedfromHemelHempsteadTown23-year-olddefenderjoinedthe udorsfromOxfordCity.CappedbyWalesatunder-15level,forEnglandatunder-16s ndthenWalesagainatunder-17,19,20,andunder-21level.BegaatLutonTown’s ademybeforemovingtoChelsea,making2appearancesintheEFLTrophyin2017 ejoinedBrentford’sBteamin2018andin2020spenttimewithLeicesterCityunder3sSignedforCroatianFirstLeagueclubHNKSibenikin2021,beforejoiningtheOxford tyattheendofthe2021/22season.

yMarsh-Brown(Midfield)

oinedtheCrowsinJanuaryfromPeterboroughSports.KyjoinedtheTurbinesfromSt NeotsinFebruary2022andhelpedthemsecurepromotiontotheNationalLeagueNorth PreviousclubsincludeHemelHempsteadTown,BiggleswadeTownandWhitehawkA roductoftheBrentfordAcademy,KymadehisEnglandCdebutin2018

homariBarnwell(Forward)

ecentsigningfromSouthernLeaguePremierSouthsideHanwellTownShamisatowering6′ ″,28-year-oldstrikerwhohaspreviouslyplayedforBowers&Pitsea,Dagenham&Redbridge, shopsStortford,SolihullMoors,Barking,Brentwood,GraysAthleticandMaldon&Tiptree

ianHarness(Forward)

xcitingyoungstrikerwhomadehis1stteamdebutthisseasonafterimpressinginPreeasonKianisalocalladwhohascomethroughtheranksofRoystonTownYouthand urUnder18s

ST IVES TOWN FC Club History

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MANAGERS have this saying which is often spilled during the second half of the season that baffles and amuses us journalists in equal measure.

Some say it more regularly than others, some more genuinely than others, but the fact of the matter is – and whisper it quietly - that we actually don’t believe a word they say.

Asked how they assess their team’s current form or overall league position, it’s quite commonplace to receive a response along the lines of: “I don’t look even at the league table until around Easter”

So, I ask myself a) does a manager really not compare his team’s fortunes to that of their rivals until three quarters of the season have passed; and, if so, at what point do they finally cast their eye over the standings?

Are we scoring enough goals? Are we conceding too many? Are our rivals outperforming us? One glance at a league table can answer all.

Nine times out of ten, a winning manager will not need to scroll down on their digital subscription to The NLP on a Sunday morning or rush out to the local newsagents, they know themselves whether their team have been good enough to compete in the higher reaches of the division. One only hopes, however, that Notts County boss Luke Williams is not one of those managers who vow not to regularly check his side’s progress

Losing just two their 41 matches this season, scoring 103 goals along the way, Williams and his Magpies would be celebrating an emotional return to the Football League any other season, but in the most exciting two-horse title race in the National League for years, they don’t even find themselves on top of the pile.

That honour is bestowed on Wrexham, who lead by three points with a game in hand going into the Easter weekend Monday’s game between the two at the Racecourse Ground promises to be an absolute classic, dare I suggest, the biggest game in Non-League history?

The fact that neither Williams or Parkinson aren’t the first managers to be celebrating a promotion or title-winning campaign up and down the country shows just how many top performances we have enjoyed so far this term

By our reckoning, Worksop Town were the first English champions of 2022-23 after sauntering to the Northern Premier League East division having lost just once all season

They were followed on top of the winners’ rostrum by North Ferriby, who continued their rise back to the top tiers by clinching the Northern Counties East Premier division, similarly Macclesfield FC, who made it back-to-back promotions from Step 5 to Step 3 by cruising to the Northern Premier League West title

And then there’s Berkhamsted, who are also celebrating title success after a storming campaign in Southern League Division Once Central

One thing’s for sure, the Easter bunny will be delivering more title success this weekend with the likes of Ebbsfleet United and South Shields among a number of clubs chasing confirmation this Bank Holiday.

One thing’s for sure, you can be certain that Fleet boss Dennis Kutrieb and Mariners chief Kevin Phillips will have lived through every permutation and will know exactly what their teams have to do to ensure success.

WHO ARE YA? ST IVES TOWN FC Player Pen Pics

Ricky Marheineke - Manager

Ricky is entering his 9th season as manager of St Ives Town. During his first season he took the club to a 9th place finish in Southern League Division One Central beating the previous year ’ s points tally, and in his second season secured a memorable promotion, guiding The Ives to a pla he

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large part of 2017/18 season as first choice keeper at Westwood Road during a successful loan period from the Cobblers. He had initially signed at Sixfields as a thirteen year old and risen through the academy before signing his first professional contract in the summer of 2017 He followed his spell with the Ives with a similar loan deal at Banbury United in 2018/19 and since his release from the Cobblers has spent spells at Wisbech Town, Spalding United and most recently Lincoln United

James Dadge - Goalkeeper

James is a hugely promising 18 year old Northampton Town academy goalkeeper who has joined the Ives on a work experience loan until the end of the season. Impressed in keeping a clean sheet on his debut and provides real competition for the number one spot.

ST IVES TOWN FC Player Pen Pics contd.

Eddie Brearey - Goalkeeper

Highly rated third year scholar Eddie rejoined the Ives on a work experience loan just before the transfer deadline from League One Oxford United Eddie will be familiar to Ives fans as the keeper that produced a string of impressive performances at quattro tech Westwood Road during a similar loan spell last season. The youngster has already been named on the bench for Oxford United first team for League One fixtures and has enjoyed

impressed sufficiently with his stout defending and pacy runs down the right to earn himself a chance at step 3 with the Ives.

Ben Toseland - Defender

Utility player Ben was Ives player of the year last season but left in the summer to try his luck with National League North side Kettering Town where he has made twelve first team appearances this season But having suffered a period on the sidelines with the Poppies he has rejoined Ives on an initial one month loan to bolster manager Ricky Marheineke’s defensive options.

ST IVES TOWN FC Player Pen Pics contd.

Charlie Johnson - Defender

Centre back Charlie is no stranger to Westwood Road after playing for the Ives during the aborted 2019/20 season. He started out at Cambridge United featuring in their Under 18 team 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. He re-joins the Ives this season after being a regular with Bury Town in the Isthmian League North Division gg y p previous two seasons. Enfield born Tyrone has spent most of his playing career with Isthmian League sides having previously appeared for Bowers & Pitsea and Heybridge Swifts before joining Basildon

Enoch Andoh - Winger

Enoch is a 29-year-old winger who joined from Stratford Town. Born in Ghana, Enoch played in the Ghanaian Premier League before moving to FC Porto, where he featured in the under 19 team. A move to Cyprus followed where he played for AEL Limassol. In 2014, he moved to the UK and signed for Port Vale and broke into the first team. However, an injury forced his time with The Valiants to come to an end, and he dropped into non-league and has played for the likes of Nuneaton Borough, Hednesford Town and Biggleswade Town before signing for the Ives prior to the 2022/23 season

ST IVES TOWN FC Player Pen Pics contd.

Ravi Shamsi - Winger

Ravi is a 24-year-old winger who played most recently for AFC Rushden & Diamonds. Born in Iran, he started his career playing for Fulham and Oxford United youth teams. He has also played National League football for Maidenhead United but is best known in the Southern League Premier Division Central after playing for Stratford Town, Banbury United, and Nuneaton Borough

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the same Posh squad as former Ives player, Conor Washington. After several loan spells in non-league, he joined Hull City after a successful trial with their under 21 squad A move to Accrington Stanley followed before returning to non-league playing for FC Halifax, Maidstone United, Royston Town and most recently, FC Romania

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TODAY'S OFFICIALS

REFEREE: John Perry

ASSISTANTS: Nicoleta Bria

Alex Birnea

Dimi Kyriatzis (GK)

Ed Asafu-Adjaye

Joel Nakatani-Brown

Will Hall

Adam Murray (c)

Ronnie Henry

Kian Harness

George Hoddle

Matt Bateman

Ky Marsh-Brown

James Brighton

Fernando Bell Toxtle

Isa Rotimi

Cole DaSilva

Matt Crowther

Shomari Barnwell

Harry Forde

Spyros Mentis

Eddie Brearey (GK)

Paddy Casey

Johnny Herd

Michael Richens (c)

Jordan Williams

Ashton Fox

Kieran Higgs

Luke Harris

Jonny Edwards

Nabil Shariff

Ben Toseland

Ed Hottor

James Dadge (GK)

Charlie Johnson

Lewis Lembikisa

Myles Cowling

Enoch Andoh

Tyrone Baker

Greg Kaziboni

Ravi Shamsi

Ethan Johnston

Julien Saka

James Goff (GK)

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Steve Castle / Chris Watters

MANAGERS

Ricky Marheineke / Adam Fisher

Scott Taylor / James Smith

SPORTS THERAPISTS

Jardaine Patel-Joseph