St Ives Town Reserves Saturday 26th September 2026—11am KO
Official Digital Matchday Magazine Season 2026/27
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St Neots Town Football Club CEO—Lousie Sales
Manager—Cameron Mawer
Director—Mark Gearing
Assistant Manager—Chris Nunn
Director / Secretary—Gary Wilson
Coach—Caolan South
Director—Iain Parr
GK Coach—Gary Dean
Established 1879
Physio— Faris Moussa Kitman—Graham Horgan Chairman—Barry Cavilla
President—John Walker Vice President—Mick Hunt Vice President—Marion Izzard Vice President— Mike Green
Development Lead —Lee Keen Development Secretary—Stephen Finnigan Development Welfare— Gemma Keech
Head Ambassador—Jez Green Club Welfare Officer– Gemma Keech Pitch Maintenance —Barry Oakley, Barry Cavilla, Fixture Secretary—Marion Izzard
Brian Barnes
Stadium Announcer- Freddie Willis Catering—Diana Sales 50/50 & Merchandising– Shelly Dean & Lily Dean
Address— Rowley Park, Kester Way, St Neots, Cambs, PE19 6SL Website— www.stneotstownfc.co.uk
Match Reports– John Walker Social Media—Kyle Nunn / Louise Sales Photography— Amplified Matchday Programme— Mark Gearing
Enquires— misslouises@yahoo.co.uk mgearing@me.com
Development Team Sponsor
U7’s NEW sponsor Our u7 kicked off their season at home vs Longstanton. The U7’s have been recently sponsored by Darren at BootXChange .com—Massive Thank You from all at club It was a brilliant day and our mini saints were amazing.
From the Dugout With Development Lead Lee Keen I would like to welcome St Ives Town Reserves’s players, staff and supporters to the PremierPlus stadium for today’s game, and hope you have safe travels.
Development Overview A really good strong start, one defeat in 5 and a creditable point away at table toppers Coalville.
U18 3 defeats in a row for the Thurlow Nunn group. 2-3 to Royston, 0-3 to March in the FA Youth Cup and last night 1-3 to Cambridge City. Our year ones and Eja group winning 5-1 away at Cambridge city in the Magnus cup. I hope everyone has a great afternoon watching a good game of football.
Lee
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WELCOME TO THE TEAM, INDIEE DAVIES! We’re delighted to officially welcome Indiee Davies to the St. Neots Town F.C. family as our new Commercial Manager! Indiee will be working closely with local businesses, sponsors and partners to develop exciting new commercial opportunities and help build strong relationships both on and off the pitch. Please join us in giving Indiee a huge welcome to the club!
Club History St Neots Town Football Club, nicknamed ‘The Saints’ - St Neots Town was formed in 1879, simply as ‘St Neots’. Operating as an amateur side in its early years, the club tasted its first major success by becoming the inaugural winners of the Huntingdonshire Senior Cup in the 1888-89 season. They dominated local cup competitions around the turn of the century while playing in the Biggleswade & District League.
The club went through a couple of early name changes, becoming St Neots & District in 1924, and joining the Bedfordshire & District League (later the South Midlands League), which they won in 1932- 33. They made their first foray into the United Counties League (UCL) in 1936 before the outbreak of World War II disrupted regional football. Post-War Eras and Name Changes (1950-1988) In 1949, the club became founder members of the Metropolitan League, winning a league and cup double in their very first season. They officially settled on the name St Neots Town F.C. in 1951. The late 1960s marked one of the most successful eras for the club:
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FA Cup Run (1966-67): The Saints enjoyed their best-ever run in the FA Cup, reaching the First Round Proper, where they put up a valiant effort before falling 2-0 away to Walsall.
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The Record Streak: By 1969, the club won the Huntingdonshire Senior Cup for a staggering 12th consecutive season, setting a historic record for senior cup wins in England.
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League Double (1967-68): They rejoined the UCL and quickly claimed the Premier Division title and League Knockout Cup double.
However, the late 1980s brought severe hardship. In 1987, the owner of their long-term Shortsands Yard home sold the ground to developers. Forced to play on a borrowed works pitch and drowning in outstanding debt, the club was forced to completely disband in 1988. Reformation and Modern Era (1990-Present) The club’s absence from football lasted only two seasons. In 1990, local investors stepped in to reform St Neots Town FC. Starting from scratch in the Huntingdonshire Junior League and playing on communal council pitches at Priory Park, the team won four consecutive titles to earn readmission into the UCL senior divisions by 1994. The club climbed back up the non-league ladder, moving into their modern Rowley Park stadium in 2008. To signal their high ambitions, they even appointed former Northern Ireland internationals Steve Lomas and Michael Hughes to their management team in 2009, alongside former Fulham midfielder Sylvain Legwinski. This ambition paid off with a dominant 2010- 11 season, breaking multiple league records en-route to winning the UCL Premier Division and initiating a rise through the Southern League systems. Following their championship campaign in the United Counties League Premier Division South, The Saints continue their journey up the English football pyramid. Cameron Mawer was appointed First Team manager in May 2023 in first season suffered heartache in league play-off in UCL North Premier, to achieve promotion following season as champions, the progression back to step 4 & the Northern Premier League, Saints stay was short and were relegated back to UCL Premier South for upcoming season.
Club Kit Supplier
Story behind New kit The journey behind this season’s NEW kit started back early October when the club reached out to Sean Pankhurst Founder / Owner / Designer of Teamex Sportwear. From initial discussions Sean presented a number of kit concepts which showed strong links to our history and to the town which really impressed us. Hopefully you’ve seen the kit release on social media and massive thanks need to go to our First Team Sponsor Amplified—if you’ve seen it I hope you agree its brilliant.
The Home Kit is celebrating the 60 years on from the clubs best FA Cup run when the 1966 team reached the 1st round proper against Walsall FC –losing 2-0. A great achievement and it was fantastic to have Terry Reedman come down & support the filming of kit release and listen to his stories of that season and his time with St Neots Town FC. Also included in shirt design is map of TOWN.
The Away Kit a return to tradition away shirt colours & is celebrating St Neots Town unique connection between the CLUB and the TOWN—the shirt design includes a plan view of the 4 lanterns in St Neots market square. Also included in ALL the shirt designs is the ribbon from the St Neots sign.
The WARM UP shirt we hope will be a fan favourite, again link reference in the club crest to River Ouse Limited Number of shirt & sizes available via club shop hut & orders can be place via Teamex Sportswear use this link.
https://teamexsportswear.com/ collections/st-neots-town-f-c
Teamex Club Shop https://teamexsportswear.com/collections/st-neots-town-f-c
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U10’s Development Team Sponsor GOAT Barbers - Eaton Socon 154 Great North Rd, St Neots PE19 8GS Open Hours: Saturday
08:00 - 18:00
Sunday
09:00 - 16:00
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday 08:00 - 18:00 Thursday
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Friday
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Massive Thank you to Goats Barbers for there sponsorship of U10’s Development Team
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Development Kit Sponsors U10’s Red
U10’s Blue
U13’s Blue
U13’s Red
Development Kit Sponsors U14’s JPL
U16’s EJA
U18’s TN
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Development Kit Sponsors U8’s Home Kit sponsor
Club Membership Is BACK !!!!!
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10% off Bar Drinks for named cardholder
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Monthly Raffles
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10% off Room Hire
Main Stand Sponsor
North Stand Sponsor
Club Welfare With Club Welfare Officer Gemma Keech My name is Gemma Keech, and I am proud to be the Club Welfare Officer (CWO) at St Neots Town Football Club.
My role is to help create and maintain a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment for everyone at the club. This includes overseeing safeguarding procedures, responding to any welfare concerns, and ensuring that all coaches and volunteers have current FA Criminal Record Checks (DBS) and up-to-date safeguarding training. The welfare of every child, young person, and adult at risk involved with the club is my priority. This covers players within our Development Teams, as well as Under-18 players who represent the First Team, Reserve Team, and Under-23s. I am the main point of contact for players, parents, carers, volunteers, and club members who have any safeguarding or welfare concerns relating to these groups. I was appointed to this voluntary position by St Neots Town Football Club due to my professional background in Education and Children’s Social Care, where I developed extensive knowledge and experience in safeguarding and child protection. I believe it is important to be approachable, supportive, and available to anyone who may need advice, guidance, or someone to talk to about a concern. If you have any worries or would simply like to discuss an issue—no matter how big or small— please don’t hesitate to contact me at sntfcwelfareofficer@gmail.com. Alternatively, you can contact the Hunts FA Safeguarding Team on 01480 447484 or by email at Safeguarding@HuntsFA.com.
Gemma
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OPPONENTS SPOTLIGHT St Ives Town FC was formed on Thursday 15th September 1887. About 40 people met at the Unicorn Hotel to “consider the desirability of forming a football club”. It was unanimously decided to form a club, to be called St Ives Town FC under Association Rules. The membership subscription decided upon was 3 Shillings & Sixpence including an entrance fee of 1 Shilling to be paid in advance. The kit was chosen to be black with a white star. The club rose to success by the turn of the century in 1900. Collecting both Hunts Senior and Junior Cups in 1901. The Senior Cup was won again in 1912 and the club continued its success during the 1920’s. Winning the Cambridgeshire League in 1923/24/25. Also, winning the Senior Cup in 1923 and 1926. Also winning the Scott-Gatty Cup in 1923 and 1924. In the 1930’s, Further success winning the Senior Cup again in 1930 and Scott-Gatty Cup in 1932. St Ives also won the Peterborough League in 1938. In 1949 the Saints joined the far-flung Central Amateur League. However. Short lived due to travel and decided to move into the much more local UCL 2nd Division. This only lasted a few years before they decided again to move. This time back to Peterborough League. The 60’s was limited success, but they still managed to win the Scott-Gatty Cup in 1961. In the Peterborough League fortunes were not smiling on them and they slid down the leagues to Division 3. There they remained for quite a few years into the 70’s. In the late 70’s St Ives turned the corner. They won the Peterborough Division 3 in 1978 and then further promotions the following years into the 80’s, winning the Division 1 and gaining promotion into the Peterborough Premier League in 1982. Fortunes remained positive in the 80’s as they also won the Hunts Senior Cup in 1982, 1987 and 1988. During this period the club also moved back into the United Counties League Division 1. The revival of the Hunts Premier Cup also saw the Saints reach the final in 1989 losing 3-0 to a strong Cambridge United team.
Into the 90’s. The team reached the Hunts Premier Cup final in 1997 and 1998 although going down to 5-4 to Potton and 2-1 to Biggleswade Town they put in excellent performances against strong opposition. In the UCL Division 1 the team were not doing so well and at the turn of the century in 2000 the team, although doing their best needed a change of fortune. In 2002, they finished the season next to bottom.
OPPONENTS SPOTLIGHT At this point the club appointed Neville Nania as the new chairman who had considerable success as both the St Ives Town Colts chairman over 6 years also running the most successful Cambridgeshire colts teams at the time with a group of the same colts from 10 year olds to 16 year olds. Never out of the top 2 and winning the league twice. Neville also ran the county u18 team with Neil King. So, very aware of the excellent youth talent in the area. Neville stepped down from both roles to take on the senior chairman role and immediately appointed a St Ives legend Warren Everdell as player manager. The idea was to provide a pathway for the many excellent 17and 18-year-olds Neville had relationships with and blended with key experienced players to start a new beginning. Warren then recruited Jez Hall a popular member of the club and good communication skills and a fitness and condition coach in Errol McGammon. A dream management team and the project began for the start of the 2003 season. The season went well and finished in the top half. Following a successful 2004-05 campaign the team finished 3rd which was enough for the team to win promotion to the UCL Premier Leaue for the first time in their history and the highest they have been in the football pyramid. The youth were blending well with the experienced lads and things were on the up. Crowds were up and things were looking good. Modern History 2007-08 Produced another record breaking season with the clubs highest pyramid finish, pushing for promotion but fell just short with a 5th place finish. The highlight of the season the run in the FA Vase which saw a 5th round tie at home to Needham Market produce a thrilling 3-3 draw which was witnessed by a then record 767 crowd. This was only beaten eight years later when it was almost doubled by the play-off final. Sadly the run ended in the replay a week later. 2008/09 was again a very successful season for the club, reaching the 5th round of the FA Vase for the second year running, coming 6th in the UCL Premier, and reaching the league cup semi final. The club reached all three county cup finals, but unlike 2006/07, the team picked up two winners trophies, in the Senior and Premier Cup, losing the final of the Hinchingbrooke Cup thus stopping another remarkable treble. 2009/10 saw the Saints once again getting to the fifth round of the FA Vase, before falling at the same hurdle for the third year running. On the domestic front, the Saints won the UCL League Cup for the first time in the clubs history beating Newport Pagnell Town 2-1 in the final. During the season Saints longstanding Co Managers Warren Everdell and Jez Hall reached their 400 game milestones in charge at Westwood Road.
OPPONENTS SPOTLIGHT 2010/11 the Saints once again progressed through to the Hunts Senior Cup final but were beaten by League champions; St Neots Town. Also for the second year running they appeared in the final of the League KO Cup but were beaten by the ‘up and coming’ Peterborough Northern Star. A final league position of 11th and one of the highlights in the FA Vase was beating last year’s finalists Wroxham FC away from home with a late goal from Dan Moyes. 2011/12 saw the Saints record their most successful season to date with a third place finish in the UCL Premier Division. After reaching the UCL KO Cup Final for the third successive year, the Saints lifted the trophy for the second time after an impressive 4-1 victory over promoted Kings Lynn Town. Once again the Hunts Senior Challenge Cup was proudly lifted to round off an excellent season with arguably one of the best squads ever to grace Westwood Road. Conor Washington finished the UCL and Club top goal scorer with 52 goals from 50 games. Once again the Saints saw their FA Vase dream shattered but this time after reaching the Quarter Final. 2012/13 saw the Saints First Team once again make history and after a long season the club was promoted to Step 4 of the non-league pyramid for the first time club’s 125-year history. The Saints finished in second place behind Holbeach United but secured promotion as the highest placed Club with the necessary ground grading. The Saints also reached the League Cup final for the fourth consecutive season, but lost out to third place Spalding United in the final match of the season. This season also saw the sale of Conor Washington in October, he also managed to secure promotion – to the Football League with Newport County. Our Reserves were also crowned Cambridgeshire Division 2B champions finishing12 points clear of second place. During this season Warren Everdell & Jez Hall achieved their 500th game in charge together as Co-Managers and Will Fordham and Dan Newman also reached the magnificent milestone of 500 appearances in a Saints shirt. 2013/14 saw the Saints perform well in the Southern League Division One Central against some strong opposition and ended up a healthy 13th in the league. The fans deserve recognition during this season as the stats showed St Ives was the fourth highest attended team in the league. Away from the league the club reached the second qualifying round of the FA Cup, just losing out in a replay to Concord Rangers of the Conference South. In the Trophy, the club also reached the second qualifying round. Finally, the season finished with a trip to St Neots where we ran out runners-up in the Hunts Senior Cup final. At the end of the season, Warren Everdell and Jez Hall announced they were stepping down from their managerial positions after 12 years at the helm. Most of the club’s successes to date were during their tenure.
OPPONENTS SPOTLIGHT 2014/15 saw the new management team of Ricky Marheineke, formerly of Huntingdon and Histon and Jack Cassidy, also from Histon take over the First Team squad. The duo re-shuffled the squad bringing in new faces. During this adjustment results slipped, however the second half of the season saw the Saints climb the table and finished a very respectable 9th position. It was decided during this season that the current U18’s team would be replaced by a Scholarship programme, led by assistant manager Jack Cassidy. A Ladies team was also be set up under the management of Darren Marjoram 2015/16 saw the team exceed all expectations by achieving promotion to step 3 of the football pyramid for the first time in their history. The feat was achieved in the most exciting fashion possible via the play offs after finishing a creditable fourth place. Having won their play-off semi-final on penalties at Egham they followed up with a final victory against the mighty Rushden & Diamonds in front of a bumper crowd of over 1500 at the Pro-Edge Stadium. A late Danny Watson equalizer topped off by a winner from local lad Ben Seymour-Shove in extra time finished off a fantastic season in the best possible way. 2016/17 saw the team consolidate at step 3 with a creditable fifteenth place finish. This was topped off by a successful run in the League Challenge Cup where, an injury ravaged side, were unlucky to lose in the final to Hayes & Yeading United. The Ives were dumped out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle by the now famous Westfields. But they enjoyed their best ever run in the FA Trophy getting to the third qualifying round before falling to a single goal at Kings Lynn Town. 2017/18 turned out to be a tough season for the Ives with the team eventually finishing twenty second and only being saved from the drop by the reorganization of the Leagues. Early exits from the FA Cup and Trophy only added to the team’s difficulties as on to many occasions they failed to turn promising displays into points. On a happier note the Ladies side of the Club continued their fantastic run of success with the first team winning the Cambridgeshire Women’s Premier League to win themselves promotion into the Eastern Women’s Regional League
2018/19 saw the Ives surprise a few as they enjoyed their most successful season ever finishing thirteenth in a very competitive Southern League Premier Division Central. League success was topped off with a best ever run in the FA Cup which culminated in a trip to the once mighty York City in third qualifying round. The Ladies success continued as the marched on to the Premier Division of Eastern Region Women’s League one step from the National Leagues. 2019/20 & 2020/21 turned into seasons that did not exist after the Coronavirus pandemic lead to early curtailments both of them.
OPPONENTS SPOTLIGHT 2021/22 A season that started poorly for the Ives and saw them skirting the relegation zone for long periods picked up dramatically after Ricky was joined by ex Banbury manager Mike Ford as a joint manager in November. An excellent run of results post Christmas ultimately saw the Ives finish a very respectable 14th. Early exits from FA Cup and FA Trophy both at the hands of old rivals Needham Market simply highlighted the early season problems 2022/23 A excellent start saw the club flirting with the play-off places early in the season. This transposed into a historic FA Cup run with Ives unfortunate to fall to ex-Football League club FC Halifax Town in front of over 1000 people at quattro-tech Westwood Road in 4th Qualifying Round. Following the FA Cup exit and an early exit from the FA Trophy league results suffered a dip, but a late season recovery secured a 15th place finish. 2023/24 A fantastic run from Christmas saw the Ives overcome a slow start to the campaign to record their best step 3 finish in ninth place. The Ives also finished leading scorers in the division with 87 goals with Jonny Edwards claiming the golden boot in the Southern League Premier Central table.
Rowley Club Mascot— Follow on Last season was my very first as the official mascot of St Neots Town FC... and what a debut it was! I've been busy spreading smiles, cheering on the Saints and making plenty of memories. If you see me around the ground this season, don't be shy – come over and say hello!
Selfies? Absolutely! I'm always happy to pose for photos, hand out high-fives and celebrate with supporters of all ages. If you spot me around the ground, come and say hello—I promise I don't bite!
Leading Out the Future Stars One of my favourite jobs is leading our young matchday mascots onto the pitch alongside the first team. Seeing those huge smiles as they walk out in front of the crowd is something special. Get your youth team signed up this season for this great experience.
Racing for a Great Cause One of the biggest adventures of last season was competing in the Mascot Gold Cup at Wetherby Racecourse. I may not have brought home the trophy, but together we raised money for two fantastic children's charities—and that's a win in my book!
Out and About in the Community Football is about more than 90 minutes on a Saturday. I'm always looking for opportunities to visit local schools, community groups, charities and businesses to help spread the word about St Neots Town FC. If you'd like Rowley to pay you a visit, we'd love to hear from you! team signed up this season for this great experience. So, keep your eyes peeled for me around the ground this season! Come over for a high-five, a selfie or a chat - and if you're really lucky... I might even invite you onto the pitch at half-time to take a penalty against yours truly. Just don't expect me to make it easy!
Reserve Team Sponsorship Sponsorship is available for £50 + VAT
(or £80 +VAT inc Match Shirt) Contact : Lee Keen 07478693587
The Saints Community Memorial Wall
First Team Sponsor
1st Team Sponsorship Player & Staff Sponsorship still available
£120 + vat To sponsor a Player or Staff member, contact Mark Gearing mgearing@me.com or 07748986932 What's included:
Social media exposure / Company link on NEW club website/ Company link on player or staff announcements / Match shirt (signed by player)
Player & Staff available •
Dammy Nickels
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Caolan South
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Graham Horgan
Stadium & Back of Shirt Sponsor
Reserves Fixtures Results RES
08/08/26
St Neots Town Reserves
2-2
Northampton O.N.Chenecks Dev
RES
15/08/26
Desborough Town Reserves
5-0
St Neots Town Reserves
RES
22/08/26
St Neots Town Reserves
8-0
Huntingdon Town Reserves
RKOC
29/08/26
15:00
Moulton Reserves
1-2
St Neots Town Reserves
RES
05/09/26
15:00
St Neots Town Reserves
4-1
Rothwell Corinthians Dev
RES
12/09/26
15:00
Coalville Town Reserves
2-2
St Neots Town Reserves
Day
Date
Time
Home Team
RES
26/09/26
15:00
St Neots Town Reserves
VS
Kempston Rovers Reserves
RES
03/10/26
15:00
Godmanchester Rovers
Vs
St Neots Town Reserves
RES
10/10/26
15:00
St Neots Town Reserves
VS
Rugby Boro Reserves
Fixtures Away Team
Sponsorship Opportunities
Teams St Ives Town Reserves
St Neots Town Reserves
Baker
Alessandro Pistilli
Darnell
Jamie Keen
Dickson
Lucas Nichols Max Egan ©
Keogh
Josh Muir
Kezhzong
Zak Thompson
Kirkby
Motiejus Preidzius
Mustill
Alfie Southern
Parker
Joe Draper
Riordan
Samuel Lopez-Company
Fitzgerald
David Starling
Ward
Dylan Smeathers George Holroyd Henry Diestler Lewis Murray-Dennis Alex Pereira Piotr Baca Kieran Boon
– Manager – Assistant Manger
Management Team Lee Keen
– Coach
Joe Egan
– Coach
Tim Britt
– Physio
Richard Harrison
Match Officials
Clinton Ormshaw Next Reserve HOME game- League 30/09/26 Kick off 19.45 VS Kempston Rovers Reserves